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title: Elagu suur Stalin, võitnud sotsialismi konstitutsiooni looja! (Long live great Stalin), Estonian SSR poster, 1950
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/elagu-suur-stalin-estonian-ssr-1950/
description: A retouched portrait photograph of Stalin in uniform sits inside a laurel wreath topped by a star, above a gilt scroll with an Estonian-language slogan.
section: Collection
---

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# Elagu suur Stalin, võitnud sotsialismi konstitutsiooni looja! (Long live great Stalin), Estonian SSR poster, 1950

A retouched portrait photograph of Stalin in uniform sits inside a laurel wreath topped by a star, above a gilt scroll with an Estonian-language slogan. The tells are the virtue words 'great' and 'victorious' standing in for any testable claim, and the wreath, star and scroll that lend the portrait ceremonial prestige.

## Text on the object

Original (Estonian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ELAGU
SUUR STALIN,
VÕITNUD SOTSIALISMI
KONSTITUTSIOONI LOOJA!

[imprint line along the bottom edge: illegible at this resolution]
[signature, lower right:] V. TOMASSOV 50
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
LONG LIVE
GREAT STALIN,
CREATOR OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF VICTORIOUS SOCIALISM!

[imprint line along the bottom edge: illegible at this resolution]
[signature, lower right:] V. TOMASSOV 50
```

Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. The museum's colour target strip at the top of the scan is not part of the poster.

[← "Jugend voran im Kampf um die Einheit Deutschlands": FDJ torchlight march, Berlin](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-fdj-torchlight-march-berlin-1949/) [Atlantic Pact float in a peace demonstration, Leipzig →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-leipzig-atlantic-pact-float-1950/)

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