CARAVANS & COMMISSARS

“The physical education of the rising generation is one of the necessary elements of the system of communist education of youth.” -Vladimir Lenin, addressing the Third Congress of the Komosomol, October 1920 Historical Background Sambo is a Soviet sport that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s as a hand‑to‑hand combat system developed for the Red Army and security forces. Its movements are drawn from judo, wrestling, and other fighting arts. Its name comes from the Russian phrase

Children, like soft wax, are very malleable and they should be molded into good Communists - Soviet Educational Theorist The Millionaire (1963), an eleven-minute cartoon, tells the story of a bulldog who becomes rich by inheriting his owner’s estate. Directed by Vitold Bordzilosky and Yuriy Prytkov, the film mocks capitalist ideology and exposes the corruption of Western democracy. The film was produced by the major Soviet studio Soyuzmultfilm as a piece of anti‑U.S. propag