A.A. Kokorekin, Be prepared to struggle for the cause of Lenin-Stalin!, 1951 In A.A Kokorekin’s ‘Be prepared to struggle for the cause of Lenin-Stalin!’ of 1951, two serious young Pioneers salute the viewer before a banner with the Stalin-Lenin frieze. Stalin and Lenin are both apotheosised, as if carved from stone on a billowing red banner. Lenin’s head is less defined and partially obscured by that of Stalin – literally in Stalin’s shadow. The inclusion of Lenin, and the reference to the cause of Lenin-Stalin may be in part due to the fact that Lenin was always a primary figure for the Pioneers. However, it also highlights the now hyphenated identity of ‘Lenin-Stalin’ as one indivisible unit representing the Party. The two children in the poster are young, yet already serious and restrained, as befits the nature of the oath-taking ceremony. They are immaculately turned out in their Pioneer uniforms and execute with precision the high salute of their organisation.
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