Archive for May 6th, 2008

Soviet Agitation Trials

By Sean at 6 May, 2008, 10:15 am

Robert Amsterdam’s blog has a translation of a fascinating Kommersant Vlast’ article (the Russian version is here along with some great photos.) on one of the more peculiar forms of early Soviet propaganda: the agitation trial. The article argues that agitsudy were one of the ways “the Bolsheviks managed to change the attitude of [...]

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