# Soviet realism on sale?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075 "2001-04-24T01:40:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075/1 "2001-04-24T01:40:15Z")

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Does anyone know where I could buy a Soviet realist poster? Or a poster made to look like one? I’ve looked for them in search engines but I can’t find any for sale. (I have no idea why I want one of these posters, so don’t bother asking.)

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**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075/2 "2001-04-24T02:45:00Z")

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What, you want to buy a real original poster? Or a modern reproduction? Try poking around this URL:

[http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/painting/index.htm](http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/painting/index.htm)

They list a few galleries, I liked this one:

[http://www.chisholm-poster.com/chisholm/Russian/russianPolitical/index.html](http://www.chisholm-poster.com/chisholm/Russian/russianPolitical/index.html)

I don’t know if these works are for sale. They look expensive.

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075/3 "2001-04-24T08:09:14Z")

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It’s not realism…but you can get Soviet propaganda posters at [http://www.poster.s.cz/listy/russ1.htm](http://www.poster.s.cz/listy/russ1.htm) , some of them quite cheap.

What I really want is Chinese propaganda posters…they are so compelling. If anyone has any information on where to get them please tell me!

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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075/4 "2001-04-24T14:36:00Z")

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All I can say is that those Propaganda posters are cool. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soviet-realism-on-sale/63075/5 "2001-04-24T15:10:05Z")

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If you get one, you must occasionally turn towards it and remark that you never noticed how nice Stalin’s smile is (was).