Down with kolkhozes! We’re for kolkhozes 1933

Artist: B. Efimov, 1933.
This Soviet caricature poster contrasts two types of “peasants” during collectivization. On the left, the bloated, furious kulak screams “Down with kolkhozes!” while brandishing a gun, embodying violent resistance to Soviet agricultural reforms. On the right, a sly, hunchbacked figure proclaims “We’re for kolkhozes” but his abacus and suitcase reveal him as a deceitful opportunist who intends to sabotage collective farming from within. Efimov shows the kulaks as grotesque enemies trying either to openly destroy or secretly undermine collectivization. The imagery supported the message that true Soviet peasants backed kolkhozes, while class enemies only pretended to.