USSR
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On your knees, my children! (Soviet cartoon, 1973)
Text: On your knees, my children! The executions in Mozambique, recently reported in the press, were carried out by Portuguese executioners with the blessing of the local bishop. Year: August 1973. Publisher: NA. Artist: Andrey Krylov. Additional information: The cartoon depicts a bishop blessing Portuguese soldiers before they massacre a village in Mozambique. It references…
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Long Live the Red Army (Soviet poster, 1942)
Text: Long Live the Red Army. The sons of all the peoples of the Soviet Union go into battle for the Soviet motherland. Long live the Red Army – the army of brotherhood and friendship of the peoples of the USSR! Year: 1942. Publisher: TASS (Soviet state news agency). Artist: Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalia. Additional information:…
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It has come to pass (Soviet painting, 1960)
Text: NA. Year: 1960. Publisher: NA. Artist: Sergei Lukin. Additional information: The painting depicts a Bolshevik revolutionary standing next to the Tsar’s throne in the Winter Palace, symbolizing the triumph of the October Revolution. Created by Lukin to commemorate the anniversary of the revolution, currently housed in the V. I. Lenin Museum.
