An exhibition of unique posters "OKNA TASS" was opened in Ulan Bator

The Russian Center for Science and Culture in Ulan Bator hosted the grand opening of exhibitions of unique posters "OKNA TASS" and the "Victory Day" posters dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Ulan Bator Friendship societies and other organizations took part in the opening ceremony.

In her welcoming speech, Elena Kara-Sal, counselor of the Embassy of Russia in Mongolia, congratulated all those present on the holiday, expressing her deep gratitude to the director of the Art Gallery in Ulan Bator, Chojinhin Enkhjargal, the initiator and organizer of the unique exhibition of rare posters of the war years.

Director of the school at the Russian Embassy in Mongolia, Alexander Khristoyan, drew attention to the fact that the events for the Victory Day play an important role in countering the falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War and are aimed at preserving the historical memory of the immortal feat of the Soviet people.

In her speech, the Director of the Art Gallery in Ulan Bator Chojinhin, Enkhjaral, told how she collected the collection not only in Mongolia, but also in other countries, including Ukraine, Italy and the United Kingdom. According to Ch. Enkhzhargal, more than 120 artists took part in the project, during the five years of the war, the Moscow editorial board created about 1500 posters. The propaganda posters raised the morale of Soviet soldiers and civilians.

"OKNA TASS" were established on June 27, 1941, on the fifth day of the Great Patriotic War. It was a special kind of a small-size poster created not by a seal, but by hand, applying glue paints on paper through a stencil. For this reason, in comparison with the printed poster, Tassovsky possessed greater colorful freedom. Another important property - mobility, the possibility of instant reaction to an event.

Great interest was caused by exhibits of the exhibition of bench modeling "Victory Day", in the framework of which the composite models of tanks and armored vehicles from the times of the Great Patriotic War were presented, which the fans of military historical miniature in Mongolia made by themselves.

Then a big concert was given by the pupils of the school at the Russian Embassy in Mongolia. Young artists performed dance numbers, sang songs both of the war years, and modern ones on military themes, read poems about the war, leaving no one present in the audience indifferent.

The Presidential Library portal features the electronic collection "Memory of the Great Victory". It includes official documents, photo and newsreels, wartime newspapers, books, agitation and propaganda publications, collections of articles, biographies, testimonies from participants in combat engagements and home front workers, their personal documents, images of combat and labor awards, monuments and memorials complexes, thoughts about the war of grandsons and great-grandchildren of veterans.

According to the portal http://rs.gov.ru.