Abramov, Mark Aleksandrovich
Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913 - 1994) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artist. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine, Abramov went to Moscow to study engineering and studied at the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute from 1931 until 1936. Using the pseudonym Moa, Abramov and his brother Oleg submitted cartoons and caricatures to satirical newspapers and magazines during the 1930s. This led to a career as a satirical artist and his caricatures appeared in Pravda and Izvestiya, along with other leading newspapers, regularly. His work was also published in Krokodil and Ogonyok, two popular magazines. Abramov also enjoyed a successful career as a poster artist, with fifteen released during World War II between October 1941 and April 1945. He continued designing posters after the war, and was awarded the title Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1964.
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)