Jokes and humor of 1937. What was joked about in the year of large-scale repressions
Merchants of the Motherland
The year 1937 was famous for various events. For example, in 1937, the Guadalajara operation began in Spain, and the well-known camera company Canon was founded in Japan. In Russia, this year was famous for political repressions. What did Soviet citizens laugh at during the years of Stalin’s large-scale repressions? Namely, in the ill-fated year of 1937? We’re going to find out right now. And the next cartoon from 1937 ridicules Trotsky’s writings.
“Equivalent Labors”
The following caricature was drawn by the famous long-lived artist Boris Efimov. And again they laugh at Trotsky.
Two battalions and a detachment
Construction fever. The cartoon mocks Poland.
Warsaw is being rebuilt
Paths-paths. In 1937, according to this cartoon, the roads were cleared only for the chairmen. Ordinary people had to walk on uncleared roads. And repressions, as you can see, did not help at all in this matter. So anyone who thinks that repression is a panacea for all problems (and there are such people) is greatly mistaken. We read “The Crocodile” for 1937 and make sure of it.
Paths-paths
A joke about the Zoo, where a lion was fed raw meat, ridiculed Soviet catering, where people were fed.
Disgusting cooking
About the demand for Pushkin’s books.
They demand and demand!
That’s the joke in 1937. If you’ve read this review to the end, then you’ve been interested.