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).

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (22).

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.




Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Blue Adriatic (17)

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

Brela, Croatia

Sunday, December 23, 2018

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (14).

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

 Farm machinery Factory, Huandong People's Commune.


The Xinhui Farm Machinery Factory turns out nearly 10,000 hand tractors a year.


Monday, December 17, 2018

This is Poland (34)

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.

Professor Jerzy Woyke, the world’s most famous expert on apiculture

Professor Szcepan Pieniazek initiated rational fruit farming in Poland

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (16)

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

The association of science and producton 'Silava', member of the International Union of forestry Research Organizations is the leading research centre in forestry and timber industry. In 1946 the Forestry Institute of the Latvian SSR Academy of Science was founded. Since 1953 the forest research station 'Kalsnava' has been operating. It has 1 doctor of science, 3 candidates of science and 53 engineers with higher education on its staff

At the Latvian SST Academy of Science Radioastrophysics Observatory the carbon stars are being observed.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

New China (25)

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

A housing development for workers at Hangchow, Chekiang Province. Similar new living quarters for the workers are being built in other parts of China

Reading room of the Hangchow Linen Mill. Chinese workers are eager to learn and take advantage of all the cultural and educational facilities now open to them. Every factory has its own library and reading room


Thursday, November 15, 2018

Soviet Siberia (25)

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.








Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Magyarorszag (7)

Magyarorszag. Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Corvina 1972. All text is in Hungarian.




Saturday, November 3, 2018

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (13)

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu. Hardcover book published 1963. Text is in Russian, English, French, German and Spanish.

Gorky Street and the State Museum of the Revolution

Monday, October 29, 2018

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (13).

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

Yuping Peak.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Viet-Nam (16)

Viet-Nam, text by Nikolai Solntsev, photography by Victor Guinsbourg, Albert Lieberman, Evgueni Lomovski. Hardover book published by Editions Paneta Moscou and Editions Van Hoa Hanoi 1986. All text is in French.



Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978 (2).

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978. Paperback magazine/booklet published by Novosti Press Agency 1978. All text is in English.

Ferromag” brings extra-thin plates and many other parts to mirror-like polish.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The Grand Canal: An Odyssey (11)

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







Thursday, October 4, 2018

Ceskoslovenska mesta (10)

Ceskoslovenska mesta (Czechoslovak Towns) by Jiri Hruza. Hardcover book published by Olympia Praha 1976, 211 pages with black and white and colour photographs.

PRAHA

PLZEN

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Magyarorszag (6)

Magyarorszag. Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Corvina 1972. All text is in Hungarian.




Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (12)

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu. Hardcover book published 1963. Text is in Russian, English, French, German and Spanish.

Rossiya Cinema Theatre and the public garden on the Pushkin Square

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Crimea: Architecture Monuments (13).

Crimea: Architecture Monuments. Hardcover book published in 1991, 255 pages with colour photographs. Text is in Russian, English and German.

The mountain trolley-bus line from Simferopol to Alushta and Yalta is the country's first

Friday, September 14, 2018

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (12).

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

Commune members picking mulberry leaves on the embankments.

Fishing from a pond.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Viet-Nam (15)

Viet-Nam, text by Nikolai Solntsev, photography by Victor Guinsbourg, Albert Lieberman, Evgueni Lomovski. Hardover book published by Editions Paneta Moscou and Editions Van Hoa Hanoi 1986. All text is in French.

La riche terre du Viet-nam permet de rentrer trois recoites de riz par an.







Saturday, September 1, 2018

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978 (1).

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978. Paperback magazine/booklet published by Novosti Press Agency 1978. All text is in English.

Spillway on Baypaza River” (1972) for which all the engineering calculations were made by Pokrovsky.

“Cosmonaut on the Moon Salutes the Earth”. 1965

The general's vision of “A City of the Future”. 1964

Thursday, August 30, 2018

The Grand Canal: An Odyssey (10)

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

The water route between Genshan Harbour and the Qiantang River is being dug. Ships will be able to sail directly into the Qiantang River via the Grand Canal before long.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

The Blue Adriatic (16)

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

Omis,Croatia

Saturday, August 18, 2018

This is Poland (33)

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 young playing for the young

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Ceskoslovenska mesta (9)

Ceskoslovenska mesta (Czechoslovak Towns) by Jiri Hruza. Hardcover book published by Olympia Praha 1976, 211 pages with black and white and colour photographs.

HRADEC KRALOVE

PRACHATICE

Monday, July 30, 2018

The Blue Adriatic (15)

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

Podgora, Croatia

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (15)

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

In comparison with the year 1940 the total length of the hard-surface roads has increased more than 6 times. Separate traffic lanes have been arranged in the stages Riga-Jurmala, Riga-Incukains,Riga-Ogre. Traffic security in the dark and fog is increased by the light-reflecting traffic signs erected everywhere in the republic

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (21).

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.



Monday, July 9, 2018

New China (24)

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

With the assistance of the People’s Government, silkworm production in 1952 topped 1950 by 50 per cent

About 60,800,000 pigs are now being raised in China. Measures to improve breeds increase the number of livestock throughout the countryside

Since the land reform, more peasants have begun to raise poultry as a side-line. Egg exports in 1951 amounted to 70,000 metric tons

Monday, July 2, 2018

This is Poland (32)

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.

Preparations for the harvest