Svět sovětů explained

Language:Czech
Based:Prague
Founder:Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship
Founded:1932
Finaldate:1968
Category:Propaganda magazine
Frequency:Weekly

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

Svět sovětů was established by the Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship in 1932. 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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Rachel Applebaum. The Friendship Project: Socialist Internationalism in the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and 1960s. Slavic Review. Fall 2015. 74. 3. 496–497. 10.5612/slavicreview.74.3.484.
  2. Jindřich Toman. Émigré Traces: John Heartfield in Prague. History of Photography. 2008. 32. 3. 281. 10.1080/03087290802018892.
  3. Book: East European Accessions Index. U.S. Government Printing Office. 4. 1955. Washington, DC. 5.
  4. Web site: Svět sovětů. cbvk.cz. 18 June 2023. cs.