The Propaganda Archive

A project by Propagandopolis to create the internet’s largest archive of propaganda posters, postcards, pamphlets, stamps and other ephemera.

This archive is currently a work in progress. New content and features will be added over the coming months. If you would like to learn about or support the project, you can do so below:

1920

Literacy is the path to communism (Soviet poster, 1920)

Text: Literacy is the path to communism. Workers of the world, unite! [on book] Year: 1920. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional Information: Published in several languages at the start of the Bolsheviks’ literacy programme. Yiddish, Tatar, Polish below:

July 3, 2023

Propagandopolis

Europe, Soviet Union

1920, Literacy, USSR
1 May (Soviet poster, 1920)

Text: 1 May – Labor Day – Long live the international unity of the proletariat! – Workers of the world, unite! Long live world revolution Year: 1920. Publisher: NA. Artist: Dmitry Moor. Additional Information: Shows a Red Army soldier towering over a crowd of workers.

July 2, 2023

Propagandopolis

Europe, Soviet Union

1920, Dmitry Moor, USSR