La Russia paese libero pacifico e felice.
Rome: Stabilimento Tipografico U.E.S.I.S.A., [not before 1943]. Pamphlet. 29, [3] pp. 8 x 5.5 in. At head of title: “La vera faccia della Russia.” Colophon: “A cura del Centro Diffusione stampa del Partito Comunista Italiano.” Pencil inscriptions on final page and page [3] of covers. Price on rear cover: Lire 12.
Issued by the Italian Communist Party, this pamphlet’s nine chapters each seek to demystify and de-villainize a separate facet of life in Soviet Russia: property, family, liberty, daily life; some of these are in response to criticism by specific people or organizations. A striking cover illustration “unmasks” a smiling person at work harvesting wheat. Date of publication based on internal evidence.
Cat.No: 297454
Price: $35.00