A Snake from a Hiding Place
A Snake from a Hiding Place
This caricature and the poem were published on the pages of the journal "Radjanska Ukrainia" ("Soviet Ukraine") on the 15th of March 1945.
Caricatures, warning of the dangers of the Ukrainian nationalism appeared on the pages of the Soviet press also in the years after the War. We will explore some of such caricatures in the coming posts.
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Do you recognise this dragon?
A bloody glutton crawls.
With the spider sign on his hiding place
Its name is Stepan Bandera.
Its name is Judas, Cain
This is the work of its snake hands:
The fire burning over our land,
The blood of innocent children spilled.
But the people were already up in armour.
The community spoke its verdict:
Crush the snake in its hiding place
And pull out the sting and teeth of the serpent.
—Semyon Gadyatsky
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