Iconography of Power: Soviet Political Posters under Lenin and Stalin Cover
Podcast Mentions

Iconography of Power Soviet Political Posters under Lenin and Stalin

Victoria E. Bonnell

Masters at visual propaganda, the Bolsheviks produced thousands of vivid and compelling posters after they seized power in October 1917. Intended for a semi-literate population that was accustomed to the rich visual legacy of the Russian autocracy and the Orthodox Church, political posters came to o...

Podcasts 1
Quotes 5
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was used as research for a book and discussed the Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin, including the use of imagery of peasant farmers and steel workers.

"

A book that I was using for research for my book actually, iconography of power Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin and what's so funny is you have all these and it's like tragic funny, bu...

— Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Sep 6...

Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Sep 6 2024

It was used as research for a book and discussed the Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin, including the use of imagery of peasant farmers and steel workers.

"

A book that I was using for research for my book actually, iconography of power Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin and what's so funny is you have all these and it's like tragic funny, but it goes through it has all these posters in it.

Episode: Hour 3 - Michael Berry

It was used as research material for a book the speaker was writing, and it contained Soviet political posters from the periods of Lenin and Stalin, focusing on themes such as the hammer and sickle and the peasant farmer.

"

And what's so funny is you have all these I mean, it's like tragic funny, but it goes through it has all these posters in it. It's really interesting book.

Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Sep 6 2024

It was used for research in another book, and discussed Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin, and how they were about peasant farmers and workers, even though the people behind them were not.

"

A book that I was using for research for my book actually, iconography of power, Soviet political posters under Lenin and Stalin.

What's so funny is you have all these and it's like tragic funny, but it goes through it has all these posters in it. It's really interesting book and they they have these people who are, you know, now sort of despots, but the Central Committee the high-level Soviet these are all intellectuals effectively, right, or at least yeah, I see themselves as intellectuals.

But all the iconography and all that is about the is about the hammer and sickle and the peasant farmer. These people don't know anything about peasant farmers. None of them were peasant farmers. The whole thing was a fraud. The whole thing was a put-on, right?

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.