«100 Years to Lenin», made 1970, Siberia.

Collection of giant soviet signs cut into forests.

Comparative population in various countries. From left to right: China, Great Britain with colonies, Russia, United States, Germany, Japan, Austro-Hungary, Great Britain and France.

Published in 1912, the Nicholas Rubakin’s book «Russia in Figures» contains wonderful examples of vintage infographics.

Comparative strength of different faiths in Russia. Orthodox, Old Believers, Armenian Apostolic, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, other Christians, Jews, Islam, Buddhists, and the remaining

Comparative strength of the peoples living in Russia. Russians (with the Ukrainians and Belarusians); Turks and Tatars; Poles; Finnish tribes; Jews; Lithuanians; Germans; Caucasians and Georgians; Highlanders; Armenians; and other

The professional composition of the Russian population. The relative strength of professions.

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Yuri Gagrin, the first man in space, would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March 9.

Gagarin was the first to make a manned space flight on board the Vostok spaceship on April 12, 1961. The flight around the Earth took 108 minutes, after which he safely landed in the Saratov Region. He died in an air crash in the Vladimir Region during a training flight on board a Mig-15 fighter plane together with Colonel Vladimir Seryogin on March 27, 1968.

March 1991.

First Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Time covers.

September 1991 и March 1993.

July 1996 и September 1998.

Michael Reissinger from the Scholz & Friends agency made this animation about history of marketing.