Danilevsky, V. Dmitry Donskoy. Great Fighters for the Russian Land (Dmitry Donskoy. Velikie bortsy za Russkuyu zemlyu), 1943. In Russian

В. Данилевский. Димитрий Донской. Великие борцы за Русскую землю.
Москва: ОГИЗ. Госполитиздат, 1943.
23 стр. Мягкий переплет. Уменьшенный формат.

Danilevsky, V. Dmitry Donskoy. Great Fighters for the Russian Land (Dmitry Donskoy. Velikie bortsy za Russkuyu zemlyu).
Moscow: OGIZ. Gospolitizdat, 1943.
23 pp. Soft cover. Reduced format.

This small pamphlet, published in 1943 by the State Publishing House of Political Literature (Gospolitizdat), is a vivid example of wartime propaganda and historical-patriotic education in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. The author, V. Danilevsky, focuses on the figure of Grand Prince of Moscow Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (1350–1389), a key historical personality. Dmitry Donskoy is celebrated in history as the military leader who achieved victory in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380) against the forces of Temnik Mamai, a symbolic beginning of the liberation of Russian lands from the Mongol-Tatar yoke. During his reign, Moscow solidified its role as the center for the unification of Russian lands, and the white-stone Moscow Kremlin was constructed. In 1988, Dmitry Donskoy was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. In the context of the intense battles of 1943, this historical figure served as a powerful ideological tool, reminding readers of the traditions of struggle against invaders, courage, and unity in the face of an external threat. Published in a portable "reduced format" with a soft cover, this edition was intended for a mass readership, primarily soldiers of the Red Army.