Unframed 1980 Moscow Olympics Poster – 'Let Peace Triumph' – Artist A. Merkushev

A fine art reproduction of one of the most quietly powerful posters from the 1980 Moscow Olympics — Anatoly Merkushev’s ‘Let Peace Triumph.’ Printed on museum-quality matte paper, ready to frame to your own specification.

The composition is deliberately minimal: a white dove in flight against a deep blue gradient, with a detailed gold Olympic medal suspended at the centre. Above it, in clean Cyrillic lettering — «PUSTY POBÉDIT MIR», Let Peace Triumph — the image carries the idealism that defined the Soviet Olympic project. Designed by Anatoly Fyodorovich Merkushev, a celebrated Soviet poster artist from Penza, it remains one of the more restrained and symbolically precise pieces from the Games of the XXII Olympiad.

The 1980 Moscow Games were a landmark moment in Cold War history — grand in scale, politically charged, and marked by the famous Western boycott. This design, with its graphic restraint and symbolic clarity, has become increasingly sought after by collectors of both Olympic memorabilia and Soviet graphic art.

Publication Details
Artist: Anatoly Fyodorovich Merkushev (A. Merkuhev), Penza
Original year: 1980
Original publisher: Plakat, Moscow
Theme: XXII Summer Olympics, Moscow 1980
Style: Soviet Modernism

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Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper. Add a wonderful accent to your room and office with these posters that are sure to brighten any environment.

• Each print is derived from an authenticated original held in the Red Archive Studio collection
• Original size: 42 × 65 cm (16.5 × 25.6 in)
• Print size: 24 × 36 in (61 × 91 cm) — the closest standard size to the original
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan

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