Red tape from red square

This publication presents Russian satirical posters and newspaper cartoons depicting the evils and unintended consequences of bureaucracy. The book is part of a rediscovery of a larger body of creative resources, such as novels, poetry, cinematography, theater, songs, sculpture, etc., many of which have been analyzed from an administrative perspective. The volume contains 303 full-color graphics accompanied by text and, in many instances, poems, all translated into English. The anti-bureaucratic satire of the Soviet era, often tame but telling - the main focus of the book - is represented by cartoons from newspapers and magazines of the 1920s through mid-1980s, the biggest being Krokodil and Literaturnaya Gazeta, as well as the "Fighting Pencil" posters.