Stalinist Soviet

Propaganda

What is Propaganda?

Information or material spread to

support a cause or damage an
opponents cause

What is the
message
this painting
is trying to
send?
Who is the
target
audience?

Set #1
Refer to the following 3 images for Set #1

Image A: Photograph taken in 1926 with Nikolai

Antiphon, Stalin, Sergei Kirov & Nikolai
Savernake
Image B: Altered photograph in 1949 biography
of Stalin, Savernake removed (reason unclear
b/c he was head of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party), Antiphon arrested during
Stalins purge & executed in 1941
Image C: Oil painting based on original
photograph, only Stalin remains, Kirov
assassinated in 1934 by a student but Stalin
thought Kirov was a threat to his leadership

Set #2
Refer to the following 2 images for Set #2

Set #3
Refer to the following 3 images for Set #3

Set #4
Refer to the following 3 images for Set #4

Set #5
Refer to the following 3 images for Set #5