RURAL CINEMA NETWORK OF CENTRAL UKRAINIAN REGIONS IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD (1943 – 1953) AND THE USE OF CINEMA AS A MEANS OF IDEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE
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The article focuses on the analysis of the state and functioning of the rural cinema network in the regions of Central Ukraine during the post-war period (1943 – 1953). Cinema is considered an important cognitive and educational tool and a form of leisure for the rural population. It turns out that due to its imagery, the combination of motion effects with sound, cinema, even with the straightforwardness and platitudes characteristic of most films of that time in revealing the theme, made it possible to emotionally perceive the screen action and made it understandable and accessible to everyone. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive analysis of the state, the restoration features and functioning of the cinema network of Central Ukraine during the post-war period (1943 – 1953), as well as to clarify the role of cinema as a tool of ideological influence and the official historical memory formation under the conditions of the Soviet cultural policy. The methodological basis of the study is the principles of historicism, objectivity and systematicity. In the study there has been used a complex of general scientific and special historical methods, in particular: historical genetic – to trace the process of restoring the cinema network; historical systemic – to analyze its organizational structure; problem-chronological – to highlight the dynamics of development; source analysis of archival documents and statistical materials. The methodological approach is also based on modern concepts of the history of everyday life, cultural policy and the study of historical memory. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that: for the first time, the the rural cinema network functioning of Central Ukraine during the post-war period has been comprehensively analyzed; new archival materials on the organization of cinema services for the population have been introduced into scientific circulation; the mechanisms of party-state control over the formation of the film repertoire have been revealed; the role of cinema as an effective tool for ideological mobilization and the construction of official historical memory under the conditions of post-war Soviet society has been proven. Conclusions. It has been determined that the restoration of the rural cinema network of Central Ukraine during the post-war period took place under the conditions of significant material and technical difficulties, personnel shortages and weak infrastructure. Despite this, the state gave priority to the development of film services as an important tool of ideological influence on the population.The formation of the film repertoire was under strict party and state control and was aimed at popularizing official historical narratives, glorifying Soviet reality and forming loyalty to the authorities.Documentary and feature films served as a means of political socialization, contributing to the spread of standardized models of historical memory and ideological attitudes among the rural population.Key words: cinema network, post-war period, Central Ukraine, ideological influence, historical memory, Soviet propaganda, film repertoire.
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