Propaganda is a set of messages that are aimed towards people and at influencing the opinion. It is a message in an indirectly way, as using cartoons, songs, and films. Propaganda originates from Latin, which could be translated to "that which is to be spread" Propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. Propaganda is information or ideas that are spread to help a nation, religion, or person. Propaganda was used a lot in the Russian Revolution. But Propaganda only shows one side of the story, the good side. It will never show the bad side. By looking at these posters, we can know the ways to influence the minds of people in those times.
This picture of Lenin shows standing up for the USSR. The writing says “The soviet type of power is a road to socialism that was found by masses of workers. SO it won't be defeated.” I think it mean that; masses of workers can’t be defeated since they are in a large number. Within everyday, the number of workers increase and the Soviet Union will keep getting stronger. The red background stands for the communist color.
This picture of Lenin show him standing up holing a piece of paper. The writing says “There is such a party!” He is referring to the Party of Bolsheviks. This poster is merely a poster to make civilians have hope in him and the Party, also in the Revolution. Again, the red background stands for the communist color.
This is a picture of Lenin. The writing says “We are the Party of the future, and the future belongs to the youth. We are the party of innovators, and the innovators are always eagerly followed by the youth. We are the party of fight, and youth will always fight first” He is saying that he is doing this for the youth of Russia. All of Russia’s youth depends on what they do. The youth must also fight of the party and their selves.
After I looked through the posters, I saw that Lenin was in most of them. Since that he was a big impact on the Russian revolution. Most of the posters I have also seen had many things alike. For instance, almost every poster used red as a background color. He used this technique (propaganda) too gain trust and belief of him.
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"Russia Posters 5." Propaganda Posters. 27 Oct 2008
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"Russia Posters 5." Propaganda Posters. 27 Oct 2008
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"Russia Posters 5." Propaganda Posters. 27 Oct 2008
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