The Propaganda Archive

A project by Propagandopolis to create the internet’s largest archive of propaganda posters, postcards, pamphlets, stamps and other ephemera.

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Be worthy of your fathers! (Soviet poster, 1968)

Text: Be worthy of your fathers! Never forget the deeds of Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War [text on paper]

Year: 1968.

Publisher: Soviet Artist.

Artist: Viktor Koretsky.

Additional Information: Shows a soldier kissing his Kalashnikov against a photo of an earlier soldier kissing his rifle during the Second World War. The top image is taken from a photograph by Mark Markov-Grinberg, an official army photographer during the war: