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ORLOV, A. Won Then - Will Win Now!, 1942

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Pobedili - Pobedim, 1917-1942 [Won Then - Will Win Now!], a poster by Alexei Orlov (1910-1982?, Meritorious Arts Worker of Tajikistan). Published by Nashrieti davlati Tojikiston (Tajikistan State Publishing) to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the October Revolution. Stalinabad, 1942, 87.5 x 64.5 cm.

An inspired design. Orlov, a talented book illustrator and caricaturist, spent the war evacuated to Stalinabad. His wartime posters and caricatures earned him high praise (his work is even mentioned in the entry for Tajikistan in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia), and he was later awarded the honorary title of the Meritorious Art Worker of Tajikistan. Eventually, Orlov did return to Moscow.

Search extension words / key tags: Russian poster, Soviet propagandam WWII.

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