Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Along the Yellow River (7).


Along the Yellow River.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1975. (This album is made based on pictures and texts which appeared in China Pictorial between June 1973 and May 1974, with some editorial changes.) Text is in English.

Water flows through a once arid village.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy, edited by Aleksandre Javakhishvili and Giorgi Gvelesiani.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers (no date).  Text is in English.

Kolkhida lorries made in Kutaisi

Assembly shop of the Kutasi Motor Works

Assembly shop of the Electric Locomotive Works in Tbilisi

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Warszawa 1960 (6)

Warszawa 1960, photographic elaboration by Edmund Kupiecki.  Hardcover book published by Arkady 1960. Text is in Polish and English.

Kolo housing estate

Byway in the Warsaw Housing Cooperative estate, Zoliborz

Warsaw Housing Cooperative estate, Zoliborz

Part of the Wierzbno housing estate

Part of a residential block on the Wierzbno housing estate

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

A Glance at China’s Economy by Cheng Shih (5).


A Glance at China’s Economy by Cheng Shih.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press, Peking 1974.

More tangerines every year.

High-tension pylons in rural Shanghai.

A plentiful supply of fresh vegetables.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Olympic Moscow (10)

Olympic Moscow, compiled by B. Bazunov and S. Popov.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1979. All text is in English.

The USSR Games- a sports festival in which millions of Soviet people take part

Friday, August 10, 2012

Czechoslovak Spartakiades (8)

Czechoslovak Spartakiades by Julius Chvalny.  Hardcover book published by Orbis Press Agency, Prague.  Text is in Russian, English, German, French and Spanish.

Unforgettable impressions remain from such unique displays performed by the women gymnasts in the 1975 Czechoslovak Spartikiade

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Olympic Moscow (9)

Olympic Moscow, compiled by B. Bazunov and S. Popov.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1979. All text is in English.


Saturday, August 4, 2012

Olympic Moscow (8)

Olympic Moscow, compiled by B. Bazunov and S. Popov.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1979. All text is in English.

Discus thrower Nina Romashkova (nee Ponomaryova)(centre) was the first Soviet athlete to win an Olympic gold medal



Heavyweight Johannes Kotkas of the Soviet Uniion captured an Olympic gold medal in Graeco-Roman wrestling at Helsinki

Soviet marksman Anatoly Bogdanov won the Olympic gold medal in the free rifle event

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Pyongyang (12).

Pyongyang.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, DPRK 1980.  Text is in English.

Boxing group

Li Ho Jun displays the honour of Juche Korea at a world shooting contest

National game: archery