World War II posters from Soviet Union
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The Soviet posters of times of Great Patriotic War — the visual aids meant to elaborate a certain point, such as for example the attitudes of the Soviet Government to current events taking place at the front, to prevent the defeatist and pessimistic moods, to inspire the troops and the people — in the accessible for the populace form. The Soviet posters of times of Great Patriotic War are works of art and reflect elements of the Soviet cultural heritage. Such posters have often been displayed at special stands which were referred to as: « windows of TASS » . Posters differed both on workmanship and the form. Some of them were crude caricatures, while others were paintings on military topics or the photos which have received popularity, with an explanation about an event, the quote from the works of Lenin or Stalin or the poetic comment.
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== "Motherland calls!"
The first and the most famous Soveiet poster of the Great Patriotic War. The text on the sheet in the Motherland hand is the Red Army oath.
[edit] "For the Motherland, for Stalin!
The official war-cry of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War
[edit] Who cometh to us with a sword by the sword shall die
Quotation ascribed to the Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky who repelled Livonian Knights intrusion into Russia in 1242.
[edit] Soldier bests the enemy in hand-to-hand combat
[edit] Nazi tank will not pass here!
[edit] I wait for you, liberator!
Russian child-prisoner of a Nazi extermination camp. Other name of this poster is "Red Army warrior, rescue me!"
[edit] Death to the baby-killers
[edit] Caricature
[edit] Dynamic portrait
We are drinking the water of our native Dnieper. We will drink the water of the Prut, the Neman, the Western Bug. Cleanse the native land of the Nazi vermin!
[edit] Raise the Vicrory Banner in Berlin!
Red Army marching in Berlin and the Allied countries flags on the Brandenburg Gate
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