Soviet vintage safety poster.

Poster approved by the Labour Protection Department of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Workers of Power Plants and Electrical Industry
 
Title: STOP WORK IF THERE IS A THUNDERSTORM
 
The U.S.S.R. was notorious for its omnipresent propaganda. The Bolshevik regime proved wonderfully adept at using the skills of talented graphic designers and writers to create vivid images and slogans aimed at ideologically motivating the masses to transform society. Their work permeated all aspects of life during the communist era, including art, industry, and science. The state even invested a lot of artistic endeavor into such mundane areas as health and safety at the workplace and this original poster is an excellent example of this policy.
 
What is the symbolism of black and yellow?
 
It is a well-known fact that combination of black and yellow indicates danger or poisonousness. In western society it seems obvious this comes from bees and wasps.
 
Size: 42x57cm
 
Circulation: 22000 copies, in other words, is a very rare poster.
 
Publisher: "Energia"
 
Printed in 1968
 
Made in Moscow, Russia, USSR
 
Artist: M.I. Yashin
 
Condition: good