About the book: 2024 / The book reveals issues of the development of Soviet cinema in the global context and includes research texts on the history of Soviet cinematography in aesthetic, cultural, social and political aspects, as well as focal studies of individual phenomena of Soviet cinema and interviews with Russian and foreign participants and witnesses of individual events. The study is structured according to a thematic and chronological principle and covers key facts and phenomena from the history of Soviet cinema from 1922 to 1991. This publication will be useful to researchers and students specializing in the study of the history of domestic and world cinema, as well as to anyone interested in the history of cinematography. The book examines aspects of Soviet cinema history in global context regarding their aesthetic, cultural, social and political meaning. Focus studies, interviews with Russian and foreign film professionals, historians and festival curators as well as memories of those who witnessed some major events are included. The monograph is based on thematic principle as well in accordance with chronological line and covers milestones and key phenomena of Soviet cinema from 1922 to 1991.The book is recommended both to professionals and students in the field of Soviet Russian and world cinema, as well as to all those who are interested in cinema history.