Soviet Visuals

Visuals from behind the Iron Curtain. Soviet (and bits of pre/post-Soviet) photography, architecture & design. USSR propaganda art. Curated by @variainayurt

[Soviet Visuals @sovietvisuals]

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"Africa is struggling, Africa is building, Africa is looking ahead!" Soviet poster, 1970.

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"Time, Forward!" by USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, conducted by V. Fedoseyev, 1987.

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US advertising poster for Soviet vodka, 1982.

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"Confusion" Soviet porcelain figurine by Nina Malysheva, 1977.

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"New Goods" Soviet magazine, 1979.

[Big Iron @BigIronLB]

I just love how the majority of the aircraft from the Soviet Union had turquoise colored cockpits to reduce eye strain and maintain a calm environment during long stressful flights

Honestly it’s quite a unique piece of aviation history

[🌺 SVETLANA💖 @Svetlan44474521]

Белые росы 1983 г.
🎥- Что же ты не рассказал, как всё было?

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MAYAKOVSKY Shirt
https://t.co/KNlHmcnRpW

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"All power in the USSR belongs to the people". Constitution of the USSR, article 2" Photo by Vladimir Sokolaev, Novokuznetsk, 1988.

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Ukrainian song by Anatoliy Solovyanenko, USSR TV, 1976.

[The past time woman @Thepasttimew]

Raw concrete meets unexpected elegance. This is the ultimate "brutal charm" of Soviet roadside design—proving that even the most functional, forgotten stops could hide avant-garde freedom. I love it!!

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

The historic Soviet research station at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility in Antarctica, established in December 1958 and topped with a bust of Vladimir Lenin. Over the decades, the station was largely buried by snow, leaving the statue exposed....

The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility is the point in Antarctica farthest from any ocean. It sits more than 12,000 feet above sea level, about 545 miles from the actual South Pole.

An 18-man Soviet expedition reached it in December 1958, during a push to explore and claim scientific ground across the continent. They set up a small hut, raised the Soviet flag and mounted the bust of Lenin on the roof, deliberately turned to face Moscow.

After they left, very few people ever came back. Soviet teams returned in 1964 and 1967, and an American traverse arrived in 1965. Then the site went almost untouched for 40 years.

In 2007, a British team finally made it back, using giant kites to pull them across the ice. By then, decades of drifting snow had swallowed the building entirely.

Today the site is protected as a historic monument under the Antarctic Treaty, and the handful of explorers who reach it still stop to take a photo with Lenin.

The Pole of Inaccessibility has the coldest average yearly temperature on Earth, about −72.8°F (−58.2°C).

#archaeohistories

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Soviet poster, 1985.

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Odessa film posters. Photo by Bert Koops, Ukraine, 1989.

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"Decorative Art of the USSR" Soviet magazine, 1959.

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"Alcohol reduces the accuracy of rifle fire. When you are sober, 7/100 shots are misses. When alcohol is consumed the night before shooting and accompanied by half a glass of vodka on the day: 27/100 shots are misses"

Soviet military poster, 1930s

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Are You Ready? Unisex Sweatshirt inspired by 1949 Soviet poster captioned: "I am ready to work in winter conditions. Are you ready?"

https://t.co/lqvKbgYJ0t…/are-you-ready-unisex-sweatshirt-2

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"I am ready to work in winter conditions. Are you ready?" 1949 Soviet poster

On a shirt: https://t.co/E4CjzxUnwJ

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Are You Ready? Men's Boxer Briefs inspired by Soviet poster “I am ready to work in winter conditions. Are you ready?”
https://t.co/6tWZ0hpgdm

[Cornie @Cornie12077546]

“Nobody’s paying any attention to us.”
“What if we’re lacking something?”

Sedmikrásky / Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)