Glory to the Red Army! (1945) Propaganda Poster

Please note, we also sell a framed version of this poster here on RUS & SOV. About the Poster This Glory to the Red Army! (Russian: Красной Армии — слава!) Soviet propaganda poster is a work of art full of mixed emotions. Artist, V. Golovanov (Russian: Л. Голованов) created this poster in 1945. However, the victorious soldier you see happily posing in it had actually died the previous year during a Red Army offensive.  In the top right, you'll see what was a famous Red Army poster hanging on the wall. It reads "Let's get to Berlin!" (Russian: «Дойдем до Берлина!»). The soldier you see in it, the celebrated Soviet sniper, Vasily Golosov, is the one and same man who in the main picture is smiling and leaning on a wall of the Reichstag in Berlin.  Of course, Golosov, never made it to Berlin. However, by including this well-known, deceased soldier, the poster's artist Golovanov is touchingly including the fallen in the jubilation that accompanied the Soviet conquest of Berlin in May 19