A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

前苏共中央委员、人民委员鲁巴肖夫是膺共产国际之命，在欧洲资本主义各国家从事秘密革 命领导活动的老布尔什维克，曾为革命建下赫赫功绩，在斯大林开始党 内大清洗 之后，开 始对苏共党内的不政党现象产生了怀疑，特别是因为革命的目的与手段的矛盾，使他的革命 良心深深感到不安和自责，从而招致斯 大林的猜忌，以致被捕入狱，经过疲劳轰炸式的狱 中审讯后，终于精神崩溃，承认了莫须有的罪名，最后被处决致死。

《俄国纪行》是著名作家约翰‧斯坦贝克与战地摄影师罗伯特•卡帕 40天苏联之行（1947年7月至9月）的记录。这是一次巨人之间的伟大合作。斯坦贝克和卡帕的足迹从莫斯科到斯大林格勒，从乌克兰田园到格鲁吉亚海滨。斯坦贝克充满热情、同情而又幽默生动的文字，与卡帕卓越的摄影写实珠联璧合，真实展现了苏联市井小民的日常生活。

打开安・普拉东诺夫的小说，想起帕乌斯托夫斯基在他死前一年，即一九六七年抱怨道：“假如像普拉东诺夫和布尔加科夫这些作家的作品，写完之后就能和读者见面的话，那么，我们所有的人的思想就会比现在不知要丰富多少倍了。”
普拉东诺夫惯以象征和暗讽的方式，表达出自己对革命、人与自然的冲突等复杂而深邃的思考。在中篇小说《基坑》中，人们的挖掘欲望所通往的是双重的无望：向下的虚空和向上的虚妄。向下的不停挖反而将贫农、中农和出身雇工的无社阶级带入地层深处，带入更黑暗的部分。向上突入即企图在现世的、整个社会组织的层面上实现彼岸的千年王国――一座人人即将搬入其中的臆想中的共产主义大厦――其结果却是古拉格集中营。他们不停劳作，共产主义大厦却始终没有建起一砖一瓦，他们拼死拼活所得到的只是越挖越深的基坑。
普拉东诺夫的叙述颇有现代意味，简洁中又带了那么点戏谑的成分。当人们在乌托邦之梦前，将宗教般的狂热与真理相提并论，当我们再也不需要谎言，再也没有时间在风花雪月中逍遥，渴望在真实中进入二十一世纪的时候，像普拉东诺夫这样还能够保持冷静旁观的笔触，至少还能桃亮真实的灯捻，给那些失去方向的人们一些智慧的光。
这是作者的一部中篇小说集。他的小说成就已经得到世界人民的公认。他的叙述十分具有现代意味，简洁中有点戏谑成分。从其叙事中我们还可以见到前苏联的历史，比如农业集体化时代。

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.

1944 historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia directed by Sergei Eisenstein