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).

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (10).

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin.  Hardcover book published by Planeta Publishers Moscow 1975, 207 pages with colour and black and white photographs. All text is in English.

Once upon a time more than 350 studios and offices were involved in the designing of homes in Moscow and all the amenity buildings that go with them.




Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The Blue Adriatic (2)

The Blue Adriatic. Hardcover book published by Spektar, Zagreb (no date). Text is in Croato-Serbian, English, German, Italian and French.

Vrsar,Croatia

Friday, September 18, 2015

This is Poland (18)

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.

 The mining profession is held in high respect in Poland

Combine employees’ main job is supervision and upkeep of automated equipment

Modern technology requires highly qualified personnel

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Red Detachment of Women – A Modern Revolutionary Ballet: Revised collectively by the China Ballet Troupe (May 1970 script). (4)

Red Detachment of Women – A Modern Revolutionary Ballet: Revised collectively by the China Ballet Troupe (May 1970 script). Hardcover book published by the Foreign Lanuages Press Peking 1972, 169 pages with black and white and colour photographs. Text is in English.

 Wu Ching-hua, daughter of a poor peasant, has been chained to a post in the dungeon of the Tyrant of the South, a landlord despot. Her eyes aflame with hatred, she will wreck this man-beast's lair at the first chance.



Friday, September 11, 2015

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (28).

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.

The VEB Waggonbau Goerlitz builds the double-decker coaches for the German Railways

Monday, September 7, 2015

Taichai: Standard Bearer in China's Agriculture (5).

Taichai: Standard Bearer in China's Agriculture.  Paperback booklet published by Foreign Languages Press 1972, 29 pages. All text is in English.

Chen Yung-kuei often educates the youth by telling them the miserable past of his family and that of the village.

In the old days the poor and lower-middle peasants used to be tied to this big willow tree in the village and beaten up and terrorized by the landlords. After liberation, meetings are often held here and victims of the old society come to tell about their miserable past. Old poor peasant Chia Chin-tsai is giving class education to the young people by recalling his sufferings in the old society and contrasting them with the happiness of the new.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (2)

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia). Hardcover book published by Riga Avots 1985, 215 pages with colour photographs throughout.



Industrial features of the republic include electronics, transport and energetic engineering, chemical industry and equipment building.

 RAF is the chief producer of passenger minibuses – route taxis as well as specialized – ambulance cars, militia patrol cars and sport service cars in the USSR


A panoramic view of Ogre