Lennauchfilm (

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of ''Leningrad studio popular science and educational films'') is a Soviet and Russian

film studio A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the productio ...

founded in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. The current Lennauchfilm studio is one of the largest in the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. Lennauchfilm is a full-cycle studio, working on films for theatrical, video and television rental. Documentary films created at Lennauchfilm cover such topics as the history of Russia, defense technology, architecture, religion, and customs of the multinational state. Topics of film series include the secrets of rare trades and crafts, popular science films about nature and travel, and biographical sketches. The collection Lennauchfilm includes

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, as well as

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(such as

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s using a variety of techniques). Products of Lennauchfilm have received awards in international film festivals.

History

The name of the studio has undergone several changes. * 1933–1936 – first founded under the name of ''Film Studio #1 "Texfilm"'' * 1936–1942 – it was called ''Leningrad Film Studio for Scientific and Technical Training Films "Lentexfilm"'' * in 1938, the "Film Studio" part of the name was shortened to "Studio" * 1942–1944 – it was called ''Leningrad Joint Studio for Scientific, Technical and Documentary Films'' * 1944–1946 – it was called ''"Lentexfilm"'' * 1946–1996 – it was called ''Leningrad studio of popular science films'' * 1996–2004 – it was called ''St. Petersburg studio of popular science films'' * 2004–2006 – it was reformed as a federal state unitary enterprise creative-production association ''St. Petersburg studio of popular movies'' * 2006–2012 – it was called OAO ''Kinostudio "Lennauchfilm"'' * 2012–present – after the reorganization and merger with JSC

Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed a ...

(also known as Central Film Studio), it is now called ''Branch "Lennauchfilm" of JSC "CNF"''. During the

siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of ...

, the studio continued to work, in

, to provide newsreels delivered immediately to theaters, as well as to the front lines. Over the years, such documentary cinematographers as

Pavel Klushantsev Pavel Vladimirovich Klushantsev (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Клуша́нцев; 25 February 1910 – 27 April 1999) was a Russian cameraman of higher category (1939), film director, producer, screenwriter and author who w ...

and others worked at the studio.

External links

Studio "Lennauchfilm"
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