Soviet Posters

"We'll Execute the Plan of Great Works"

  Soviet states during the Communist Era promoted their cause through the careful collaboration  between artists and party members. The artwork was meant to create a strong reaction in all the citizens of these countries, combining mental triggers with emotional reactions. This meant using propaganda tricks, like those discussed in my last post.

The poster above employs the propaganda techniques of bandwagon, by showing a large group in the poster seemingly in support of the ideas depicted (the many raised hands); and glittering generalities, by using the words 'great works.'

"Every Day Life is Getting Better"

 This poster employs the techniques of plain folks and asserting an opinion as an overarching truth.

"We'll Raise a Generation Selflessly Loyal to Communism"

 This piece uses bandwagon by its inclusion of the word 'we,' and also employs plain folks.

"For the Motherland, for Stalin, for World Peace, for Communism"

 This poster uses glittering generalities is employed, with the references to the 'Motherland' and 'World Peace;' and transfer, by using the reputation of Stalin.