Under Communism, comics were often vilified as "bourgeois art". However, the medium survived through:
The launch of Komiksolet , the first Russian comics website, bypassed traditional publishing hurdles and sparked a new explosion of creativity. Komiks: Comic Art in Russia
The first studio dedicated exclusively to comics in the USSR, though it eventually folded due to economic pressures in the new free market. Under Communism, comics were often vilified as "bourgeois
Medieval hagiographical icons used border scenes to tell a saint's life in chronological order, much like a modern comic strip. the first Russian comics website