Fonts and Fascists

[David E. Crawford]

During my 1999 trip to Moscow and Peterburg, I noticed that text on
monuments and placards commemorating battle victories over the
fascists all seemed to consistently use the same rather-unique
typeface.  An example is the ground-level inscription on the
"artillery side" of St. Isaac's Cathedral (my efforts to find an
example illustration on the web failed).  I don't know how to
describe it other than it's rather bold and modern-looking for the
era in which it originated.  I'd be curious to know if this
consistency is simply due to one designer or state bureau being
assigned to create such monuments, or an intentional "Pavlovian"
attempt to associate anti-fascist emotions with a certain script (for
future use against any propaganda target which the state desired to
paint as fascist).  If the latter, are there any other similar
subject-matter cases where a peculiar typeface is exclusively used?
Does anyone know what the "fascist" typeface is called, and if so,
might there be a truetype font rendition in existence?

I'm also looking for a truetype font of the Soviet-era newspaper
Pravda masthead typeface, if anyone knows of one.

TIA.
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