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"Imperialism and Religion."

Creator:
Mikhail Cheremnykh (creator)
Date:
undated
Description:
"Imperialism and Religion." "With the aid of the deadly poison called Religion, Popes and imperialists make way for capitalist and imperialistic oppression of the colonial countries." (Империализм и Религия. Дорогу капиталу и империалистическому гнету в колонии прокладывают попы с помощью ядовитого дурмана религии). Image of a priest in a gas-mask spraying colonial people with poison gas. The tank with Jesus on it, reads "Religious opium," and the blue tank above it read, "asphyxiating gas"
Language:
Russian
Subject:
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936; Propaganda, Communist
Form/Genre:
Posters
Physical Description:
71.9 x 51.2 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Item number [P-22]. Gift of Thomas Woody. For full finding aid see https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.PRINTCOLLECTION18
Physical Location:
Print Collection 18, Drawer 102 Folder 2
Collection:
Early Soviet Posters Collection