Framed reproduction of 1980 Soviet Olympic Poster – Mongolian Artist Yadamsurengiin Urzhine – Moscow Olympics

A museum-quality framed reproduction of an original 1980 Soviet Olympic poster, published by Plakat Publishing House, Moscow, and designed by Mongolian artist Yadamsurengiin Urzhine — a remarkable example of the international artistic collaboration that characterised the Soviet cultural sphere at its peak.

The design is immediately distinctive: Misha the Bear, the beloved mascot of the Moscow Games, carries children from around the globe in an illustrative, almost storybook style. Surrounding them, a chronological arc traces every previous Olympic host city from Athens 1896 to Montreal 1976 — including the cancelled Games of 1916 and 1940–44. Woven into the composition are record-breaking athletic achievements, lending the piece a documentary quality alongside its celebratory warmth.

Publication Details
Artist: Yadamsurengiin Urzhine, Mongolian People’s Republic
Year: 1980 (published 14 March 1980)
Publisher: Izdatelstvo Plakat, Moscow
Print Run: 200,000 copies
Occasion: XXII Summer Olympic Games, Moscow
Origin: USSR (Soviet Union)
Style: Illustrative / storybook Soviet graphic design
Original Size: 36 × 56 cm (14.2 × 22.0 in)

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Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper. The frame made from wood from renewable forests adds an extra touch of class.

• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia

How to hang: place the mounting hook at the centre-top of the frame when hanging vertically.