V G Litvinenko. Loving and Proud. no date (1941-44)

Loving and Proud (V G Litvinenko, no date (1941-44))

What follows is a collection of graphic art from the period of the Second Great Patriotic War, as Victory Day was last week. This piece is my favourite, and it leads the collection. It needs no explanation. Does love ever need such?

V A Favorsky. Minin and Pozharsky. no date (1941-45)

Minin and Pozharsky (V A Favorsky, no date (1941-45))

N M Avvakumov. A Portrait of Marshal Aleksandr Suvorov. 1941

A Portrait of Marshal Aleksandr Suvorov (N M Avvakumov, 1941)

A F Pakhomov. Going for Water from the Neva (no date (1941-43))

Going for Water from the Neva (A F Pakhomov, no date (1941-43))

A F Pakhomov. At Ground Zero. no date (1941-43)

At Ground Zero (A F Pakhomov, no date (1941-43))

A F Pakhomov. German POWs in Leningrad. no date (1943-44)

German POWs in Leningrad (A F Pakhomov, 1943-44)

A F Pakhomov. Fireworks in Leningrad. 1944

Fireworks in Leningrad (A F Pakhomov, 1944)

(unknown). A Portrait of Hero of the Soviet Union S A Osipov. 1942

A Portrait of Hero of the Soviet Union S A Osipov (unknown artist, 1942)

L G Rolter. A Female Military Traffic Controller. no date (1941-45)

A Female Military Traffic Controller (L G Rolter, no date (1941-45))

E Einman. A Red Army Man. 1943

A Red Army Man (E Einman, 1943)