'Fortune is always on the side of the brave' (P. I. Bagration) Russian Ministry of Defence poster
Poster from the Russian Ministry of Defence: a masked soldier in helmet with a night-vision mount stands in shadow with a rifle, under the quotation 'Fortune is always on the side of the brave' credited to P. I. Bagration. The tells are the named historical commander as voucher and the transfer of his prestige to a present-day soldier; the poster gives no source for the quotation.
- Date
- 2022
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Russian Ministry of Defence (z.mil.ru 'special military operation' posters section)
- Country
- Russia
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Putin Government
- Leader
- Vladimir Putin
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Techniques
- TestimonialTransfer
- Leader
- Vladimir Putin
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Russian Ministry of Defence, z.mil.ru), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0 (mil.ru terms of use, via Commons)
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (mil.ru), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
«СЧАСТЬЕ ВСЕГДА НА СТОРОНЕ ОТВАЖНОГО» П.И. БАГРАТИОН
"FORTUNE IS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE BRAVE" P. I. BAGRATION
White text over the lower half of a dark photograph; the attribution line is smaller than the quotation. No other text is visible.
