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, 2019

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (20)

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan.  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.

After liberation, kindergartens were set up by all factories, other enterprises and residential quarters in Guangzhou. The teach children to love the collective and to take part in physical labour and ensure the healthy growth of the children, The Yandun Road Kindergarten, Dohnshan District.

The Guangzhou Children's Palace is a centre for extra curricular education. Working in co-ordination with the schools, it gives children an education in communist ideology and organizes their cultural, athletic, scientific and technological activities, thus promoting their all-round moral, itellectual and physical development.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina (7).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, text by Alojz Benac and Ivan Lovenovic. Hardcover book published by Sour “Svjetlost” Jugoslovenska Revija 1986.

The modern times have brought new rhythms both in life and entertainment. Hence it often happens that modern songs appear which are derived from the country's rich treasury of folk melodies, and which enjoy great popularity among the young.

Friday, December 20, 2019

Crimea: Architecture Monuments (17).

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

The country's largest Young Pioneer Camp, Artek, spreads on the seacoast at the foot of Ayudag

Cosy Yalta streets buried in verdure are built up with small houses decorated with balconies and loggias, turrets and porches

High rise buildings of the Tauris and Pobeda sanatoriums are executed in laconic and expansive modern forms

Monday, December 16, 2019

The Blue Adriatic (20)

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

Budva, Montenegro


Saturday, December 14, 2019

Viet-Nam (23)

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, December 10, 2019

Magyarorszag (13)

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



Sunday, December 1, 2019

New China (31)

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

A slurry mixer in a new cement factory. China’s output of cement increased 10.95 per cent in 1952 as compared with 1951

The salt fields at Changlu, North China, cover an area of sixty thousand hectares. China’s salt deposits are the largest in East Asia.

Monday, November 25, 2019

This is Poland (39)

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.

Anna Szymanska at a traffic-directing competition

Even in uniform a woman remains attractive

In addition to skill in traffic directing the winner has personal charm and graceful gestures

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (26).

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.

The Moscow Underground is the most convenient in the world. An excellent ventilation system provides fresh air and an even temperature the year round. The spacious underground passages and platforms are brightly lighted and decorated with granite, black labradorite, polished oak and walnut, ceramics and plate glass, as well as marble which comes from the Caucasus, the Crimea, the Ural Mountains and Central Asia. Every station is a remarkable example of beauty and elegance.


Sunday, November 17, 2019

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts (6).

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts. Paperback booklet published by Joint Publishing Co. (Hongkong Branch) 1976.

Comrade Mao Tsetung addressing a conference of representatives of the poor peasant leagues fromeight counties in the revolutionary base area in Kiangsi Province in 1933.

Monday, November 11, 2019

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (21)

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

Each summer approximately 7000 students start their “3rd work semester” in all the branches of economy. The students' construction teams annually carry out work for over 6.5 million roubles. Latvian students work likewise in other fraternal republics and by exchange – in the CMEA countries

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Ceskoslovenska mesta (14)

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

PLZEN

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Magyarorszag (12)

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





Wednesday, October 30, 2019

New China (30)

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

Since the land reform, the new peasant landowners have organized themselves into mutual-aid teams. Six million teams of this kind have emerged throughout the country

A mutual-aid team winnowing wheat

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina (6).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, text by Alojz Benac and Ivan Lovenovic. Hardcover book published by Sour “Svjetlost” Jugoslovenska Revija 1986.

Banja Luka is a town which after the Liberation, developed rapidly as an industrial centre, with a university and many other educational institutions. Lying on the river Vrbas, Banja Luka is mentioned in historical documents as far bck as the XV century, and the first settlements in this region date from the Roman period. In 1969 Banja Luka and a wide area surrounding it were struck by a catastrophic earthquake which caused great suffering and loss among the population and enormous damage to the economy and to all other fields of activity. More than 80% of the town's buildings were destroyed, but in a powerful demonstration of solidarity on the part of the peoples and nationalities of Yugoslavia it was completely rebuilt.

Banja Luka is a town of tree lined avenues and many cultural monuments, among which are the old Kastel fortress, the theatre and numerous other cultural institutions.

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (17)

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

USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition. Industry Square

Sunday, October 13, 2019

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (19)

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.


Night view of the Friendship Theatre.


Monday, October 7, 2019

Viet-Nam (22)

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.

Exposition de livres sovietiques a Ho Chi Minh-Ville

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (25).

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.

The Moscow Underground is the most convenient in the world. An excellent ventilation system provides fresh air and an even temperature the year round. The spacious underground passages and platforms are brightly lighted and decorated with granite, black labradorite, polished oak and walnut, ceramics and plate glass, as well as marble which comes from the Caucasus, the Crimea, the Ural Mountains and Central Asia. Every station is a remarkable example of beauty and elegance.




Sunday, September 29, 2019

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts (5).

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts. Paperback booklet published by Joint Publishing Co. (Hongkong Branch) 1976.

 Comrade Mao Tsetung in his youth.

Comrade Mao Tsetung in Changsha in 1919.

Friday, September 27, 2019

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (20)

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





Stanislavs Livmanis, Honoured Agricultural Worker, Hero of Socialist Labour, deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet.

Instruction of milking operators at Priekuli secondary technical school.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Ceskoslovenska mesta (13)

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

OSTRAVA

USTI NAD LABEM

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina (5).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, text by Alojz Benac and Ivan Lovenovic. Hardcover book published by Sour “Svjetlost” Jugoslovenska Revija 1986.

The modern times have brought new rhythms both in life and entertainment. Hence it often happens that modern songs appear which are derived from the country's rich treasury of folk melodies, and which enjoy great popularity among the young.

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (16)

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

Kalinin Street and Lenin State Library (new building)

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (18)

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.

Emulate the Dazhai spirit in energetically building socialism cadres and commune members working shoulder to shoulder to reclaim farmland on an old river bed.

Follow the example of the people of Dazhai in changing mountains and rivers – construction work at the Chongkou Aqueduct, part of the the Tangliao Water Diversion Project on the Liuxi River.

Monday, September 2, 2019

Viet-Nam (21)

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, August 27, 2019

This is Poland (38)

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.

Millions of trees and bushes have been planted on waste dumps

Monday, August 19, 2019

New China (29)

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

Workers on a state farm celebrate a bumper harvest

Members of the Spark Collective Farm in Hwachuan, Northeast China, discuss signing a “Patriotic Pact” to increase production

The People’s Government sends aeroplanes to help peasants wipe out a threatened plague of locusts. Previously helpless before natural calamities, China’s peasants now overcome them with the help of the People’s Government