Throughout its existence the USSR, as a state, has been extremely negative about religion, superstitions and rituals. So much so that even a powerful propaganda anti-religious campaign was launched, including educational lectures (even in the most remote villages), discrimination of clergy and ordinary believers.
An important element of this campaign are the posters. The content is difficult to understand without knowing the context of time, but I tried to translate and convey their meaning.
There are four religious figures: an Orthodox priest, a "sectarian preacher" (probably referring to "Jehovah's Witnesses" or traveling evangelists), a mullah and a rabbi:
Below is a short poem (here and further the rhyme is lost due to translation):
Folk wisdom: different priests do the same harm!
They preach a "doctrine" that is alien to communism.
Do not be deceived by the priests – get rid of religious dope!
"Religion is poison! Take care of children!" – 1930 year.
In fact, nothing of the kind happened - the old people were not so religious as to forbid children to go to school.
"There is no god!" – tells us the astronaut – 1975 year.
Circulation - 8'000 copies for the main state institutions.
And this is one of the oldest and most interesting examples of propaganda. It uses a recognizable unique graphic style, characteristic of an exceptionally limited period of the 1920s.
Priests help the capitalists and hinder the worker. – 1920 year, 40'000 copies.
Click to hi-res.
Get out of the way!
Let's look closer. On the right is painted a worker, whom the priests try to stop with the words:
In the name of the Lord God: submit, obey, do not kill
The other half of the picture shows a rich capitalist, led by the same priests:
In the name of the Lord God: pacify slaves, make them submissive, kill
Surprising detail and elaboration of each element of the poster. Even the font with which the words of the priests are written is the exact copy of the church font of the Orthodox church, which is used on icons.
I hope you were interested, friends!