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Portfolio Category: 1990

Освобождение (Liberation), No. 1, April 1990

Освобождение (Liberation), No. 1, April 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018March 22, 2021 By admin

The masthead of this paper from Samara, a city on the Volga river over 600 miles east of Moscow, gestures … Continue ReadingОсвобождение (Liberation), No. 1, April 1990

Менестрель (Minstrel), January – April 1990

Менестрель (Minstrel), January – April 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018May 9, 2019 By Patrick Wilz

This is the newspaper of the Moscow City Center of Songwriters, its motto: “Let’s join hands, friends!”

Советская Россия (Soviet Russia), Thursday, 16 August 1990

Советская Россия (Soviet Russia), Thursday, 16 August 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018March 23, 2021 By admin

This daily newspaper was the “Organ of the Central Committee of the USSR, and the Supreme Soviet and Council of … Continue ReadingСоветская Россия (Soviet Russia), Thursday, 16 August 1990

Свобода (Freedom), No. 1,  March 1990

Свобода (Freedom), No. 1, March 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018March 23, 2021 By admin

This is the first issue of the newspaper of the Press-Center of the “Moscow Memorial” society. Memorial was the principal … Continue ReadingСвобода (Freedom), No. 1, March 1990

мужские новости (Men’s News, 1992?)

мужские новости (Men’s News, 1992?)

Posted onDecember 20, 2018March 23, 2021 By admin

This is an excellent example of easy, collage-style publishing: a large image of a photoshopped model from a western magazine, … Continue Readingмужские новости (Men’s News, 1992?)

Гражданскiи Мира (Civil World/Peace—Independent Newspaper), No. 1, December 1990

Гражданскiи Мира (Civil World/Peace—Independent Newspaper), No. 1, December 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018May 23, 2019 By Nancy Ching

This is the front page of an “independent political newspaper from the south of Russia” whose title is printed not … Continue ReadingГражданскiи Мира (Civil World/Peace—Independent Newspaper), No. 1, December 1990

Доверие (Trust), January 1990

Доверие (Trust), January 1990

Posted onDecember 20, 2018March 23, 2021 By admin

This is the first issue of “Trust”, printed in Noginsk, Russia, in January of 1990. It  One headline reads: “They … Continue ReadingДоверие (Trust), January 1990

Студенческая Газета (Alma Mater),    1-15 March 1990

Студенческая Газета (Alma Mater), 1-15 March 1990

Posted onNovember 21, 2018May 19, 2019 By Patrick Wilz

This is the student newspaper from the University of Tartu, in Estonia, whose main building appears in the photograph in … Continue ReadingСтуденческая Газета (Alma Mater), 1-15 March 1990

Северная пчела (Northern Bee), 18 October 1990

Северная пчела (Northern Bee), 18 October 1990

Posted onDecember 21, 1999February 14, 2021 By Patrick Wilz

This “independent people’s paper” leaps back a century and half to the era of Nicholas I (reigned 1825-1855) and to … Continue ReadingСеверная пчела (Northern Bee), 18 October 1990

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