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Postcard 1980 Moscow Olympics Olympiad & Moscow Soviet Poster USSR Tarasova
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Postcard 1980 Moscow Olympics Olympiad & Moscow Soviet Poster USSR Tarasova

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Like a great cosmic sail catching the wind of history, a rainbow-striped Olympic flag unfurls above a gleaming aerial view of Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, the entire composition swirling in deep indigo and electric color — and across the card in bold Cyrillic and red lettering ring the words "Как песнь одна, звучат слова: Олимпиада и Москва!" ("Like one song, the words ring out: Olympics and Moscow!"), a rallying cry from the Soviet state's most ambitious sporting moment. Artist L. Tarasova created this companion piece to the "Sport — Ambassador of Peace" card (PC-02947) as part of the same Plakat Publishing Olympic-80 series, both issued in 1980 with a print run of 100,000 and a face value of 3 kopecks. The stadium vignette at center is recognizable as the Luzhniki, the main venue for the 1980 Games, lending this card documentary as well as artistic value for collectors of Cold War-era Olympic history and Soviet constructivist-influenced graphic design.

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PC-02948 · Издательство «Плакат», Moscow
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