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Glory to a New Soviet Citizen!

Poster
1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster celebrates Soviet patriotism. Published during the Cold War, it was issued in much the same spirit as American patriotic propaganda: it was designed to instil national and ideological pride in its citizens. The representation of the baby looking up the Soviet crest poignantly reminds the viewer that Soviet values were ingrained from a very early age.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGlory to a New Soviet Citizen!
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph
Brief description
"Glory to a New Soviet Citizen!" Soviet propaganda poster by D. Pyatkin. USSR, 1974.
Physical description
Appearing on scarlet background, the poster depicts a baby held high, looking up at the Soviet crest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 99.4cm
  • Width: 65.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Grows our people, Improves the State, To the New Citizen – Glory!
    Translation
    Translated from the Russian
  • D. Pyatkin – Artist
  • Publishing House “Planeta”, Moscow, 1974
  • T. Tkachenko – Editor, A. Burkatovskiy - Artistic Editor, I. Savelyicheva - Technical Editor; Signed for printing 22/03/1973; Tirage – 85, 000; Price – 10 kopeek.
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production
published in Moscow
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This poster celebrates Soviet patriotism. Published during the Cold War, it was issued in much the same spirit as American patriotic propaganda: it was designed to instil national and ideological pride in its citizens. The representation of the baby looking up the Soviet crest poignantly reminds the viewer that Soviet values were ingrained from a very early age.
Associated object
E.1748-2004 (Duplicate)
Other number
LS.1411 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.1747-2004

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Record createdJuly 14, 2005
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