Soviet Russia in the public mood of Italians: 1941-1943
The article deals with the mindset of the general Italian population, established by the end of two decades of the rule of the fascist regime. An attempt is made to analyze the Italians’ imagination of the Soviet Union, formed up to the beginning of the Second World War as a result of anti-Soviet propaganda and other factors. The author examines the problem of the effectiveness of fascist propaganda and its perception of Italian society. The study also includes analysis of the dynamics of ideas on the Soviet Union and causes of their change. The most important of them were direct contacts with the Soviet population in the zone of Italian occupation in the south regions of the USSR.