The ЖЖ “History and Modernity” recently posted a collection of Soviet-era travel posters, enticing foreigners to visit the land of Volga barges and Kirghiz peaks, not to mention Gulgas, purges and secret police.
The images are – naturally – colorful, kitschy, socialist realist, and beautiful. Here is one of my favorites:
http://visualhistory.livejournal.com/124182.html
All credit goes to SB.
