Campaign Posters for the Constituent Assembly

Campaign posters for elections to the Constituent Assembly in 1918 show the variety of parties competing for seats. The campaign posters for the Constitutional Democrats, or Kadets, a leading party, appeal to a literate and educated audience. Such political materials displayed none of the graphic originality that would distinguish Bolshevik posters in coming years.

Kadet Election Poster Vote for List No. 7! Kadet Election Poster
1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth