Title: Russian Propaganda during WWI | World War I Propaganda
Headings: World War I Propaganda
World War I Propaganda
Content: Morale was lower then it it was even after defeat in the Russo-Japanese War. Although the conditions on the Eastern Front were not as much trench warfare as mobile artillery bombardment and rebukement, Russia ended up losing the most men of any nation in the war. Rasputin the Puppetmaster – In this famously circulated poster one can see the dissent the Russian people felt for Rasputin. Here he is depicted a malicious puppet master controlling the czar and the tsarina. During the October Revolution, the newly empowered Soviets circulated large amounts of propaganda posters denouncing dissidents of the “ideal” society, and portraying the common laborer as the keystone of Russia. World’s October – In this propaganda poster, circulated during the October Revolution, factory
workers and peasants are shown uprising against and throwing out government officials, wealthy nobles, and members of the clergy. The Soviets would become masters of the art of propaganda by the time of World War II. Following the October Revolution and the declaration of peace, the party and the War Ministry would spend their time cleaning up Russia of any dissenters, and began filtering news and information released to the general public. The years following World War I would see the bringing of Lenin’s young philosophy to ripeness. Sources
http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/russia/Nick_II/wwi.htm: