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'I can't believe my eyes'
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Soviet Union |
| Description | Cartoon shows Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin, resting on a cloud labeled "Communist Paradise," looking down in dismay at Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev leading a funeral procession bearing a coffin labeled "Communism." Between 1985 and 1990, Gorbachev steered his country's foreign relations in a new conciliatory direction by working with Presidents Reagan and Bush to sign a series of arms control agreements, withdrawing Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and improving relations with China. He also transferred power from the Communist Party to elected legislatures in Russia's union republics. Such developments, along with the fall of the Berlin Wall and unification of East and West Germany, signaled the end of the Cold War. Valtman imagines the consternation with which the hallowed Communist trinity, Marx, Lenin, and Stalin, would have viewed these developments. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Funeral rites & ceremonies--1990-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich,--1931- |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stalin, Joseph,--1879-1953. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Communism--Soviet Union--1990-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,--1870-1924. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Marx, Karl,--1818-1883. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
