Viktor Semenovich Ivanov
(Born Moscow, 1909; died Moscow, 1968)
Olga Burova
(Birth and death dates unknown)

Better an Honorable Death Than a Shameful Life, January 20, 1942

Offset lithograph
870 x 575 mm
Top left:
Better an Honorable Death than a Shameful Life.
-Dm. Donskoi

In image, top right:
Be afraid not of death, but of defeat, as it will bring both death and humiliation.

Lower right:
Let the courageous images of our great ancestors inspire us in this war.

Bottom left:
L 353 of 20/I 1942. Publication No. 5574. Volume 1 p. l. Circulation 60,000. Price 1 ruble.

Bottom center:
State Publishing House
Iskusstvo
Moscow 1942 Leningrad

Bottom right:
Artists: V. Ivanov and O. Burova. Editor: Piskunov. Printing Shop.
Ne boltai! Collection, Obj: 203913