Framed reproduction of 1980 Soviet Olympic Poster – “Misha and Russian Dolls” – Artist Garegin Bucrnuchyan – Moscow Olympics

A museum-quality framed reproduction of a rare original 1980 Soviet Olympic poster, created for the Moscow Summer Games by Garegin Bucrnuchyan, an artist from the Armenian SSR.

Titled “Misha and Russian Dolls”, the composition unfolds diagonally — a procession of classic red and floral matryoshka (nesting) dolls, each opening to reveal the next, until Misha the Bear himself emerges from the smallest, proudly wearing his signature Olympic ring belt. The image is warm, folkloric, and unmistakably Soviet — a piece of soft-power diplomacy at a politically charged moment.

Publication Details
Artist: Garegin Bucrnuchyan (Armenian SSR)
Year: 1980
Event: XXII Summer Olympic Games, Moscow
Origin: USSR (Soviet Union)
Style: Late Soviet-era illustration, warm nostalgic palette
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.