{"product_id":"original-1968-soviet-pioneer-movement-poster-true-to-lenin-s-precepts-artists-v-sachkov-e-artsrunyan","title":"Original 1969 Soviet Pioneer Movement Poster – \"True to Lenin's Precepts\" – V. Sachkov \u0026 E. Artsrunyan – 59 × 88 cm \/ 23.2 × 34.6 in","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original 1969 Soviet poster, rich in history but in fair vintage condition — please read the Condition section carefully and review all close-up photographs before purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Leningrad in 1969, this poster was issued to launch the nationwide Pioneer expedition \u003cem\u003e“Заветам Ленина верны”\u003c\/em\u003e (“True to Lenin’s Precepts”) — a vast, state-orchestrated journey of Soviet schoolchildren across the breadth of the USSR, culminating in the \u003cstrong\u003e4th All-Union Pioneer Rally\u003c\/strong\u003e in Leningrad in the summer of 1970. One hundred thousand copies were printed and distributed to schools, Pioneer palaces, and public spaces from Vladivostok to Minsk. Most were pinned to walls, handled by children, and lost to time. That this one survives at all — even in its current state — is a small miracle of preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design is the work of two accomplished Soviet graphic artists: Vladimir Sachkov (1928–2005), Honored Artist of the RSFSR and master of the dynamic multi-figure political composition, and Eduard Artsrunyan (1929–2010), an Armenian-Soviet painter and graphic designer celebrated for his expressive, warmly human state commissions. Together they built the image around the most charged symbol of Soviet childhood — the red Pioneer necktie — rendered here as a sweeping geometric silhouette that opens to reveal exactly fifteen children’s faces: one for each of the fifteen Soviet republics, living in friendship and peace. Slavic, Central Asian, Caucasian, Baltic — every face distinct, every face equal. The number is not accidental. It is a precise, deliberate act of visual politics: the whole Union, rendered in miniature, bound together by a single red tie. The image carries a message that transcends its political context — that children of every race, nation, and background stand equal, shoulder to shoulder, beneath the same sky. The slogan runs beneath in bold block lettering: \u003cstrong\u003e“ЗАВЕТАМ ЛЕНИНА ВЕРНЫ!”\u003c\/strong\u003e (“True to Lenin’s Precepts!”) The primary red inks remain bold and vivid at the centre of the image — the colour of the necktie still burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine document of late-1960s Soviet youth culture, Pioneer movement ephemera, and the optimistic graphic language of the post-Thaw era — and a quietly radical image of racial and national equality rendered in the visual vocabulary of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% Guaranteed Original Vintage Poster — not a modern reprint or reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists: Vladimir Sachkov (В. Сачков), 1928–2005 — Honored Artist of the RSFSR; Eduard Artsrunyan (Э. Арцрунян), 1929–2010\u003cbr\u003e\nYear: 1969\u003cbr\u003e\nPrinted in: Leningrad\u003cbr\u003e\nPrint run: 100,000 copies (recorded in lower margin)\u003cbr\u003e\nOrigin: USSR\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: 59 × 88 cm (23.2 × 34.6″) — standard large Soviet sheet format\u003cbr\u003e\nMedium: Original offset lithograph on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall: Fair (Vintage Grade C+) — high-patina archival display piece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWear: Significant water damage, creasing, foxing, and margin tears present. Verso stained and spotted throughout. The item is structurally stable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails: Primary red inks remain bold and intense in the central image area. Best displayed as a framed archival document rather than a pristine decorative print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe strongly recommend viewing all close-up photographs before purchase. What you see is what you receive.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Packaging\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe handle historic paper with the utmost care to ensure it arrives immaculate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandling: Dispatched within 1–3 business days from our studio\u003cbr\u003e\nPackaging: Rolled in acid-free tissue paper and shipped in a heavy-duty reinforced mailing tube — no folding, no creasing, no edge damage\u003cbr\u003e\nTracking: Fully tracked from our studio to your door\u003cbr\u003e\nStandard delivery: Registered post (BH Pošta), arriving in 1–4 weeks\u003cbr\u003e\nExpress delivery: DHL Express available at checkout — delivery in 2–5 business days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInternational buyers are responsible for any applicable customs fees or import taxes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFraming\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional custom framing is available for this piece upon request. 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