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Published: 2014-08-03 12:51:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 2155; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 0
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Done in Illustrator, time approx. 2 hours plus.I was (and still am) thoroughly fascinated by Soviet culture and history since I was a young boy. This is done based on insipration from vintage Soviet propaganda posters.
I did enjoy this illustration more than the others, and it turned out better than expected.
The words in white read: Socialists of the world, unite!
The words on the symbol read: Loyalty to the motherland, loyalty to the Party
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Дружбы народов надёжный оплот!
Знамя Советское, знамя народное
Пусть от победы к победе ведёт!
(I do not in any way condone communism or its symbols. I only did this out of the appreciation of artistic beauty and fascination
of history.)
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Er... You missed one letter, plural noun of "социалист" is "социалисты". But it's ok, that letter is quite unpronouncable for any unslavic speaker
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Thanks for the heads up! Is that extra letter pronounced "de"?
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Not quite so 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0xy6w…
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Thanks for the heads up!
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You're welcome, tovarisch!
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Hello!
First of all, as someone who was born in the USSR, I’m impressed that you’re interested in this part of history.
It’s clear that you had deep research in this theme. Your design has all the main parts of soviet poster. The colour choice is great, black and red are the most common colours for that time. I like the rhythm of silhouettes. Have you chosen the military people to represent the revolution or post WW II time? It’s great that they have right uniform.
There is a small mistake in the phrase in the word ‘socialists‘ - ‘социалисты’ (plural form).
I was wondering, why you chose such slogan? I’m not an expert, but I think the most common slogan for soviet time was ‘Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!’ – ‘Workers of the world, unite!’.
Overall, you did a great job here! The poster gives strong emotions.
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Thanks! I've been interested in Soviet history ever since I was young! And, I do love soviet uniforms. The weather is cold, so soldiers usually wear уша́нка hats, sometimes with a red star on it. When I was making this picture, I was thinking, whether I should incorporate gas masks into the soldier's uniforms, but well, I decided that it would make this seem very creepy, so I'd reserve the gas masks for another poster. (I currently own a GP-5, but that's a civilian gas mask, and so far I have not collected the military ones, but hey, that's a reference for me to draw XD)
Oh, I didn't realize my mistake. I did machine translation as I have close to zero knowledge on Russian, but after singing Моя Армия for some time (out of artistic beauty, soviet marching music sound very catchy), I got to know a little cyrillic alphabet.
The reason for my slogan was that, in this age, true "Пролетарии" do not exist anymore. The worker class are not oppressed anymore and now can choose to become capitalists too, by owning shares, etc. So I felt that this poster was more like a call for Socialist Countries to unite.
(On a side note, I do not believe in the principles of Communism.)
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I think the poster looks good without gas masks, but I like te idea, maybe use them somewhere else? I have GP-5, too XD My Dad brought it from army.
I don't support ideology as well. It failed, and I don't understand how people still believe in it.
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Your work resembles Communist propaganda posters very well.
The colors you chose work well together; red represents patriotism and war, and the black helps to make the white words and red stars ever more apparent. Great job!
One thing I would like to suggest is to chose different poses for the planes / soldiers. All of the planes, for example, are the same type. If you could get multiple ones, it would make the poster even better.
- Jackson from
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Thanks for the comment! I will improve on my poster work next time!
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Do you think that Soviet Union was better than Russia now? (just curious)
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Actually, I think that people now generally have more freedom of speech, in that they are better off, but they are just not used to having such a freedom yet. As we can see, Putin is attempting to restore the old Russian Empire's territories, but the people seem not to be saying anything. In fact, if this was a free world country like America, you'd see anti-war citizens protesting on the streets. So, either they are actually silenced by the authorities, or just not used to the new freedom. If it was the former, then I'd say in terms of freedom of speech, they wouldn't be better off than before.
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Oh, there are citizens protesting on the streets, the western medias just don´t show this on tv
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I see. So it is just that our viewpoints shift with the media. Anyhow I can't really judge whether they were better off now or not. However I know one thing for sure, that is, communism in its raw form cannot work. People are not perfect so it is subject to abuse, as in the case of another Korea. It has to be mixed with some sort of capitalism for it to work, like in China.
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Love this design! What era of soviet history are you interested in?
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Well, I could tell you I'm interested in every part of their hundred year existence, but I would pay more attention to the October revolution, Stalin era, Cold war period and the major events. I also am fascinated the lifestyle of the soviet peoples, how they lived under constant surveilance, without freedome of thought, etc. I also looked up a bit on Glasnost and Perestroika. As for pre-soviet era, I do not have much knowledge on that , so perhaps one day I may chance upon it and get interested
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It's fascinating stuff, right?
Soviet people lived under such harsh conditions. They constantly had the NKVD over their shoulders, waiting for someone to talk back to the government. I'm reading a book about the Red Army, and even in the 21st century people struggle to talk freely about the government, they're so used to staying quiet.
I tend to lean towards WWII-era stuff, but I have been reading up on the Cold war recently as well.
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what book are you reading now?
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I'm reading several books at the moment. The one I was referring to is called Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale.
Another good one is called Stalin's Curse, by Robert Gellately. I haven't gotten very far into it, but it's an interesting examination of Stalin's reign.
'Moscow, December, 25, 1991' by Conor O'Clery is a really good one about the fall of the Soviet Union. I'd definitely recommend this one, and Ivan's War if you're searching for something fun to read.
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Nice, I'll go look it up right away!
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I'm also game for soviet fiction. Most notable experiences were Red Alert series, tom clancy pre-1991 books and metal gear solid 3 XD
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Oh yes, that stuff is always fun as well!
I've been trying to find some good soviet fiction, but it's been difficult.
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Well, I'd highly recommend Tom Clancy's communist titles, especially Red Storm Rising. There are also other titles, like Rainbow Six which focuses on counter terrorism, but its really refreshing to read novels where the American capitalists don't always end up as good guys.
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It definitely is fun to read a new twist on the America-USSR story. 
What's your favorite nonfiction book?
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Hmm...lets see....non-fiction.....ah yes! The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, a classic.
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I've been meaning to read it, but I've been having trouble finding it in bookstores.
I did find several copies of Mein Kampf in my local bookstore though. 
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I read it through my kindle e-book reader XD
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