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Soviet propaganda poster, 1943. Soviet propaganda, during the country's victory at Stalingrad, had the notion of the hearth and family become a focus fir rhetoric for nationalist and patriotic themes. [34] The language of the propaganda often “dress[ed]” itself in private values and to sound like private speech. [35] (Kirschenbaum, Lisa A ...
[7]: 11 The earliest propaganda posters in Soviet Russia appeared in August 1918 [7]: 11 and focused on the Russian Civil War, with this remaining the primary subject until 1921. [4] Between 1919 and 1921, the Russian Telegraph Agency produced ROSTA windows , posters which featured simplified cartoons and short pieces of text or mottoes. [ 8 ]
The term originated in the Soviet Union as a shortened name for the Department for Agitation and Propaganda (отдел агитации и пропаганды, otdel agitatsii i propagandy), which was part of the central and regional committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [6]
A collection of posters on various themes. Britain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate propaganda to influence the population towards support for the war effort. A wide range of media was employed aimed at local and overseas audiences.
An American propaganda poster from World War II produced under the Works Progress Administration. In the United States, propaganda is spread by both government and non-government entities. Throughout its history, to the present day, the United States government has issued various forms of propaganda to both domestic and international audiences.
A 1917 Russian poster saying "Comrades democrats, Ivan and Uncle Sam". In 1912, future leader of Soviet Russia Vladimir Lenin described the American two-party system (that is, the Republican and Democratic Parties) as "meaningless duels between the two bourgeois parties". [3]
An institution during World War II was the propaganda train, fitted with presses and portable cinemas, staffed with lecturers. [20] In the Civil War the Soviets sent out both "agitation trains" (Russian: агитпоезд) and "agitation steamboats " (Russian: агитпароход) to inform, entertain, and propagandize. [21] [22]
Rosta posters were a highly popularized form of communication used by the Russian government during a short time period between 1919 - 1921. The posters were used to communicate mass messages and propaganda during the Russian Civil War. Once the war came to an end, the Russian government turned to new forms of communication. [1]