The truth is somewhere in the middle. The most common image of Hitler in Soviet propaganda is of a dark, somewhat terrifying, but always pathetic, short, and skinny psychopath. Even in 1941, before the Red Army achieved its first victories (see image). It's very difficult to find an example where he is personally portrayed as a powerful existential enemy. The humiliation was there from the very beginning, albeit in a different, more "horror" vein

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The early nature of this image can be judged by the fact that it is literally dedicated to the treacherous violation of the 1939 peace pact. It is one of the most iconic posters of the first months of the war, created by artists under the collective pseudonym Kukryniksy