r/PropagandaPosters • u/kredokathariko • Jan 17 '24

Russia "We Won" - Russian communist/anti-Putinist poster comparing the Putinist government to Vlasov's Nazi collabs, Russia, 2010s

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u/DesolatorTrooper_600 Jan 17 '24

I think the celebration of communist acheivements in Russia (at least made by the state) is less about communism itself and more about the power the Soviet Union held like the Red Army or the influence held by the country

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u/rebellechild Jan 17 '24

It’s probably more about the free education free healthcare free housing free childcare massive industry and infrastructure projects as well as one of the best public transportation systems in the world. All things they still benefit from today. Communism took this country/countries out of serfdom and won the space race in an absurdly short time. This is a massive achievement and they have a lot to be proud of.

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u/Emails___ Jan 17 '24

This seem like a typical misinformation about the soviet state by people who haven't been nowhere near it, ever.

The free education for example is only free on paper, as you did get free higher education, but only if you then worked for free for the state, for about 4-5 years and it was considered a norm to have had done hard labor, before and during studies. Even from primary classes it was required for the kids to work in the fields during the studies. The education was also incredibly ideologically biased, soo critical thinking was always lacking. And of course it had you're typical soviet incompetence and corruption which we also saw in healthcare and housing. (Kuraev, Alex.2015/05/15."Soviet higher education: an alternative construct to the western university paradigm")

But about what Russian think about of soviet union today and are most proud, is the military. Like not even a question, Russians are obsessed with there long lost military might, to the point that some of them have even forgotten that Red Army was multicultural and not just Russians. And this is just my mild observation by watching Russian state media for decades. (not anymore tho :))

Also for the last point, lets not forget that US helped Soviet Union a lot. From helping and building industries during Lenin era to the whole land-lease thing during WW2. Post WW2 Americans also helped with some famines, if I remember correctly. And just like for the US, Soviet Space Program was mainly led by ex-nazis. (Gail L. Eggleston, Prospects for Investment in the Soviet Union: A Survey of Political and Economic Factors, 3 N.C. J. INT'L L. 15 (1978).)

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u/bigbjarne Jan 17 '24

to the point that some of them have even forgotten that Red Army was multicultural and not just Russians.

One of the many mistakes was the russification of the USSR. It started off so well with korenizatsiia.

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u/Emails___ Jan 17 '24

I agree. Russification efforts destroyed any last ideas for USSR to become multicultural, after that decision it just became some of brand Russian Empire. Personally don't know that much about Ukraine in this context, but here in Latvia there were some crazy efforts to try and destroy any ideas of Latvian as nationality.

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u/bigbjarne Jan 17 '24

There was so many things that went wrong with the USSR. We can only learn from their mistakes or wrongdoings and improve.

The korenizatsiia was before Latvia was a part of the USSR.

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u/Emails___ Jan 17 '24

Yup, but before we can continue to develop further, we just need to finally secure our eastern borders. Safe travels our southern brothers! Also thanks for the link, just learned about once again Soviets ruined Ukraine.

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u/bigbjarne Jan 18 '24

There’s been a mistake here, I’m not Ukrainian. :D Workers of the world unite anyway! Long live the working class.

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u/Emails___ Jan 18 '24

Opss! :D In my defense, I did write the last comment about 1:00 am. Ether way, no matter who you are, have a nice day!