The Pravda

PRAVDA

THank You

ANimal Farm

Animal Farm was an Allegory novel that was written in parallel to the Russian Revolution

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Squealer

Truth

A brilliant talker who can turn black into white.

In the Novel Animal Farm, Squealer represents the use of propaganda and Pravda in the Russian Revolution.

Russian for Pravda, meaning

Comparisons

Squealer

Few things where the newspaper Pravda and Squealer were similar

• They shaped people's minds and thoughts

• They made the people believe they were happy using propaganda when they weren't happy at all

• They persuaded others using irrelevant reasons for the lead to be able to control the animal farm

• They blamed their own fault on someone else

• They lied to the people so they would just concentrate in working and have no time to reason

Lots of famous russian leaders had once been editor of Pravda including:

Nikolai Bukharin

Pravda

He was known for being the Editor of Pravda

He was said to have total control over Bolshevik Propaganda which gave him potential strength.

Who Wrote It?

Newspaper published during the Russian Revolution

Vladimir Lenin

Nikolai Bukharin

Joseph Stalin

Leon Trotskey

First published:

By the St. Petersburg Workers

In April 1912

The face of Vladimir Lenin on the cover of Pravda

In St. Petersburg

Vladimir Lenin was in charge of Pravda before the February Revolution.

Vladimir Lenin

After the Revolution, Vladimir was still the Editor-inChief

Important fact:

Before the Revolution, he wrote daily and directed everything

Acted as the Propaganda Machine for the Government during the Russian Revolution.

examples of

Propaganda

An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing actions of individuals or groups

What is Propaganda?

Last published:

Posters, radios, films, and newspapers

Different kinds of media controlled by the Government used propaganda

including :

When the Communist lost control of the Soviet

Government

The Use of Propaganda

"Today the Hyenas of the Capital and their hirelings want to Seize power from the Soviet Hands."

This was one of the headlines of the newspaper Pravda.

Examples of Propaganda:

Name Calling:

Calling names such as hyenas gave the citizens feeling of menace from the people who were called names.

Pravda had used Propganda to shape the people's opinions.

Pravda showed great devotion to Stalin

Stalin's quotes and photographs were publlished daily in the newspaper and caused others to think of him as a hero.

The Truth

by Mark Lee