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).

Monday, December 30, 2013

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy (8)

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.

Georgian Military Road

Olympic Moscow (18)

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

Moscow, host of the XXII Olympic Games

Friday, December 27, 2013

Pyongyang (23)

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

 
A tankman and a girl tractor driver

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun (2).

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1974.  All text is in English.

Chairman Mao Tsetung during his rural inspection tour in Honan Province in 1958.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Soviet Siberia (3).

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.

Akademgorodok








Sunday, December 15, 2013

Warszawa 1960 (14)

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

“Gdanski” railway station

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Olympic Moscow (17)

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

The enthusiasm of the competitors in the initial country-wide competitions set the keynote for all the following tournaments of this scale

The enthusiasm of the competitors in the initial country-wide competitions set the keynote for all the following tournaments of this scale

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Pyongyang (22).

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

Labour Heroine Dr. Paek Sol Hui who succeeded in breeding a new variety of plant which is of great importance for the improvement of the people’s living standards

Dr. Kim Sang Ryon, Labour Hero, winner of the Kim Il Sung Prize, who made a distinguished contribution to the breeding of a good strain suited to our climatic and soil conditions.

Monday, December 2, 2013

This is Poland. (4)

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.



Something about Warsaw makes it different from all other cities, a capital unique in the world…