Pictures and Illustrations

RedArmy Propaganda

This poster, used by the Russian Red

Army in the Russian Civil War, asks,

“Have you signed up as a volunteer?”

This poster proclaims, “If you want something—

join up.” The Red Army was persuading people

to join them by promising better conditions.

Red Cavalry Illustrations

A cartoon by Boris Efimov (early1930s), depicting
Babel as a character from his story "My First Goose."