OPPRESSION OF UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY DURING THE YEARS OF STALINISM Cover Image

УТИСКИ УКРАЇНСЬКОГО КІНЕМАТОГРАФУ В РОКИ СТАЛІНІЗМУ
OPPRESSION OF UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY DURING THE YEARS OF STALINISM

Author(s): Olga Demidko
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: Stalinism; USSR; communist ideology; cinematography; Committee on cinematography under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR; the Department for Agitation and Propaganda;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research is to highlight the forms of pressure on Soviet cinematographers during the years of Stalinist repressions. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, and a comprehensive approach. The work uses the historical-genetic method, which indicates the cause-and-effect relationships of repressive actions in relation to the specified artists. The historical-comparative method makes it possible to analyse the peculiarities of cultural policy in 1940, 1943 and 1946, to find out how the Second World War affected art and state policy in the field of cinematography. The systematic method makes it possible to understand that cinematography was a component of ideological influence on the population. The novelty of the study. For the first time, the history and creative work of Soviet cinematographers, who were natives of Ukraine and whose criticism symbolised certain stages in the ideological policy of the Communist Party, were compared. Conclusions. It was established that the process of criticism and condemnation was clearly developed in the Soviet totalitarian society. Despite the difference in professions and the subject of the work, the artists were accused of similar sins. Thus, O. Avdieienko, O. Dovzhenko, and L. Lukov were accused of distorting Soviet reality and failing to adhere to communist ideals.