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).

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Daugavpils (12).

Daugavpils. Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Avots, Riga 1988. Text is in Latvian and Russian.


Sunday, January 26, 2014

Along the Yellow River (16)

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.

The source region is high and cold, unsuited to agriculture.  But it has large pastures.  Since the establishment of people’s communes in 1958, animal husbandry has developed quickly.

Friday, January 24, 2014

This is Poland. (5)

This is Poland.  Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations.  All text is in English.

In milk production Poland holds fifth place in the world

Preventitive inoculation of calves

The Warmian and Masurian plains make excellent pastures form early spring till late autumn

Friday, January 17, 2014

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (18).

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.

 
New flats for the Wismut miners.

(New Merseberg)

  
(Old Merseberg)

Monday, January 13, 2014

Moscow: A short guide by Valdimir Chernov (4)

Moscow: A short guide by Valdimir Chernov.  Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Moscow Progress Publishers 1979, 197 pages.

Lomonosov Moscow University. (The new building on Lenin Hills)

Vernadsky Prospekt.  In the foreground is the new Mosow Circus

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (10)

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik.  Hardcover book published by SNTL, Prague 1957. All text is in English.

SKODA WORKS AT PLZEN: assembling a gear-box.

A typical mechanized textile factory at LIBEREC.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Beautiful Kweilin (5).

Beautiful Kweilin.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1978.  All text is in English.

A section of the industrial area of Kweilin, which changed from a consumer to a producer city after liberation.

Small factories among the hills to Yangshuo