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"On my honor I swear to serve the people of our country faithfully, to follow strictly the constitution of the USSR,...".
Mikhail Sergeievich Gorbachev was elected the first President of the Soviet Union on March 14, 1990 by the Congress of People’s Deputies. At the time, it was a newly-created position partly designed to curtail the authority of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. However, the position likely set the government onto a path that led the nation into economic crisis and, ultimately, to its 1991 collapse.
Gorbachev previously served as General Secretary of the Communist Party and he'd been the Soviet Union’s appointed Head of State. As the last leader of the Soviet Union, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for helping end the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev held the Office of the Presidency until his resignation on December 25, 1991.
The poster was designed by Soviet artist Iuri Borisovich Leonov.
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Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
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