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[[File:Plakat mayakowski gross.jpg|thumb|right|Agitprop poster by [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]] titled: "Want it? Join" <br>"1. You want to overcome cold?<br>2. You want to overcome hunger?<br>3. You want to eat?<br>4. You want to drink?<br>Hasten to join [[Udarnik|shock brigades]] of exemplary labor!"]]
'''Agitprop''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|dʒ|ɪ|t|p|r|ɒ|p}};<ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref><ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|agitprop|access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> from {{lang-rus|агитпроп|r=
The term originated in Soviet Russia as a shortened name for the Department for Agitation and Propaganda ({{lang|ru|отдел агитации и пропаганды}}, ''{{transl|ru|otdel agitatsii i propagandy}}''), which was part of the central and regional committees of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Agitprop|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/agitprop|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> Within the party apparatus, both agitation (work among people who were not Communists) and propaganda (political work among party members) were the responsibility of the ''agitpropotdel'', or APPO. Its head was a member of the MK secretariat, although they ranked second to the head of the ''orgraspredotdel''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merridale|first1=Catherine|title=Moscow Politics and the Rise of Stalin|date=1990|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-21044-2|page=142|doi=10.1007/978-1-349-21042-8_8 }}</ref> Typically Russian agitprop explained the ideology and policies of the Communist Party and attempted to persuade the general public to support and join the party and share its ideals. Agitprop was also used for dissemination of information and knowledge to the people, like new methods of agriculture. After the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, an agitprop train toured the country, with artists and actors performing simple plays and broadcasting propaganda.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ck-7wqD2Zf0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20091114052322/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-7wqD2Zf0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Agitprop Train|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-7wqD2Zf0|publisher=YouTube|date=2007-06-15|access-date=2009-05-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It had a printing press on board the train to allow posters to be reproduced and thrown out of the windows as it passed through villages.<ref>Paul A. Smith, ''On Political War'', p. 124, National Defense University Press, 1989</ref> The first head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]] of The Russian Communist Party (b) was [[Yevgeni Preobrazhensky|Evgeny Preobrazhensky]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Departments, commissions and institutions of the Central Committee of RCP (b) - VKP (b) - CPSU|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/03499.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525135813/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/03499.asp|archive-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>
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