Moscow May Song Moscow City USSR

Published by Russia, 1950

About this Item

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster published as part of a campaign aimed at promoting the Socialist homeland from Moscow as the centre of the Soviet way of life to the population living in the Soviet Union. Great design featuring a scenic view of the Kremlin surrounded by trees with the golden domes, red stars and red flag rising into a blue sky, with cars, buses and people crossing the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge over the Moskva / Moscow River in the foreground, and smaller images depicting more views including the Bolshoi Theatre and a sailing boat on the river, the title above in stylised letters against a red background over a decorative border of wheat and oak tree leaves entwined with a red ribbon leading to a music sheet and lyrics of Ð Ð¾Ñ ÐºÐ Ð° Ð¼Ð°Ð Ñ ÐºÐ°Ñ "Ð£Ñ Ñ Ð¾ ÐºÑ Ð°Ñ Ð Ñ Ð½ÐµÐ Ð½Ñ Ð¼ Ñ Ð ÐµÑ Ð¾Ð¼." / Moscow May "Morning paints with gentle light." decorated with trumpets below. The words to Moscow May (1937, 1959) were written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach and the music was written by the brothers Dmitri and Daniil Pokrassy. Horizontal. Fair condition, tears and creases in top and bottom margins. Size: 58x75.5cm.

Seller Inventory # PP0923

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moscow May Song Moscow City USSR
• Publisher: Russia
• Publication Date: 1950
• Illustrator: V. Smirnov
• Seller catalogs:
  • Propaganda Posters