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, September 27, 2012

Pyongyang (13).

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


The morning of Mansu-dae Hill

The Korean Revolution Museum with a total floor space of over 53,000 square metres stands on Mansu-dae Hill.

The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum

The Monument to the Potong River Improvement Project

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hradec Kralove (10)

Hradec Kralove, fotografie Zdenek Menec.  Hardcover book published 1982.  Text is in Czech.


V arealu vysokych skol

Moravske predmesti – spolcne zarizeni jesli a meterske skoly.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Moscow Metro Photoguide (6)

Moscow Metro Photoguide, written and compiled by Valentin Berezin, photos by Alexander Terziyev.  Hardcover published by Planeta Publishers 1986.  Text is in English.









Friday, September 14, 2012

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (8).

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

In new schools our children learn for socialism

The Walter-Ulbrecht-Stadium and the new Dynamo Sports Hall are among the most modern sports facilities of our Republic

The “The glass-made woman” in the German Museum for Hygenics

VEB Sachring, motor-car works at Zwickau: Polytechnical lessons in the factory.

Our children enjoy happy holidays in the tent camps of the “Young-Pioneer Organisation” and in children’s holiday camps

 Our children enjoy happy holidays in the tent camps of the “Young-Pioneer Organisation” and in children’s holiday camps

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy (2)

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.

Physics Institute in Tbilisi

Monday, September 10, 2012

Hradec Kralove (9)

Hradec Kralove, fotografie Zdenek Menec.  Hardcover book published 1982.  Text is in Czech. 

Slavnostne osvetleny pamatnik Sovetske armady na namesti Osvoboditelu.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

A Glance at China’s Economy by Cheng Shih (6).

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

Terraced fields have changed the barren look of the mountain areas.

Spreading insecticide over the commune fields.