Sovkino

The State Committee for Cinematography (Russian: Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР), abbreviated as Goskino USSR (Russian: Госкино СССР), was a central state directory body for film production in the Soviet Union. HistoryThe first main film production and distribution organisation in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic until 1924 was Goskino. This was succeeded by Sovkino from 1924 until being replaced by in 1930 chaired by Martemyan Ryutin, which had jurisdiction over the entire USSR until 1933. It was then replaced by (The Chief Directorate of the Film and Photo Industry, largely headed by Boris Shumyatsky), which, again, was replaced in 1939 by the until 1946, when it was replaced by the . The responsible heads of Soviet CinemaSource: 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 (head of the State Committee for Cinematography)1923–1925 (chairman of the Board of the State Film Agency)1925–1927 (director o