Red Army soldier, save! 1942

This Soviet World War II poster is titled “Red Army Soldier, Save Us!” («Воин Красной Армии, спаси!»). It was created in 1942 by artist Victor Koretsky, one of the most prominent Soviet poster artists of the period. The image shows a terrified woman holding her child while facing a bayonet marked with a Nazi swastika, symbolizing the threat of fascist invasion. The dramatic black-and-white tones with striking red lettering highlight fear, urgency, and a desperate call for help. Koretsky’s emotionally charged realism made his posters powerful tools of wartime propaganda. This poster became one of the most recognizable and moving appeals to Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War