Soviet Space Program
Cultural Impact: The Cult of the CosmonautSoviet space propaganda poster in the visual idiom of 1958-1963. Group portrait of the four early Soviet cosmonauts - Gagarin, Titov, Nikolaev, Popovich - in heroic three-quarter view wearing CCCP pressure helmets against a red sunburst and starfield. Bottom Cyrillic text names them and declares them МОГУЧИЕ ВИТЯЗИ НАШИХ ДНЕЙ (Mighty Knights of Our Days).
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.

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