Political advertising (Material culture)

"We Are Building Communism! / We Are Building a New Russia!"

Billboard for Peresvet Trading Firm in Moscow, playing off of an existing Soviet billboard just above it

"Glasnost. Informational Bulletin"

Front cover of "Glasnost. Informational Bulletin," 1987

1991 Referendum on Preserving the Union

Referendum ballot, 17 March 1991; Pravda coverage of elections from 18 March 1991

Questions submitted at readers' conference held by Lit Gazeta

Question submitted to editors of Literaturnaia Gazeta by reader attending readers’ conference