Propaganda in Revolutionary Ukraine : Leaflets, Pamphlets, and Cartoons, 1917–1922

Propaganda in Revolutionary Ukraine is a survey of domestic government and party printed propaganda in revolutionary Ukraine. It is the first account in English to study these materials using an illustrative sample of printed texts and to assess their impact based on secret police and agitator situation reports. The book surveys texts published by the Central Rada, the Ukrainian State, the Ukrainian National Republic, the Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Ukrainian Social Democratic and Labour Party, the Independentists, Ukrainian Communist Party (UCP), Ukraine’s Bolshevik Party (CPU), and anti-Bolshevik warlords. It includes 46 reproductions and describes the infrastructure that underlay the production and dissemination of printed text propaganda. The author argues that in the war of words neither Ukrainian failures nor Bolshevik success should be exaggerated. Each side managed to sway opinion in its favour in specific places at specific times. "Propaganda in Revolutionary Ukraine is a survey of domestic governmental and party printed propaganda in revolutionary Ukraine. It is based on an illustrative sample of leaflets, pamphlets, and cartoons published by different parties under the Central Rada, the left-wings of the Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Ukrainian Social Democratic and Labour Party, Ukraine's Bolsheviks, and anti-Bolshevik warlords. The book includes over 300 reproductions, and describes the infrastructure that underlay the production and dissemination of printed texts. It summarizes the messages in printed text propaganda and argues that in the war of words neither Ukrainian failure nor Bolshevik success should be exaggerated. Each side managed to sway opinion in its favor in specific places at specific times."-- Provided by publisher Contents 6 List of Online Documents and Illustrations, 1917–1922 8 Introduction 12 1 Message and Medium 32 2 The Central Rada and the Ukrainian State 55 3 The UNR, Radical Socialists, and Warlords 82 4 The Bolsheviks 136 Conclusion 195 Appendix: Estimated press runs and per capita distribution of Bolshevik publications 220 Notes 230 List of Pamphlets 292 Index 296 This book is a survey of domestic governmental and party printed propaganda in revolutionary Ukraine. It is based on an illustrative sample of leaflets, pamphlets, and cartoons published by different parties and governments between 1917 and 1922.