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A second world war poster from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. The poster, featuring US, British and Soviet servicemen, is part of the museum's section chronicling the allies' wartime efforts. Photograph: AP Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
The slogan on this poster says: 'having won the war, the soldier has brought spring to the land'. The poster depicts a soldier who has fought in the Great Patriotic War, a term used for world war two. Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This Soviet revolutionary poster depicts an annual exercise parade of Soviet workers and youth. Photo: Museum of Great Patriotic war Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A tourism poster from 1934 advertises Aeroflot, launched as the Soviet national airline in the 1920s. Photograph: 2006 KJ Historical/K.J. Historical/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
The text on the top left of this poster translates as: 'listen, country, the dream of the people is calling! Today your people rejoice and sing.' The lower part of the flag reads 'all power to the Soviets [workers]!' Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This Soviet propaganda poster says: 'Fight for the maximal use of all reserves of collective production for a good harvest!' At the time, it showed modern agricultural methods including irrigation, and crop spraying from aircraft. Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Soviet propaganda poster from the Workers Gazette newspaper in Moscow from 1925. Photo: Museum of Great Patriotic war Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
'The people of Cuba have not broken!' – this morale-boosting Soviet poster shows Cuban revolutionaries with machine guns and a peasant woman with a sugar cane in front of the Cuban flag. Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This poster from 1974 features a dove and hammer and sickle to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the October Revolution. Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A Russian revolutionary raises a red flag in front of a crowd of workers in a poster celebrating May Day. The caption translates as 'the first of May holiday of labour.' Photograph: Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
USSR aviation/space exploration poster from around 1960. It says: 'Conquering Space!' Photograph: David Pollack/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This Soviet propaganda poster was published during the second world war. It reads: 'Will give everything for the front!' Photograph: Leonard de Selva/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This Soviet propaganda poster by B Bilotlskii is titled 'SRSR', the Ukrainian abbreviation for the USSR, and shows young citizens of the Soviet Union from many ethnicities. Lithograph, vintage undated, from a private collection. Photograph: Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This poster from the 1980s is directed at US foreign policy. It says: 'I wouldn't suggest using force Mr Reagan'. Photograph: Michael Nicholson/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
In this poster from 1968, a farmer and steelworker are featured with the caption 'everyday work is step towards communism'. Photograph: Swim Ink 2, LLC/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A tourism poster advertises Odessa, an important Ukrainian port. Photograph: Found Image Press/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This Besuchet travel poster from the 1930s is written in German. It features landmarks in St Petersburg and Moscow, and advertises the Hotel Metropol. Photograph: Found Image Press/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A 1930s poster advertises advertises a charity lottery to help impoverished Jewish people. Photograph: Swim Ink 2, LLC/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
This tourism poster from the 1930s advertises what is now the Georgian seaside city of Batumi. Photograph: David Pollack/K.J. Historical/Corbis Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
