The Bolsheviks recognized the importance of the new art of cinema, and even Vladimir Lenin believed it to be “the most significant of all arts.”
In the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution and subsequent civil war, the government began to embrace cinema as the most effective propaganda tool. A group of talented young artists emerged and helped create a new Soviet culture. They made dynamic, experimental, explosive posters to draw attention to the movies by papering the streets with vivid colors and arresting imagery.
