1980: Underground Economy

The Underground Economy

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Work Efficiently and Achieve Good Quality

Our weapon is to work efficiently and to achieve good quality
Source:
 Posters from the Former Soviet Union. 2000.

V. Kunnap: The plumbing in our house ... (1977)

Poet: S. Smirnovskii. From ""The Fighting Pencil"" group, 1977<BR>The plumbing in our house is in a state we cannot bear,<BR>And the Department of Waterworks almost a year<BR>Just answers our letters in bold and vigorous papers...<BR>While we carry the water on our backs and shoulders.
Source:
 "Fighting Pencil" Group: Red Tape from Red Square. 1998.

Let's work harder, comrades!

Source:
 Posters from the Former Soviet Union. 2000.

B. Semenov: Invisible Hats (1974)

Poem: S. Smirnovskii. "The Fighting Pencil" 1974 <BR>[In the store of hats there is a sign "NO HATS'] <BR>The instance when hats are always sold out <BR>Can last forever in this store. <BR>Until the director of the store is fired <BR>The invisible hats they will not be restore.
Source:
 "Fighting Pencil" Group: Red Tape from Red Square. 1998.

Keep an Exact and Honest Account

Keep an exact and honest account of finances, manage efficiently, don't steal, maintain the toughest discipline on your job<BR>We Learn from Lenin series
Source:
 Posters from the Former Soviet Union. 2000.

Live and Work with a Clear Conscience

To live and work with a clear conscience is the primary promise of a communist. In the background: Workers of all countries, unite! The Communist Party of Soviet Union.
Source:
 Posters from the Former Soviet Union. 2000.

Punish Those Who Do Not Work!

Stop and punish harshly those who take money without work!
Source:
 Posters from the Former Soviet Union. 2000.