Nina Vatolina

[6] She had married Deni's son, Nikolai Denisov, in 1934, and the two studied together at the Moscow Art Institute while it was evacuated to Samarkand.

[5][6] Following her graduation, Vatolina returned to Moscow to produce posters, despite discouragement from authorities given the wartime conditions in the region.

), which discouraged gossip to protect national security, and "Fascism, the Most Evil Enemy of Women", produced in reaction to the Nazi invasion of Russia.

[7][8] It was reprinted in 1942 to address a potential Nazi invasion of Azerbaijan, with the art undergoing edits to better represent Azerbaijani women.

[6] Towards the end of her life, Vatolina said in interviews that she had always preferred painting over her post-World War II poster work, which she had produced out of obligation rather than passion.