Sunday, November 29, 2015

Russia: Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

This is a 1919 lithographic Soviet propaganda poster by artist Lazar Markovich Lissitzky better known as El Lissitzky. In the poster, the intrusive red wedge symbolises the bolsheviks, who are penetrating and defeating their opponents, the White movement, during the Russian Civil War.

Stamp:
Ladies' Riding (two from set of three), issued on 2004-07-15
The 70th Anniversary of Victory in World War II (from set of three) - Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", issued on 2015-04-02. Medal on this awesome stamp is embossed.


Thank You Olga!


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