The poster is a universal genre. But the posters of the Great Patriotic War are more than a genre, they are a chronicle that predetermined the Great Victory of a great nation over fascism.
Toidze I. Motherland is calling! 1941
Fighter, liberate your Belarus!
Poster. Hood. V. Koretsky, 1943
01/27/43: Hitler's geek wanted a war like in France, but not like in Russia. Like pimps, he wanted to live at someone else's expense, drink someone else's champagne and eat someone else's chocolate, send looted cloth, silk and stockings to his greedy, like a wolf, wife, who invariably repeated in her "touching" letters the two words "come and go" ... German-fascist males rush with a frenzied gaze at women of a foreign nationality, breathing into their faces the stench of rotten teeth, staining them with drops of their poisoned saliva. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Kill the fascist fanatic!
Poster. Hood. V. Denis. 1942
Sailor! Deliver your dear girl from vile reptiles! Be merciless with the executioners, kill the rapists in battle! (1941)
Soldier of the Red Army, save!
Poster. Hood. V.A. Serov, 1942.
Fascist captivity is atrocity, torment and torture.
Poster. Hood. V.A. Kobelev, 1941.
06/29/41: The main idea of the Nazis is the superiority of the German race over other races. They compiled a description of the exemplary representative of the Germanic race. This is how a description of a purebred bull or a thoroughbred male is made. According to the "scientists" of fascism, a pure German is distinguished by slenderness, tall stature, light-colored skin and hair, and an elongated head shape. It must be said that the three leaders of the Nazis are not very suitable for the listed signs. Hitler is a brunette of medium height, Goering is an extremely obese creature. And Goebbels generally bears little resemblance to a person - German or not German - this is a tiny monkey, ugly and fidgety. The outward appearance of the leaders does not prevent the fascists from persisting in the exaltation of the German race...
The fascists turned people into animals, and replaced the complex world of human feelings with a textbook of tribal cattle breeding ... The ancestors of the present German fascists declared: "Slavs are only fertilizer for the German race." The Nazis picked up such a "smart" idea. They consider the Slavs "a minor race, created for agriculture, for dancing or choral songs, but absolutely unsuitable for urban culture and for an independent state existence." Russians, according to fascist "scientists": "a mixture of Mongols and Slavs, created for life under someone else's leadership." (“Red Star”, USSR)
Fascism is hunger, fascism is terror, fascism is war! 1941 Karachentsev Petr Yakovlevich
Fascist captivity is torture and death.
Poster. Hood. Yu.N. Petrov, 1941
08/24/41: In one of the hotels in the city of Smolensk, the German command opened a brothel for officers with 260 seats. Hundreds of girls and women are driven by force into this terrible den; they were dragged by the hands, by the scythes, ruthlessly dragged along the pavement. The Germans also opened a brothel in the village of Levikino, Glinkovsky district, Smolensk region. Fascist barbarians drove there by force 50 collective farm girls, including schoolgirls. This is how the bearers of the "new order" act in many other villages and cities. (“Pravda”, USSR)
The Russians give a total answer to a total war: even women and children are fighting the enemy. One German correspondent reported that he saw in a wrecked truck the body of a beautiful girl of seventeen years old with lieutenant buttonholes - she never let go of a self-loading rifle. Other ‘Amazons’, sometimes poorly equipped, but always well-armed, continue to give the Germans a lot of trouble. From girls and boys aged 8-16 years, members of the organization "young pioneers" - this is the Russian equivalent of the boy scouts - create groups to detect paratroopers. Even Russian mosquitoes in the endless swamps of Pripyat are waging their own ‘guerrilla war’ against the Germans. (“Time”, USA)
Take revenge! Poster. Hood. D. Shmarinov, 1942
05/27/42: Now the war interests us: we want to liberate the regions and cities captured by the Germans. We cannot breathe while the German soldiers are rampaging in Smolensk and Novgorod. We won't sleep while German corporals rape Ukrainian girls. We will not rest until we exterminate the Nazis. Our strength is in our minds: there is no Red Army soldier who does not understand what we are fighting for. (“Red Star”, USSR)
01/14/42: These were not buried. They lie along the road. A hand, then a head sticks out from under the snow. A frozen German is standing by a birch, his hand is raised - it seems that he is dead, he still wants to kill someone. And next to him lies another, covering his face with his hand. Do not count ... On a birch cross, the hand of a Russian wrote: “We went to Moscow, ended up in a grave” ...
Here are their corpses. And next to it are bottles of French champagne, Norwegian canned food, Bulgarian cigarettes. It's scary to think that these miserable people are the masters of today's Europe... Some of the "masters", however, will no longer drink champagne: they lie in the frozen ground.
It's good when they are caught off guard. In the village of Belousovo, dinner remained untouched. They uncorked the bottles, but did not have time to take a sip. In the village of Balabanov, the staff officers were asleep. They ran out in underpants - and solemnly in silk French underpants died from a Russian bayonet. (“Red Star”, USSR)
09/13/41: A drunken fascist bastard shoots, hangs, stabs with bayonets, tears to pieces, burns old people, women and children at the stake. The fascist two-legged beasts rape girls and women and then kill them... The German fascist trash does its outrages with the cold calculation of professional murderers and executioners. The blood-drunk sadists carry out the program proclaimed by the ogre-Hitler who sent them. (“Pravda”, USSR)
09/10/41: Animals in the uniforms of Nazi officers and soldiers show what they are capable of. They gouge out the eyes of the wounded, they cut out the breasts of women, they shoot old people and children with machine guns, they burn collective farmers in their huts, they rape girls, they drive them to brothels. Cowardly fascist dogs, under the threat of being shot, drive Soviet women and old men in front of them, covering their skin with their bodies. (“Pravda”, USSR)
I'm waiting for you, warrior-liberator! Poster. Hood. D. Shmarinov, 1942
12/27/41: A brothel instead of a family - such is the bestial morality of the Nazis! ... This morally and physically corrupted, dirty, lousy, syphilis and gonorrhea fascist soldiers rape Soviet women in captured cities and villages. The scoundrels mock their victims doubly - they trample on their honor and deprive them of health. It becomes scary when you think how many unfortunate victims of fascist rapists are infected with severe venereal diseases! ... (“Red Star”, USSR)
Poster. Hood. YES. Shmarinov, 1942
01/14/42: Women, when they see ours, cry. These are tears of joy, a thaw after a terrible winter. They were silent for two or three months. With dry hard eyes they looked at the German executioners. They were afraid to exchange a short word, a complaint, a sigh. And then it went away, it broke. And it seems, on this icy day, that it really is spring in the yard, the spring of the Russian people in the middle of the Russian winter.
Terrible are the stories of the peasants about the black weeks of the German yoke. Not only atrocities are terrible - the appearance of a German is terrible. “He shows me that he is throwing a cigarette butt into the stove, and asks:“ Culture. cultures". And he, excuse me, with me in the presence of a woman in the hut was recovering. It's cold, so it doesn't come out ... "They are dirty. He washed his legs, wiped himself off, and then his face with the same towel ”...“ One eats, and the other sits at the table and beats lice. It's disgusting to look at... "He puts his dirty linen in a bucket. I tell him - the bucket is clean, and he laughs. They pissed us off…”
"Defiled us" - good words. They contain all the indignation of our people before the filth, not only of the body, but also of the soul of these Hans and Fritz. They were cultural. Now everyone saw what their "culture" is - obscene postcards and booze. They were reputed to be clean - now everyone saw lousy bastards, with scabies, who arranged a toilet in a clean hut. (“Red Star”, USSR)
My son! You see my share ... Destroy the Nazis in a holy battle!
Poster. Hood. F. Antonov, 1942
10/18/41: They commit atrocities in the captured villages and villages. Robbers with a swastika, they revel in the blood of the Soviet people. They are drunk on blood and schnapps. They drink vodka and do their bloody deeds. Then they drink again and commit atrocities with a vengeance ... The Germans began to beat the prisoners, spit in their faces. Several people who resisted were immediately shot. Then the robbers with a swastika arranged a ride on the captured Red Army soldiers. They found a pig somewhere. One of the soldiers sat on the shoulders of a captured Red Army soldier, the other on a pig, both were driven to make it look like a race. Drunken Germans giggled, gloated, mocked.
Do not escape the fascist beast from retribution!
Poster. Hood. V. Koretsky, 1942
01/30/43: Ten years ago you chose Hitler. You went after the cannibal. You went to France. You went to us. Now you have only one thing to do: die. You thought on January 30, having received a double portion of schnapps, to hang Russians. You will meet this day in the grave. (“Red Star”, USSR)
01/28/42: Comrade fighters, look again to see if hand grenades have an effect on the "insensitive" nemchura. Check again if the bayonet strikes reach them. See if they die well from our mines and shells... They demand: "be cruel", they torture, rape, burn. We say: you woke up, a new day is before you, - in the name of philanthropy, kill a couple more Fritz - children and grandchildren will remember your name. (“Red Star”, USSR)
01/25/42: Silence, Fritz, so that we do not find out how scared you are. Be quiet, Gretchen, so that we don't find out how hard it is for you ... Perhaps you think that we are eager to study your animal psychology? No. We want one thing - to destroy your Nazi tribe. (“Red Star”, USSR)
01/28/42: Anticipating his death, Nemchura prepares new tortures. Disciples of the rickety leg, all these "herr-doctors" sit and figure out what other tortures to betray our wives and our children. They were not particularly "sensitive" to us. They ripped open the bellies of pregnant women. They gave horse urine to the dying wounded. They raped the girls, and then they took them to the ice and raped them again...
10/30/41: In Hitler's army, the mass rape of women is a common legalized phenomenon. It is encouraged by the whole policy of fascism in the army. The outrage against the population, savage torture and mass rape of women, which were widely practiced by fascist gangs even before, intensified many times over in the war against the USSR. Cruelty serves as a cover for the cowardice of the Nazis, who did not expect such resistance from the Soviet people. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Hood. Kukryniksy (M. Kupriyanov, P. Krylov, N. Sokolov), 1942
03/25/42: The Germans announced with special posters: Staraya Russa is an original German city. Wanting, apparently, to give the city a “German” look, the Nazis drove cattle into an ancient beautiful old Russian cathedral, hung the corpses of people tortured by them at the intersections of the main streets, opened houses of brothel, where women and teenage girls are dragged by force. Yes, after all this, the view of the city became really German!
However, even Hitler's bigwigs were, apparently, somewhat blindsided by such Germanization. It turned out that in the city during the German occupation, 20 percent of all women who were driven by the Germans under threat of execution into brothels fell ill with venereal diseases. The order announcing this does not deny that the disease was introduced by German officers and soldiers. The order addresses the sick with strong advice not to rape women. Taking care of the population? No. "One sick soldier can make dozens of others sick" ... And the unfortunate women? Don't care, here's more tenderness!
An announcement hangs: “At the birth of the ninth living child or the seventh son, parents have the right to choose Adolf Hitler or Imperial Marshal Hermann Göring as godparents.” And next to it, two pregnant women, Nilova and Boytsova, were hanged on the street. The third woman hangs right there - Prokofiev, after whom four little guys are left. Why are these women hanged? Yes, for fun. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Poster. Hood. Antonov Fedor Vasilievich, 1942
12/30/41: The German command ordered us to be placed in a completely cold building. For several days we were starved, not even given water. Everyone suffered terribly, some were on the verge of insanity. Finally ... the Germans threw us a dead horse. Starving people began to tear pieces of carrion. It was a terrible sight. Some comrades, indignant at such mockery, raised a cry. Then one officer ordered to put a machine gun at the door and ordered to shoot at us. The German machine gunner opened fire point-blank. We began to hide behind the ledges of the walls, but not everyone could do it. 25 people were killed and wounded. The corpses of the dead remained lying, they were not allowed to take them out. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Poster. Hood. B.V. Ioganson, 1943
The animal is hurt! Let's kill the fascist beast!
Poster. Hood. D.S. Moore, 1943
04/12/45: In many Soviet libraries and clubs you will surely see a solid volume. The cover is stamped with a single word: "They." They are Germans. There are many illustrations in the book - terrible illustrations, because we are talking about the torture and torment that the Germans subjected to Soviet citizens: men, women, children. We read equally terrible facts in press reports about German death camps on the territory of the USSR and Poland: what happened there cannot be described in words, these are manifestations of absolute evil. Add to this the completely destroyed and devastated western regions of Russia and the gigantic losses at the front. Every Russian understands that the disaster that has befallen Europe is not just a war, but something more. Who is to blame for this? (“The Times”, UK).
I was waiting for you - warrior liberator! 1945
01/10/43: Every Soviet soldier knows what he is fighting for. To kill a German has become our air, our bread. Without this, we have no life. (“Red Star”, USSR)
01/01/43: From a soldier's flask we took a sip of the icy water of hatred. It burns the mouth stronger than alcohol. Damn Germany has intervened in our day. Europe dreamed of flying into the stratosphere, now it must live like a mole in bomb shelters, in dugouts. By the will of the demoniac and his associates, the darkening of the age has come. We hate the Germans not only because they meanly and vilely kill our children. We hate them also because we have to kill them, because of all the words that a person is rich in, we now have only one thing left: “kill”. We hate the Germans not only because they meanly and vilely kill our children. We hate them also because we have to kill them, because of all the words that a person is rich in, we now have only one thing left: kill. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Soldier of the Red Army, save! Hood. Koretsky Victor Borisovich, 1942
Pravda, August 5, 1942.
Glory to the liberators of Ukraine! Death to the German invaders!
Poster. Hood. D. Shmarinov, 1943
01/30/43: Fritz howled: "What did he do wrong?" He had not said this before... For nineteen months he calmly killed, robbed and hung. Now he howled: “For what?” ... For the fact that in Kislovodsk we found a five-year-old girl with her stomach open. For the fact that in Kalach we found a three-year-old boy with cut off ears. For the fact that in every city the Germans kill innocents. For all executions. For all the gallows. Fritz howls: "If only we could live in peace!" I remembered too late, dammit. Who called you to our land? (“Red Star”, USSR)
Let's save the Soviet guys from the Germans!
Poster. Hood. L.F. Golovanov, 1943
10/30/41: The German fascist command proceeds from the basic Hitlerite position that terror, fear are the most powerful means of influencing people, which is why the German must frighten the population everywhere. Therefore, the most brutal methods of reprisal are encouraged in the fascist army: executions take place in public and, moreover, in a deliberately frightening atmosphere. But this does not help the executioners; The Soviet people responded to the ferocious terror of the fascists by developing a partisan movement. (“Red Star”, USSR)
Senior Lieutenant Andrey Filippovich Kolomeets, an attack pilot of the guard, told how the Germans blinded his father:
One morning I opened a newspaper and read in the report of the Sovinformburo the name of my native village, liberated by the Red Army.
I wrote a letter and received a long-awaited answer: everyone is alive and well - my sister, my mother, and my father. They ask me to tell about myself, how I fight, how I live.
Only one thing surprised me: why the letter was written by my sister’s hand, why my dad doesn’t write - he’s a literate, talkative person. I began to repeat in letters: I want, dad, to receive news written in your hand. And my sister still writes letters from home. Then I got angry: if my father didn’t answer, I’d stop writing. And here comes the answer to my letter: “Don’t be angry, Andryusha, with your dad – he can’t write to you with his own hand because he is blind: the Germans burned out his eyes. He did not want to work for them at the iron foundry. They took him to the Gestapo, held him for two days, then released him. Instead of eyes - two wounds ... "
Since then, I have been twice as sharp in flight. No matter how the German disguises himself, I find and beat him. Nothing can protect a bandit from my fire. I mercilessly take revenge on the damned German for the mutilation of my own father.
Son, take revenge!
Poster. Hood. N. Zhukov, 1944
07/27/42: It was to the peasant soul of Tymoshenko and all of Russia that Stalin, the man whose face symbolizes the whole country, addressed in the last May Day order: “They [the soldiers of the Red Army] learned to really hate the Nazi invaders. They realized that it was impossible to defeat the enemy without learning to hate him with all the strength of the soul.
It was these forces of the soul - the souls of a soldier and a worker - that the secretary of the Moscow trade union organization Nikolaeva had in mind, speaking to the weavers: "All work in the rear is carried out under the banner of hatred."
This is the hatred of the defenders, and the Red Army is still on the defensive: it has not yet been able to achieve great success in offensive operations, and now it is looking for an answer to the question on its own experience whether one defense can give the desired result. It is to this hatred that Moscow's communiques appeal, emphasizing the need to exterminate German soldiers, to destroy German tanks, guns, and planes. (“Time”, USA)
I will take revenge on the Nazis for your torment!
Poster. Hood. B. Dekhterev, 1943.
And the more hopeless the position of the Nazis becomes, the more they rage in their atrocities and robberies. Our people will not forgive these crimes against the German monsters. Joseph Stalin, 1943
10/30/41: These scoundrels with a swastika, attacking, drive civilians ahead of them. In recent days, only on one sector of the front - on the outskirts of the Crimea - the Germans several times tried to hide themselves, like armor, with the bodies of old people, women and children. These are the German scoundrels, violating all the laws of warfare, recognized by them in words, villainously cracking down on the wounded and captured Red Army soldiers, and turning the survivors into their slaves. Our soldiers know hundreds of facts when the Nazis burned the wounded alive, gouged out their eyes, tore them to pieces with tanks. And how many such crimes remained unknown! ... (“Red Star”, USSR)
No army has dishonored itself with such vile and dishonorable tricks as the German fascist army.
Poster. Hood. N. Byliev, 1943
Daddy, save!
Poster. Hood. I. Kruzhkov, 1943
11/11/41: A letter from his father was found in the pocket of a German soldier. He wrote: “I don’t understand you, Hans. You write that in Ukraine they hate you, they shoot from behind every bush. It is necessary to explain well to these cattle, because you are freeing them from the Bolsheviks, maybe they did not understand you. (“Pravda”, USSR)
Fighter, Ukraine is waiting for you!
Poster. Hood. N. Zhukov, B. Klimashin, 1943
During the war years, the political poster took a leading place among other types of fine art. State Publishing House Art (Moscow and Leningrad), Okna TASS, Combat Pencil (Leningrad), Studio named after M.B. Grekov, publishing houses in the republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia, cities of Siberia and the Far East, in Kuibyshev, Ivanov, Rostov-on-Don, traveling editorial offices of central newspapers and teams of artists created at creative unions, art institutes - the entire gigantic propaganda industry of socialist realism worked like a well-oiled machine.
Perhaps nowhere in the world during the war years in the genre of political posters did such a wide range of the largest masters of their time work: D. Moor, V. Denis, A. Deineka, Kukryniksy, D. Shmarinov, G. Vereisky, S. Gerasimov, B Ioganson and others. Summer. 1941 22nd of June. Sunday. On the radio - TASS report about the perfidious German attack on our country. 
And already on June 24, the poster “We will ruthlessly defeat and destroy the enemy!” appeared on the streets of Moscow and became an integral part of the strict appearance of the capital!
Within a few days, the whole country recognized him, and a week later, the whole world. This poster was followed by others. Posters, cartoons in newspapers, “Windows TASS”, book illustrations, anti-fascist leaflets for German soldiers, even packaging for food concentrates sent to the front - all these diverse forms were used by artists Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov (Kukryniksy), forcing them to serve their purpose.
At the same time, posters devoted to the army and rear, the ideological and practical role of the country's leadership in organizing a rebuff to the enemy were published in mass editions. “Poster artists are very often pressed close to the events,” wrote the famous artist Viktor Ivanov. With each new year of the war, the tonality of dozhestvennyh canvases also changed.
In 1943, the topic suggested itself. … A soldier knocks down the “Drang nach osten” signpost installed by the Nazis with the butt of a machine gun. From now on, the wave of the campaign rushes to the west, and it seems that no force can stop this impulse. "To the west!" - the theme and name of the most popular posters of this period. 1944, 1945. The war entered a new phase. The roads of war, slow, keeping traces of retreat, where death lay in wait at every step, were left behind.
Swift roads of advance, joyful roads of return and meetings become the theme of posters: “Let's get to Berlin!”, “Motherland, meet the heroes!” (Leonid Golovanov), “Let's liberate Europe from the chains of fascist slavery!” (I. Toidze), “Hello, Motherland!” (Nina Vatolina), “Glory to the Winner!” (Valentin Litvinenko), “May Day greetings to the heroes of the front and rear!” (Alexey Kokorekin). The collection of memory, like the collection of the museum, firmly preserves what is no longer there, what was and has passed. Time ... He has something to be silent about, and there is something to remember. And all this remained in the posters: “Stalin is the greatness of our era” (A. Zhitomirsky), “For the Motherland! For Stalin!" (A. Efimov), “Stalin’s order is an order of the Motherland” (A. Serov), “Chatterbox is a godsend for a spy” (L. Elkovich), “Comrade! Be alert, do not blurt out secrets to the enemy” (B. Zhukov). M. Nesterova 1945 The main monuments of the Stalin era were blown up and destroyed. Once famous works are in inaccessible museum storerooms.
Koretsky V. Be a hero! 1941
Koretsky V. Partisans, beat the enemy without mercy! 1941
Moore D. All on “G”. 1941
Dolgorukov N. So it was ... So it will be! 1941
Kukryniksy. We fight great ... 1941
Avvakumov N., Shcheglov V. We will not give up the conquests of October! 1941
Zhukov N., Klimashin V. Let's defend Moscow! 1941
Ivanov V. Let him inspire you in this war ... 1941
Kokorenkin A. This front-line report also contains my combat work! 1943
And only recently this cultural layer begins to gradually emerge from non-existence, revealing its unchanging face to the world. And, perhaps, the only thing in our power is to try not to distort the truth behind the dissonance of memories. This selection presents both famous works by masters of political posters of the Soviet era, as well as works that are not so well known today, for various reasons, were not included in albums and catalogs published in recent decades. Without them, the poster annals of the Great Patriotic War would not be accurate.
Ivanov V. We drink the water of our native Dnieper ... 1943
Sachkov V. Warrior-Liberator - Glory
This 1946 poster is interesting in that it bears the inscription “Glory to the Russian people” as a quote from the wall of the Reichstag. In the future, Soviet propaganda did not allow itself such a thing, and instead of the “Russian people” there were “Soviet people” on the posters.
Here is another poster from 1946. As you can see, the Russian people are already featured in the main slogan on the poster: 
It is obvious that the use of the term “Russian people”, instead of the “Soviet people” that was constantly used before by the official propaganda, became possible after Stalin’s famous toast to the Russian people at the Kremlin reception on May 24, 1945 in honor of the commanders of the Red Army. Here is the transcript of that toast:
- Comrades, allow me to raise one more, last toast.
I, as a representative of our Soviet government, would like to raise a toast to the health of our Soviet people and, above all, the Russian people. (Stormy, prolonged applause, shouts of "Hurrah")
I drink, first of all, to the health of the Russian people, because they are the most outstanding nation of all the nations that make up the Soviet Union.
I raise a toast to the health of the Russian people because in this war they deserved and previously deserved the title, if you will, of the leading force of our Soviet Union among all the peoples of our country.
I raise a toast to the health of the Russian people not only because they are the leading people, but also because they have common sense, general political common sense and patience.
Our government made many mistakes, we had moments of a desperate situation in 1941-42, when our army retreated, left our native villages and cities in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, the Leningrad Region, the Karelian-Finnish Republic, left because it did not there was another way out. Some other people could say: you have not justified our hopes, we will put in another government that will make peace with Germany and ensure peace for us. It could happen, mind you.
But the Russian people did not agree to this, the Russian people did not compromise, they showed boundless confidence in our government. I repeat, we made mistakes, for the first two years our army was forced to retreat, it turned out that they did not master the events, did not cope with the situation that had arisen. However, the Russian people believed, endured, waited and hoped that we would nevertheless cope with the events.
For this trust in our government, which the Russian people have shown us, we thank him very much!
For the health of the Russian people!
1945 Kokorekin A. Glory to the Victorious Motherland!
HAPPY VICTORY DAY!!!
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Soldiers fought on the fronts, partisans and scouts fought in the occupied territory, and home front workers assembled tanks. Propagandists and artists turned pencils and brushes into weapons. The main task of the poster was to strengthen the faith of the Soviet people in victory. The first poster thesis (now it would be called a slogan) was a phrase from Molotov's speech on June 22, 1941: "Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours." One of the main characters of the military poster was the image of a woman - mother, motherland, girlfriend, wife. She worked in the rear at the factory, harvested, waited and believed.
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“We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy”, Kukryniksy, 1941
The first military poster, pasted on the walls of houses on June 23, was a sheet by the Kukryniksy artists, depicting Hitler, who treacherously broke the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany. (“Kukryniksy” are three artists, the name of the team is made up of the initial letters of the names Kupriyanov and Krylov, and the name and first letter of the surname of Nikolai Sokolov).
“The motherland is calling!”, Irakli Toidze, 1941
The idea of creating the image of a mother calling for help from her sons arose by chance. Hearing the first message from the Soviet Information Bureau about the attack of fascist Germany on the USSR, Toidze's wife ran into his studio shouting "War!" Struck by the expression on her face, the artist ordered his wife to freeze and immediately began to sketch the future masterpiece. The influence of this work and the song "Holy War" on people was much stronger than the conversations of political officers.
"Be a hero!", Viktor Koretsky, 1941
The slogan of the poster became prophetic: millions of people stood up for the Fatherland and defended their freedom and independence. In June 1941, Koretsky created the composition "Be a Hero!". The poster, enlarged several times, was installed along the streets of Moscow, along which columns of mobilized residents of the city passed in the first weeks of the war. In August of this year, the postage stamp "Be a Hero!" Both on the stamp and on the poster, the infantryman is depicted in a pre-war SSH-36 helmet. In the days of the war, helmets were of a different form.
“Let's have more tanks…”, Lazar Lissitzky, 1941
A wonderful work by the outstanding avant-garde artist, illustrator Lazar Lissitzky. Poster “Let's have more tanks... Everything for the front! All for victory! was printed in thousands of copies a few days before the death of the artist. Lissitzky died on December 30, 1941, and the slogan "Everything for the front!" throughout the war was the main principle of the people who remained in the rear.
"Warrior of the Red Army, save!", Viktor Koretsky, 1942
A woman, clutching a child to herself, is ready with her breasts, with her life, to protect her daughter from the bloody bayonet of a fascist rifle. One of the most emotionally powerful posters was published in 14 million copies. The front-line soldiers saw in this angry, rebellious woman their mother, wife, sister, and in the frightened defenseless girl - their daughter, sister, blood-drenched Motherland, her future.
"Don't talk!", Nina Vatolina, 1941
In June 1941, the artist Vatolina was offered to graphically draw Marshak's famous lines: “Be alert! On days like these, the walls eavesdrop. Not far from chatter and gossip to treason, ”and after a couple of days the image was found. The model for the work was a neighbor, with whom the artist often stood in the same line at the bakery. The stern face of an unknown woman became for many years one of the main symbols of the fortress country, located in the ring of fronts.
“All hope is on you, red warrior!”, Ivanov, Burova, 1942
The theme of revenge on the invaders becomes the leading one in the work of poster artists at the first stage of the war. Instead of collective heroic images, faces resembling specific people come to the fore - your girlfriend, your child, your mother. Revenge, release, save. The Red Army retreated, and the women and children who remained in the territory occupied by the enemy silently cried out from the posters.
"Avenge the grief of the people!", Viktor Ivanov, 1942
The poster is accompanied by poems by Vera Inber “Beat the enemy!”, after reading which, perhaps, no words are needed anymore ...
Beat the enemy to make him weak,
To choke on blood
So that your blow is equal in strength
All my motherly love!
"Fighter of the Red Army! You will not give your beloved to shame”, Fedor Antonov, 1942
The enemy was approaching the Volga, a huge territory was occupied, where hundreds of thousands of civilians lived. The heroes of the artists were women and children. The posters showed misfortune and suffering, calling on the warrior to take revenge and help those who are unable to help themselves. Antonov addressed the fighters on behalf of their wives and sisters with a placard "... You will not give your beloved to the shame and dishonor of the Nazi soldiers."
"My son! You see my share...”, Antonov, 1942
This work has become a symbol of people's suffering. Maybe mother, maybe an exhausted, bloodless Motherland - an elderly woman with a bundle in her hands, who leaves the burnt village. She seemed to stop for a second, mournfully lamenting, she asks for the help of her son.
“Warrior, answer the Motherland with victory!”, Dementy Shmarinov, 1942
The artist very simply revealed the main theme: the Motherland grows bread and puts the most perfect weapon into the hands of a soldier. A woman who assembled a machine gun and gathered ripe ears of corn. The red dress of the color of the red banner confidently leads to victory. The fighters must win, and the home front workers must give more and more weapons.
"A tractor in the field is like a tank in battle", Olga Burova, 1942
Bright optimistic colors of the poster assure - there will be bread, victory is not far off. Your women believe in you. There is an air battle in the distance, an echelon with fighters passes, but faithful friends do their job, contributing to the cause of victory.
“Red Cross Vigilantes! We will not leave on the battlefield either the wounded or his weapons, Viktor Koretsky, 1942
Here the woman is an equal fighter, a nurse and a savior.
“We drink the water of our native Dnieper…”, Viktor Ivanov, 1943
After the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, it was obvious that the advantage was on the side of the Red Army. Artists were now required to create posters that would show the meeting of the liberators of Soviet cities and villages. The successful forcing of the Dnieper could not remain aloof from the artists.
"Glory to the liberators of Ukraine!", Dementy Shmarinov, 1943
The crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kyiv is one of the glorious pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. Mass heroism was adequately appreciated, and 2438 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. For crossing the Dnieper and other rivers, for the feats accomplished in subsequent years, another 56 people received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
“Join the ranks of front-line girlfriends ...”, Viktor Koretsky, VeraGitsevich, 1943
The front needed reinforcements and female forces.
"You gave us life back"Viktor Ivanov, 1944
This is how a soldier of the Red Army was greeted - as a native, as a liberator. The woman, without restraining a burst of gratitude, hugs an unfamiliar soldier.
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"Europe will be free!", Viktor Koretsky, 1944
By the summer of 1944, it became clear that the USSR could not only expel the enemy from its own land, but also liberate the peoples of Europe and complete the defeat of the Nazi army. After the opening of the Second Front, the theme of the joint struggle of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States for the liberation of all of Europe from the "brown plague" became relevant.
“We have one sight - Berlin!”, Viktor Koretsky, 1945
There is very little left. The goal is close. No wonder a woman appears on the poster next to the soldier - as a promise that they will soon be able to see each other.
“We reached Berlin”, Leonid Golovanov, 1945
Here is the long-awaited victory... The posters of the spring of 1945 breathe spring, peace, the Great Victory! Behind the hero's back is a poster by Leonid Golovanov "Let's get to Berlin!", published in 1944, with the same main character, but so far without an order.
“They Waited”, Maria Nesterova-Berzina, 1945
Front-line soldiers returned home with the consciousness of their own dignity of people who had done their duty. Now the former soldier will have to restore the economy and establish a peaceful life.
The father of the hero-son met,
and the wife embraced the husband,
and children look with admiration
for military medals.
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The poster of the Great Patriotic War is one of the most memorable and striking artistic events in the culture of the twentieth century. Its persuasiveness and high patriotic pathos are largely due to the professionalism of Soviet poster artists, their great life experience and ability to speak clearly using poster graphics. Today, decades after its creation, the poster of 1941-1945 has remained an ageless, sharp, combative and invocative art.
V. Koretsky (1909-1998). Our strength is incalculable. M., L., 1941.
V. Koretskii (1909-1998). Our forces are numberless. Moscow, Leningrad 1941.
2. I. Toidze (1902-1985). Motherland is here! M., L., 1941. 
Toidze (1902-1985). Your Motherland needs you! Moscow, Leningrad 1941.
3. V. Koretsky (1909-1998). Be a hero! M., L., 1941. 
V. Koretskii (1909-1998). Be a Hero! Moscow/Leningrad 1941.
4. V. Pravdin (1911-1979), Z. Pravdina (1911-#980s). Youth, fight for the Motherland! M., L., 1941. 
V. Pravdin (1911-1979), Z. Pravdina (1911-1980s). Young people, to the battle for the Motherland! Moscow, Leningrad 1941.
5. V. Serov (1910-1968). Our cause is just, victory will be ours. L., M., 1941. 
V. Serov (1910-1968). Our cause is just. We'll win the victory. Leningrad, Moscow 1941.
6. H. Zhukov (1908-1973), V. Klimashin (1912-1960). We will defend Moscow! M., L., 1941. 
N. Zhukov (1908-1973), V. Klimashin (1912-1960). We'll defend Moscow! Moscow, Leningrad 1941.
7. V. Koretsky (1909-1998). Soldier of the Red Army, save! M., L., 1942. 
V. Koretskii (1909-1998). Red Army warrior, help! Moscow, Leningrad 1942.
8. H. Zhukov (1908-1973). Something to drink to! M., L., 1942. 
N. Zhukov (1908-1973). There is something to toast to! Moscow, Leningrad 1942.
9. V. Koretsky (1909-1998). Samed goes to his death so that Semyon does not die ... M., L., 1943. 
V. Koretskii (1909-1998). Sahmed would sacrifice his life to save Semyon/ As Sahmed's life is what Semyon had fought for. / Their password’s “Motherland” and “Victory”‘s their motto! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
10. V. Ivanov (1909-1968). We drink the water of our native Dnieper ... M., L., 1943. 
V. Ivanov (1909-1968). We drink the water of Old Father Dnieper. We'll drink from the Prut, the Neman and the Bug! Let's wash the fascist filth off the Soviet land! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
11. V. Ivanov (1909-1968). To the west! M., L., 1943. 
V. Ivanov (1909-1968). Go West! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
12. V. Koretsky (1909-1998). Hit it like this: whatever the cartridge is, the enemy! M., 1943. 
V. Koretskii (1909-1998). Shoot like that! Every bullet means the murdered enemy! Moscow 1943.
13. N. Zhukov (1908-1973). Beat to death! M., L., 1942. 
N. Zhukov (1908-1973). Shoot to kill! Moscow, Leningrad 1942.
14. H. Zhukov (1908-1973). The German tank will not pass here! 
M., L., 1943. N. Zhukov (1908-1973). No way for German tanks! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
15. A. Kokorekin (1906-1959). When an armor-piercer stands in the way ... M., L., 1943. 
A. Kokorekin (1906-1959). When our armour-piercing trooper is on the way/The fascist tanks will never pass! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
16. V. Denis (1893-1946), N. Dolgorukov (1902-1980). Stalingrad. M., L., 1942. 
V. Deni (1893-1946), N. Dolgorukov (1902-1980). Stalingrad. Moscow, Leningrad 1942.
17. V. Ivanov (1909-1968). You gave us life back! M., L., 1943. 
V. Ivanov (1909-1968). You saved our lives! Moscow, Leningrad 1943.
18. L. Golovanov (1904-1980). Let's go to Berlin! M., L., 1944. 
L. Golovanov (1904-1980). Well reach Berlin! Moscow, Leningrad 1944.
19. V. Ivanov (1909-1968). You will live happily! M., L., 1944. 
V. Ivanov (1909-1968). You will live a happy life! Moscow, Leningrad 1944.
20. A. Kokorekin (1906-1959). Warrior-winner - nationwide love! M., L., 1944. 
A. Kokorekin (1906-1959). Nation-wide love to Warrior the Winner! Moscow, Leningrad 1944.
21. N. Kochergin (1897-1974). Soviet land has been finally cleared of the Nazi invaders! L., 1944. 
N. Kochergin (1897-1974). The Soviet land is completely clear of the german fascist invaders! Leningrad 1944.
V. Klimashin (1912-1960). Long live the warrior who won victory! Moscow, Leningrad 1945.
24. L. Golovanov (1904-1980). Red Army - glory! M., L., 1946. 
L. Golovanov (1904-1980). Long live the Red Army! Moscow, Leningrad 1946. (FROM INET)
My grandfather volunteered for the front when he was barely eighteen. Then, in the 41st, only from the age of nineteen were accepted into the ranks of the Soviet Army, I had to throw myself a year in order for the boyish dream - to fight for the Motherland - to come true. He remembers everything related to the war in detail: the disturbing news on the radio about the beginning of hostilities, the first weapon, the first trench and the first propaganda leaflet.
She appeared on the pages of Pravda on the evening of June 22, 1941. Grandfather says that agitation was great to support the morale of the soldiers and were almost the only source of information at the front.
Propaganda posters are the shield and sword of Soviet propaganda in wartime. A short and capacious appeal, a laconic picture with a vivid image - instantly settled in the minds of everyone and .... encouraged to act. The most famous poster of the Great Patriotic War "Motherland is calling!" hit right on target. Young guys, without hesitation, went to fight, and their mothers, squeezing their hearts, escorted them to the front with understanding, because the Motherland is also a mother.
The propaganda poster as a form of art originated from folklore pictures with inscriptions - "lubok". But if the second was intended to entertain, then the first played a completely different role.
The poster made fun of the enemy
Called on everyone to fight the enemy
Maintained morale
Called for help for the needs of the front
… and just informed
In Russia, the propaganda poster began to develop actively during the First World War. Posters were published in a solid circulation for that time, thousands of leaflets were scattered every day only from the air. In addition, posters were pasted around the city, sent with weapons and ammunition to the front. By the way, they were printed in a lithographic way: they made an impression on a polished stone and then transferred to paper or replicated using stencils. One of the main characters of leaflets and posters during the First World War was the Cossack Kozma Kryuchkov, who became famous for his military feat. He and three of his comrades fought 27 Germans, as a result, only five opponents survived. Kozma became the first Russian soldier to receive the St. George Cross of the 4th degree.
Campaign posters then became an important part of people's lives. They were read with interest, discussed, waited. From the leaflets one could find out the latest news from the front, they often included texts of telegrams from the front line. In 1919-21, agitation became widespread, in Moscow and some other cities "ROSTA Windows" appeared. The artists and poets who were then working in the Russian Telegraph Agency began to periodically create bright satirical posters on the hottest topics of the day. Such posters were placed in shop windows and other crowded places.
Among those who contributed to the propaganda art of that time is Vladimir Mayakovsky. He not only composed well-aimed lines, but also drew vivid pictures himself.
"Windows of ROSTA", and later "Windows of TASS" went down in history as an ideological weapon. They had a huge psychological impact on the people, and on the soldiers, and on the enemy army. Soldiers took leaflets of Windows with them into battle, they were placed on the walls in the barracks, posters were pasted even in cities besieged by the Germans on all kinds of surfaces and even pinned to the corpses of the Nazis, these were posters with the words "To a dog - dog death." Our leaflets infuriated the Germans, and they destroyed them as best they could, even shot them. Goebbels, the Minister of German Propaganda, sentenced everyone who worked in the TASS Windows to death, each of them he was going to hang on a lamppost as soon as Moscow was taken.
Kukryniksy, a creative team of artists and painters, is considered the classics of Soviet propaganda posters and political cartoons. Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov worked under this pseudonym. The authorship of the first poster of the Second World War "We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy!" belongs to them. Leaflets Kukryniksy accompanied Soviet soldiers throughout the war.
The creative elite made a great contribution to the Victory. It is known that the artists, despite the hunger and cold, worked even in besieged Leningrad, refusing to leave their native city. Every day they tried to draw new posters. The artists knew that these leaflets helped people live, fight and believe. The workers, as best they could, also supported the agitation movement. For example, our fellow countryman, a worker at Uralvagonzavod (where the famous T-34 tank was produced), painted a poster “The Gray Ural forges victory” with glue paints on plywood.
Turning the word into a formidable weapon in the fight against the enemy is not just a skill, but also a great merit to the Fatherland. In 1942, the authors of TASS Windows received State Prizes.
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On the history of the Soviet poster.
Compiled by:
Teacher of fine arts Smirnova Natalia Vissarionovna
"Soviet propaganda and
Political posters 1941-1945."
From the history of the Soviet poster.
The poster as a genre of art arose in the second half of the 19th century in France. The posters were very different, depending on the goals they pursued: advertising, propaganda, educational, informational and political. In the 20th century, political posters were nowhere in the world given such great importance as in the USSR. The poster was demanded by the current situation in the country: revolution, civil war, building a new society. The authorities set great tasks for the people. The need for direct and quick communication - all this served as the basis for the development of the Soviet poster. He addressed millions, often solving the problems of life and death with them, was extremely clear, contained energetic, capacious, vivid text, a characteristic image and called for action. And most importantly, the poster was accepted by ordinary people. Posters pasted all the buildings of cities and villages. It was presented as a kind of weapon - the well-aimed word of slogans burned the enemy and defended ideas, and this word, sometimes, was the only true and strong weapon, which had nothing to oppose. In the USSR, D. Moor, V. Mayakovsky, M. Cheremnykh and V. Denis are considered the first creators of posters. Each of them created their own individual types of posters with characteristic techniques and means of expression. Many posters of those years were taken as the basis for modern ones, and the most popular original poster by D. Moor with a Red Army soldier against the backdrop of factories and factories and the slogan “Have you signed up as a volunteer?” know even today. Posters were very common at construction sites, on collective farms, at large industrial enterprises and factories, in a word, wherever there were working people. The poster was a reflection of their lives and the changes taking place in it. Of course, not all Soviet posters objectively described the existing reality, since they basically carried a political meaning and convinced the Soviet people of the correctness of the chosen path. But, nevertheless, studying the poster art of the Soviet period of history, one can understand how people lived, what they believed in, what they dreamed about. Therefore, today, looking through the old poster pages, one gets the feeling that one is reading a genuine history of the country.
Thus, the history of the Soviet poster begins in the 1920s. Their wide distribution was due to the situation in the USSR: revolution, civil war and the construction of a new state. Posters were a cheap, easy to understand, bright and expressive way to call people to action and convince people of their correctness.
Soviet posters of the Great Patriotic War.
Soviet political and propaganda posters during the Great Patriotic War acquired special significance and relevance: hundreds of posters were created and many of them became classics of Soviet art. The events of the beginning of the war are reflected in the poster of Irakli Toidze "Motherland - mother is calling!", published in millions of copies in all languages of the peoples of the USSR.
At the same time, a group of artists known under the pseudonym Kukryniksy (M. Kupriyanov, P. Krylov, N. Sokolov) created a poster "We will ruthlessly crush and destroy the enemy."
Poster by V. Koretsky "Be a hero!"(June 1941), increased several times, was installed along the streets of Moscow, along which columns of mobilized residents of the city passed in the first weeks of the war. The slogan of the poster became prophetic: millions of people stood up for the Fatherland and defended their freedom and independence. In August of this year, the postage stamp "Be a Hero!" Both on the stamp and on the poster, the infantryman is depicted in a pre-war SSH-36 helmet. In the days of the war, helmets were of a different form.
These posters, issued at the beginning of the war, inspired the Soviet people with faith in the inevitability of victory and the defeat of Nazi Germany.
The sad events of the first months of the war and the retreat of the Soviet troops in July-August 1941 found their
reflection in A.Kokoshi's poster “A fighter who is surrounded. Fight to the last drop of blood!”.
In the autumn of 1941, when the Nazis rushed to Moscow, the artists N. Zhukov and
V.Klimashin created a poster "Let's defend Moscow!"
The defense of Leningrad is reflected in the poster of V. Serov
"Our cause is just - victory will be ours".
A lot of posters were issued about the home front.
“More bread for the front and rear.
Harvest the crop completely!
"Don't talk!" Nina Vatolina
In June 1941, the artist Vatolina was offered to graphically draw Marshak's famous lines: “Be alert! On days like these, the walls eavesdrop. Not far from chatter and gossip to treason, ”and after a couple of days the image was found. The model for the work was a neighbor, with whom the artist often stood in the same line at the bakery. The stern face of an unknown woman became for many years one of the main symbols of the fortress country, located in the ring of fronts.
“The stronger the rear, the stronger the front!”
Poster " Everything for the front, everything for the Victory!” became decisive for the entire Soviet rear. The wonderful work of the outstanding avant-garde artist, illustrator Lazar Lissitzky was printed in thousands of copies a few days before the death of the artist. Lissitzky died on December 30, 1941, and the slogan "Everything for the front!" throughout the war was the main principle of the people who remained in the rear.
All posters were sent
to strengthen the spirit of the population of the country.
During the same period, posters were created aimed at residents who remained in the territory occupied by the enemy, who called for participation in partisan resistance to destroy the enemy in his rear. These are posters by V. Koretsky and V. Gitsevich " Partisans, beat the enemy without mercy!” And" Partisans, take revenge without mercy!” artist T.A. Eremina.
In 1941, the artist Pakhomov creates a poster
"Guys, defend the Motherland!", which calls on pioneers to help adults in the fight against the enemy.
Thus, we see that the posters of the initial period of the war called for a fight against the enemy, dishonored cowards, glorified the exploits of the heroes of the front and rear, called for guerrilla warfare, emphasized the idea of the nationwide character of resistance to the enemy and called on the people to stop him at any cost.
The events on the fronts of 1942 changed the theme of the posters: the blockade of Leningrad, the approach of the enemy to the Volga, the threat of capturing the oil fields of the Caucasus, and, most importantly, the occupation of a vast territory inhabited by hundreds of thousands of civilians. Now the heroes of the artists are women and children, the death of children and mothers.
Poster by V. Koretsky "Warrior of the Red Army, save!", first published in the Pravda newspaper on August 5, 1942, appealed for help and protection.
D. Shmarinov on the poster "Revenge" depicted a young woman in full growth, the entire length of the poster sheet, in her hands she squeezes the body of her murdered little daughter.
F.Antonov at work "My son! You see my share ... " depicted an elderly woman with a bundle in her hands, who leaves the burnt village and asks her son for help. This woman personifies every mother of a soldier who went to the front, and a devastated one, calling to help and protect her Motherland. At the same time the artist
V.A. Serov creates a poster "We will defend the Volga - mother!" calling to fight the enemy for their children, mothers, wives.
Thus, the posters of 1942 showed the suffering, misfortunes of the Soviet people and at the same time called for revenge and a merciless struggle against the invaders.
After the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, a radical turning point in the war came and the strategic initiative passed into the hands of the Red Army. Since 1943, new moods have penetrated into the Soviet poster, caused by a decisive turning point in the course of the war. In 1943, the artist I. Toidze creates a poster
« For Motherland!” to raise the morale of Soviet citizens in the fight against the enemy.
In the foreground, with weapons in their hands, in a dense line, Soviet soldiers and partisans go to the enemy, defending their homeland, shown as a woman in red with a child in her arms.
In the same period, a poster by N.N. Zhukov was published "The German tank will not pass here."
The poster of Denis and Dolgorukov is dedicated to the victory at Stalingrad "Stalingrad".
In the same year, the theme of an imminent victory sounded more and more confidently in the posters. The triumph of the spirit and strength of the people who defeated fascism is the main idea that unites the posters of the victorious stage of the war. The creativity of V. Ivanov was clearly manifested in the poster of 1943
“We drink the water of our native Dnieper...” which combines heroism and lyricism in creating the image of a Soviet soldier.
In the same period, the motif of a joyful meeting of a Red Army soldier by residents liberated from fascist captivity became frequent:
V. Ivanov "You gave us life back»,
D. Shmarinov "Glory to the liberators of Ukraine!"
"I was waiting for you warrior-liberator"
works by V.I. Ladyagin.
The happiness of women and the boy on these posters was an expression of people's love and pride for their heroes, gratitude for salvation.
Despite the fact that victory was already close, poster artists continued to inspire the fighters. Posters from 1943-1944 call for the expulsion of the invaders from Soviet soil as soon as possible.
This is clearly seen on the posters.
L. Golovanov "Let's get to Berlin!",
"So it will be!" artist
V. Ivanov, who managed to create a memorable image of a warrior, confident in an early victory.
In 1944, the USSR completely restored the pre-war borders, expelling the invaders from the territory of Belarus and Ukraine. A poster by A. Kokorekin tells about these events "Soviet land is finally cleared of the Nazi invaders."
After a long, hard, sizzling war came the triumph of victory. The news of the victory and the end of the war was the most significant event of 1945.
And on us from the posters of V. Ivanov Let's Raise the Banner of Victory over Berlin
V. Ivanova "Glory to the victorious Heroic Army!",
V. Klimashina "Glory to the victorious warrior!",
L. Golovanova "Glory to the Red Army!" watching young warriors-winners. They are beautiful and happy, but still a shadow of fatigue fell on their faces, since these people had gone through the war.
The Soviet military poster, as an organic part of the nationwide struggle, served its purpose: it was a weapon, a fighter in the ranks, and at the same time a reliable document and custodian of the memorable events of the war years.
In the posters of the Great Patriotic War, one can see the mood and feelings of the Soviet people: grief and suffering, despair and hopelessness, fear and hatred, happiness and love. And the main merit of these posters is that they did not leave anyone indifferent, they helped to believe in a quick victory, instilled hope in the hearts of desperate people.
After the end of the war, the Soviet poster changed its theme a little and began to promote peace and friendship between peoples, but, nevertheless, the poster of the Great Patriotic War is one of the most striking artistic events in the culture of the twentieth century.
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