Konstantin Shvedchikov
Chairman of the State Committee for Cinematography
In office
1926–1929
Succeeded byMartemyan Ryutin
Personal details
Born
Konstantin Matveyevich Shvedchikov

1884
Died1952 (aged 67–68)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party

Konstantin Shvedchikov (1884–1952) was a Soviet official who served as the head of Sovkino's board of directors from 1926 to 1929. Following this post he was assigned to other state institutions which were not related to film industry.

Biography

Shvedchikov was born in 1884.[1] In 1926 he was appointed head of the Sovkino[1] which was a state-owned joint-stock company which oversaw the film production and other related activities and controlled film distribution in the Russian Republic.[2][3] During his tenure the number of films produced in the Soviet Union increased, and the share of the foreign films screened was also improved.[4] He was replaced by Martemyan Ryutin as the head of Sovkino.[4] However, Ryutin was removed from the office soon, and Shvedchikov temporarily headed the administrative unit of the Sovkino for a while.[5]

Then Shvedchikov headed the All-Russian Association of Resorts.[4] During World War II he was the director of the state reserves of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[4]

Personal life and death

Following his retirement like other old Bolsheviks Shvedchikov was given by the state an apartment in the Government House on Bersenevskaya embankment in Moscow.[4] He died in 1952 and was buried at Moscow's Novodevichy cemetery.[4]

Awards

Shvedchikov was the recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Yuri Tsivian, ed. (2004). "On the film A Sixth Part of the World". Lines of Resistance: Dziga Vertov and the Twenties. Le Giornate del cinema muto. p. 256. ISBN 978-88-86155-15-1.
  2. ^ Jamie Miller (2012). "Soviet Politics and the Mezhrabpom Studio in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 32 (4): 525. doi:10.1080/01439685.2012.727340. S2CID 153860667.
  3. ^ Thomas J. Saunders (1997). "The German-Russian Film (Mis)Alliance (DERUSSA): Commerce & Politics in German Soviet Cinema Ties". Film History. 9 (2): 168–188. JSTOR 3815173.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Julia Khomyakova (26 August 2021). "Два соседа и красный Голливуд: крах утопии" (in Russian). Screen and Stage. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ Jamie Miller (2006). "Soviet Cinema, 1929–41: The Development of Industry and Infrastructure". Europe-Asia Studies. 58 (1): 108. doi:10.1080/09668130500401715. S2CID 153570960.
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