Königsberg Is Taken!

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April 10, 1945

Mikhail Mikhailovich Solov’ev
(Born Moscow, 1905; died Moscow, 1990)
Aleksei Ivanovich Mashistov
(Birth and death dates unknown)

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Artist: Mikhail M. Solov'ev
Title: Königsberg Is Taken!
Place: Soviet Union (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1945
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: In translation, Königsberg means, “Royal Mountain.” To the thunder of the Russians’ triumphant “Hurrah!” One more enemy fortress has fallen, And the “royal mountain” has become Yet another pass we have crossed!
Dimensions: 177.3 × 85 cm (69 13/16 × 33 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.204

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