I found it ironic that the first line of text seen in the short propagandistic cartoon is how fascism leads to the mass destruction, starvation, and death of millions of people. I far more closely link starvation to the Soviet Union and the Russia before it than I do to Nazi Germany. The actual creature that is symbolizing the fascists is a pig\/wolf hybrid. I thought of this as an interesting choice as it is supposed to be menacing but the connotations associated with pigs are far more related to greed and how disgusting they are. I also find the fact that the Soviets are represented as horsemen and tanks as an interesting choice. The first thing I think of is the Bronze Horseman of St. Petersburg\/Leningrad. This is most likely the reason why, however horsemen don’t seem to be an intimidating\/futuristic force and I don’t feel match the Soviet Union’s theme of industry and development like the tanks. The fact that the tanks are breaking down trees can be seen as a symbol that Russia is urbanizing and making economic capital from its natural resources. The ending of the short cartoon sees some soviet airplanes flying into the sky into what seems to be like heaven. This is a interesting choice as religion was ridiculed in the Soviet Union. If I’m not mistaken I think this same song was featured in the Russian film “Wings” from 1966 which would definitely be an interesting development to the meaning\/ending of that film!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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