Features of the Political Caricature of the Soviet Era
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-1-136-143
Abstract
The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of political caricature of the Soviet period and relies on the analysis of the its concept and content. The author endows political caricature with the characteristics of a mirror of society of the epoque, which may be relevant as a historical source that provides information on the social and political agenda of the studied stage of state development. The author pays special attention to the period of the 20-30s of the last century as the golden age of political caricature. Well-known circumstances of the beginning of the last century, the rapidly changing political situation, as well as the need to form the Soviet Man identity, determined the high demand for political caricature as a genre of art that exposes the sharp corners of social relations. Hense, the political citriculture was intended to build the new public consciousness and mood of the masses. These features seem relevant in public life up till nowadays. In particular, it is possible to draw a parallel between the influence of caricature images of the beginning of the last century on public opinion and the current stage of development of caricature images reflecting the political situation, the social context of public relations and many other significant issues of the agenda.
About the Author
E. V. Belyaeva
Television and radio broadcasting company “Nika”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Belyaeva Elizaveta Vladimirovna – producer, applicant for the Department of Public Relations and Media Policy, Faculty of Journalism, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
248033, Kaluga, Bogoroditsky lane, 19
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Belyaeva E.V. Features of the Political Caricature of the Soviet Era. Communicology. 2025;13(1):136-143. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-1-136-143
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