Original 1973 Soviet Luge Sports Poster – 5th Winter Spartakiad of the RSFSR 1974 – 58 × 88 cm / 22.8 × 34.6 in

An incredibly dynamic and exceptionally rare artifact of Soviet athletic history — an original 1973 sports poster published by the Sports Events Administration of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, with a print run of just 3,000 copies.

This piece was printed to commemorate the Fifth Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the RSFSR (Пятая Зимняя Спартакиада Народов РСФСР 1974). The final luge events for this championship were held in the Siberian city of Bratsk in February 1974. Featuring a dynamic, high-contrast photo-graphic style, it captures an athlete mid-run bearing competition number 346. The upper left carries the sport designation in bold Cyrillic: “САННЫЙ СПОРТ” (“Luge / Sledding”). The bottom corner is anchored by the minimalist multi-coloured emblem of the RSFSR Spartakiad games — a stylised evergreen tree set against a target-shaped snowflake pattern — framed by a bold red and blue geometric chevron. This is a brilliant piece of vintage graphic design that adds an authentic mid-century aesthetic to any home office, gym, or creative studio space.

The Spartakiad was the premier multi-sport event of the Soviet Union, designed to rival the Olympic Games while promoting mass athletic participation across the constituent republics. The Winter Spartakiad of the RSFSR was the highly competitive regional pipeline that determined which elite winter athletes would represent the USSR on the global stage. Soviet athletes dominated luge internationally throughout the 1970s, and this poster is an authentic piece of that highly organised state sports machine — produced for a specific regional event and never intended for wide distribution.

Authenticity

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

Sport: Санный спорт (Luge / Sledding)
Event: 5th Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the RSFSR, 1974
Final luge events: Bratsk, Siberia, February 1974
Publisher: Sports Events Administration, Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, Council of Ministers of the RSFSR
Year: 1973 (approved for print 18 July 1973)
Print run: 3,000 copies
Origin: RSFSR, USSR
Size: 58 × 88 cm (22.8 × 34.6″) — large Soviet format
Medium: Original offset lithograph on heavy paper

Condition

Overall: Excellent (Vintage Grade A-)

Wear: Minor, negligible soft wrinkling along the extreme edges from decades of storage. Central imagery completely crisp and clean with no fading to the colour elements. Margins remarkably sharp.

Details: Reverse clean and unbacked, with a clear crisp ghosting profile of the front graphics bleeding through naturally. Free from pinholes, tape residue, or heavy foxing.

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.

Shipping & Packaging

We handle historic paper with the utmost care to ensure it arrives immaculate.

Handling: Dispatched within 1–3 business days from our studio
Packaging: Rolled in acid-free tissue paper and shipped in a heavy-duty reinforced mailing tube — no folding, no creasing, no edge damage
Tracking: Fully tracked from our studio to your door
Standard delivery: Registered post (BH Pošta), arriving in 1–4 weeks
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Framing

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