Digital Edition – Kukryniksy – “Harvesting Is a Terrible Blow to the Enemy!” – 1941 – Official State Russian Museum Facsimile

Instant digital download of the authorised facsimile of one of the most iconic anti-fascist posters of the Second World War — “УБОРКА УРОЖАЯ — ГРОЗНЫЙ УДАР ПО ВРАГУ!” (“Harvesting Is a Terrible Blow to the Enemy!”), designed in August 1941 by the legendary Soviet satirical collective Kukryniksy, published in 2004 by Palace Editions / The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Download instantly and print at your preferred size and paper stock.

The composition is devastating in its simplicity: a monumental pair of worker’s hands binds a massive golden sheaf of wheat, while a sweeping red ribbon lashes across the golden background and knocks back a grotesque, cowering caricature of Adolf Hitler — weapons dropping from his hands in terror. The name Kukryniksy was coined from the opening syllables of Kupriyanov and Krylov, combined with the first letters of Nikolai Sokolov’s name — three Heroes of Socialist Labour: Mikhail Kupriyanov (1903–1991), Porfiry Krylov (1902–1990), and Nikolai Sokolov (1903–2000).

Publication Details
Artist: Kukryniksy — Kupriyanov, Krylov & Sokolov
Original title: Уборка урожая — грозный удар по врагу! (“Harvesting Is a Terrible Blow to the Enemy!”)
Original design year: 1941
Original publisher: Iskusstvo State Publishing House, Moscow / Leningrad
Facsimile publisher: Palace Editions / The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Facsimile year: 2004
Style: Soviet WW2 Agitprop / Satirical Caricature
Original size: 62 × 92 cm (24.4 × 36.2″)

What You Receive
1 high-resolution JPEG file
Print-ready at 300 DPI
Sized for printing at 24 × 36 in
Instant download after purchase
Personal use licence included

File Details
Format: JPEG
Resolution: 300 DPI
Print size: 24 × 36 in
Licence: Personal use only. Commercial reproduction, resale, or redistribution is strictly prohibited.