Art is a site of cultural transformation. These communist propaganda posters take you back to one of the biggest movements in history.
Burov : “ We march for integrating . ” generator : Huffington Post
The Russian avant - garde motion was more than just a faction of the art scene ; it linked the Soviet working class and the Communist Party and served as a internet site of ethnical transformation .
It did n’t stop at posters . All facets of media were used as political tools to install kitschy promise and pride into social bloodstream .
Burov: “We march for integration.” Source:Huffington Post
When paired with an educational system of rules that would indoctrinate and form a “ new - gentleman ” to incarnate the Soviet cause , it seemed that the Soviet propaganda machine – and by extension , the Soviets – was unstoppable .
Said one school theorist ,
“ We must make the young into a contemporaries of Communists . Children , like easygoing wax , are very malleable and they should be moulded into good Communists … We must deliver child from the harmful influence of the kinfolk … We must nationalize them . From the early days of their lilliputian lives , they must find themselves under the philanthropic influence of Communist schools … To obligate the female parent to give her child to the Soviet land – that is our task . "
1930s: “For the Industrial Plan; for completing a five-year plan in only four; against religion."
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“Long live the socialist revolution!"
1928: “Down with world fascism!” Source:Huffington Post
Anti-Nazi propaganda: “Worker, be on the alert!” Source:Huffington Post
1920: “Vrangel is next on line.” (Vrangel was a commanding general in the Russian Civil War.)
1920: “The organization of consumer cooperatives strengthens the Red Army.” Source:Huffington Post
1920s: “Follow the true path, comrades!”
1970s art by Boris Parmeev: “We grow under the sun of our country.”
1920s: “All workers choose the Soviets!” Source:Huffington Post
1970s: “We are in solidarity with you, Vietnam!” Source:Huffington Post
1930: Poster from Gustav Klutsis: “With great labor we will fulfill the plan.” Source:Huffington Post
1920s: “All power to the Soviets. Peace to the People. Land to the peasants.” Source:Huffington Post
1920s: “With guns we will defeat the enemy, with hard work we will have bread. To work, comrades!”
1920s: “Long live the 3rd Communist International – from a red October to a world revolution.”
1931: “Come to us on the collective farm, comrade!"
1930’s: “Komsomol is the shock brigade of the five year plan.” (Komsomol are communist youth) Source:Huffington Post
1960. “Forward, to the victory of communism!” Poster features Lenin, Engels and Marx.
1919: “Death to capital, or death under the heel of capitalism!” Source:Huffington Post
1921: “Proletarians of all countries, unite!" Source:Huffington Post
1950: “Soldiers! History requires excellent knowledge of military technology.” Source:Huffington Post
1930: “The Ten Commandments of the Proletariat.”
World War II: “The Motherland Calls”
1930s: “Communist Youth, to tractors! Into the shock troops of the spring harvest!"
The Russian Revolution: “Have you signed up with the volunteers?” Source:Huffington Post
