Political advertising (Print)
Rebuilding Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's traditionalist prescription for pulling Russia out of its difficulties was seen by many as out of touch with the times, but many of the ideas he expounded in 1991 have become part of Russia's neo-revanchism in recent years.
Vladimir Putin's 1999 Vision for Russia
Just before assuming the presidency, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin published an essay that outlined his vision for Russia. He saw it as a post-industrial society that could successfully integrate into the new world order only with a strong central government.
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anti-USSR pamphlet
“Go buy some food… for the last time!” Yeltsin takes on Zyuganov in the 1996 presidential election
Anti-Zyuganov poster ("buy food... for the last time!")
Vyacheslav Marychev, "Actor" of the Russian Duma
During a Duma session, Marychev cocks a gun while wearing sunglasses and a Megadeth t-shirt tucked into high-waisted slacks
Kolia Vasin’s petition for the “John Lennon Church of Rock-n-Roll” (Khram Rok-n-rolla imeni Dzhona Lennona.) in St. Petersburg (April 1992).
An official petition for the establishment of the so-called "John Lennon Church of Rock-n-Roll" in St. Petersburg, conceived by the self-described "Beatlelologist" Kolia Vasin, a major personality in and driver behind the formation of Leningrad's rock music community.
Maria Devi Khristos
Maria Devi Khristos, street poster with a woman in religious regalia making a gesture of blessing, 1991.
Poster of the The Beer Lovers' Party, Text: “Beer Lovers’ Party: Is this serious? This is serious!” 1995.
Poster in the style of Soviet agit-prop promoting the Beer Lovers' Party
Election poster for the Democratic Choice of Russia--United Democrats 1995 campaign for the Duma.
Poster depicting a stream of people entering a giant pack of Belomor Canal cigarettes to promote the Democratic Choice of Russia--United Democrats Party.