Framed – G.N. Verbitskiy – 1985 Soviet Ukrainian Industrial Propaganda Poster – Komsomol Youth Construction

A museum-quality framed reproduction of a bold and historically charged piece of late-Soviet graphic art — G.N. Verbitskiy’s 1985 propaganda poster published by Molod (Молодь / Youth) Publishing House, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Presented in your choice of frame colour, ready to hang.

The composition is a masterclass in late-Soviet graphic industrialism: a young construction worker operating heavy machinery, silhouetted against a sharp geometric backdrop of high-rise developments, structural grids, and industrial cranes — rendered in punchy golden yellows and deep blues with bold, flat colour-blocking that edges toward the pop-adjacent graphic language of the mid-1980s. The top left corner bears the blue emblem of the Komsomol (Young Communist League) with the legend “Комсомольская путёвка” (“Komsomol Travel Ticket”). The bottom slogan reads: “ЮНОШИ И ДЕВУШКИ! ПОЛУЧИВ СТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ПРОФЕССИИ В СРЕДНИХ ПРОФТЕХУЧИЛИЩАХ, ВЫ СМОЖЕТЕ СДЕЛАТЬ РОДИНУ ЕЩЕ МОГУЩЕСТВЕННЕЕ!” (“Young men and girls! By obtaining construction professions in Technical Schools, you will be able to make your Motherland even more powerful!”)

Publication Details
Artist: G.N. Verbitskiy (Г.Н. Вербицкий)
Original design year: 1985
Publisher: Molod (Молодь) Publishing House, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Theme: Youth vocational orientation, Komsomol labour drives, construction engineering
Style: Late Soviet Graphic Industrialism
Original size: 59 × 88 cm (23.2 × 34.6″)

Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper. The frame made from wood from renewable forests adds an extra touch of class.

• Original poster size: 59 × 88 cm (23.2 × 34.6″)
• Frame size: 24 × 36 in (61 × 91 cm) — the closest standard size to the original
• Frame colour: Black / Red Oak / White (select above)
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm) · 189 g/m²
• Frame depth: 0.75″ (1.9 cm) · Ayous wood from renewable forests
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia

How to hang: place the mounting hook at the centre-top of the frame.