World War Two
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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…
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Presentation of the Sword of Stalingrad (Soviet illustration, 1948)
Text: NA. Year: 1948. Publisher: NA. Artist: Konstantin Finogenov. Additional Information: Shows Churchill handing the Sword of Stalingrad to Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943. The sword was forged on the orders of the British King George VI to be presented to Stalin at the conference ‘in token of the homage of the British…
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I. V. Stalin on the defensive lines near Moscow (Soviet painting, 1947)
Text: NA. Year: 1947. Publisher: NA. Artist: Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalia. Additional Information: Shows Stalin visiting soldiers at the front during the Battle of Moscow.
