The village in the historical reflection of Soviet cinema
The monograph of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor L. N. Mazur and Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor O. V. Gorbachev "Soviet films about the village: the experience of historical interpretation of the artistic image" (M. : Political encyclopedia, 2022. 349 p.) is reviewed, devoted to theoretical and methodological issues of studying Soviet art cinema as a unique source of historical interpretation of the Russian village of the twentieth century. The problems of analysis and interpretation of audiovisual sources are considered, the history of Soviet cinema is revealed in the context of artistic and aesthetic codes used by cinematographers to reflect Soviet reality, a representative description of filmography about the village is carried out. Based on the use of quantitative and qualitative analysis of films of the Soviet period, the reconstruction of the main milestones of Russian history was carried out. Special attention is paid to the study of the influence of artistic cinema on the formation of the historical memory of new generations. The reviewer pays attention to the structure of the book, the logic of the presentation of the material, the involvement of the results of related humanities.