Poster Plakat
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"Glory to the mother-hero!"
This poster by the artist Nina Vatolina was created for International Women's Day, a holiday with roots in the U.S. dating to March 8, 1908. However, the formal creation of International Women's Day is linked to the August 1910 Second International Women's Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference chose March 19 for subsequent celebrations but that date was later changed to March 8 connecting it to the U.S. observance.
In Imperial Russia, International Women’s Day was only sporadically observed. Nevertheless, in 1917, its observance coincided with mass strikes in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) that led to the February Revolution and the abdication of the Tsar. In the later Soviet-era, March 8 was the replacement for Mother's Day, a celebration generally discouraged by Soviet authorities.
While the United Nations began to observe the day in 1975, International Women’s Day was not widely observed in the U.S. due to its long-time association with the Soviet Union.
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About The Collection
Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
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