ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

1920s-1930s religious issues in the lens of periodical press photos

Lecturer, Department of History and Methods of Teaching It, Jizzakh State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistan

Abstract

The article describes how religious themes were reflected in photographs of Uzbek periodicals of the 1920s-1930s.It is well known that the policy of the Bolshevik Party denied religion, its role and significance in the life of society. In this regard, anti-religious information and propaganda activities were carried out in periodicals. In carrying out this task, the mediation of periodic photographs was also widely used. This article provides a number of examples from periodicals covering religious topics. On the basis of these examples, the types of images, the essence of the content, functions, methods of depiction, objects dedicated to the issues of religion are analyzed.

Keywords

Periodicals, Cartoons, Photographs, Soviet Power, Propaganda, Religion, Clergy, Believers, Religious Ceremonies, Criticism