During the war, the poster was the most accessible form of fine art. Capacious and clear, it displayed the whole essence at once.
Posters strengthened the morale of the soldiers. They appealed to conscience and honor, courage and bravery. And after many years, people who are far from the war, when looking at the image, do not have to think for a long time about the meaning of the picture.The so-called TASS Windows were especially popular. These are posters that were replicated manually by transferring the image with the help of stencils, and were aimed at raising the morale of soldiers, performing labor feats by the population. This type of agitation made it possible to instantly respond to ongoing events. The images came out more colorful than printed posters. When working with Windows, contrasting colors were used, short sharp phrases that "strike like shells."
There were several popular motifs in the poster art of the Great Patriotic War.
The first motive Until the last bullet! They call to stand to death, save ammo, shoot right on target. Since it is known for certain that metal for weapons was obtained by very hard work of home front workers. Most often, the central figure on such posters was the personality of a fighter, whose facial features were etched in the memory for a long time.
Another popular call was " Fight!". The posters with this motif depicted military equipment - the T-35 tank, aircraft, Pe-2. Sometimes legendary heroes, commanders of past years or heroes were depicted.
Also common was the motif about fighter, victorymushingenemy in hand-to-hand combat. On these posters, a Red Army soldier was depicted as red, and a fascist as gray or black.
Widely known use cartoons in posters. Sometimes not only the enemy himself was ridiculed, but also the destructiveness and inhumanity of his actions. It is noteworthy that the artists who worked on the image always very accurately noticed the character, habits, gestures, and distinctive features of the characters depicted. Such a subtle impact on the souls of people through a poster required not only a long painstaking work on the study of German newsreels, photographs of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering, Himmler and others, but also the skill of a psychologist.
No less popular was the motive Death to child killers. Such posters usually depicted the suffering or death of children, there were calls for help and protection.
motive Do not talk! urged the local population to be vigilant.
There was an appeal to the population to collect scrap metal, to work without absenteeism, to harvest to the last grain, to bring victory closer with every blow of the hammer.
With regard to posters, paintings and images, it is better to see once than to read their description a hundred times. We bring to your attention the most famous posters of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Posters of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
Poster text: Conquest of the world! Cabal to the peoples! - Fascist rate. Red Army Amendment!
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1943
Main motive: caricature
Brief explanation: Hitler's overconfidence was ridiculed. They tried to remove the fear of the enemy from the soldiers of the Red Army, portraying Hitler as ridiculous and ridiculous.
Poster text: Take revenge!
Artist, year: Shmarinov D., 1942
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster raises the subject of the suffering of Soviet citizens in the occupied territories. The poster depicts a full-length woman holding her murdered daughter in her arms. The suffering and grief of this woman is silent, but so touching. In the background of the poster is the glow from the conflagration. One word "Revenge" raises a storm of indignation and anger towards the fascist barbarians.
Poster text:Dad, kill the German!
Artist, year: Nesterova N., 1942
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster depicted the suffering of the people in the occupied territories.He evoked fierce hatred for the enemy, who encroached on the most sacred - women and children.The slogan on the poster was based on a phrase from Konstantin Simonov's poem "Kill him!"
Poster text:Hit like this: whatever the shell, then the tank!
Artist, year: V.B. Koretsky, 1943
Main motive:Until the last bullet!
Brief explanation:The poster encourages soldiers to improve their combat skills.
Poster text:A fighter who is surrounded, fight to the last drop of blood!
Artist, year: HELL. Kokosh, 1941
Main motive:Fighter defeating the enemy in hand-to-hand combat
Brief explanation:Called to stand to death, to fight with the last of his strength.
Poster text:Death to the Nazi invaders!
Artist, year:N.M. Avvakumov, 1944
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation:The poster called the fighters to selflessly go into battle, fight . In the background, tanks and planes are depicted, which are rapidly rushing into battle against enemies. This is a kind of symbol of the fact that all forces are concentrated in the fight against the Germans, that all military equipment goes into battle behind the Soviet soldier, instilling fear in the Nazis and confidence in the Soviet soldiers.
Poster text:This is what the German beast looks like now! So that we can breathe and live - to finish off the beast! (on the drum - lightning war, behind the belt - the extermination of the Slavs, on the flag - total mobilization)
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1943
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The artist depicts a ragged, tormented German beast in a caricature form. The beaten German can see all his slogans with which he so presumptuously attacked Russia. The author, exposing the German as ridiculous and pitiful, tried to add courage and remove fear from the soldiers.
Poster text:To Moscow! Hoh! From Moscow: oh!
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 194 2
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The poster is dedicated to the Great Battle for Moscow and the failure of the Blitzkrieg plan.
Poster text:Motherland is calling! (Text of the military oath)
Artist, year: I. Toidze, 1941
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation: Artist p It places an integral monolithic silhouette on the plane of the sheet, uses a combination of only two colors - red and black. Thanks to the low horizon, the poster is monumental. But the main force of the influence of this poster lies in the psychological content of the image itself - in the expression of the excited face of a simple woman, in her calling gesture.
Poster text:Do not talk! Be on the alert, on such days the walls eavesdrop. Not far from chatter and gossip to treason.
Artist, year: Vatolina N., Denisov N., 1941
Main motive: Do not talk!
Brief explanation:Before the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War and during its years, many German sabotage groups and spies operated on the territory of the Soviet Union, especially in the border regions. These groups carried out various acts of sabotage - violations and breaks in power lines and communications, destruction of important military and civilian facilities, disruption of water supply in cities and destruction of wooden bridges, as well as the killing of military and party workers and technical specialists. These days, the task arose to bring to the attention of the population the need to be careful and vigilant in conversations and communication, especially with strangers.
Poster text:Comrade! Remember that a well-dressed and warmly dressed fighter will hit the enemy even harder.
Artist, year:A. and V. Kokorekin, 1942
Main motive:All for the front, all for victory
Brief explanation:The poster calls to mobilize all the means of the population and give everything they need to the soldiers who are fighting for the Motherland.
Poster text:The Red Army is a formidable step! The enemy will be destroyed in the lair! Conquest of the world. Slavery to the peoples. Fascism. Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Himmler.
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1945
Main motive:Fight! Caricature.
Brief explanation:The poster makes you think about the atrocities of German fascism against humanity.
Poster text:Victory will be in the country where women and men are equal. Comrade woman! Your son is fighting like a hero at the front. And the daughter goes to the RoKK team. And you strengthen our rear: dig a trench deeper, go to the machine. And drive your own tractor instead of the drivers now driving the tanks. You sister women! You citizen mothers! Take a crowbar, a shovel, a steering wheel, a cutter! For realunderstand, finally, the stronger the rear - the firmer the step of the armies, and the sooner the enemy will die!
Artist, year: I. Astapov, I. Kholodov, 1941
Main motive:All for the front, all for victory!
Brief explanation:The poster bears a political coloring on the superiority of a society where men and women are equal, especially during the war, when men fight at the fronts, women ensure the reliability of the rear.
Poster text:Blood for blood, death for death!
Artist, year: Alex and Sittaro, 1942
Main motive:Death to child killers; Fight!
Brief explanation:The poster is aimed at suggesting the inevitability of victory over the enemy and his complete expulsion from Soviet soil.
Poster text: Beat to death!
Artist, year:Nikolai Zhukov, 1942
Main motive:Until the last bullet!
Brief explanation: About to the soldiers of the Red Army to beat the enemy harder for the sake of saving mothers, children and the Motherland.The poster is designed to raise the morale of the soldiers.
Poster text:Soldier of the Red Army, save!
Artist, year:Victor Koretsky, 1942 year
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster evoked hatred of the enemy among the fighters.The dramatic power of this poster is striking to this day. The most difficult stage of the war for the Russian people was reflected in the work of Koretsky. The ancient motif - a mother with a child in her arms - receives a completely different interpretation in the poster than we are used to seeing in the paintings of the masters of the past. In this work, there are no idyllic features, cordiality and warmth, which are usually present in scenes with mother and child, here the mother is depicted protecting her child from danger. On the one hand, in the poster we see an unequal clash of two forces: a cold, bloody weapon on the one hand, and two defenseless human figures on the other. But at the same time, the poster does not make a depressing impression, due to the fact that Koretsky was able to show the strength and deep rightness of the Soviet woman, despite the fact that she has no weapons in her hands, she symbolizes the strength and spirit of the Russian people, who will not bow before the aggressor . With its protest against violence and death, the poster heralds the coming victory. With the help of simple means, Koretsky's work inspires strength and confidence, becomes at the same time an appeal, a request, and an order; so expressed in it is the danger hanging over people and the hope that never leaves them.
Poster text:There is no such force that would enslave us. Kuzma Minin. Let the courageous image of our great ancestors inspire you in this war! I. Stalin.
Artist, year:V. Ivanov, O. Burova, 1942
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation:On the poster there is a second symbolic plan depicting the liberation of the Motherland by Kuzma Minin from the invaders. Thus, even the great heroes of the past call on the soldiers to fight and fight for their homeland.
Poster text:Combat menu to the enemy for each day.The Russian-style treat begins with an appetizer. Pies are excellent with various fillings...Then, a little soup, navy borscht and okroshka. For the second cue balls in Cossack style and shish kebab in Caucasian style and for dessert - jelly.
Artist, year: N. Muratov, 1941
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The poster is made in a satirical style and reinforces confidence in the victory of the Soviet people over the enemy.
Poster text:The enemy is insidious - be on the alert!
Artist, year:V. Ivanov, O. Burova, 194 5 year
Main motive: Do not talk
Brief explanation:The poster calls for the vigilance of the population and soldiers.The plot of the poster reminds us that a fascist criminal can be hidden under virtue.
Poster text:TASS window No. 613 A German went to the Volga to get drunk - a Fritz was hit in the teeth,
I had to take off running, - my side aches, my back hurts. It can be seen that the Volga water is not suitable for a fascist, it is cold for a Fritz, salty!
Artist, year: P. Sargsyan
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation: The poster emphasizes the idea that the Russian people are invincible and the enemy will still be defeated.
No wonder propaganda and agitation was called the third front of the Great Patriotic War. It was here that the battle for the spirit of the people unfolded, which, in the end, decided the outcome of the war: Hitler's propaganda did not sleep either, but it turned out to be far from the sacred wrath of Soviet artists, poets, writers, journalists, composers ...
The Great Victory gave the country a reason for legitimate pride, which we also feel, the descendants of the heroes who defended their native cities, liberated Europe from a strong, cruel and insidious enemy.
The image of this enemy, as well as the image of the people who rallied to defend the Motherland, is most clearly presented on wartime posters, which raised propaganda art to an unprecedented height, which has not been surpassed to this day.
Wartime posters can be called soldiers: they hit right on target, forming public opinion, creating a clear negative image of the enemy, rallying the ranks of Soviet citizens, giving rise to the emotion necessary for war: anger, rage, hatred - and at the same time, love for the family , which is threatened by the enemy, to his native home, to his homeland.
Propaganda materials were an important part of the Great Patriotic War. From the first days of the offensive of the Nazi army, propaganda posters appeared on the streets of Soviet cities, designed to raise the morale of the army and labor productivity in the rear, such as the propaganda poster "Everything for the front, everything for victory"!
This slogan was first proclaimed by Stalin during an address to the people in July 1941, when a difficult situation developed on the entire front, and German troops were rapidly advancing towards Moscow.
At the same time, the famous poster "The Motherland Calls" by Irakli Toidze appeared on the streets of Soviet cities. The collective image of a Russian mother calling on her sons to fight the enemy has become one of the most recognizable examples of Soviet propaganda.
Reproduction of the poster "The Motherland Calls!", 1941. Author Irakli Moiseevich Toidze
The posters varied in quality and content. German soldiers were portrayed as caricatured, miserable and helpless, while the Red Army soldiers demonstrated fighting spirit and unbroken faith in victory.
In the post-war period, propaganda posters were often criticized for excessive cruelty, but according to the memoirs of war participants, hatred of the enemy was that help, without which Soviet soldiers would hardly have been able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy army.
In 1941-1942, when the enemy rolled like an avalanche from the west, capturing more and more cities, crushing the defenses, destroying millions of Soviet soldiers, it was important for propagandists to inspire confidence in victory, that the Nazis were not invincible. The plots of the first posters were full of attacks and martial arts, they emphasized the nationwide struggle, the connection of the people with the party, with the army, they called for the destruction of the enemy.
One of the popular motives is an appeal to the past, an appeal to the glory of past generations, reliance on the authority of the legendary commanders - Alexander Nevsky, Suvorov, Kutuzov, the heroes of the civil war.
Artists Viktor Ivanov “Our Truth. Fight to the death!”, 1942.
Artists Dmitry Moor "How did you help the front?", 1941.
"Victory will be ours", 1941
During the war, the poster was the most accessible form of fine art. Capacious and clear, it displayed the whole essence at once. Posters strengthened the morale of the soldiers. They appealed to conscience and honor, courage and bravery. And after many years, people who are far from the war, when looking at the image, do not have to think for a long time about the meaning of the picture.
The so-called TASS Windows were especially popular. These are posters that were replicated manually by transferring the image with the help of stencils, and were aimed at raising the morale of soldiers, performing labor feats by the population. This type of agitation made it possible to instantly respond to ongoing events. The images came out more colorful than printed posters. When working with Windows, contrasting colors were used, short sharp phrases that "strike like shells."
There were several popular motifs in the poster art of the Great Patriotic War.
The first motive Until the last bullet! They call to stand to death, save ammo, shoot right on target. Since it is known for certain that metal for weapons was obtained by very hard work of home front workers. Most often, the central figure on such posters was the personality of a fighter, whose facial features were engraved in the memory for a long time.
Another popular call was " Fight!". The posters with this motif depicted military equipment - the T-35 tank, aircraft, Pe-2. Sometimes legendary heroes, commanders of past years or heroes were depicted.
Also common was the motif about fighter, victorymushingenemy in hand-to-hand combat. On these posters, a Red Army soldier was depicted as red, and a fascist as gray or black.
Widely known use cartoons in posters. Sometimes not only the enemy himself was ridiculed, but also the destructiveness and inhumanity of his actions. It is noteworthy that the artists who worked on the image always very accurately noticed the character, habits, gestures, and distinctive features of the characters depicted. Such a subtle impact on the souls of people through a poster required not only a long painstaking work on the study of German newsreels, photographs of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering, Himmler and others, but also the skill of a psychologist.
No less popular was the motive Death to child killers. Such posters usually depicted the suffering or death of children, there were calls for help and protection.
motive Do not talk! urged the local population to be vigilant.
There was an appeal to the population to collect scrap metal, to work without absenteeism, to harvest to the last grain, to bring victory closer with every blow of the hammer.
With regard to posters, paintings and images, it is better to see once than to read their description a hundred times. We bring to your attention the most famous posters of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Posters of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
Poster text: Conquest of the world! Cabal to the peoples! - Fascist rate. Red Army Amendment!
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1943
Main motive: caricature
Brief explanation: Hitler's overconfidence was ridiculed. They tried to remove the fear of the enemy from the soldiers of the Red Army, portraying Hitler as ridiculous and ridiculous.
Poster text: Take revenge!
Artist, year: Shmarinov D., 1942
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster raises the subject of the suffering of Soviet citizens in the occupied territories. The poster depicts a full-length woman holding her murdered daughter in her arms. The suffering and grief of this woman is silent, but so touching. In the background of the poster is the glow from the conflagration. One word "Revenge" raises a storm of indignation and anger towards the fascist barbarians.
Poster text:Dad, kill the German!
Artist, year: Nesterova N., 1942
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster depicted the suffering of the people in the occupied territories.He evoked fierce hatred for the enemy, who encroached on the most sacred - women and children.The slogan on the poster was based on a phrase from Konstantin Simonov's poem "Kill him!"
Poster text:Hit like this: whatever the shell, then the tank!
Artist, year: V.B. Koretsky, 1943
Main motive:Until the last bullet!
Brief explanation:The poster encourages soldiers to improve their combat skills.
Poster text:A fighter who is surrounded, fight to the last drop of blood!
Artist, year: HELL. Kokosh, 1941
Main motive:Fighter defeating the enemy in hand-to-hand combat
Brief explanation:Called to stand to death, to fight with the last of his strength.
Poster text:Death to the Nazi invaders!
Artist, year:N.M. Avvakumov, 1944
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation:The poster called the fighters to selflessly go into battle, fight . In the background, tanks and planes are depicted, which are rapidly rushing into battle against enemies. This is a kind of symbol of the fact that all forces are concentrated in the fight against the Germans, that all military equipment goes into battle behind the Soviet soldier, instilling fear in the Nazis and confidence in the Soviet soldiers.
Poster text:This is what the German beast looks like now! So that we can breathe and live - to finish off the beast! (on the drum - lightning war, behind the belt - the extermination of the Slavs, on the flag - total mobilization)
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1943
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The artist depicts a ragged, tormented German beast in a caricature form. The beaten German can see all his slogans with which he so presumptuously attacked Russia. The author, exposing the German as ridiculous and pitiful, tried to add courage and remove fear from the soldiers.
Poster text:To Moscow! Hoh! From Moscow: oh!
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 194 2
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The poster is dedicated to the Great Battle for Moscow and the failure of the Blitzkrieg plan.
Poster text:Motherland is calling! (Text of the military oath)
Artist, year: I. Toidze, 1941
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation: Artist p It places an integral monolithic silhouette on the plane of the sheet, uses a combination of only two colors - red and black. Thanks to the low horizon, the poster is monumental. But the main force of the influence of this poster lies in the psychological content of the image itself - in the expression of the excited face of a simple woman, in her calling gesture.
Poster text:Do not talk! Be on the alert, on such days the walls eavesdrop. Not far from chatter and gossip to treason.
Artist, year: Vatolina N., Denisov N., 1941
Main motive: Do not talk!
Brief explanation:Before the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War and during its years, many German sabotage groups and spies operated on the territory of the Soviet Union, especially in the border regions. These groups carried out various acts of sabotage - violations and breaks in power lines and communications, destruction of important military and civilian facilities, disruption of water supply in cities and destruction of wooden bridges, as well as the killing of military and party workers and technical specialists. These days, the task arose to bring to the attention of the population the need to be careful and vigilant in conversations and communication, especially with strangers.
Poster text:Comrade! Remember that a well-dressed and warmly dressed fighter will hit the enemy even harder.
Artist, year:A. and V. Kokorekin, 1942
Main motive:All for the front, all for victory
Brief explanation:The poster calls to mobilize all the means of the population and give everything they need to the soldiers who are fighting for the Motherland.
Poster text:The Red Army is a formidable step! The enemy will be destroyed in the lair! Conquest of the world. Slavery to the peoples. Fascism. Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Himmler.
Artist, year: Victor Denis (Denisov), 1945
Main motive:Fight! Caricature.
Brief explanation:The poster makes you think about the atrocities of German fascism against humanity.
Poster text:Victory will be in the country where women and men are equal. Comrade woman! Your son is fighting like a hero at the front. And the daughter goes to the RoKK team. And you strengthen our rear: dig a trench deeper, go to the machine. And drive your own tractor instead of the drivers now driving the tanks. You sister women! You citizen mothers! Take a crowbar, a shovel, a steering wheel, a cutter! For realunderstand, finally, the stronger the rear - the firmer the step of the armies, and the sooner the enemy will die!
Artist, year: I. Astapov, I. Kholodov, 1941
Main motive:All for the front, all for victory!
Brief explanation:The poster bears a political coloring on the superiority of a society where men and women are equal, especially during the war, when men fight at the fronts, women ensure the reliability of the rear.
Poster text:Blood for blood, death for death!
Artist, year: Alex and Sittaro, 1942
Main motive:Death to child killers; Fight!
Brief explanation:The poster is aimed at suggesting the inevitability of victory over the enemy and his complete expulsion from Soviet soil.
Poster text: Beat to death!
Artist, year:Nikolai Zhukov, 1942
Main motive:Until the last bullet!
Brief explanation: About to the soldiers of the Red Army to beat the enemy harder for the sake of saving mothers, children and the Motherland.The poster is designed to raise the morale of the soldiers.
Poster text:Soldier of the Red Army, save!
Artist, year:Victor Koretsky, 1942 year
Main motive:Death to the child killers
Brief explanation:The poster evoked hatred of the enemy among the fighters.The dramatic power of this poster is striking to this day. The most difficult stage of the war for the Russian people was reflected in the work of Koretsky. The ancient motif - a mother with a child in her arms - receives a completely different interpretation in the poster than we are used to seeing in the paintings of the masters of the past. In this work, there are no idyllic features, cordiality and warmth, which are usually present in scenes with mother and child, here the mother is depicted protecting her child from danger. On the one hand, in the poster we see an unequal clash of two forces: a cold, bloody weapon on the one hand, and two defenseless human figures on the other. But at the same time, the poster does not make a depressing impression, due to the fact that Koretsky was able to show the strength and deep rightness of the Soviet woman, despite the fact that she has no weapons in her hands, she symbolizes the strength and spirit of the Russian people, who will not bow before the aggressor . With its protest against violence and death, the poster heralds the coming victory. With the help of simple means, Koretsky's work inspires strength and confidence, becomes at the same time an appeal, a request, and an order; so expressed in it is the danger hanging over people and the hope that never leaves them.
Poster text:There is no such force that would enslave us. Kuzma Minin. Let the courageous image of our great ancestors inspire you in this war! I. Stalin.
Artist, year:V. Ivanov, O. Burova, 1942
Main motive: Fight!
Brief explanation:On the poster there is a second symbolic plan depicting the liberation of the Motherland by Kuzma Minin from the invaders. Thus, even the great heroes of the past call on the soldiers to fight and fight for their homeland.
Poster text:Combat menu to the enemy for each day.The Russian-style treat begins with an appetizer. Pies are excellent with various fillings...Then, a little soup, navy borscht and okroshka. For the second cue balls in Cossack style and shish kebab in Caucasian style and for dessert - jelly.
Artist, year: N. Muratov, 1941
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation:The poster is made in a satirical style and reinforces confidence in the victory of the Soviet people over the enemy.
Poster text:The enemy is insidious - be on the alert!
Artist, year:V. Ivanov, O. Burova, 194 5 year
Main motive: Do not talk
Brief explanation:The poster calls for the vigilance of the population and soldiers.The plot of the poster reminds us that a fascist criminal can be hidden under virtue.
Poster text:TASS window No. 613 A German went to the Volga to get drunk - a Fritz was hit in the teeth,
I had to take off running, - my side aches, my back hurts. It can be seen that the Volga water is not suitable for a fascist, it is cold for a Fritz, salty!
Artist, year: P. Sargsyan
Main motive: Caricature
Brief explanation: The poster emphasizes the idea that the Russian people are invincible and the enemy will still be defeated.
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 the ability to clearly speak 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.
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L. Golovanov (1904-1980). Long live the Red Army! Moscow, Leningrad 1946. (FROM INET)
No wonder propaganda and agitation was called the third front of the Great Patriotic War. It was here that the battle for the spirit of the people unfolded, which, in the end, decided the outcome of the war: Hitler's propaganda did not sleep either, but it turned out to be far from the sacred wrath of Soviet artists, poets, writers, journalists, composers ...
The Great Victory gave the country a reason for legitimate pride, which we also feel, the descendants of the heroes who defended their native cities, liberated Europe from a strong, cruel and insidious enemy.
The image of this enemy, as well as the image of the people who rallied to defend the Motherland, is most clearly presented on wartime posters, which raised propaganda art to an unprecedented height, which has not been surpassed to this day.
Wartime posters can be called soldiers: they hit right on target, shaping public opinion, creating a clear negative image of the enemy, rallying the ranks of Soviet citizens, giving rise to the emotion necessary for war: anger, rage, hatred - and at the same time, love for the family , which is threatened by the enemy, to his native home, to his homeland.
Propaganda materials were an important part of the Great Patriotic War. From the first days of the offensive of the Nazi army, propaganda posters appeared on the streets of Soviet cities, designed to raise the morale of the army and labor productivity in the rear, such as the propaganda poster "Everything for the front, everything for victory"!
This slogan was first proclaimed by Stalin during an address to the people in July 1941, when a difficult situation developed on the entire front, and German troops were rapidly advancing towards Moscow.
At the same time, the famous poster "The Motherland Calls" by Irakli Toidze appeared on the streets of Soviet cities. The collective image of a Russian mother calling on her sons to fight the enemy has become one of the most recognizable examples of Soviet propaganda.
Reproduction of the poster "The Motherland Calls!", 1941. Author Irakli Moiseevich Toidze
The posters varied in quality and content. German soldiers were portrayed as caricatured, miserable and helpless, while the Red Army soldiers demonstrated fighting spirit and unbroken faith in victory.
In the post-war period, propaganda posters were often criticized for excessive cruelty, but according to the memoirs of war participants, hatred of the enemy was that help, without which Soviet soldiers would hardly have been able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy army.
In 1941-1942, when the enemy rolled like an avalanche from the west, capturing more and more cities, crushing the defenses, destroying millions of Soviet soldiers, it was important for propagandists to inspire confidence in victory, that the Nazis were not invincible. The plots of the first posters were full of attacks and martial arts, they emphasized the nationwide struggle, the connection of the people with the party, with the army, they called for the destruction of the enemy.
One of the popular motives is an appeal to the past, an appeal to the glory of past generations, reliance on the authority of the legendary generals - Alexander Nevsky, Suvorov, Kutuzov, the heroes of the civil war.
Artists Viktor Ivanov “Our Truth. Fight to the death!”, 1942.
Artists Dmitry Moor "How did you help the front?", 1941.
"Victory will be ours", 1941
Poster V.B. Koretsky, 1941.
To support the Red Army - a mighty people's militia!
Poster by V. Pravdin, 1941.
Poster by artists Bochkov and Laptev, 1941.
In an atmosphere of general retreat and constant defeats, it was necessary not to succumb to decadent moods and panic. In the newspapers then there was not a word about the losses, there were reports of individual personal victories of soldiers and crews, and this was justified.
The enemy on the posters of the first stage of the war appeared either impersonal, in the form of “black matter” bristling with metal, or a fanatic and marauder, doing inhuman deeds that cause horror and disgust. The German, as the embodiment of absolute evil, turned into a creature that the Soviet people had no right to endure on their own land.
The thousand-headed fascist hydra must be destroyed and thrown out, the battle is literally between Good and Evil - such is the pathos of those posters. Published in millions of copies, they still radiate strength and confidence in the inevitability of defeating the enemy.
Artist Victor Denis (Denisov) "The "face" of Hitlerism", 1941.
Artists Landres "Napoleon was cold in Russia, and Hitler will be hot!", 1941.
Artists Kukryniksy "We beat the enemy with a spear ...", 1941.
Artist Victor Denis (Denisov) “Why does a pig need culture and science?”, 1941.
Since 1942, when the enemy approached the Volga, took Leningrad into a blockade, reached the Caucasus, captured vast territories with civilians.
Posters began to reflect the suffering of Soviet people, women, children, old people in the occupied land and the irresistible desire of the Soviet Army to defeat Germany, to help those who are unable to fend for themselves.
Artist Viktor Ivanov "The hour of reckoning with the Germans for all their atrocities is near!", 1944.
Artist P.Sokolov-Skala "Fighter, take revenge!", 1941.
Artist S.M. Mochalov "Revenge", 1944.
The slogan "Kill the German!" spontaneously appeared among the people in 1942, its origins, among others, are in the article “Kill!” by Ilya Erengburg. Many posters that appeared after it (“Dad, kill the German!”, “Baltic! Save your beloved girl from shame, kill the German!”, “Less German - victory is closer,” etc.) combined the image of a fascist and a German into one object of hatred.
“We must tirelessly see before us the face of a Hitlerite: this is the target at which you need to shoot without a miss, this is the personification of what we hate. Our duty is to incite hatred of evil and strengthen the thirst for the beautiful, the good, the just.”
Ilya Erenburg, Soviet writer and public figure.
According to him, at the beginning of the war, many Red Army soldiers did not feel hatred for enemies, respected the Germans for the "high culture" of life, expressed confidence that German workers and peasants were sent under arms, who were just waiting for the opportunity to turn their weapons against their commanders.
« It's time to dispel the illusion. We understood that the Germans are not people. From now on, the word "German" is the worst curse for us. …If you haven't killed at least one German in a day, your day is gone. If you think that your neighbor will kill a German for you, you have not understood the threat. If you don't kill the German, the German will kill you. …Don't count the days. Don't count miles. Count one thing: the Germans you killed. Kill the German! - this is asked by the old woman-mother. Kill the German! This is a child begging you. Kill the German! - it screams native land. Don't miss. Do not miss. Kill!"
Artists Alexei Kokorekin "Beat the fascist reptile", 1941.
The word "fascist" has become synonymous with an inhuman killing machine, a soulless monster, a rapist, a cold-blooded killer, a pervert. Bad news from the occupied territories only reinforced this image. Fascists are depicted as huge, scary and ugly, towering over the corpses of the innocently killed, pointing weapons at mother and child.
It is not surprising that the heroes of military posters do not kill, but destroy such an enemy, sometimes destroy with their bare hands - professional assassins armed to the teeth.
The defeat of the Nazi armies near Moscow marked the beginning of a turn in military success in favor of the Soviet Union.
The war turned out to be protracted, not lightning fast. The grand battle of Stalingrad, which has no analogues in world history, finally secured the strategic superiority for us, conditions were created for the Red Army to go on the general offensive. The mass expulsion of the enemy from Soviet territory, about which the posters of the first days of the war were repeated, has become a reality.
Artists Nikolai Zhukov and Viktor Klimashin "Defend Moscow", 1941.
Artists Nikolai Zhukov and Viktor Klimashin "Defend Moscow", 1941.
After the counter-offensive near Moscow and Stalingrad, the soldiers realized their strength, unity and the sacred nature of their mission. Many posters are dedicated to these great battles, as well as the Battle of Kursk, where the enemy is depicted as a caricature, ridiculed by his predatory pressure, which ended in destruction.
Artist Vladimir Serov, 1941.
Artist Irakli Toidze "Defend the Caucasus", 1942.
Artist Victor Denis (Denisov) "Stalingrad", 1942.
Artist Anatoly Kazantsev "Do not give the enemy a single inch of our land (I. Stalin)", 1943.
Artist Victor Denis (Denisov) "The broom of the Red Army, the evil spirits will sweep to the ground!", 1943.
The miracles of heroism shown by citizens in the rear were also reflected in poster plots: one of the most frequent heroines is a woman who replaced men at a machine tool or driving a tractor. The posters reminded us that the common victory is also created by heroic work in the rear.
Artist unknown, 194.
A poster in those days is also needed by those who live in the occupied territories, where the content of the posters is passed from mouth to mouth. According to the recollections of veterans, in the occupied regions, patriots pasted TASS Windows panels on fences, sheds, and houses where the Germans stood. The population, deprived of Soviet radio, newspapers, learned the truth about the war from these leaflets that appeared from nowhere ...
“Windows TASS” are propaganda political posters produced by the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. This is an original form of agitation-mass art. Sharp, intelligible satirical posters with short, easy-to-remember poetic texts exposed the enemies of the Fatherland.
Okna TASS, produced since July 27, 1941, was a formidable ideological weapon, it was not for nothing that Propaganda Minister Goebbels sentenced in absentia to death everyone who was involved in their release:
“As soon as Moscow is taken, everyone who worked at the TASS Windows will hang from lampposts.” 
More than 130 artists and 80 poets worked at Okny TASS. The main artists were Kukryniksy, Mikhail Cheremnykh, Pyotr Shukhmin, Nikolai Radlov, Alexander Daineka and others. Poets: Demyan Bedny, Alexander Zharov, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Samuil Marshak, poems by the late Mayakovsky were used.
In a single patriotic impulse, people of various professions worked in the workshop: sculptors, artists, painters, theater artists, graphic artists, art critics. The team of artists "Windows TASS" worked in three shifts. For all the time of the war in the workshop, the light never goes out.
The Political Directorate of the Red Army made small leaflets of the most popular TASS Windows with texts in German. These leaflets were thrown into the territories occupied by the Nazis, and distributed by partisans. The texts typed in German indicated that the leaflet could serve as a surrender pass for German soldiers and officers.
The image of the enemy ceases to inspire horror, posters call to reach his lair and crush there, to liberate not only your home, but also Europe. The heroic popular struggle is the main theme of the military poster of this stage of the war; already in 1942, Soviet artists caught the still distant theme of victory, creating canvases with the slogan “Forward! To the west!".
It becomes obvious that Soviet propaganda is much more effective than Nazi propaganda, for example, during the Battle of Stalingrad, the Red Army used original methods of psychological pressure on the enemy - the monotonous beat of a metronome transmitted through loudspeakers, which was interrupted every seven beats by a comment in German: “Every seven seconds a German soldier dies at the front". This had a demoralizing effect on the German soldiers.
Warrior-defender, warrior-liberator - such is the hero of the poster of 1944-1945.
The enemy appears small and vile, it is such a predatory reptile that can still bite, but is no longer capable of causing serious harm. The main thing is to finally destroy it in order to finally return home, to the family, to a peaceful life, to the restoration of destroyed cities. But before that, Europe must be liberated and rebuffed by imperialist Japan, on which the Soviet Union, without waiting for an attack, itself declared war in 1945.
Artist Pyotr Magnushevsky “Formidable bayonets are getting closer…”, 1944.
Reproduction of the poster "The Red Army's step is menacing! The enemy will be destroyed in the lair!", artist Viktor Nikolayevich Denis, 1945
Reproduction of the poster "Forward! Victory is near!". 1944 Artist Nina Vatolina.
“Let's get to Berlin!”, “Glory to the Red Army!” posters rejoice. The defeat of the enemy is already close, the time requires life-affirming works from artists, bringing closer the meeting of the liberators with the liberated cities and villages, with their families.
The prototype of the hero of the poster "Let's get to Berlin" was a real soldier - sniper Vasily Golosov. Golosov himself did not return from the war, but his open, joyful, kind face lives on on the poster to this day.
Posters become an expression of people's love, pride for the country, for the people who gave birth to and raised such heroes. The faces of the soldiers are beautiful, happy and very tired.
Artist Leonid Golovanov "Motherland, meet the heroes!", 1945.
Artist Leonid Golovanov "Glory to the Red Army!", 1945.
Artist Maria Nesterova-Berzina “They Waited”, 1945.
Artist Viktor Ivanov "You gave us life back!", 1943.
Artist Nina Vatolina "With Victory!", 1945.
Artist Viktor Klimashin "Glory to the victorious warrior!", 1945.
The war with Germany did not officially end in 1945. Having accepted the surrender of the German command, the Soviet Union did not sign peace with Germany, only on January 25, 1955, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a decree "On the termination of the state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany", thereby legally formalizing the end of hostilities.
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