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A visitor looks at a Soviet-era poster to mark the closing of Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics displayed at the exhibition “Soviet Design, 1950-1980,” in Moscow, on December 5, 2012. Toys, kitchen utensils, furniture, posters, clothes, cars … more than 200 objects and creations of all kinds objects designed for everyday life in the Soviet Union in 1950-1980 have been patiently gathered, from Russian museums, ancient designers, private collectors or recovered from private individuals through the Internet.AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV