. . . Ia vsegda gotov po prikazu Raboche-Krest'ianskogo Pravitel'stvo vystupit' na zashchitu moei Rodiny . . . ( . . . I Am Always Prepared at the Order of the Workers' and Peasants' Government to Come to the Defence of My Motherland . . . )

Artist: Nikolai Avvakumov (Russian, 1908–1945)
Printer: 3-ia fabrika knigi "Krasnyi proletarii" tresta Poligrafkniga
Publisher: Iskusstvo (Moscow & Leningrad, active 20th century)

1940

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Color offset lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 32 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (82.5 × 52 cm)

Credit Line

The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Russian Poster Collection, curated with Kevin Begos

Accession Number

2018.136.71

Geography

Made in Moscow, Russia

Culture

Soviet, Moscow

Period

20th century

Classification

Posters

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Provenance
Allan Chasanoff Collection, New York, to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Inscriptions

"...I am always prepared at the order of the Workers' and Peasants' Government to come to the defence of my Motherland - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - and, as a fighter of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, I vow to defend her courageously, skilfully, creditably and honourably, without sparing my blood and my very life to achieve complete victory over the enemy.
And if through evil intent I break this solemn oath, then let the stern punishment of the Soviet law, and the universal hatred and contempt of the working people, fall upon me."
From the Military Oath of the Worker and Peasant Navy Fleet
LL: [printing information]
LC: "ART" State Publisher, Moscow & Leningrad, 1940
LR: artist: N. Avvakumov

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