Picture 1: This picture represents a physical culture demonstration happening in Moscow in 1938. During this time, the Soviet Union was pushing for individuals to partake in physical culture to ensure they had could recruit strong individuals into the military at a moment’s notice and because they believed such exercise could increase a worker’s productivity. In this picture, everyone is neatly formed into lines, and there are both men and women. This indicates the changing attitude of Soviets towards gender. They believed that everyone, regardless of gender, should partake in these sports. The men also appear to be shirtless, which indicates that by being in these physical culture programs, the men have nothing bad to hide and can be proud
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This picture is once again a snapshot of the Soviet moment to encourage all of its citizens to join in physical culture. The physical culture was a way of training the citizens to be ready for war, improve labor strength, and just to promote better public health of the nation. The Soviets used these big parades to highlight the best athletes around the USSR, but to also pay respects to their leaders. This is why there are pictures of Lenin and Stalin in the background of this image. Furthermore, these parades were elaborate demonstrations with many people participating. People would wear various costumes and would be doing many acrobatic exercises or gymnastics to show how flexible and strong they were. In this picture, the women are wearing uniforms that would be considered scandalous for the times. However, they were wearing such uniforms because they wanted to show how strong they were. If that had to wear what was considered proper, then they’d look ridiculous and couldn’t perform to the best of their abilities. Essentially, they were showing the citizens what can happen to you and your body if you partake in physical sport. Not only will you be happy, but you will also be very able bodied and physically fit. These show parades that happened once a year were supposed to draw citizens in. This was essentially a very strong form of propaganda meant to get the citizens involved in the Soviet State and make them believe that the Soviet ways were the best and only
This picture is once again a snapshot of the Soviet moment to encourage all of its citizens to join in physical culture. The physical culture was a way of training the citizens to be ready for war, improve labor strength, and just to promote better public health of the nation. The Soviets used these big parades to highlight the best athletes around the USSR, but to also pay respects to their leaders. This is why there are pictures of Lenin and Stalin in the background of this image. Furthermore, these parades were elaborate demonstrations with many people participating. People would wear various costumes and would be doing many acrobatic exercises or gymnastics to show how flexible and strong they were. In this picture, the women are wearing uniforms that would be considered scandalous for the times. However, they were wearing such uniforms because they wanted to show how strong they were. If that had to wear what was considered proper, then they’d look ridiculous and couldn’t perform to the best of their abilities. Essentially, they were showing the citizens what can happen to you and your body if you partake in physical sport. Not only will you be happy, but you will also be very able bodied and physically fit. These show parades that happened once a year were supposed to draw citizens in. This was essentially a very strong form of propaganda meant to get the citizens involved in the Soviet State and make them believe that the Soviet ways were the best and only