This collection boasts more than 1000 Soviet political posters spanning the whole Soviet era from February 1917 to December 1991.

Sergo Grigorian has meticulously constructed a collection of political posters, deliberately disregarding other interesting Soviet themes such as cinema, circus, theatre, sports and advertising (except those with clear underlying political meaning). In addition, Sergo Grigorian collects a wide range of literature and photographic materials related to the Soviet poster. Most recent acquisitions are found at the top of the general list of posters.

You can view the collection by catalogue number, year and author. All the posters are divided into groups and subgroups by category, historical period, author, series (e.g. The Fighting Pencil series), place of publication or edition, style, technique of manufacture etc.

The website can match corresponding posters according to the groups stated above. Furthermore the 'advanced search' function allows users to find posters matching various criteria (e.g. author: N.E. Muratov, series: The Fighting Pencil, period: 1941-45). Under each poster's description are references to printed sources where the poster is published or mentioned.

While creating the collection there are inevitably duplicates and posters which do not match the overall political theme. These examples are offered for sale or exchange.

Sergo Grigorian is happy to receive offers of posters for sale, comments and propostions of publication, organising exhibitions etc. under the collection description .

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