| State Committee for Cinematography | |
| Russian | Госкино (Государственный комитет по кинематографии) |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Goskino (Gosudarstvenyy komitet po kinematografii) |
| Literal meaning | State Committee for Cinematography |
Goskino USSR (Russian:Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for theUSSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in theSoviet Union. It was a central state directory body for Soviet film production.
The first main film production and distribution organisation in theRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic until 1924 was Goskino. This was succeeded bySovkino from 1924 until being replaced bySoyuzkino in 1930 chaired byMartemyan Ryutin,[1] which had jurisdiction over the entireUSSR until 1933. It was then replaced byGUKF (The Chief Directorate of the Film and Photo Industry, largely headed byBoris Shumyatsky), which, again, was replaced in 1939 by theCentral Committee for Cinema Affairs until 1946, when it was replaced by theMinistry of the Cinema.
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Subsequently, in 1963 Goskino USSR was created by the decree of the Presidium of theSupreme Soviet of USSR on March 23, 1963, as the State Committee of theCouncil of Ministers of the USSR on Cinematography.[3] 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).[4]
In 1992 theRoskino/Roskomkino[6] was created, which was later renamed the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Cinematography (Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по кинематографии) in modern Russia as the supreme government organ in charge offilmmaking.[7] Both performed general management and censorship functions.Roskino was disestablished in May 2008, afterVladimir Putin's decree N 867.[8]