Deruluft Airlines (JV Germany & USSR). Berlin - Moscow - Leningrad Service, 1936. Unframed Vintage Travel Poster

Deruluft Airlines (JV Germany & USSR). Berlin - Moscow - Leningrad Service, 1936. Unframed Vintage Travel Poster

According to Wikipedia (German), "Deruluft (Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrs A.G., or Deruluft) was a joint Soviet-German airline, established on 24 November 1921. Deruluft opened its first service to Moscow from Königsberg (later Kaliningrad) on 1 May 1922. It started a new route from Berlin via Tallinn to Leningrad on 6 June 1928, and maintained both routes until 31 March 1936. Björn Larsson has more in his gallery, Airline Timetables.

These are fascinating images and represent a past lost to war and disaster; a future that could have been but instead was destroyed. Given what happened later between Germany and the USSR in World War II, it is hard to imagine a joint venture. Nonetheless, Germany and the United States both built much of the USSR's industrial plant in the 1930s.  

Museum-quality posters made on thick and durable matte paper. Add a wonderful accent to your room and office with these posters that are sure to brighten any environment.

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%