15 Soviet anti-U.S. posters

Soviet artists were true masters at depicting the vices and shortcomings of Western society. Take a closer look at some of their best works.

1. "Savior". The inscription on the beret reads: “NATO” and on the bag: “For monopoly profits”.

Viktor Zhelobinsky
Viktor Zhelobinsky

2. "Get out of the way, warmongers!" The inscription on the flag reads: “For peace!” The inscription on the sail reads: “North Atlantic Pact, Western bloc”.

Veniamin Briskin
Veniamin Briskin

3. "Curse the executioners! American warmongers are enemies of humanity!"

Lev Samoylov-Babin
Lev Samoylov-Babin

4. Colonial peoples in the light of the "torch of freedom".

Kukryniksy
Kukryniksy

5. "The forces of peace are invincible!" Inscriptions: “North Atlantic Pact – For a new war”; “Supporters of peace and democracy – For a lasting peace”.

Boris Yefimov, Nikolay Dolgorukov
Boris Yefimov, Nikolay Dolgorukov

6. "In capitalist countries, labor has no rights! In socialist countries, the right to work!"

Viktor Koretsky
Viktor Koretsky

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Viktor Koretsky
Viktor Koretsky

8. "Be damned!"

Viktor Koretsky
Viktor Koretsky

9. "A real cutthroat!" The inscriptions on the shirt read: “South Africa”, “Southern Rhodesia”, “Africa”, “Angola”, “Congo”, “Namibia” and “Biafra”.

Fyodor Nelyubin
Fyodor Nelyubin

10. "I am a dove"

Viktor Koretsky
Viktor Koretsky

11. "Today in El Salvador. “To save a village from terrorists, we had to destroy it."

Igor Smirnov
Igor Smirnov

12. "The Soviet Threat: How One Man Fed Two Generals"

Andrey Krylov
Andrey Krylov

13. "Imperialism is aggression!"

Leonid Rakov
Leonid Rakov

14. "Freedom, American Style."

Boris Prorokov
Boris Prorokov

15. "Hunger relief, American style."

Yuri Blinov
Yuri Blinov