S. Podobedov , Long live our leader and teacher, best friend of the Red Army, our dear and beloved Stalin! / Long live the leader of the Red Army, first Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov!, 1940 ![]() S. Podobedov (С. Подобедов), Long live our leader and teacher, best friend of the Red Army, our dear and beloved Stalin! / Long live the leader of the Red Army, first Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov! (Да здравствует вождь и учитель лучший друг Красной Армии, наш родной и любимый СТАЛИН! / Да здравствует вождь Красной Армии первый маршал Советского Союза Климент Ефремович ВОРОШИЛОВ!), 1940 Stalin came to be identified by his characteristic facial features, such as his moustache, his Georgian accent, and by certain props, such as his pipe. Stalin’s pipe makes an appearance in a 1940 poster by Podobedov which features Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov, the Marshal of the Soviet Union, engaged in a jolly, informal chat. In fact, due to its similarity to other identified photos, it appears that this photo was taken on Stalin’s 60th birthday celebrations in December 1939. Voroshilov appears to have said something amusing to Stalin, who looks out at the viewer, inviting him to share the joke. Or perhaps it is the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact on the table in front of them which is causing such merry spirits. In 1939, the rest of Europe was embroiled in the Second World War. By signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with Germany, Russia managed to postpone its arguably inevitable entry into the war for almost two years. The black-and-white photograph of Voroshilov and Stalin is bordered with the usual formal accoutrements, banners, ribbons stars and wreaths. However, it is the text which is of particular interest in this poster, paying tribute to both Stalin and Voroshilov, and clearly differentiating their roles: Long live our leader and teacher, best friend of the Red Army, our dear and beloved Stalin! Long live the leader of the Red Army, first Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov! Stalin is leader of the nation, teacher and friend; Voroshilov is the leader of the army. As with Lenin and Trotskii, these two roles were kept separate until 1941, when some serious errors of judgment made by Voroshilov saw him quietly removed from the military leadership. The Warrior archetype then came to reside in Stalin.
Despite the tension throughout Europe as war intensified, neither Stalin nor Voroshilov look here like they are particularly worried, or in the process of preparing for war.
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SPotW56 Litvinov 1949
SPotW57 Serov 1942 SPotW58 Pinchuk 1943 SPotW59 Petrov 1952 SPotW60 Podobedov 1939 |
SPotW61 Babitskii 1944
SPotW62 Pen Varlen 1942 SPotW63 Bayuskin 1942 SPotW64 Belopol'skii 1950 SPotW65 Belopol'skii 1952 SPotW 81 Koretskii 1950
SPotW 82 Pravdin 1950 SPotW83 Vatolina 1938 SPotW 84 Deni 1938 SPotW85 Koretskii 1945 |
SPotW66 Dlugach 1933
SPotW67 Zhitomirskii 1942 SPotW68 Toidze 1949 SPotW69 Mikhailov 1937 SPotW70 Cheprakov 1939 |
SPotW76 Toidze 1943
SPotW77 Futerfas 1936 SPotW78 Mukhin 1945 SPotW79 Golub' 1948 SPotW80 Karpovskii 1948 SPotW 96
SPotW 97 SPotW 98 SPotW 99 SPotW 100 |