1941-1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Petr A. Sarkisian

Title

1941-1945

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

In that terrible year of forty-one Having gathered riff-raff from all of Europe, Fascists of all kinds Marched on us. But shame awaited the invaders: Standing as an iron wall, We dealt them a shattering blow In the battle outside Moscow. The battles were not easy, The scoundrels broke through the Volga. But Stalingrad firmly took The Prussian regiments in pincers. To those who strangled Leningrad, We slashed from the shoulder, And our sword cut off the hands Of the German butcher. We ran through the fire of battle To the west, day and night. To chase away the invaders From our native land forever. The enemy was brought to his knees, He laid down his weapons. And over Berlin a red standard Was victoriously raised. With a victory more celebrated than all others The war has ended. Blossom and prosper for many years, Our dear land!

Dimensions

157.7 × 85.5 cm (62 1/8 × 33 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.158

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