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, February 25, 2014

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (19).

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.

Riesa Steel Works and Rolling Mills.  In these nationally-owned works, too, the workers compete for the title of “Brigade of Socialist Work” under the slogan “Work, learn, and live as a socialist”

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Pyongyang (24)

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

 
Guests from many countries visit Pyongyang

 
Guests from many countries visit Pyongyang

Friday, February 14, 2014

Olympic Moscow (20)

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

Sport brings joy to all

Sport brings joy to all

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik (11)

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

SLAPY NEAR PRAGUE. The completion of a third dam on the Vitava has raised the water level and created a huge lake containing over 730 milliard cubic feet of water.  Other dams are under construction as part of the Vitava water-power project.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Olympic Moscow (19)

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

Moscow convincingly demonstrated its organizational abilities when it hosted the World University Games of 1973

Moscow’s sport facilities

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Beautiful Kweilin (6).

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

Likiang Hotel between Likiang River and Cedar Lake.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Soviet Siberia (4).

Soviet Siberia by E. Klenov and G. Paderin.  Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1970, unpaginated with colour and black and white photographs.

… shady squares, boulevards and parks have completely transformed these towns.  The pace of life is just as busy as in any other modern towns.  In the summer when the thick blanket of snow melts from the roofs and streets…