The Anti-NATO Narratives in Soviet Caricature during the Cold War

This article is devoted to the study of anti-NATO narratives in Soviet propaganda cartoons during the Cold War.As research materials, the work uses cartoon illustrations from the Soviet satirical magazine "Crocodile" (by the creative team "Kukryniksy" and other individual artists).The research methodology is represented by both general scientific and special historical research methods.The structure of the article consists of 3 thematic sections ("Narrative about the false desire for peace and military expansion of the NATO bloc", "Narrative about the financial and economic situation of the NATO bloc and the role of the United States in it", "Narrative about the similarity of the NATO bloc and Hitler's Germany"), in each of which analyzes specific propaganda narratives.In conclusion, the author draws conclusions about the characteristics of the propaganda narratives examined in the work, as well as their role in the formation of certain views of the country's population.