Only Old Men Are Going Into Battle,” “Aty-baty, Soldiers Were Marching,” “The Queen of the Gas Station” — all th...

“Only Old Men Are Going Into Battle,” “Aty-baty, Soldiers Were Marching,” “The Queen of the Gas Station” — all these films were made at the Dovzhenko Film Studio. The Russian army struck it

Film producer Alexander Rodnyansky tells the story of the studio. In his words, it is the most important place for Ukrainian cinema. It was here in the 1960s that the movement of Ukrainian poetic cinema emerged, which was later subjected to censorship. Box-office hits that were watched throughout the Soviet Union were also filmed here, including war movies.

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“The Dovzhenko Film Studio made ‘Only Old Men Are Going Into Battle’ and many other famous films. Now the Russian…

On the night of June 15, Russia attacked Kyiv. Virtually all districts of the city suffered from the shelling, and the roof of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra caught fire (this is one of the most important Orthodox churches in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage site). In addition...