■ The title of this chapter "Earth Instead of Stalinism" is derived from "Muddle Instead of Music", the title of the critical article ( 1936 ) in Pravda on Shostakovich's opera, Op. 29 "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". Although this critical arti…

■ From here, Dovzhenko's attempt begins to symbolically depict the earth by projecting the great nature of the Soviet Union ( 35~40 ). To understand how Dovzhenko's depiction of Nature impressed Shostakovich, the soundtrack producer, liste…

■ The second half begins from here. Michurin was invited by People's Commissariat to St. Petersburg for New Year's celebrations. There, Michurin received official state certification and financial assistance for his fruit orchard from the …

Film 『 Michurin ( Ukrainian : Мічурін ) 』 Directed by Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( Довженко Олександр Петрович ) Release 1948 Starring Grigori Belov ( Russian : Григорий Белов ) ( Ivan Michurin ) Vladimir Solovyov ( Russian : Владимир…