Zhili sebe pozhivali burzhui 'Once uopn a time the Bourgeoisie lived well...' The poster depicts a blindfolded worker waiting on a bourgeois and a priest; having his blindfold removed by Lenin; tearing off his chains and kicking down his oppressors; the bourgeois paying foreign troops to come to his aid; the worker joining the Red Army and defeating the foreign troops; the worker in peace time reading and eating surrounded by a school a library and a soviet of people's deputies. Two coloured lithograph. Image taken from A collection of posters issued by the Soviet government 1918 - 1921. Originally published in Moscow 1919. Illustrated by M M Cheremnykh.