New Journal Subscription to Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema

The University of Manitoba Libraries has purchased a subscription (in electronic format) to the journal, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema. This new journal subscription will benefit those students, faculty and researchers in Slavic Studies and/ or Film Studies. The purchase of this subscription is made possible through the J.B. Rydnyckyj Endowment Fund.

Published by Intellect Ltd.(UK), Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, looks at Pre-Soviet, Soviet and Post-Soviet Film. This refereed journal is published 3 times annually in English, -- whose aim is to study the historical aspects of Russian film, as well as focus on the various personalities (past and present) that comprise the world of Russian cinema, including: individual actors, directors, and producers. In addition, there will articles analyzing archival film documents, and a book review section on recent publications on Russian cinema.

Russian Archives Online

Russian Archives Online (RAO) is a digital project of Archives Media Project (AMP), -- a joint venture of Abamedia, and the Russian non-profit Film and Computer World (KIKOM), in cooperation with the Russian State Film and Photo Archives at Krasnogorsk (RGAKFD). AMP is currently creating a digital catalogue of the Krasnogorsk Archives' holdings for the year 1938, focusing on its film and photograph collection. Additional galleries within this site include: Yuri Gagarin: His Life in Photos; Soviet Propaganda Posters; the Romanov Album; and Sergei Eisenstein. One may also view various videos, including: A Look Inside the Krasnogorsk Archives; Soviet Women's Athletic Awards Ceremony; the Soviet Olympic Hockey Team; and the First Soviet Woman in Space.

A recent project completed by RAO is The Khrushchev Years, which was jointly created by Abamedia and the University of Texas at Austin, -- with funding made available through the Carnegie Foundation in New York. The multimudia project, The Khrushchev Years, is currently available in Russian, but will soon be completely translated into English.

The University of Manitoba’s Archives & Special Collections is now on Twitter; and the Elizabeth Dafoe Library has arrived on Facebook.

The University of Manitoba’s Archives & Special Collections is now on Twitter; and the Elizabeth Dafoe Library has arrived on Facebook.

To read about the recent happenings at the Archives in terms of new acquisitions, collections, newly uploaded descriptions, new digital collections, and events, -- Please follow the Archives' tweets by signing up at the U of M's Archives' Twitter page.


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Kino - The Polish Cinema Journal

The University of Manitoba Libraries has purchased a subscription to the the Polish Cinema periodical titled, Kino. It is housed in the Slavic Collection under the call number Slav PN 1993 K475 , -- with the most current year shelved in the Slavic Collection's Current Periodical section.

This monthy periodical published in Warsaw by Wydawnictwo Czasopism RSW "Prasa-Książka-Ruch", covers current Polish cinema, as well as commentaries on films produced internationally. Kino will support the Polish Civilization course that is taught through the U of M's Department of German & Slavic Studies.

Ukrainian Literary Avant-Garde Periodical Collection

Cover of issue #1(1924) of Hart Almanakh (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections' Rare Book Room holds the Ukrainian Literary Avant-garde Periodical Collection. The collection includes such titles as Nova heneratsiia (The New Generation), Chervonyi shliakh (The Red Pathway), Krytyka (Criticism), Pluh (The Plough) and Hart (Tempering). All were published in Ukraine between the mid-1910s to the 1930s. A significant number of literary journals appeared in print during the 1920s – a time of great excitement and experimentation in the Arts. Ukraine as well as the other Soviet republics at the time were undergoing a national re-awakening of its language, literature, and culture. The theatre, the fine arts and the various literary movements looked westward to developing their crafts, – as a result new publications expounding this new experimental era began being published. Among the literary figures that were most closely associated with these publications include: Ivan Dniprovs’kyi., Volodymyr Sosiura, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Kulish and Mykola Khvyl’ovyi.

This unique collection of journals in their original paper/print format is available to faculty, students and researchers.

Polish Poster Collection at the Rochester Institute of Technology

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York State, has digitized over 440 Polish cultural posters that are held in its Archives & Special Collections. The RIT's Archives holds approximately 600 such posters which were donated by Joanne Szabla, an RIT faculty member of art history. Of these, nearly nearly two-thirds have been digitized through grant funding. The Polish Poster Collection's individual images are accessible via the RIT's online catalogue, Einstein, by simply doing a "Subject" search using the terms, "Polish Posters". Each poster is catalogued separately, and therefore contains an individual catalogue record. In addition, each catalogue record contains 3 separate links, that allows one to view the poster as: a thumb nail image; a screen size image; and a high resolution image.

RIT's Polish Poster Collection consists of posters that showcase Polish tourism, cultural events and institutions. Some of the images include the art work of such notable Polish artists as Waldemar
Swierzy and Henryk Tomaszewski.