I've come to realize that trying to study for finals in a library with periodicals stacks and a scanner is a dangerous thing. A.U.'s library happens to be closer to my home than Georgetown's, though, so I've been spending a fair amount of time there in recent weeks.
As a diversion from the grind, I decided to scan covers from Soviet magazines celebrating the World War II victory. Of course, the selection available in a university library in the US was not exactly huge - Soviet Life, the USSR's propaganda mag for English-speakers; Советский Союз, which I believe was translated into a number of languages and served a similar function for "brotherly" socialist (i.e., the Warsaw Pact) countries; and Огонёк, the venerable weekly which is the only one of the three still publishing today.
The Огонёк covers will be posted shortly as a separate post; Blogger doesn't like such image-heavy posts, it seems. Clicking on the images should allow you to see a much larger version.
It may be a stretch, but I think something of an arc can be discerned in the covers below, from bombastic missile-waving; to recalling the American use of nuclear weapons at the end of WWII as a way to energize the European peace movement; to fondly recalling the alliance with the U.S.
As a diversion from the grind, I decided to scan covers from Soviet magazines celebrating the World War II victory. Of course, the selection available in a university library in the US was not exactly huge - Soviet Life, the USSR's propaganda mag for English-speakers; Советский Союз, which I believe was translated into a number of languages and served a similar function for "brotherly" socialist (i.e., the Warsaw Pact) countries; and Огонёк, the venerable weekly which is the only one of the three still publishing today.
The Огонёк covers will be posted shortly as a separate post; Blogger doesn't like such image-heavy posts, it seems. Clicking on the images should allow you to see a much larger version.
It may be a stretch, but I think something of an arc can be discerned in the covers below, from bombastic missile-waving; to recalling the American use of nuclear weapons at the end of WWII as a way to energize the European peace movement; to fondly recalling the alliance with the U.S.
1965
"Twenty years ago, the Soviet flag fluttered over the Reichstag,signaling the end of the most horrible world in history. In this
issue - the story of how the Soviet Army dealt the Wehrmacht
the deathblow on the Eastern front and saved mankind from
nazi enslavement."
"The Parade in Honor of Victory:
The Indestructible Shield of Liberty and Peace"
Yes, that's three covers in a row of the same
magazine devoted to victory.
1970
The Indestructible Shield of Liberty and Peace"
Yes, that's three covers in a row of the same
magazine devoted to victory.
1970
fold-out front cover...
...and the inside front cover.
1975
"The final battles of the Second World War in Europe.The Worldwide Congress of Peace-Loving Forces. 1973."
1985
1990
In 1990, Soviet Life gave V-Day cooperation with the US inside play,and the cover was sort of incongruous, though in line with the times:
And by 1995, of course, there was no more Soviet Life
or Советский Союз (the magazine or the country).
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