Exhibition of military-patriotic poster of Russia

A joint project of the site "Military Review" and the Rostov artist Vitaly Shcherbak.

The entire exposition consists of 10 poster paintings painted in acrylic on canvas 60x80 cm in size, and an information stand, which describes the exploits of the heroes depicted on the posters.

The purpose of the exhibition is to raise patriotic feelings and rally against the backdrop of a special operation, moral support for the soldiers of the NMD, a reminder to today's young generation of the exploits of our heroes.

The presentation of the exhibition took place on February 15, 2023 at school No. 83 and was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rostov-on-Don from fascist invaders, as well as the next anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

It is planned to expand the series of motivational propaganda posters.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is ready to use the posters as part of information-explanatory and military-patriotic work with the personnel of the RF Armed Forces, about which there is a corresponding letter.

About the Developer. Rostov artist Vitaly Shcherbak. Graduated from the Kurgan Higher Military-Political aviation school in 1988. Captain of the reserve. At the end of his service, he took up creative work: he drew political and military cartoons, comics, illustrated children's books, held art exhibitions in Tashkent, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkov, Kiev (until 2013), Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Novocherkassk, Voronezh, Moscow and St. Petersburg. The artist of the site "Military Review".

Comments

[Uncle lee]

Nice selection, amazing! And I'll add:

[Machito]

On February 22, there will be a rally in Moscow. I was appointed chief engineer and participant of the rally. It's getting colder in Moscow, so I'll take Moscow cognac with me. I am also a patriot. The main thing is not to tear the throat. And so that a terrorist attack is not committed, otherwise they will spoil the whole holiday.

[Coward]

“I’ll take Moscow cognac with me”
It seems to me that you just want to disrupt the rally.

[Machito]

Quote: Coward

“I’ll take Moscow cognac with me”
It seems to me that you just want to disrupt the rally.

Will you go yourself or are you a coward? Or the authorities do not send you? And you take time off or take a day off at your own expense.
And we will definitely drink Moscow cognac for our Victory.

[Coward]

Are you really going to drink alcohol at the rally? That is, you consciously give into the hands of our enemies a trump card in the form of "only outcasts and drunks go to their rallies." Are you sure you want us to win?

[Civil]

Let's face it - very weak compared to Soviet posters. And they are designed for senior retirement age ... which are not in the active army, well, except for the high command. Ah ... well, then it's clear ...

[ivan2022]

I already went to rallies. In the early 90s. Received in different parts of the body to democratizers from the Russian riot police. I looked at the hari of my compatriots, who were grinning and pointing their fingers at us.
All right, now it's your turn. Then they didn’t want to go to the RALLY-GO TO THE FRONT. WITH POSTERS

[Mishka78]

Yes, I read chats of state employees, they are driven to Luzhniki en masse.
Rally, concert..VVP promised to bring.
What will we celebrate? The anniversary of the failure of the military operation? Or is it a funeral?

[Romanovski]

THANK YOU TO THE POSTERS!!! But, please, also draw about the future POWER OF THE UNION STATE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND BELARUS, WHERE THE EAEU COUNTRIES WILL ENTER VERY SOON...

[Evgeny Fedorov]

Amazing! How would it be scaled to all schools in Russia? Within the framework of ,, Conversations about the important, show reproductions of posters

[for]

Quote: Evgeny Fedorov

show poster reproductions

The display of posters is interrupted by the realities of life.

[Nikolay Malyugin]

Do not be offended, but Soviet posters are more impressive. But for the generation of Harry Potter, this will work.

[Deck]

For the Harry Potter generation, this political work will cause indifference, if not laughter.

[Plate]

For me personally, the Soviet posters do not cause anything.

[dorz]

Quote: Nikolai Malyugin

Do not be offended, but Soviet posters are more impressive. But for the generation of Harry Potter, this will work.

Another poster, probably American:

[parusnik]

Health and creative success to Vitaly Shcherbak!

[for]

Yes, the poster is agitating, but patriotism should be born as love for the mother and reinforced by the example of the elders (especially the authorities and elites)

[ivan2022]

Deja vu. The feeling of a hangover after a thirty - year binge ...... Nothing is clear what is happening around. It's not science fiction at all. Why are the soldiers wearing masks? What are they afraid of, that - it is no longer possible to defend the Motherland without a mask?

Ah...... Where are my vouchers?

[Coward]

“Ah...... Where are my vouchers?”
Why didn't you ask this question to Gorbachev and Yeltsin?

[ivan2022]

Because I am always with the people. And by the way, when vouchers appeared, Gorby was already writing memoirs. And all the truth-tellers stood up for the Russian people's favorite, Yeltsin.

[Coward]

“Because I am always with the people”
Ooo! I remember well how the people with whom you are always rushing for these vouchers. And with wet eyes he dreamed of dividends. And it turns out you, one of those who grabbed the vouchers, and now you have it, Putin is to blame. That is, you are shifting your guilt onto someone else.

[for]

Quote: Coward

Ooo! I remember well how the people with whom you are always rushing for these vouchers.

And I remember how you tore it up and threw it in Chubais's face.

[Coward]

Indeed, propaganda posters are a powerful force. Look at how a seemingly harmless article and 10 posters infuriated your little darling that you are scribbling comments in impotent rage.

[Nikanor1993]

Because, given the current state of affairs, it is necessary to take as a basis not Soviet posters, but the work of our white "chivalry".

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[kor1vet1974]

You know, I did not find posters that the white "chivalry" would raise the people to fight against Petliura or Georgian nationalists.

[Nikanor1993]

Yes, it was hard for the white "chivalry" with the rise of the people, but the agenda is similar to the current one. I just see that Demyanushka Bedny's fables are becoming more and more relevant every day.

[ivan2022]

Your posters are as weird as CBO. Semi-Soviet, semi-Cadet.
Getting personal is rude.

[Coward]

"And getting personal is rudeness."
And where did I get personal? Where did he say that you are shifting your responsibility for the collapse of the USSR to Putin?

[Coward]

Good posters, and, judging by the comments of individuals, they have the right effect.

[Coward]

And where are the lies and hypocrisy on the posters? Or are you writing from the other side of the front? Then your comment becomes clear!

[andrey777]

Well done artist, it touched my soul. You can immediately feel the connection of generations.

[andrey777]

Quote: ivan2022

Why are the soldiers wearing masks? What are they afraid of, that - it is no longer possible to defend the Motherland without a mask?

So far, this is the trend of our time. After the war, I think we'll figure it out.

[ivan2022]

It was necessary to understand 30 years ago. War is essentially civil. But it is precisely in this essence that there is no continuity in the posters. For there is no idea in them that should be defended. The opposite side can definitely set the same ones. It turns out a parody of the posters of the Second World War.
With masks on their faces ..... And then it’s awkward if someone recognizes their defender of the fatherland ..... That's what happens.

[tatra]

How everything has changed - from the bravura denazification of another State, to the defense of one's own State.

[Coward]

“The purpose of the exhibition is to raise patriotic feelings and rally against the backdrop of a special operation, moral support for the soldiers of the NVO, a reminder to today's young generation of the exploits of our heroes.”
And where did you see “How everything has changed - from the bravura denazification of another State, to the defense of your State”?

[ivan2022]

Yes... Spiritually uplifting and spiritually strong. How much dirt was poured on the USSR, and now look .. Semi-Soviet posters with a hint of continuity and the Oath of the USSR, which was betrayed in 1991.

[Coward]

That is, in fact, there is nothing to say, and therefore we begin to engage in verbiage?

[Plate]

So the denazification of another state from the very beginning was presented as a defensive action.

[Yura]

At half past four in the morning, the article was posted, three and a half hours passed, that is, eight hours, and by this time the mud had probably been thrown in the posts with a shovel, did the guardians sweat? Wow, no matter what article you read on the resource, half of the comments are crap.

[Plate]

It's half past four for you, but for someone, maybe it's already a lunch break or even in the evening?

[Maks1995]

Das...
The posters are not good. IMHO.
Purely for an amateur.

[2 Level Advisor]

But what about this comrade aviation political captain - he fled the army in the early 90s shortly after graduation, in the most difficult times, and now he has become her great patriot - did you draw posters? I kind of respect the right to leave - everyone has different reasons, but not when I left and "suddenly" became a mega-patriot ..

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

Familiar with one. In the 90s, by hook or by crook, he leaked out of the army, and now he is such a patriot that he is ready to bite the teeth of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but he won’t get to them.

[MONEY]

Absolutely not, struck, To Soviet posters, WWII, falls short ...

[Sergio63]

We need to expand the assortment and line of posters!!! It's good and necessary! Instead of banners with advertisements for any crap, they must be placed in places, especially in the provinces, in socially significant places: in squares, squares, parks, alleys, and most importantly in schools !!!

[jdiver]

in my humble opinion, faces on posters should not be hidden behind balaclavas. An open face is more associated with honor and courage when it comes to posters. They usually hide something out of fear or out of a desire to deceive someone. Posters are symbols, not naturalism. The fact that in the photo from life is perceived normally on the poster looks completely different. See how the hidden face of a contemporary in a helmet on one of the posters warps the perception, where behind him are the ancestors in Budyonovka and caps with open faces. Although the symbolism of the hidden faces on the posters in its own way reflects the essence of the current state. The truth is hidden, the goals are hidden, everything is hidden in the present, in contrast to the past behind the back where all faces are open.

[Cananecat]

And also ...
We need to transfer all such posters to children's school notebooks and albums ... well, envelopes and postage stamps ... what should have been done yesterday.

[Tim666]

For the Harry Potter generation, this political work will cause indifference, if not laughter. [/ Quote]
It seems that the fathers of the commanders live in a world where the main source of information is one channel of the shopping center and the newspaper True, where there is no YouTube, tiktok, carts, a warrior-liberator in a mask is generally a masterpiece - an association - an astronaut dispersing a rally or a tax raid. [quote = Coward] Are you really going to drink alcohol at the rally? That is, you consciously give into the hands of our enemies a trump card in the form of "only outcasts and drunks go to their rallies." Do you really want our victory?[/quote]
Drunkards are lying around without waiting for the end of the rally, and 400-500 grams of cognac wave it is called to warm up morale!

[yuriy1863]

Looked at the posters, read the comments.
Conclusions:
1. In our country, where the state ideology is not constitutionally provided, the presented posters are clearly based on the traditions of the USSR. This is primarily seen on the poster, where the continuity of generations is reflected along the Soviet line: a Red Army soldier, very similar to Pavka Korchagin (in the image of V. Konkin), a soldier of the Red Army during the Second World War, and above - a well-known photographic image of a political instructor leading into battle. No Russian knights, no Suvorov-Kutuz miracle heroes, no St. George Knights of the 1st World War. Plus, on another poster, the Soviet movie character General Alexei Trofimov (in the guise of G. Yumatov) from the movie "Officers".
I think that such an "ideological" line for our today's Defense Ministry is not entirely acceptable .
2. I agree with those who note the faces of modern military men covered with balaclava masks. Although in reality, in most cases, this is true, but from the point of view of propaganda and agitation, a warrior performing a combat mission with just goals should be depicted with an open face, and a victorious warrior even more so. Therefore, posters with departed (dead) real heroes have a more holistic and emotional impact on the viewer.
3. Visual thematic propaganda is always needed. Especially in difficult times. In the USSR, there really was too much with her. But I think no one can argue that during the Great Patriotic War, posters (together with other means of agitation and propaganda) played a huge role in the battle for the Great Victory.
4. And in conclusion. I consider it the last thing to discuss the author of the posters on the subject of his: education, higher education, terms of service in the Armed Forces and the like. The planned and systematic dispersal of the officers of the Secular Army and Navy of the era of the 90s is a controversial and very painful topic for a separate discussion. If the author of the posters does not have a special art education, is self-taught, then honor and praise be to him. Posters are made at a fairly high artistic level.

[Private SA]

Somehow I didn’t see Mayakovsky’s posters from the windows of ROSTA.
"With good cleanliness, there are no lice." And Moor's poster
"You signed up as a volunteer" ...