Cultural Impact: The Cult of the Cosmonaut

Гагарин, Титов, Николаев, Попович — могучие витязи наших дней
Mighty Knights of Our Days
1958-1963 - golden age of Soviet space posters
Reproduction print of a Soviet space propaganda poster from the 1958-1963 golden age, paying tribute to the first four Soviet cosmonauts as the 'mighty knights' (витязи) of the early space race: Yuri Gagarin (Vostok 1, 1961), Gherman Titov (Vostok 2, 1961), Andriyan Nikolaev (Vostok 3, 1962), and Pavel Popovich (Vostok 4, 1962). Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.