Animated Soviet Propaganda

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The sound, the droning narration isn't important: this amazing documentary on animated Soviet Propaganda is stunning.

From 1924 to perestroika the USSR produced more than 4 dozen animated propaganda films. They weren't for export. Their target was the new nation and their goal was to win over the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. Anti-American, Anti-British, Anti-German, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Fascist, some of these films are as artistically beautiful as the great political posters made after the 1917 revolution which inspired Soviet animation.

We've said it before and time-travelers from a Communist future tells us we'll say it again: gulag dystopias rife with the oppression of civil liberties result in some just incredible art. Watch it with the sound off, if you'd like.

Part 1 of a 4 Part Documentary on Animated Soviet Propaganda, which you can buy here.