A devotee of Soviet history and culture, Grigorian constructed his collection over a period of 15 years. Known as the Sergo Grigorian Collection, it encompasses over 2,000 Soviet political posters, or "communist posters," as they are known in the West.[1] The time frame of the collection spans the whole Soviet era, from February 1917 to December 1991, when the USSR ceased to exist. This historical period of Russia attracts a lot of interest as an experiment to build a fair and equitable society. The Soviet political poster has shown a successful past application of visual propaganda in political strife. The primary focus of Grigorian's collection is on political propaganda, hence such famous categories as cinema, theatre, circus, sports and advertisement have been deliberately excluded, unless they have a clear underlying political meaning. Apart from the vast collection of posters, Grigorian is also known for collecting the literature about Soviet graphics and poster art.[2]
