The Propaganda Archive

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

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B. Starchikov

Wasps’ nest (Soviet cartoon, 1981)

Text: Wasps’ nest. The text at the top right reads: ‘There are centres of subversion in Pakistani territory against Afghanistan, India and Iran’. Year: 1981. Publisher: Krokodil magazine. Artist: B. Starchikov. Additional Information: Shows mujahideen wasps leaving the “Pakistan” nest on their way to Iran, Afghanistan and India carrying briefcases crammed with weapons

June 28, 2023

Propagandopolis

Europe, Soviet Union

1981, Anti-American, B. Starchikov, USSR