The personality cult of Stalin in Soviet posters, 1929-1953
by Anita Pisch
Publisher: ANU Press 2016
ISBN-13: 9781760460631
Number of pages: 538
Description:
This book is the first dedicated study on the marketing of Stalin in Soviet propaganda posters. Drawing on the archives of libraries and museums throughout Russia, hundreds of previously unpublished posters are examined, with more than 130 reproduced in full colour.
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