Leonid Khmara

Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.

Follows the Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1975

About Nadezhda Rusheva, a young artist who has created illustrations for the myths of Ancient Greece, as well as works by Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail Bulgakov.

A full-length documentary film directed by Alexander Medvedkin tells about the nature of Maoism, the events in China in the 1960s and early 1970s

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A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man.

A documentary dedicated to the great Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure Taras Shevchenko. Featuring animated sequences by Vladimir Popov and Vladimir Pekar.

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Documentary about preparation for Vostok 3 abd Vostok 4 space missions, with cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich on board.

A popular science film about the exploration of one of the planets of the solar system - Mars.

A feature on Soviet space exploration on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Socialist Revolution.

The history of the Soviet space program and the flight of the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin.

Soviet documentary about customs and nature of the people's Republic of Mali

About the struggle of the South Vietnamese people against American aggression.

The film explores how human understanding of the structure of the universe has evolved, drawing on the examples of notable scientists from different eras, and examines the nature of the Sun and the impact of solar flares on life on Earth.

The 1961 Nominee of the Palme d'Or as the Best Short Film.

Documentary footage of Soviet Air Forces parade held on 9 July 1961 on Tushino airfield.

Documentary about preparation for Vostok 2 space mission, launched on August 6 of 1961 with cosmonaut Gherman Titov on board.

A documentary film, the hero of which travels through the countries of Europe, to the places where his father fought 20 years ago...

A film about documentary filmmakers. Newsreels from different years were used.

Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

On the visit to the Soviet Union in April 1965 of the party and government delegation of the Mongolian People's Republic, headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Comrade.

A color documentary on the latest advancements in molecular biology and genetics.

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation.

Documentary film about the town of Kuban oil workers (Akhtyrsky village, Abinsk region), filmed in 1953.

Young ballet artists from across the Soviet Union showcase their skills at the All-Union Festival of Choreographic Schools.

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

The whole world knows the immortal feat of the residents of besieged Leningrad, accomplished during the Great Patriotic War. The tragic story of the blockade, which lasted for nine hundred days and ended with the defeat of the fascists at the gates of the unconquered city, will forever remain in the history of humanity as the most vivid example of courage and patriotism.

A scenic documentary sketch about Moscow that tells about its landmarks, enterprises, and the residents of the capital.

This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; the second describes the development of rocket technology; and the third visualizes the future with enactments of the first manned spaceflight, spacewalk, space station construction and humans on the moon.

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A documentary film about the Karelo-Finnish SSR.

A popular science film on the physical properties of matter and nuclear physics, which simply and clearly presents complex phenomena. From Democritus and alchemists to the first nuclear power plant, and dreams of nuclear ships and spacecrafts.

Moscow during the Sixth World Festival of Youth and Students. Performances by circus artists from different countries on various stages: at the circus, in the Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, at the operetta theater, etc.

A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.

A rare Soviet documentary film from 1951, directed by Pavel Klushantsev. It explores the history of humanity’s study of the universe, from ancient astronomy to modern understandings of the solar system, examining the structure of the cosmos, the planets, and advances in scientific space research.

Filmmakers from the Central Studio of Documentary Films track down the children who starred in the Pioneeria documentary series a decade earlier.

A documentary about the reopening of Moscow's GUM, the largest department store in the Soviet Union.

A film essay about the daily experiences of schoolchildren across the Soviet Union.

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About the history and traditions of the Kabardian people, formation and transformations in the land of Kabarda.

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Aleksandr Pokryshkin

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An overview of the history of Moscow from the October Revolution to postwar reconstruction.

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.

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A documentary on the history of the Red Army, from the Russian Civil War to the end of the Second World War.

About the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace near Yalta.

A short documentary on life in Soviet-era Dagestan.

About the industrial history of the Urals and the contribution of the industrial enterprises of the Urals to the struggle against Nazi Germany.

A Soviet documentary surveying the liberation of France, from D-Day landings and partisan actions to the entry into Paris. Edited at TsSDF from footage shot by French, British, American, Soviet—and captured German—cameramen, it blends frontline combat and city-by-city liberation with portraits of French cultural landmarks and daily life returning after occupation.

A Soviet documentary chronicling the final assault on Nazi Germany’s capital. More than forty frontline cameramen from the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts captured the battle and its aftermath, supplemented with seized German footage. The film records the destruction of Berlin and the symbolic collapse of Hitler’s regime, standing as both a historical chronicle and a work of Soviet wartime cinema.

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The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops.

A film adaptation of Rodion Shchedrin's ballet staged by the USSR State Ballet Theater.