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Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. It was a central state directory body of Soviet film production.


History

The first main film production and distribution organisation in the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
until 1924 was Goskino; this was succeeded by
Sovkino Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...
from 1924 to 1930, and then replaced with Soyuzkino in 1930 chaired by
Martemyan Ryutin Martemyan Nikitich Ryutin ( rus, Мартемья́н Ники́тич Рю́тин, Martem'yán Nikítich Ryútin; 13 February, 1890 – 10 January, 1937) was a Russian Marxist activist, Bolshevik revolutionary, and a political functionary of th ...
, which had jurisdiction over the entire
USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
until 1933, when it was then replaced by GUKF (The Chief Directorate of the Film and Photo Industry, largely headed by
Boris Shumyatsky Boris Zakharovich Shumyatsky (russian: Бори́с Заха́рович Шумя́цкий; November 16, 1886 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician, diplomat and the ''de facto'' executive producer for the Soviet film monopolie ...
); which, again, was replaced in 1939 by the
Central Committee for Cinema Affairs Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center (disambiguation), center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa ...
until 1946, when it was replaced by the Ministry of the Cinema.


The responsible heads of Soviet Cinema:

* 1919–1921 Dmitry Ilyich Leshchenko (head of the photo-film department of the People's Commissariat for Education) * 1921–1922 Pyotr Ivanovich Voevodin (head of the photo-film department of the People's Commissariat for Education) * 1922–1923 Lev Arkadyevich Lieberman (head of the State Committee for Cinematography) * 1923–1925 Erasmus Samuilovich Kadomtsev (Chairman of the Board of the State Film Agency) * 1925–1927 Stefan Alekseevich Bala-Dobrov (director of the State Film Agency) * 1926–1929 Konstantin Matveyevich Shvedchikov (Chairman of the Board of Sovkino) * 1929–1930 Jan Ernestovich Rudzutak (Chairman of the Film Committee) * 1930–1930 Martemyan Nikitich Ryutin (Chairman of the Board of Soyuzkino) * 1930–1938 Boris Zakharovich Shumyatsky * 1938–1939 Semyon Semyonovich Dukelsky * 1939–1953 Ivan Grigorievich Bolshakov


Goskino

Subsequently, in 1963 Goskino USSR was created by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of USSR on March 23, 1963, as the State Committee of the
Council of Ministers of the USSR The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...
on Cinematography. From 1965 to 1972, its name was simplified to the Committee on Cinematography of the Council of Ministers. From 1972 to 1978, the committee regained its original name. From 1978, until its dissolution in 1991, it was called the State Committee of the USSR on Cinematography. In 1991 Goskino USSR was abolished by a statement of the State Council USSR of November 14, 1991 (No. ГС-13).


Presidents of Goskino

* 1963–1972 Alexei Romanov * 1972–1986 Fililp Ermash * 1986–1991
Aleksandr Kamshalov Aleksandr Kamshalov (1932–2019; Russian: Александр Камшалов) was a member of the Communist Party who served as the chairman of the State Committee for Cinematography in the Soviet Union being last Soviet politician who held the ...


Reanimation

In 1992 the Roskino/Roskomkino was created, which was later renamed into the State Committee of Russian Federation for Cinematography (Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по кинематографии) in the modern Russia as the supreme government organ in charge of
filmmaking Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
. Both performed general management and censorship functions.
Roskino Roskino (Russian: Роскино), formerly Roskomkino (Роскомкино), is a state body representing Russian industry of audiovisual content on the international markets, a national operator for the promotion of films, series and animation a ...
was disestablished in May 2008, after
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
's decree N 867.President of Russian Federation. Order (Указ) May 17, 2000, N 867
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References

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