PP 795 | Poster Plakat

Mit’ka – The Runaway.

First scene:
Brave Mit'ka the runaway,
The example of a hero,
Finally chose the time,
To run away from the front line.

Second scene:
He ran all day. Night fell.
Wind was blowing strongly.
Mit'ka would like to find
Shelter for the night.
“Auntie! I’m running from the front line…I’m so tired…”
“And where is your rifle?”
“In the snow…I lost it running!”
[Partial translation] — Mit’ka – The Runaway. First scene: Brave Mit'ka the runaway, The example of a hero, Finally chose the time, To run away from the front line. Second scene: He ran all day. Night fell. Wind was blowing strongly. Mit'ka would like to find Shelter for the night. “Auntie! I’m running from the front line…I’m so tired…” “And where is your rifle?” “In the snow…I lost it running!” [Partial translation]

**Poster Number:** PP 795

**Category:** Civil War

**Poster Notes:** Verses on this poster are by the Soviet poet and satirist, Dem'ian Bedny (Yefim Pridvorov).

**Media Size:** 31x25

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** c.1920

**Sources & Citation:** Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B.S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 281, poster 1376

**Catalog Notes:** PP 795 Civil War

Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник

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Publisher: All-Russian Bureau of Military Commissars, Agitation and Education Department — Всероссийское бюро военных комиссаров (VBVK)

The publishing arm of the All-Russian Bureau of Military Commissars (VBVK) is historically considered to be the Bolsheviks' first centralized political organ for the Red Army. It was formed in April 1918 when the People’s Commissariat for Military Affairs issued a decree on the creation of military councils (soviets). This action established commissariats for military matters at the rural, provincial and district levels, and it also formed the All-Russian Bureau of Military Commissars that became th...