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(SOVIET UNION) - Mir i svoboda v Sovdepii [“Peace and Freedom among the Soviets.”] 21 x 30.15 inches (53 x 76 cm). Framed. 1919: White Army propaganda poster from the Russian Civil War era, depicts Trotsky as a large demon-like figure with bright red skin and Chinese soldiers below, wearing braids and blue and gold uniforms). The imagery has a clear anti-Semitic component, as many young Jews became revolutionaries and so were often blamed for the ‘red discord’ in Russia.