Catch Up: Soviet Propaganda Poster from the 1930s
Catch up
The nature of the source
This is a Soviet propaganda poster from the 1930’s. In this poster we can see, in the top half, a hand holding the first five-year plan which objectives were industrialization and collectivization of farms which lead to the destruction of the kulaks as a class. There is also a capitalist, a person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism which is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. He is pronouncing the words in Russian “Fantasy, Lies, Utopia”. He is mocking the five-year plan goals and is for shadowing its failure
In the second half of the poster we can see industrialized USSR, the First five-year plan was designed to increase production in heavy industry, mainly coal, iron and electricity. The capitalist man looks disgusted and angry. He was proved wrong by the USSR.
Who the poster was aimed at
This poster is aimed at the USSR. It is used to prove Stalin’s efficiency for plans and running the USSR, improving it. Stalin uses this poster to show his intelligence, his right to be a leader. Before the five-year plans, the USSR was poor but Stalin wanted to change this.
The context
The date mentioned in the caption is 1933 (Started in 1928), which is the end of the first five-year plan, situated in USSR Russia
To conclude: this Soviet propaganda poster is used to show us how the first five-year plan worked, how it was successful. This poster was also used to mock the capitalist, his appearance, who is himself mocking the five-year plan.
Stalin maybe wanted us to think that: “they never lose”
The nature of the source
This is a Soviet propaganda poster from the 1930’s. In this poster we can see, in the top half, a hand holding the first five-year plan which objectives were industrialization and collectivization of farms which lead to the destruction of the kulaks as a class. There is also a capitalist, a person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism which is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. He is pronouncing the words in Russian “Fantasy, Lies, Utopia”. He is mocking the five-year plan goals and is for shadowing its failure
In the second half of the poster we can see industrialized USSR, the First five-year plan was designed to increase production in heavy industry, mainly coal, iron and electricity. The capitalist man looks disgusted and angry. He was proved wrong by the USSR.
Who the poster was aimed at
This poster is aimed at the USSR. It is used to prove Stalin’s efficiency for plans and running the USSR, improving it. Stalin uses this poster to show his intelligence, his right to be a leader. Before the five-year plans, the USSR was poor but Stalin wanted to change this.
The context
The date mentioned in the caption is 1933 (Started in 1928), which is the end of the first five-year plan, situated in USSR Russia
To conclude: this Soviet propaganda poster is used to show us how the first five-year plan worked, how it was successful. This poster was also used to mock the capitalist, his appearance, who is himself mocking the five-year plan.
Stalin maybe wanted us to think that: “they never lose”