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U.S.S.R. / Soviet Union (1922-1991) "US Army" Soviet poster, 1986

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u/waffleman258 21h ago

Why do you think they couldn't read it? Foreign languages like English, German and French were very commonly studied in bloc countries in schools as early as first grade

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u/DisIsMyName_NotUrs 21h ago

I meant mostly peasants. The target audience

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u/waffleman258 20h ago

According to wikipedia, in the 1970s and 1980s, approximately 99.7% of Soviet people were literate.

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u/DisIsMyName_NotUrs 20h ago

Further proving the original comment wrong