Page 62 - All About History - Issue 26-15

LENIN'S BLOODY REVOLUTION

PROPAGANDA

FOR THE PEOPLE

Russian artist Boris Kustodiev was deeply inspired by the
Russian Revolution and became a prominent poster designer,
creating striking images like this one titled The Bolshevik.
The Bolsheviks relied heavily upon visual propaganda
to communicate their message because much of their
audience was illiterate. American journalist Albert
Rhys Williams visited the Soviet Union in 1923 and
remarked, “The visitor to Russia is struck by the
multitudes of posters – in factories and
barracks, on walls and railway-cars, on
telegraph poles – everywhere.”

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