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).

Friday, August 28, 2015

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik. (23)

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


Sunday, August 23, 2015

New China (9)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

The Great Unity of Nations in the People’s Republic of China

Model workers meeting the leaders of the people

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Praha, Jeji Krasy (Prague - Its beauty) (4).

Praha, Jeji Krasy (Prague - Its beauty). Hardcover book published by Olympia 1985, with Czech text with various translations at the back of the book.

 Klement Gottwald Bridge 

Klement Gottwald Bridge with the Palace of Culture

Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Grand Canal: An Odyssey (2)

The Grand Canal: An Odyssey. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1987, 197 pages.

 The Tonghui Canal flows east from under the Dongbianmen Tower.

The Haihe River.

The Linqing Canal Bridge, more than 540 metres in length and nine metres in breadth, has replaced the pontoon bridge in the canal since it was built in the late 1950s.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Soviet Siberia (13).

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.


Thursday, August 6, 2015

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (9).

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.



 Moscow’s landmarks.

Moscow has become a port of five seas.  

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Blue Adriatic.

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

Koper, Slovenia