Myths & Propaganda: The Legacy of the USSR in modern Russia
Russia is renowned for its talent in propaganda. The critical role of media in persuading others was recognized as early as the Bolsheviks‘ time, with the printing of agitational materials, including newspapers, such as Pravda and Iskra, which were distributed among workers and the intelligentsia. However, the peak of Soviet propaganda flourished during World War II – or as Russians refer to it, the „Great Patriotic War“.