Kult'kino Documentary department of Goskino headed by Vertov
Lenin Enrollment Large-scale admission of front-rank workers into the Russian Communist
Party in 1924, after Lenin's death
Map The following cities and rivers can be seen on the map presented
in this issue:
Top left: Нижний [Новгород] – Nizhnii [Novgorod]
[River flowing through: Волга – Volga]
To the
east: Казань – Kazan'
Further east: Пермь – Perm'
River in between: Кама – Kama River
South of Nižnij: Пенза
– Penza
South of Penza: Саратов – Saratov
South of Kazan': Симбирск – Simbirsk
Southeast of Simbirsk:
Самара – Samara
South of Samara: Уральск – Ural'sk
In between: Сызрань – Syzran'
East of Samara: Уфа – Ufa
On the right side: Екатеринбург – Ekaterinburg
Encircled: Чехословаки – CzechoslovaksRCP
Russian Communist Party
Reconstruction The longest existing version of
Kino-Pravda
No. 21 (Length: 821m), reconstructed by the Munich Film Museum, is available on
DVD,
as well as
Tri pesni o Lenine, for which Vertov drew extensively from
Kino-Pravda No. 21.Red
Terror A period of political repression and mass killings carried out by Bolsheviks after the beginning of the Russian
Civil War in 1918.
Smychka A political term in Soviet Russia meaning "alliance," most often used in
reference to the "alliance of the city and the village" (between workers and peasants)
02:13–02:21
1918, Czech
troops, allies of the White army, captured the Volga region of Russia
02:26–03:39
1919, retreat of the
Czech troops
05:46
[Intertitle:] The Comintern
18:44–18:49
[In this shot:] Lenin's sister
Anna
22:14–22:17
[In this shot:] Lenin's sister Marija
22:18–22:22
[In this shot:]
Lenin's sister Anna
32:07–32:10
"Alliance" [The alliance is
smychka]
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