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Wikipedia article




'The Russia We Lost' is a 1992 Russian documentary film directed and narrated by Stanislav Govorukhin, dedicated to pre-revolutionary Russia.Birgit Beumers, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5T0UMRZ_Ro0C&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=Russia+We+Lost+govorukhin&source=bl&ots=DenT6-umn7&sig=ACfU3U1JlYyp65ExCdUo4VbicJPOlnrjmQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLlZmU17HhAhWp5aYKHbkPDgsQ6AEwDnoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Russia%20That%20We%20Lost%22&f=false 'Directory of World Cinema: Russia'], Intellect Books, 2010, p. 307

Govorukhin worked on the film for a long period, spending much of his time in archives, libraries, and film depositories. In 1991, Stanislav Govorukhin published a book which he called 'The Russia...we Lost' (' '), which formed the basis of the script of this film.

Synopsis



The film contains a large amount of factual information: photos, documents, and newsreels. However, Govorukhin's work is not limited to a statement of facts, but offers his worldview. Standing on the positions of anti-communism, the director largely idealizes tsarist Russia and criticizes Maxim Gorky. Much attention is paid to the personalities of Stolypin, Lenin, Nicholas II.



Perception



The film had a strong public response . : . Algoritm, 2015 and played a significant role in breaking the mass consciousness of the Soviet people in the early 1990s.. . " ". "", 2010, . 185 The phrase "the Russia we have lost" has become a household term for pre-revolutionary Russia,[http://up74.ru/articles/obshchestvo/25912/ , ] // , 9 2013 but is also used as a mockery of the idealization of pre-revolutionary Russia.

References



Category:1992 films

Category:Russian documentary films

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