Red Soldier in front of Kremlin uses a bayonet broom to sweep away attackers. Translated text reads, "Red Army's broom will sweep the enemy out!" Created by Viktor Nikolaevich Denisov (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ???????), best known by the shortened pseudonym Viktor Deni, (8 March 1893 – 3 August 1946) a Russian satirist, cartoonist and poster artist. Deni was one of the major agitprop poster artists of the Bolshevist period (1917–1921).