Thread: Soviet slogan

I've got a Soviet Poster, which has this on it:

Вся впасть совтамъ!
Заводы рабочимъ!
Земля крестьянамъ!
Миръ народамъ!

??? to the Soviets!
The factories to the workers!
The land to the peasants!
The world to the people!

I don't get the first line.
I thought it meant "Everything falls to the Soviets".
But why is it Вся?

Are you sure you've gotten the Cyrillic letters correct? Changed a bit, it'd be "all power to the Soviets," which was, IIRC, a commonly used slogan.

Originally Posted by Линдзи

Are you sure you've gotten the Cyrillic letters correct? Changed a bit, it'd be "all power to the Soviets," which was, IIRC, a commonly used slogan.

Yes it is. Its the font they used, the Л looks like a П.

Well, there you go.

Vot.

http://www.internationalposter.com/wdet ... e=RUL07861

All power to the Soviets (Councils)!
The factories to the workers!
The land to the peasants!
Peace to nations!

I don't get the first line.
I thought it meant "Everything falls to the Soviets".

It's not впасть, read more accurately, it's власть.

Originally Posted by Nixer

All power to the Soviets (Councils)!
The factories to the workers!
The land to the peasants!
Peace to nations!

I don't get the first line.
I thought it meant "Everything falls to the Soviets".

It's not впасть, read more accurately, it's власть.

Yes, we established this ealier.

In the font that they use the Л looks like a П.

I remember now, pre 1917, Мир was peace and Mip was world.

Speaking about slogans, there was another one, by Lenin I think, about electrification and the construction of the communist world. Anyone remembers that? How exactly was it ? I remember having read it at the Lenin museum in Manezhnaya ploschad' (long ago, cause once I read it had been closed)

Speaking about slogans, there was another one, by Lenin I think, about electrification and the construction of the communist world. Anyone remembers that? How exactly was it ?

Коммунизм — это советская власть плюс электрификация всей страны


Еще была такая шутка об этом лозунге:
Коммунизм = Советская власть + Электрификация всей страны
ergo
Электрификация всей страны = Коммунизм – Советская власть

Thanks.

In Cuba there's the slogan: Socialismo o muerte (Socialism or death)

And people answer jokingly: Valga la redundancia (if you'll forgive the repetition)

(Just an anecdotic comment, do not take as an offenceeee )

Originally Posted by Jca

Thanks.

In Cuba there's the slogan: Socialismo o muerte (Socialism or death)

And people answer jokingly: Valga la redundancia (if you'll forgive the repetition)

(Just an anecdotic comment, do not take as an offenceeee )

Lenin will be turning in his grave... I mean glass box.

TATY, you mean mausoleum?

Jca, nice joke!