D. Moor (russian: link=no, Д. Моор) was the professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Стахиевич Орлов, 3 November 1883 in

Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as t ...

; † 24 October 1946 in Moscow), a Russian artist noted for his propaganda posters. The pseudonym "Moor" was taken from the name of the protagonists in Friedrich Schiller's play ''

The Robbers ''The Robbers'' (', ) is the first drama by German playwright Friedrich Schiller. The play was published in 1781 and premiered on 13 January 1782 in Mannheim, Germany, and was inspired by Leisewitz' earlier play ''Julius of Taranto''. It wa ...

''. He was also the chief artist for the '' Bezbozhnik'' ("Godless") magazine.Журнал "БЕЗБОЖНИК", Москва, СССР
(''Bezbozhnik'' Magazine, Moscow, USSR). The page is in UTF-8 encoding. The caption to the front page picture of the No. 1 issue, by Dmitry Moor, shown in the article, is "We've finished with the earthly kings – now it's time to take care of the heavenly ones!"

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* Lambiek Comiclopedia article. 1883 births 1946 deaths People from Novocherkassk People from Don Host Oblast Russian poster artists Russian illustrators Russian comics artists 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Postcard artists 20th-century Russian male artists {{Russia-painter-stub

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