As you go through these links and resources please pay attention to themes, images, symbols, etc. that permeate the pieces. Keep in mind that, although a lot of these are posters, poetry, music, film, art, statues, and so on, would also keep similar themes or topics throughout. These areas of self-expression would have been approved by the Soviet state, gone through a censorship process, and would need to follow the official party line when presenting information designed to inspire the movement.
Read the PDF below FIRST followed by the articles linked below.
The following question has been asked numerous times for Paper 2: In what ways, and with what results, was propaganda used by one ruler of an Authoritarian state?
Huffpost 35 Communist Posters
PBS Soviet Propaganda
The Guardian: 7 Decades of Soviet Propaganda
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