In the mid-1970s, when Moscow was announced as the host of the 1980 Olympics, the Soviet publishing house Plakat began printing Games-related materials and distributing advertising posters to friendly countries through foreign publishing houses.
In 1978, a major international Olympic poster competition was held in which artists from 45 countries submitted more than 5,000 works to Moscow. The prize-winning entries were published in huge circulations in the USSR and abroad. Here are some of them.
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow
From the collection of the Museum of Moscow