Knockout blow

Mosselprom - Boxer Box, originally uploaded by lamarde.

Because you really can't get enough Soviet cigarette ads, here's one for a branded cigarette called "Box" (note the gloves). The copy reads "Everyone smokes Box cigarettes."

The same time as this ad appeared (1928), Stalin was putting an end to Lenin's quasi-capitalist New Economic Program. Soon the stylish product ads would disappear, to be replaced by insipid images touting the glories of working together for the common good.

Blah.