--- title: Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, front page (Moscow, December 9, 1941) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/komsomolskaya-pravda-front-page-1941-12-09/ description: Front page of a Moscow Komsomol daily two days after Pearl Harbor. The lead is 'МНОЖИТЬ БОЕВЫЕ РЯДЫ КОМСОМОЛА' ('Multiply the fighting ranks of the… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, front page (Moscow, 1941-12-09)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/komsomolskaya-pravda-front-page-1941-12-09.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/komsomolskaya-pravda-front-page-1941-12-09.jpg) # Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, front page (Moscow, December 9, 1941) Front page of a Moscow Komsomol daily two days after Pearl Harbor. The lead is 'МНОЖИТЬ БОЕВЫЕ РЯДЫ КОМСОМОЛА' ('Multiply the fighting ranks of the Komsomol'), with the Sovinformburo communiques of 7 December, 'УСПЕШНЫЕ КОНТРАТАКИ НАШИХ ВОЙСК' ('Successful counter-attacks of our troops') and a photograph of a sergeant who 'destroyed more than 70 fascists in one battle'. Nothing on the page concerns the Pacific; that is on page 4. ## Text on the object Original (Russian) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН, СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ! КОМСОМОЛЬСКАЯ ПРАВДА Орган Центрального и Московского комитетов ВЛКСМ № 289 (5075) Вторник, 9 декабря 1941 г. ЦЕНА 15 КОП. 25 миллионов рублей и 266.000 трудодней! НА ПОСТРОЙКУ ТАНКОВОЙ КОЛОННЫ ИМЕНИ ВЛКСМ Четыре миллиона человек участвовало в третьем всесоюзном комсомольско-молодежном воскреснике МНОЖИТЬ БОЕВЫЕ РЯДЫ КОМСОМОЛА УСПЕШНЫЕ КОНТРАТАКИ НАШИХ ВОЙСК БОЙЦЫ ТОВАРИЩА ГОВОРОВА КРЕПКО БЬЮТ ВРАГА «Идешь вперед — не пускают, назад — расстреливают» ГОРЕСТНЫЕ РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ ГЕРМАНСКОГО СОЛДАТА УДАРЫ ПО ТЫЛАМ ВРАГА Вручение знамени 1-му гвардейскому кавалерийскому корпусу ОТ СОВЕТСКОГО ИНФОРМБЮРО Утреннее сообщение 7 декабря Вечернее сообщение 7 декабря ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ СОВЕТА НАРОДНЫХ КОМИССАРОВ СОЮЗА ССР О ПРИСВОЕНИИ ВОИНСКИХ ЗВАНИЙ ВЫСШЕМУ НАЧАЛЬСТВУЮЩЕМУ СОСТАВУ КРАСНОЙ АРМИИ ПОЕЗД ИДЕТ НА ФРОНТ Сержант Д. И. ПАНКРАТОВ, пограничник, в одном бою уничтожил более 70 фашистов, за что награжден орденом Ленина. Фото специального корреспондента «Комсомольской правды» И. ШАГИНА. [body text not transcribed] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA Organ of the Central and Moscow committees of the VLKSM No. 289 (5075) Tuesday, 9 December 1941 PRICE 15 KOP. 25 million roubles and 266,000 labour-days! FOR BUILDING THE VLKSM TANK COLUMN Four million people took part in the third all-Union Komsomol youth volunteer Sunday MULTIPLY THE FIGHTING RANKS OF THE KOMSOMOL SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACKS OF OUR TROOPS COMRADE GOVOROV'S FIGHTERS STRIKE THE ENEMY HARD "Go forward — they won't let you; back — they shoot you" BITTER REFLECTIONS OF A GERMAN SOLDIER BLOWS AT THE ENEMY'S REAR Presentation of a banner to the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps FROM THE SOVIET INFORMATION BUREAU Morning communique of 7 December Evening communique of 7 December DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF THE USSR ON THE CONFERRING OF MILITARY RANKS ON THE SENIOR COMMAND PERSONNEL OF THE RED ARMY A TRAIN GOES TO THE FRONT Sergeant D. I. PANKRATOV, a border guard, destroyed more than 70 fascists in one battle, for which he was awarded the Order of Lenin. Photo by the special correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda, I. SHAGIN. [body text not transcribed] ``` Headlines, masthead, box heads and the photograph caption were read from the committed 1280-px image; body text is not transcribed. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 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