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Communist propaganda in the Soviet Union was extensively based on Marxist-Leninist ideology to promote the Communist Party line.<br/><br/> Wall posters were widely used in the early days, often depicting the Red Army's triumphs for the benefit of the illiterate. This continued in World War II, still for the benefit of the less literate, with bold, simple designs.
Communist propaganda in the Soviet Union was extensively based on Marxist-Leninist ideology to promote the Communist Party line.<br/><br/> Wall posters were widely used in the early days, often depicting the Red Army's triumphs for the benefit of the illiterate. This continued in World War II, still for the benefit of the less literate, with bold, simple designs.
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR.<br/><br/> The Tsar was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time).<br/><br/> In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government.
A revolutionary poster from communist China c. 1966, near the start of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) featuring (left to right): Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. 'Mao Zedong Thought', generally shortened to 'Maoism', played a central part in the politics of the 'Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution' and is most famously reflected in the 'Little Red Book'.
During late 1920s and 1930s Japan, a new poster style developed that reflected the growing influence of the masses in Japanese society. These art posters were strongly influenced by the emerging political forces of Communism and Fascism in Europe and the Soviet Union, adopting a style that incorporated bold slogans with artistic themes ranging from Leftist socialist realism through Stateism and state-directed public welfare, to Militarism and Imperialist expansionism.<br/><br/> Though diverse in their messages, all bear the stamp of the ovebearing proletarian art of the time, reflecting shades of Nazi Germany, Socialist Russia and Fascist Italy in the Far East.