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Russian Propaganda

Literary documents from the Russian public domain

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Plus, the new Russian military cathedral

Sep 14

In 1924—the year of Lenin’s death—a little brochure titled Preschool Children on Lenin was published in Moscow. The editors claimed they had visited…

Jun 24

In the previous installments of Russian Propaganda, we looked at a Soviet fairy tale about Lenin and Stalin killing God, some stories and art from…

Jun 10

The Blaze, The Bayonet, The Magic Lantern, and The Mirror; with an unsympathetic mention of The Stinger

Jun 4

Pulp fiction meets Scientology meets QAnon in post-Soviet Russia

May 27

I continue to make my way through an archive of “satirical magazines” from the time of Russia’s First Revolution (1905—1907). Here is a feverish story…

May 20

The First Russian Revolution of 1905—1907 didn’t only lead to the creation of Russia’s first Duma and Constitution. It also spawned several hundred…

May 13

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