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
- Date
- July 5, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Empire and colonialism, Elections and party politics
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743244 (NAID 5743244).
Text on the object
KHRUSHCHEV MOLOTOV JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
