‘Long live the steadfast friendship and partnership between the Soviet and Chinese peoples!’ This Soviet propaganda poster is published in 1951 to illustrate the good relations between the USSR and the People’s Republic of China. The two communist leaders Joseph Stalin (on the left) and Mao Zedong (on the right) are shown shaking hands, demonstrating the mutual understanding that was sealed on 14 February 1950 with a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance. The Chinese leader Mao Zedong is holding a book entitled ‘Lenin’, a reference to the ‘father’ of the Russian Revolution of October 1917.