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[Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov. – Historic Reproduction

[Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov., [Moscow : Moskovskii rabochii, between 1925 and 1935(?)] — vintage poster
[Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov., [Moscow : Moskovskii rabochii, between 1925 and 1935(?)]. Vintage poster from the Christmas collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of [Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov.

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Rather than a festive scene, this color poster treats Christmas as a political target. Its Russian title sets a puppet show against the claim that fighting religion means fighting for socialism. Radakov's bold figures and flat color reflect the Soviet poster style, which was built to reach workers and villagers who could not read long texts. Printed in Moscow with an estimated date between 1925 and 1935, it belongs to the period when the League of the Militant Godless promoted antireligious theater around religious holidays.

Created / published[Moscow : Moskovskii rabochii, between 1925 and 1935(?)]
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePosters Soviet 1920-1940.Prints Color 1920-1940.
NotesTitle in Russian.
SubjectsChristmas--1920-1940. Puppet shows--Soviet Union--1920-1940. Religion--1920-1940. Socialism--Soviet Union--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,154 × 1,459 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217617

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