Email this article State-Owned Photo-Cinematic Joint-Stock Company Sovkino (1924-1930): History and Purposes of Creation
- Authors: Zhdanova V.A1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Film Art, VGIK
- Issue: Vol 7, No 3 (2015)
- Pages: 8-17
- Section: THEORY AND HISTORY OF CINEMA | AUDIOVISUAL ARTS
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2074-0832/article/view/14745
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/VGIK738-17
- ID: 14745
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The article treats pre-history of the above Joint-Stock Company Sovki- no(1924-1930) in the social, cultural and history oriented period context. Creation of Sovkino was caused by the authorities effort to further centralize and own cinema industry. The new company was meant to consolidate film distribution in the Socialist Russian Federation, villages included, establish a film fund to show in workers clubs as well as a film fund for children. New archive sources and data of the 1920s are used in the research of Sovkino activities.
About the authors
Varvara A Zhdanova
Institute of Film Art, VGIK
Author for correspondence.
Email: editor@vestnik-vgik.com
PhD (Philology), senior researcher
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