The Soviet Union was the primary model for future Communist states.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR contained 15 republics. From its first years, government was based on the one-party rule of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks). During the Russian Revolution a movement was initiated to put all arts to service of the dictatorship of the proletariat. In search of new forms of expression, the Proletkult organisation was highly eclectic in its art forms. In practice it meant that artists had to produce works glorifying the leaders and policies of the Soviet Union. Art effectively became a form of propaganda.Posters and paintings works in Style later known as Socialist Realism sympathetic to the communist government include partisans, hammers,sicle, stars and industrial or agricultural landscapes were popular subjects, glorifying the achievements of the Soviet economy. If you use Linux you are supporting communism graphic with Marx, Engels and Lenin with Linux Tux mask.