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Russian Souvenir Magnet

Russian Souvenir Magnet "Don't Talk!" Soviet Propaganda Brochure Style

$ 3.16

Availability: 46 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country: Russia
  • Theme: Political
  • Signed: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Type: Souvenir Magnet
  • Country/Region: Russia
  • Politician: Soviet
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Size 8cm * 5.5 cm
    Weight 24.3 g
    Text:
    "Be on the alert!
    On such days, the walls are eavesdropped on.
    Not far from chatter and gossip to infidelity!"
    Nina Nikolaevna Vatolina (1915-2002) became widely known in Russia and abroad thanks to her posters. "Don'T TALK!", created by Vatolina in 1941, became one of the masterpieces of Soviet graphics.
    Nina Vatolina:
    - " When and why this poster appeared.
    It was a tragic time. The poster was created to help survive in the fight against a deadly enemy.
    This is a very sincere work.
    How it was created.
    That summer I was going to write my diploma – I was graduating from the Art Institute, I was making great plans. But everything turned upside down...
    Moscow was plunged into darkness in the evenings – blackout on the windows, every day we know that the fighting was getting closer and closer to the capital.
    One day my editor said: "We need to make a poster like this," and put her finger to her lips. "We need to talk less now."
    My neighbor, two her sons went to the front, posed for me. The face I brought with the help of a mirror, so that the eyes and emotional expression are mine"