Friday, 10 April 2009

Bad guys vs Good guys

Soviet artist's representation of a foreign spy: a villain in a prisoner's pea-jacket, ear-flapped hat and felled boots gets easily trapped by the border guards. Look at his knife, too! Dangerous fella.


That's from a Soviet Nursery Rhyme book. A small puppy picked up in the street became a Defender of our Motherland.


The preface says, children should learn about the Party and Lenin from early age.
    
and inside we find  a few poems about Lenin and a story: Lenin entertains children at a New Year party. A rather reluctant account written by one of the party apparatchiks. Luckily, this bullshit takes just around 2 per cent of the book.