40 Years of the Great Victory – Soviet Poster-Calendar by artist I. Korovyakov, 1985

This is an original 1985 Soviet poster-calendar, published to mark the 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War — one of the most significant commemorative milestones in the Soviet cultural calendar. Designed by I. Korovyakov and issued by Voenizdat — the Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Defence — it belongs to a distinct and collectible format: the poster-calendar, which combined monumental graphic art with a functional printed calendar grid, produced in limited runs for institutional and domestic display across the USSR.

What makes this piece particularly collectible is its occasion and provenance. The 40th Victory anniversary in 1985 was a moment of exceptional intensity in Soviet commemorative culture — the largest such milestone since the war’s end, and the first under Gorbachev. The state invested heavily in the visual language of wartime memory that year, and the graphic output reflects it. A Voenizdat edition carries additional institutional weight: these were produced under the authority of the Ministry of Defence, not the general civilian publishing apparatus. With a print run of 100,000 copies, this is not a mass-market item — and examples in good condition are genuinely uncommon four decades on.

Authenticity

100% Guaranteed Original Vintage Poster-Calendar — not a modern reprint or reproduction.

Artist: I. Korovyakov (И. Коровяков)
Year: 1985
Occasion: 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)
Publisher: Voenizdat (Воениздат), Military Publishing House, Moscow
Print Run: 100,000 copies
Format: Poster-Calendar
Style: Soviet Socialist Realism
Size: 60 × 90 cm (23.6 × 35.4 in)
Medium: Offset lithograph on paper

Condition

Overall: Good (Vintage Grade)

Wear: Minor age-related toning consistent with a 40-year-old piece. Please review the high-resolution photographs for a full and accurate representation of any wear.

This is an authentic vintage item. Please review the high-resolution photographs for a full and accurate representation. What you see is what you receive.

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