Thread of Soviet New Year's propaganda (mostly cards and posters) from the Second World War.
Quick note: by 1941, New Year had almost entirely replaced Christmas as the USSR's main winter holiday, though much of the latter's imagery - the trees, the figure of Ded Moroz etc - persisted.
(1931 cover of Bezbozhnik magazine)
(1931 cover of Bezbozhnik magazine)
"New Year's greetings from Moscow!" β Soviet New Yearβs card from the Second World War (1941) showing a Red Army soldier standing guard next to the Kremlinβs Spasskaya Tower. Published during the Battle of Moscow.
"The New Yearβs gifts that Grandfather Frost is delivering to the enemy will make them feel hot in the cold, and chills in the heat" β Ded Moroz lobs explosives onto the enemy, 1941.
"Happy New Year!" β A Red Army soldier labelled "1942" chases Nazi soldiers through the snowy night.
New Year's card showing a Soviet soldier with Snegurochka, Ded Moroz's granddaughter, 1941. Illustration by Irakli Toidze, one of the most famous and prolific Soviet wartime artists.
"Happy New Year greetings from the front!"
"Happy New Year!" β A Red Army soldier loads a "1942" shell.
"To new victories!" β 1941 passes his rifle to 1942.
Ded Moroz carries sacks full of weapons from the UK and USA.
Soviet poster with a Nazi hog reading a mocking poem: "However angry you get, you hateful enemy, / Our Baltic fleet gets stronger, / For us β into the victory, for you β into the grave / The new year will turn".
(Translation from Reddit: reddit.com)
(Translation from Reddit: reddit.com)
"Happy New Year! To new victories!" β Soviet soldiers charge forward, the first among them with a 1942 flag.
"Happy New Year!" β Partisans watch from the woods as a Nazi truck goes up in flames.
"So it shall be" β Soviet TASS newsprint, December 1942, showing "1943" stomping Hitler down into the snow.
"Happy New Year! To the coming victory!" β Soviet New Year's card, December 1942, showing a tank advancing with the flag of 1943.
A colossal Ded Moroz confronts Hitler, 1943.
(Posted a few days ago I know)
(Posted a few days ago I know)
"Cheers! Happy New Year, German skunk, you will remember my club!" β A Soviet soldier batters a ghoulish German soldier with his rifle, 1943.
"Happy New Year greetings from the front! Death to German occupiers!"
"Happy New Year!" β Soldier enjoying a drink.
Soviet New Year's card showing a colossal Ded Moroz chasing Hitler through a graveyard.
Translation via @sovietvisuals: "Grandfather Frost / Makes a fearsome tour / To get the entire pack of fascists / To disappear forever soon"
Translation via @sovietvisuals: "Grandfather Frost / Makes a fearsome tour / To get the entire pack of fascists / To disappear forever soon"
@sovietvisuals βHappy New Year, guys!β β New Year's poster, 1944, showing a soldier next to a tree decorated with various flags of the Allied nations and branches of the Soviet military.
@sovietvisuals "Happy New Year!" β New Yearβs card, 1944, showing a Soviet soldier marching to Berlin, crushing Hitler underfoot as he goes. The moon looks down approvingly.
@sovietvisuals Soviet soldier celebrating the New Year in Moscow.
@sovietvisuals A Soviet soldier finds Hitler cowering in his "Berlin" den.
@sovietvisuals "Happy New Year!" β A crowd celebrates under a bayonet tree from which Hitler and leading Nazis hang. The Soviet, British and American flags also decorate the tree.
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