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title: Soviet Sleigh Ride
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-soviet-sleigh-ride-1957/
description: A man labelled 'Khrushchev' in a fur hat drives a horse-drawn sleigh marked with a hammer and sickle while a man labelled 'Molotov' is thrown out
section: Collection
---

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[![Soviet Sleigh Ride, 1957 US cartoon: A man labelled 'Khrushchev' in a fur hat drives a horse-drawn sleigh marked](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-soviet-sleigh-ride-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-soviet-sleigh-ride-1957.jpg)

# Soviet Sleigh Ride

A man labelled 'Khrushchev' in a fur hat drives a horse-drawn sleigh marked with a hammer and sickle while a man labelled 'Molotov' is thrown out of the back, boots in the air. The cartoon depicts Molotov as having been tipped off the Soviet leadership's vehicle. The tell is ridicule through caricature, a weak fit for name-calling.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
KHRUSHCHEV
MOLOTOV
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← Exhibition of Paintings poster, USIS Sketch Club (Karachi)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/exhibition-of-paintings-poster-usis-sketch-club-karachi-1957/) [Never a Dull Moment, Uncle →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/never-a-dull-moment-uncle-1957/)

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