Stalin's Secret Order: Limiting Japanese Cartoons in the USSR.
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A secret order from Joseph Stalin was found in the Russian State Archives. The order, from 1936, banned Japanese cartoons in the Soviet Union.
The document reveals that Soviet leaders were secretly watching Japanese cartoons in the 1930s. Diplomats and sailors were bringing the cartoons back from trips and showing them in secret.
Historians say Stalin himself watched two cartoons, "Private Norakuro" and "Momotaro," at his vacation house. He was told to watch them by his assistants.
After watching the cartoons, Stalin sent an urgent message to the Soviet censorship office. He ordered them to stop Japanese cartoons from entering the country.
Stalin said the cartoons, with their big-eyed characters, were bad for Soviet people. He thought the cartoons would make people think about something other than building a socialist society.
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What did Joseph Stalin ban in the Soviet Union?
He banned Japanese cartoons.
Why did Stalin think Japanese cartoons were bad?
He thought they would make people think about something other than building a socialist society.
What did Stalin do after watching the cartoons?
He sent an urgent message to the Soviet censorship office to stop Japanese cartoons from entering the country.
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