Viktor Semenovich Ivanov
(Born Moscow, 1909; died Moscow, 1968)
Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach
(Born Moscow, 1898; died Moscow, 1949)

A Salute to the Heroes!, TASS No. 0699, 1943

Stencil
1354 x 615 mm
Forward, forward! How dear to us are the names
Of the liberated villages, rivers and cities!
And those who endured the full woe of parting
Now are ready to sing from joy.

And suddenly it’s as if I have more strength.
I’m ready to work, without shutting my eyes,
So that tomorrow I hear again, like a song,
Stalin’s triumphant and proud decree.
Ne boltai! Collection, Obj: 205800