The poster states: We, the October's children of our homeland, are faithful to the wise legacy of Lenin. The message of this poster is directed to the youth of the USSR. It tells the youth that Lenin had left a wise legacy for the USSR so there for the people should carry on the Legacy. It is trying to make the people be faithful and loyal to Lenin and the communist party’s rule over the USSR. It conveys its message using colors and pictures of young children. This poster was probably effective because the USSR carried on being a communist party for a number of years after Lenin’s death. It is also effective because most people can feel related to pictures of young children.
The poster states: Thanks to builders! New home. It is trying to make people think that the communist party is building new homes for people making a lot of people happy like the child in the poster. It uses pictures of youth and a peaceful and happy environment to convey its message. It is not very effective because most people know that this is not true. The conditions are still poor even though they build new houses. The pictures were particularly effective in this poster because it shows a happy environment in which everyone wants.
The poster states: The soviet government is million times more democratic than the government of any democratic capitalist republic. It’s trying to make people think that the government run by the communist party is a lot more democratic than any other democratic capitalist republic. It is trying to make people believe that the USSR is just. It conveys the message using pictures like the picture of their leader, Lenin. It proved effective because the people of the USSR were always kept under a tight rein. They were always bombarded with propaganda saying that their country is the most just and the best. Therefore, it wasn’t hard to convince the people of the USSR that they were the most democratic.
This poster states: Our October [Socialist Revolution] was done to achieve togetherness, peace and work. It is saying that the October Revolution was done to achieve the togetherness, peace and work of the whole country. This was to gain the people’s support during the revolution and making the people believe that it was a just revolution. It conveys the message using attractive slogans. It had worked well because they gained the support of the people. Most people, especially the proletariat supported the revolution.
The poster states: [I want] To live like Lenin, grow up to become a communist and to bring new fame for the country! It is trying to inspire the youth of the USSR to become like Lenin and to believe in the communist regime. It also says that if you become a communist like Lenin then you will bring fame to the country. It uses pictures of loyal young people and slogans to convey the message to the people. It had proved efficient and worked at first because during that time people were still supportive of the communist party. However, after a while their trust in the communist party began to deteriorate.
These posters are mostly designed to influence and gain the support of the people of Russia. Every one of them states that the new Russia is better and just than any other country. Some portray images of happiness so that the people would support the government. These posters show us that Russia at the time was fully controlled by the communist party. Ideas and thoughts were fixed and were only introduced to glorify Lenin and Stalin’s rule. The people were also undisputedly under the control of the government. Every piece of information fed to the public is supervised by the government. Propaganda was used widely and conveys messages to the people by the use of media. The truth in Russia at that time was blurred by the constant propaganda released by the government. Lenin was viewed as the hero to his country, and after that, because of propaganda, Stalin was seen as all-knowing and wise. The people in Russia were influenced to believe what the government told them to believe. With constant bombardment of propaganda, the government was able get support from the people. Over all, we can see that Russia was under the strict control of the government at that time.
Works Cited
"Propaganda Posters." Russian posters, Cuban and other posters. Propaganda posters.. 6 Nov 2007 ,http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/.
