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, April 27, 2019

Soviet Siberia (27)

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, April 24, 2019

This is Poland (36)

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 department of the Combine produces ammonium saltpeter

Friday, April 19, 2019

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978 (4).

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


Baltic Sea Fish – the basis of the cooperative's income, which run into millions of roubles and have substantially increased after the opening of its own cannery.

Baltic Sea Fish – the basis of the cooperative's income, which run into millions of roubles and have substantially increased after the opening of its own cannery.

The reception room of Oscar Kuul, the cooperative's chairman.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts (2).

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

Chairman Mao shaking hands with Kuerhpan Tulumu, an aged poor peasant of Uighur nationality in Sinkiang,in 1958.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Crimea: Architecture Monuments (15).

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

 Viaducts and bridges, lush greenery, glades and clearings, picturesque alleys and lacy fences over the stony banks have transformed the valley of the Salghir River


Viaducts and bridges, lush greenery, glades and clearings, picturesque alleys and lacy fences over the stony banks have transformed the valley of the Salghir River

An obelisk erected on the common grave of the members of the government of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Tauris in the central park of Alushta


Saturday, April 6, 2019

Magyarorszag (9)

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


Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu (15)

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

View of the Kremlin and the Moskva River from the Bolshoi Kamenny Bridge

View of the Kremlin and the Moskva River from the Sofiskaya Embankment