Kravets, O.Sandıkçı, Ö.2015-07-282015-07-282013-10-280007-6805http://hdl.handle.net/11693/12224This article examines the marketing practices of the Soviet state trust for cosmetics, TeZhe, in the 1930s. Drawing on company records, industry reports, and popular press, we show that TeZhe used an array of marketing tactics, which were similar to those of the Western manufacturers. However, TeZhe's marketing was aligned with the state's economic and sociocultural initiatives and shaped by the ideological dictates of the Soviet system.EnglishCreationRussiaGenderWomenArtArticle10.1017/S000768051300072X2044-768X