21 Vintage Soviet Union Anti-Alcohol Posters
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By the early 1980s, alcohol abuse was widely recognized as a major cause of death, absenteeism, and low labor productivity in the Soviet Union – an issue which the government tried to fight with various anti-alcohol campaigns. Here are 21 incredible posters from those years along with their translated captions:
Bartered
Stop, before it’s too late
Harmful to health, family and offspring
Vodka entails
We shall overcome drunkenness
Had a shot, had two
Alcohol
Alcoholism
Stop drunkenness
It also happens
Remember, lad, accuracy is important!
Rich inner content
On sick leave
Alcohol is an active partner in crime
To health!
Spare unborn child!
Reason: drunkenness
Do not be a prisoner of bad habits
Alcohol – the enemy of production
Huckster is the worst enemy
Alcohol – the enemy of reason
