/r/ColdWarPosters
A Subreddit dedicated to sharing the posters (now expanded to greater media such as films) created by various countries, societies, corporations, charities, artists, interest groups, during the Cold War (1947-1991).
During the Cold War era, dozens of countries produced and distributed posters and other forms of media, often with a political message. This subreddit is dedicated to exploring and discussing these posters.
Posting Policies
Despite the title, submissions are not limited to posters. Postcards, advertisements, paintings, murals, graffiti, sculptures, fliers, travel brochures, and any other relevant content is permitted.
All posters must have been created during or have relevance to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created between ~1918-1991 are considered relevant to this subreddit, as long as there is a connection to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created after 1991 are only considered relevant if there is a strong and direct connection to the Cold War.
Only authentic content is permitted. Parodies or other forms of inauthentic content are not permitted and will be deleted. This includes content that uses the style of well known Cold War posters, but contains completely unrelated content.
Currently, all image hosting sites are allowed, but Imgur is strongly encouraged.
After submitting, please add link flair indicating the country in which the poster was produced. If you cannot find the appropriate country, choose OTHER and contact the moderators.
Whenever possible, please provide the year the poster was produced. If you do not know the year, either indicate the decade or [unknown].
NSFW posters must be labeled accordingly. This includes any posts with violent or sexual content, profanity, or content that could be considered offensive or otherwise inappropriate for a workplace or school.
Comment and Other Policies
Hateful comments are not permitted. This includes any derogatory comments based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, religion, age, or physical, mental, or intellectual ability.
Do not vote on submissions based on whether you agree or disagree with the poster's message.
Off topic or spam comments may be removed.
Personal attacks towards other users are not allowed.
Users are allowed and encouraged to create their own flair.
If you believe your post was removed in error or sent to the spam filter, please contact the moderators.
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Propagandopolis @propagandopolis Cover of the Romanian magazine Urzica celebrating Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day. 23 August 1960. Text on the the placards reads 'Our Leader' and 'Long live the 23 August!'
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Battle of the Marxes (based on the Chinese-Soviet confrontation), Dutch cartoon (1964), Fritz Behrendt
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Snoopy appeared on multiple posters that sought to boost morale and a culture of flight safety within NASA.
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The end of WW2: Back of the dress with the flags of America and the Soviet Union โ Photo: Resistance Museum Amsterdam
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CUBA - CIRCA 1980: A stamp printed by the Cuba devoted to the 1st space flight of Soviet Union's and Cuban astronauts.
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Bust of I.V. Stalin on top of Greater Chimgan, Tashkent region, Uzbek SSR, 1950
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Soviet power + electrification = Communism, GDR, 1967
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"No!" Soviet anti-war poster, 1963.
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"It's been a year since I loved you," Illustration by V. Goryaev. Cover of the magazine "Krokodil" April 1962
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"Space exploration". Soviet poster, 1990.
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"April 12 - Cosmonautics Day - Y.Gagarin, G.Titov, A.Nikolaev, P.Popovich, V.Bykovsky, V.Tereshkova", soviet poster, 1963
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May Day demonstration, Moscow, 1964 (photo by Dean Conger)
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Our man is king!
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"Sunny Day at Baikonur" painting by Alexander Petrov and Elena Korennova. (USSR, 1986)
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Vietnam - 1980
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"๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ" - ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ poster by Yuri Deyev, RSFSR, 1987
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Sculptors Yevgeny Vuchetich and Friedrich Mkrtichevich Sogoyan are working on the design of the Motherland Monument in Kiev (Kyiv), USSR, 1970s
21:40 UTC
46 years of Russian Colonialism of Ukraine (1967)
17:39 UTC
Soviet poster (ca. 1987) showing money flowing from a golden dollar into the ammunition belts of Contra and Afghan fighters. Small text reads: 'Renegades of all stripes are united by the deadly power of the dollar'.
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"Under the banner of Lenin's party, we are ready for any feat!", soviet poster, 1974
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Opening of the Sports Palace with a swimming pool, Veliky Novgorod, 1966
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World In Action Doomsday
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On March 30th, 1990, the newly elected parliament of the Republic of Estonia declared that it had been illegally occupied by the Soviet Union since 1940 and would begin to transition to full independence.
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The sculptor Ivan Misko. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (118)
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Soviet cartoon (February 1983) showing a man sleeping rough in the city, covering himself with issues of the New York Times and Washington Post reporting on weapons buildups.
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"World without weapons!" Soviet poster, 1970s.
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Posters of Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Georgy Malenkov hanging on a wall in Hanoi, 1954. The Viet Minh had just taken control of the city.
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Photo by Chris Niedenthal, Moscow, USSR, 1989.
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"March 8 - International Women's Day" Georgian SSR, G. Komoltsev, 1962
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