Russia: White Russian poster depicting a Soviet beggar sitting on a pile of worthless currency, c. 1918

A Happy Worker in Sovdepia (a derogatory name for the Soviet state). A White Russian paper poster published in Odessa, satirizing hyperinflation in Soviet-held territories (the worker is shown begging while sitting on a heap of devalued and worthless banknotes).

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