Title:

NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW LABOUR VICTORIES!

1987- 70 ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT OCTOBER

Interesting fact:

In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was made into the important time. Following the revolution in 1917, Christmas was banned as a religious holiday in 1929 and Christmas Trees were banned until 1935 when they turned into 'New Year' Trees! If people did want to celebrate Christmas, they had to do it in secret just in their families.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, people were free to celebrate Christmas again. But it's still a quieter and smaller holiday in Russia after the big New Year celebrations.

On the other hand, The Great October was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It was the second revolutionary change of government in Russia in 1917. It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October]. It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War.

Artist: G. Rashkov

Printed in 1986

Circulation: 454521 copies

Size: 21,6 x 16,9 inches (55 x 43 cm)

Language: Russian

Made in the Soviet Union 

This is guaranteed 100% original Soviet period item manufactured in the USSR.

This is not a recent issue, replica or tourist souvenir.