In Soviet Russia, alcohol swallows YOU!

March 12, 2005 10:48 PM

Soviet Anti-Alcohol Prop. Interesting historical collection.
posted by McBain (11 comments total)

I like many of these posters from a design standpoint.
posted by [expletive deleted] at 10:58 PM on March 12, 2005

Пьянству бой! Трезвость норма жизни.
posted by Krrrlson at 11:06 PM on March 12, 2005

Same here, expletive. That first one with the wrench/wine glass motif is as smart as anything today's Western designers have produced.
posted by armoured-ant at 4:32 AM on March 13, 2005

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before? At the time, I saved the pirate with a bottle for a leg as I thought it would make a good pic for a party invite.
posted by Onanist at 4:55 AM on March 13, 2005

Party invitations! Great idea! I think I'd go with this one, myself.
posted by Decani at 5:16 AM on March 13, 2005

It's amazing how much these look like Absolut ads...
posted by jpburns at 8:47 AM on March 13, 2005

just a bit, jpburns

cool post, mcbain.
posted by es_de_bah at 9:05 AM on March 13, 2005

Excellent!
posted by greasy_skillet at 7:20 PM on March 13, 2005

Perhaps another high-traffic site had posted a link to these before, Onanist, because I thought it was a double as well but couldn't find it in the archives. Nevertheless, it's a good link (so, thank you, McBain), and I, too, like them from a design standpoint (especially this one, which I had saved to my hard drive from wherever I found it before). Party invitations is a great idea, Decani.
posted by DyRE at 9:27 PM on March 13, 2005

Double. Not that I care.
posted by lazy-ville at 12:32 AM on March 14, 2005

Too bad the posters weren't in bear-Russian
posted by the cydonian at 4:08 AM on March 14, 2005