For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes – Antique Print
![For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes, [between 1940 and 1949] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/49/491de6e8d527-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes
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Its title, *For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes*, makes the appeal plain: a direct call to soldiers to press on in the name of the homeland. The record describes it as a promotional poster for the Soviet Union, and its 1940s date places it in the years of the Second World War and its aftermath, when Soviet posters routinely urged citizens and troops toward sacrifice and resolve. Such posters relied on bold color, heroic figures and short slogans to rally a population facing enormous losses. Its emphasis on duty to the homeland reflects a theme central to Soviet wartime propaganda.
| Created / published | [between 1940 and 1949] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : color. |
| Genre | Posters 1940-1950.Photomechanical prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S.S.R. J42. 194-. |
| Subjects | Soldiers--Russian--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,016 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-154912 |
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