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title: Chollima Statue, Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chollima-statue-pyongyang-2014/
description: A large bronze figure of a rider on a winged horse, one arm raised holding a paper, is mounted on a tall tapering stone pedestal on a hillside in…
section: Collection
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# Chollima Statue, Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)

A large bronze figure of a rider on a winged horse, one arm raised holding a paper, is mounted on a tall tapering stone pedestal on a hillside in Pyongyang, with trees and visitors in the foreground. The Chollima is a winged horse of Korean legend said to cover a thousand ri in a day, and gave its name to the production-speed campaign of the late 1950s. The tell: glittering generalities, a legend of speed and national greatness stands in for any production target or measurable claim.

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text visible on the statue or its pedestal in this photograph.

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