A Matter of Trust: Billy Joel in the USSR

This special documentary chronicles Billy Joel's 1987 concert tour in the Soviet Union. The program features concert footage and clips of Joel and his band interacting with different groups of Soviet people.

The Last Hippie of the USSR

The protagonist of the film lives in the former capital of barge haulers, the city of Rybinsk. His values in life can be summed up in a phrase from The Beatles song "Nothing's gonna change my world". The rules of life of

USSR: A Society Without Crisis

Through an interview with Professor Leonid Abalkin and the Anikeev family, the documentary's proposal is to present the quick improvement of life felt by the Soviet population, obtained with the increase of the populatio

The Russian Orthodox Church in the USSR

The film depicts the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USSR. It incorporates historical newsreel footage as well as recordings of church services, religious rites, and classes at theological schools.

U.S. Interventionism, the Third World, and the USSR

“US Interventionism, the Third World, and the USSR", also dubbed the "Yellow Lecture", is a famous lecture by Statesian political scientist Michael Parenti discussing U.S. imperialism and the Cold War. The lecture was gi

Last Farewell USSR. Film 2

A documentary project about the collapse of the USSR.

Historical Nihilism and the Fall of the USSR

Documentary commissioned by the Communist Party of China which argues that Nikita Khrushchev "lit the fire of nihilism" by criticizing predecessor Joseph Stalin in his 'On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences' sp

Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal

A group portrait of Soviet people in the interior of the post-Soviet timelessness. Soviet Jews intoxicated with freedom, who did not want to leave the new Russia, and Soviet officers broken by freedom, who did not want t

Once Upon a Time in the USSR

A brave physicist saves Soviet people and the man she loves from a vicious attack.

Game 8 - Canada vs. U.S.S.R.

This game 8 broadcast came to Canada live via satellite. The signal was converted in Moscow to the European broadcast system, traveled to Helsinki and then to London, England, where it was converted to the North American

Double Life. A Short History of Sex in the USSR

When Lyudmila Ivanova made her infamous claim during a US-Soviet TV programme in 1986 that ‘There is no sex in the USSR!’, her comment – although roundly mocked at the time – revealed a certain truth about Soviet attitud

About the Tour of Chinese Circus Performers in the USSR

Once Upon A Time in Odessa, or How to Leave the USSR

The popular pop show club “Odessa Gentlemen” took part in writing a script on the topic: how to leave the former USSR. Odessa became an arena where the interests of Soviet intelligence and the last Jew who had not yet le

Crush-82. The Secret Tragedy of the USSR

On October 20, 1982, during a match between Spartak Moscow and Dutch Haarlem, a stampede occurred on the stairs of the Luzhniki Stadium, in which, according to official data, 66 people died. On the day of the incident, o

So I Became Rich Sir, and Came to the USSR

A real treat for fans of Willy Tokarev. The best songs he wrote in the 1970s and later in the US. A film in which the main character is Song.

Russia: Why People Want to Go Back to the USSR

Russia was among those who founded the Soviet Union and among those who dissolved it. But 30 years after the collapse of the empire, many Russians still dream of going back. Nostalgia for the Union in Russia has practica

Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR

Thirty years ago, in 1991, the Soviet Union, founded in 1922, disappeared, giving birth to fifteen new states, located between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range, which went their own way. How many of these repu

The Current Domestic Situation in The USSR VOL.2

A Chinese documentary and news report about the USSR after the 8.19 coup. The tape was released internally on Sep.30th, 1991. The host also had some hope that USSR might survive the collapse in the late 1991.

Lenin on Platform and the 1957 October Revolution Anniversary Demonstrations in USSR and the German Democratic Republic

Short film showing the impact Lenin has had on the USSR and GDR with the spread of ideas of Marxism, Lenism and socialism. (Synopsis) Short film featuring footage of Lenin energetically speaking in front of a crowd and s

The USSR Today: Meeting to Mark the 200th Anniversary of Henry Fielding's Death

Edition of the newsreel-style magazine documenting a Moscow conference to commemorate the life and works of 'Tom Jones' author Henry Fielding.