Svět sovětů
| Categories | Propaganda magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Final issue | 1968 |
| Based in | Prague |
| Language | Czech |
Svět sovětů (Czech: The World of the Soviets) was an illustrated magazine published in Prague between 1932 and 1968. It is known as a propaganda magazine supporting close relations with the Soviet Union.
History and profile
[edit]Svět sovětů was established by the Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship in 1932.[1] The goal of the magazine was to reinforce friendship between Soviet and Czech citizens.[1] It frequently contained propaganda material supporting the Soviet government.[2] It was published on a weekly basis in Prague.[3] Its subtitle was Illustrated weekly of friends of the USSR after 1945.[4] In the late 1950s the magazine was redesigned, and its format was enlarged.[1] It also began to cover more color photographs.[1]
The circulation of Svět sovětů was around 3,000 copies in 1967.[1] The magazine ceased publication in 1968.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Rachel Applebaum (Fall 2015). "The Friendship Project: Socialist Internationalism in the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and 1960s". Slavic Review. 74 (3): 496–497. doi:10.5612/slavicreview.74.3.484.
- ^ Jindřich Toman (2008). "Émigré Traces: John Heartfield in Prague". History of Photography. 32 (3): 281. doi:10.1080/03087290802018892.
- ^ East European Accessions Index. Vol. 4. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1955. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Svět sovětů". cbvk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
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