This is an original Russian T-shirt. Screen printed in Moscow, Russia. Manufactured of 5.1 oz. fabric - luxuriously soft 100% cotton ring-spun yarn with double-needle coverseamed neck.

"Have you Enrolled as a Volunteer" was a Bolshevik Era (1917-1921) poster produced by Dmitrii Moor in a single night as recruitment needs grew critical. Civil War demanded action. It is told that about 50,000 copies of this poster were distributed, and its bold and simple image of a Red Armyman inspired many young men to sign up in droves. The T-shirt replicates this very poster.

SOVIET PROPAGANDA

Lenin created the first truly modern propaganda machine, and its most colorful, dramatic and original form was the poster.

Although posters were produced in Russia before the Revolution, they were overshadowed by the remarkable propaganda posters of the Soviets. Lenin takes responsibility for creating the first truly modern propaganda machine, from postage stamps and Mayday parades to monumental sculptures. Perhaps its most colorful, dramatic and original form was the poster. Through it, the greatest artists of the time proclaimed government policies, asked for support, and demanded greater efforts -- all with the goal of building Soviet power.

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