What Does The Factory Symbolize The Russian Revolution

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Russia is using this plate as propaganda for the Communist revolution. The worker and the factory in the background are painted red to symbolize that the production facilities are government owned rather than ran as a capitalist system. “The former Imperial Porcelain Factory, founded in 1744, worked exclusively for the Russian Royal Family and Imperial Court. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the factory was renamed the State Porcelain Factory” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/QReTVeCrQBW86UScSIMAtw).
The worker is stepping on the word Kapital while standing tall and proud to symbolize the overthrow of the capitalist system and show pride for their new Communist state. Capitalism was what the new regime wanted to erase and

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