Soviet posters of 1918-1939 from the collections of the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova

The subject of this paper is a study of posters from the collections of NMAHM. There were selected and studied about 100 objects belonging to the time of the Civil War (1918-1920) and the interwar period (1922-1939). Among the authors of these posters there are the renowned artists A. Apsit, V. Deni, and D. Moor. Most of the posters are originals that illustrate a series of events of the time. By content they can be categorized by the criteria of themes and types. Thus, in terms of types the posters can be divided into political, military, economic, and educational. In terms of themes they can be divided into four categories. Posters in the first category reflect activity of the Communist party, the struggle for Soviet power, the alliance of peasants and workers. The second category includes the posters on activity of the Red Army, the fight against foreign intervention, the fight against desertion. The third category combines the posters on agriculture, collectivization, and the fight against hunger. The last category includes the posters on public education. In conclusion of the research of this part of the collections of NMAHM, it should be stated that posters are of particular importance for the study of the period of 1918-1939.