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1975 "Use of Wind Power" Original Soviet Ukrainian Natural History School Poster | USSR Vintage Educational Chart: Windmill, Sailing Ship, Wind Power Station
1975 "Use of Wind Power" Original Soviet Ukrainian Natural History School Poster | USSR Vintage Educational Chart: Windmill, Sailing Ship, Wind Power Station
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An original Soviet vintage educational poster "Використання сили вітру" (Use of Wind Power), illustrating how wind energy has been harnessed both historically and in modern (mid-20th century) times. Printed at Kyiv (Music) Note Factory in 1975. A teaching aid from the collection of a retired teacher, used in classrooms in Ukraine. A rare survivor from a time when the Ukrainian language was suppressed and replaced by Russian across the Soviet education system.
Part of each sale supports 🇺🇦.
Top Row: Historical Uses
Part of each sale supports 🇺🇦.
Top Row: Historical Uses
Windmill (Вітряк): A traditional wooden post mill used for grinding grain.
Sailing Ship (Вітрильне судно): A large multi-masted ship representing the use of wind for maritime transport.
Bottom Row: "Modern" Applications
Wind Power Station (Вітроелектростанція): An early design of a wind turbine on a lattice tower, shown connected to a building via power lines to generate electricity.
Wind Pumping Installations (Вітроводопідйомні установки): Lattice-tower wind pumps located in fields are used for irrigation or pumping water for livestock.
SIZE:89,5 x 60cm
CONDITION:
Good vintage, subtle signs of classroom use: patina and light wear to the edges. Strengthened at the reverse with a bit of archival tape (photo 10) – a genuine piece of Soviet educational history. Please enlarge photos for details.
Ships rolled up, unframed.
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