Russian Propaganda Poster Project

Propaganda is any ideas or statements that can be wrong or exaggerated. It is used in order to gain support for a political leader or party. In Russian revolution, they used this to make people to think the way the soviets want them to. We can learn what life was like at the back then, and can also realize how much people needed to suffer, and the power the leader had.

Lenin
Every Russian people should follow Lenin since he’s the best leader of the world. Anything he says or does is correct. Since he’s the leader of communist party, you should also follow communism too. It used only red and white to emphasize the importance of the communism since red represented communism. Using red and white is effective.

The end of the World War II
Peace will come when there’s no war. This picture shows the happiness for war being ended. It’s trying to get people feel like flying because they won’t have to suffer again. Also, to make people think peace will come someday when it’s time. Bluish tone of the color shows the clarity of peace, and lightened feelings. Using only bluish tone of color is effective.

Happy children of the USSR are always ready!

Children should be educated in communist way from their childhood. People should believe communism, and feel proud of their country, which simply means they should have strong nationalism. When readied children grow up, they can lead the country well as they were taught. The layout shows that children are the future of the country.

January 1st 1937, the 20th year of Revolution

It’s already been 20 years since the revolution happened. Under Lenin and Stalin’s effort, the country had developed quickly. Stalin made a new constitution, which gave him more power. People should think they’ll achieve 2nd Five Year Plan. The script says 1937 and 1, which seem to represent the achieved year.

I want to be with you mom.

As the result of the war, many children lost their parents. It’s all because of the war. People should realize how serious the war can cause the devastation. Children have no fault and they are getting all the bad effects. The baby looks as if disabled baby caused by chemical substances, and also he looks sad. Poor baby face shows everything.

The posters show that under the government of communism, something could be successful, such as more developed country by using Five-Year-Plan, but actually it caused mostly bad effects and results. War caused a lot of bad results and effects, like disabled babies increased affected by chemical substances from the war, and separation between children and parents, devastation of land. It also caused famine. Also, since children learn in communist way from their childhood, I really feel sorry for them not being able to enjoy their lives, because they had to follow the communist way of learning. At that time they couldn’t think of their own. Russian leaders were so harsh, Russian people needed to follow them even though they didn’t want to. I think use of propaganda was wrong. People should be allowed to think, and decide what’s good for them. Also, when children learn in communist way from their childhood, they won’t be able to think and act correctly when they grow up. So, I think they used propaganda in a wrong way.

Work Cited"

Propaganda Poster Project." Posters From the Former Soviet Union. 05 Nov. 2007 .