Why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? Trace the history of the art of persuasion.

How did Soviet propagandists try to sell the population on the aims of the plan? asks Senior Lecturer in Russian Reed Johnson. In a recent research project, Johnson took a fresh look at propaganda ...

Georgian artist Karlo Kacharava died in 1994—the art world is only beginning to understand his monument practice.

In her master’s thesis, CU grad student highlights how the current Russian regime is making use of Soviet narratives and symbols to justify its war with Ukraine For Daria Molchanova, the ongoing war ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

The huge Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv, one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks, has lost its Soviet hammer and sickle, replaced by a trident.

The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced it with the country's trident coat of arms.