"Strengthen trade and through trade, prove the connection between the city and the village. Through Nizhny we will strengthen the connection of the USSR with the countries of the East."
Advertisement poster for Nizhny Novgorod Fair, 1923.
Credit to Comrade Lady Izdihar
Funky little reversed hammer and sickle up the top there
I never realized how much I'm used to seeing it the 'regular' way round, for something that I guess is just based on convention