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Motion picture producers and directors --- Documentary films --- Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma --- Documentaires --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Vertov, Dziga, --- film --- documentaire --- Rusland --- Sovjet-Unie --- Vertov Dziga --- twintigste eeuw --- film en propaganda --- cinéma-vérité --- 791.471 VERTOV --- Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma

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In one of the most iconic images from World War II, a Russian soldier raises a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag on April 30, 1945. Known as the Victory Banner, this piece of fabric has come to symbolize Russian triumph, glory, and patriotism. Facsimiles are used in public celebrations all over the country, and an exact replica is the centerpiece in the annual Victory Parade in Moscow's Red Square. The Victory Banner Over the Reichstag examines how and why this symbol was created, the changing media of its expression, and the contested evolution of its message. From association with Stalinism and communism to its acquisition of Russian nationalist meaning, Jeremy Hicks demonstrates how this symbol was used to construct a collective Russian memory of the war. He traces how the Soviets, and then Vladimir Putin, have used this image and the banner itself to build a remarkably powerful mythology of Russian greatness.

War and society --- National characteristics, Russian --- Collective memory --- Emblems, State --- Flags --- Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- History --- History --- Motion pictures and the war --- Flags --- Soviet Union. --- Flags.

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The early years of the twenty-first century have been an exciting transitional period in Russian cinema, as the industry recovered from the crises of the late 1990s and again stepped onto the global stage. During these years four generations, from the late Soviet directors through post-Soviet and New Russian filmmakers to the Russian millennials, have worked in varying visual styles and with diverse narrative strategies, while searching for a new cinematic language. Financing and distribution models have evolved, along with conservative politics driving Ministry of Culture regulation. This reader is intended both for contemporary Russian cinema courses and for modern Russian culture courses that emphasize film. It does not attempt to establish a canon for the period but seeks to provide undergraduate students with an introduction to significant Russian films released between 2005 and 2016 that are also available with English subtitles. The twenty-one essays on individual films provide background information on directors' careers, detailed analyses of selected films, along with suggested further readings both in English and Russian.

Motion pictures --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History --- History and criticism --- Aleksandr Mindadze. --- Aleksandr Sokurov. --- Aleksandr Zel'dovich. --- Aleksei Balabanov. --- Aleksei Fedorchenko. --- Aleksei German. --- Andrei Konchalovsky. --- Andrei Proshkin. --- Andrei Zviagintsev. --- Anna Melikian. --- Cargo 200. --- Contemporary Russian Culture. --- Contemporary Russian film. --- Dead Man's Bluff. --- Elena. --- Hard to be a God. --- Hipsters. --- Legend Number 17. --- Leviathan. --- Mermaid. --- Mikhail Segal. --- My Good Hans. --- My Joy. --- Nikolai Lebedev. --- Paradise. --- Post-Soviet film. --- Russian cinema. --- Sergei Loznitsa. --- Short Stories. --- Silent Souls. --- The Horde. --- The Land of Oz. --- The Sun. --- The Target. --- Valery Todorovsky. --- Vasily Sigarev. --- cinema. --- film. --- Motion pictures. --- 2000-2099. --- Russia (Federation).