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AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN POSTER BY S. MUKHARSKY, 1915 - Rare Russian poster of the First World War ”Russian hero non-commissioned officer Porfiry Panasyuk, ” color lithograph on paper. Artist Stephan Matveyevich Mukharsky. Moscow, the lithograph of I.D. Sytin, 1915. A story about the feat of Porfiry Panasyuk is printed under the image. Signed in the print lower right.Senior non-commissioned officer Porfiry Gerasimovich Panasyuk was taken prisoner by the Germans during the First World War and tortured for refusing to provide information about the location of Russian troops. Dimensions: 27 1/4 x 16 1/2 in., (56.5 x 42 cm.)