There’s a post at Buzzfeed’s community-contributed section titled, get this, “29 Astounding Soviet Propaganda Images Promoting Racial Equality.” The subtitle is “Whoa. The Soviet Union got racial equality right before America?”

Here’s first paragraph:

Under its policy of internationalism, the Soviet Union tried to eliminate racism right from the beginning — aggressively instituting domestic and international policies of equality, humanism, and anti-colonialism.

What a great guy that Stalin was!

What a mortifyingly, offensively ignorant post, @buzzfeed. Shameless. This isn't even specialized knowledge. Read a http://t.co/2NSng5w14j — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 22, 2014

@PruPaine @NoahCRothman @BuzzFeed To be clear. That's just a community post. Not by somebody who actually works at Buzzfeed. — Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 22, 2014

@PruPaine @NoahCRothman @BuzzFeed Though, it would be interesting to know if Buzzfeed promoted the piece or not. — Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 22, 2014

That old Soviet Union sure was way ahead of its time on human and civil rights, wasn’t it? And a Buzzfeed community contributor found the posters to prove it.

The Buzzfeed-style mockery brought about some hilarious ideas of what kinds of follow-up articles we may see while at the same time providing a valuable history lesson:

10 Pictures of Stalin Throwing Serious Shade at Party Members He Had Purged and Tortured to Death — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@BecketAdams These Six Apparatchiks Didn't Applaud Enough At The 18th All-Party Congress…And You Won't Believe The Gulug They're In Now — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 22, 2014

@TheRickWilson @BecketAdams 11 weird tricks to escape a gulag — Matt (@mdrache) January 22, 2014

@mdrache The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Hate This Video! @TheRickWilson — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@BecketAdams @mdrache The Secret Behind This Tireless Stakhanovite Labor Hero Project Will Surprise You! — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 22, 2014

@TheRickWilson Red or White: Which Party Do You Actually Belong In? @mdrache — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@BecketAdams @mdrache Heartwarming Scenes from This Soviet Psychiatric Hospital for Political Dissidents Will Surprise You — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 22, 2014

@TheRickWilson We Thought Trotsky Escaped the Hell He Helped Create — But What Happened Next in Mexico City Left Us Speechless @mdrache — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@TheRickWilson 13 Code Names that Would Get You Kicked Out Of Dissident Club @BecketAdams — Matt (@mdrache) January 22, 2014

@mdrache 19 WTF! Parallels Between Soviet Russia and “Brazil” @TheRickWilson — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@TheRickWilson 34 Sex Tips from Siberia That Might Surprise Florida Retirees @BecketAdams — Matt (@mdrache) January 22, 2014

@mdrache @BecketAdams Take Our Kulak Quiz! Will You Be Forcibly Relocated, Shot, or Starved to Death? The Answer Could Be All Three! — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 22, 2014

@mdrache 20M Soviets Who Didn’t Live Long Enough to Take This Disney Princess Personality Quiz @TheRickWilson — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 22, 2014

@BecketAdams Ezra Klein: Why Bullets Are Cheaper Than Reform @TheRickWilson — Matt (@mdrache) January 22, 2014

RT @mdrache: @BecketAdams These 20 Million People Won't Need Obamacare. Click This Slideshow to See Why! — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 23, 2014

@TheRickWilson The Catty Fallout Between Lenin, Zinoviev and Kamenev, As Explained Through “Mean Girls” GIFs @mdrache — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 23, 2014

@BecketAdams @mdrache Now Ice Axe? Use These Simple Home Tool Hacks To Crush The Skull of Political Apostates! — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 23, 2014

@BecketAdams @mdrache 16 Funny Ways Beria, Khrushchev, and Malenkov's Battle Over Succession Was Like The East Coast/West Coast Rap War. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 23, 2014

@TheRickWilson One Simple Trick to Avoid Getting Gangrene from Frostbite in the Work Camps (Hint: It Involves Teeth!)@mdrache — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 23, 2014

Hilarious, but at the same time a shame the mockery was necessary.

(h/t Laura_PH)