Some of the earliest Victory Day postcards:
1) “May 9 is the day we celebrate victory over fascist Germany”, artists V. Vorontsov, A. Trofimov (1948)
2) “May 9, 1945”, artist A. Azersky (late 1940s)
3) “May 9 is the day of victory over fascist Germany”, artist K. Ivanov (1948)
Victory Day (May 9) greeting card with a matching envelope. Artist Yury Lukyanov, published in 1979.
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“30 Years Since the Victory of the Soviet Nation in the Great Patriotic War.”
Artist O. Shanetsky, published in 1975.
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Victory Day cards - set of 4, 1979
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Unused Victory Day cards - set of 4 (1985)
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Victory Day greeting card by A. Finogenov, 1990
Victory Day greeting card by V. Kritsky 1986
Symbols on Victory Day postcards (1973-74)
“On May 9 we celebrate victory over the fascist Germany”
Postcard by V. Vorontsov and A. Trofimov, published in 1948
On May 9 Russia celebrates Victory Day which marks the end of World War II. My grandfather (he was a tankman and a radio operator during the war) received these postcards in the mail in the 80s.
God bless you who lived through the war to win a peaceful future for us. You are fewer and fewer every year. I hope that it wasn’t in vain; that we nor our children nor their children will ever experience what you did. You, who are here and who are not anymore, are in our hearts. Today and every day.
C Днём победы!
by G. Renkov, 1978
by S. Borolin, 1980