Svět sovětů
Svět sovětů (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.
Also recorded as Svět sovětů, nakladatelství Svazu československo-sovětského přátelství
Svět sovětů
- Founded
- Svět sovětů was established or created in 1948.
- Headquarters
- Svět sovětů has its headquarters at Prague.
- Dissolved
- Svět sovětů was dissolved or ceased in 1968.
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• Language — Czech • Based — Prague • Founder — Union of Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship • Founded — 1932 • Finaldate — 1968 • Category — Propaganda magazine • Frequency — Weekly
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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. It frequently contained propaganda material supporting the Soviet government. It was published on a weekly basis in Prague. 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. It also began to cover more color photographs. The circulation of Svět sovětů was around 3,000 copies in 1967. The magazine ceased publication in 1968.
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1948
Svět sovětů established.
1948
Svět sovětů was established or created in 1948.
1968
Svět sovětů ceased.
1968
Svět sovětů was dissolved or ceased in 1968.
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Svět sovětů is situated in Czechoslovakia.
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The circumstances in which Svět sovětů stands. Established or created in 1948. Recorded as publishing house. Dissolved or ceased in 1968. sovětů has its headquarters at Prague. Situated in Czechoslovakia.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q88806997: Svět sovětů
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- 1.Rachel Applebaum. The Friendship Project: Socialist Internationalism in the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and 1960s. Slavic Review. 74. 3. 496–497. Fall 2015. 10.5612/slavicreview.74.3.484.
- 2.Jindřich Toman. Émigré Traces: John Heartfield in Prague. History of Photography. 32. 3. 281. 2008. 10.1080/03087290802018892.
- 3.U.S. Government Printing Office. East European Accessions Index. 4. 5. 1955.
- 4.Svět sovětů. cbvk.cz.
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