Dobrovolsky, Victor P.
Victor P. Dobrovolsky (fl. c. 1940 - c. 1965) was born in Siberia and received no formal training in art. Nonetheless, he became a successful graphic artist, beginning his career in provincial publishing houses as a book illustrator. By the 1950s, Dobrovolsky was working as a caricaturist and poster designer in Moscow.
Pro-Soviet Cold War Propaganda.
ЭТОТ СПИСОК ПОСЛУЖНОЙ СЛАВА АРМИИ РОДНОЙ. НО ЕЩЕ В КОНЦЕ ЛИСТА ЕСТЬ ВАКАНТНЫЕ МЕСТА. / This service record is a glory to our dear army but at the end of this list there is a space, that can be filled.
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This is a 1965 Mark Abramov and Victor Dobrovolsky Cold War Era Soviet propaganda poster touting the Soviet military achievement. A Soviet soldier, embracing a ballistic missile, unfurls the army 'service record'. The 'service record' takes the form of a scorecard, with commanding generals and leaders of Russia's enemies skewered on bayonets. Most of whom wear pained expressions, and some are easily recognizable, including Kaiser Wilhelm II, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Hitler, among more stereotypically racist representations of Japanese, Turkish, and Persian potentates. The poster is intended to promote Soviet nationalism and confidence in face of growing anti-Soviet sentiment. (more details)