Glory Soviet Cosmonauts USSR

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Original vintage Soviet space race period poster - Слава советским космонавтам! Glory to the Soviet Cosmonauts! - featuring a black and white photograph of the cosmonauts who took part in the early space programme, dressed in smart military uniforms with medals on their jackets: Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Gherman Titov (1935-2000), Valentina Tereshkova (b. 1937), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004), Pavel Popovich (1930-2009) and Valery Bykovsky (b. 1934) smiling and holding hands with their arms up together in victory, with the leader of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), in front of a colourful background design depicting stylised rockets in red shooting up leaving glowing trails in front of stars, the title in bold red and white letters. Horizontal. Good condition, restored tears, restored pinholes, restored paper skimming, tape marks, staining, backed on linen. Show more