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'For the Motherland': Red Army on Soviet Posters

17:17 GMT, 22 February 2018
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First celebrated in 1919, the holiday marks the date a year prior during the Civil War, when the Red Army conducted its first mass draft in Moscow and St. Petersburg (known as Petrograd back then).

Originally known as Red Army Day, it was renamed to Soviet Army and Navy Day in 1949, and finally was given its current title by Vladimir Putin in 2002.

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"Who we beat" by N. Dolgorukov and V. Deni, 1939.
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"Keep up the revolution's pace, the restless enemy never sleeps" by O. Savostyuk and B. Uspensky
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"Save us, Red Army soldier!" by V. Koretsky.
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"It's not a human voice, it's a beast screaming. Plans busted, blitzkrieg failed" by V. Ivanov and O. Burova, 1942.
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"Have you volunteered?" by D. Moor (D. Orlov), 1920.
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"Working men and women! You are forging victory together with the Red Army!" a Moscow State Arts Institute lithography, 1941.
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"Red Army's broom swiped clear of all the dirt!" by V. Deni, 1945.
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"Everything for the frontline! More tanks, planes, cannons, machine guns, rifles and ammunition for the Red Army!" - a wartime poster.
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"Grow up, bogatyr! Soviet army keeps you safe!" by F. Shurygin and M. Solovyov.
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"The pledge" by D. Moor
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"Join the ranks of frontline companions, our soldiers' helpers and friends!" by V. Koretsky and V. Gitsevich, 1941.
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"Fascism is a bloody monster! Have no mercy!" by A. Laktionov and N. Pilschikov, 1941.
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"For Motherland, for honor, for freedom!" by V. Ivanov, 1941.
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"We've got a single target now: Berlin!" by V. Koretsky, 1945.
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"All hail the liberator warrior!" by V. Koretsky and V. Gitsevich, 1943.
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