Valery Volkov A-3 Leningrad Patriotic war Poster

Orgin: Leningrad, USSR. 1972

State: early antique

Size: A-3 / 30x42cm

A-3 size original poster of Pioneers & Heroes

Featuring VALERY VOLKOV

DIED ON JULY 1, 1942 (1929 — JULY 1, 1942, SEVASTOPOL) — PIONEER HERO, SCOUT

One of the participants of the partisan movement operating in Sevastopol. After the death of his father at the age of 13 (according to other sources at 14), he became the "son of the regiment" of the 7th Marine Brigade. He participates in combat operations on an equal basis with adults. He brings ammunition, extracts intelligence data, and holds back enemy attacks with weapons in his hands. According to the memoirs of fellow soldiers, he loved poetry and often read to Mayakovsky's comrades. Possessing good literary data, he edited in his own way a unique handwritten newspaper -leaflet - Okopnaya Pravda (published in the newspaper Pravda on February 8, 1963). In the only issue that has come down to us, the 11th edition is opened by a skilled author beyond his age. His lines are imbued with patriotism, courage, confidence in victory and a desire to live. In July 1942, while repelling an enemy