WISH YOU WERE (NOT) HERE: ANTI-BOLSHEVIK POSTCARDS OF THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, 191821

During the Russian Civil War the Bolsheviks made extensive use of the postcard as a vehicle for transmitting political ideas. Their opponents, by contrast, largely ignored the medium and chose instead to concentrate on poster and newspaper production. This article looks at the reasons behind that decision, analysing a representative selection of the few anti-Bolshevik postcards that were produced and showing how wider concerns about political unity, distribution networks and access to raw materials had a direct impact upon the Whites ability to use postcards for propaganda purposes.