Conferences papers: Alexander Nevsky in the historical memory of Russia

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PHJ № 2 (34) 2022 — I. A. Karpenko. A NEW IMAGE OF AN OLD HERO. PREPARING FOR THE FILMING OF MOVIE “ALEXANDER NEVSKY” IN 1952–1953 IN LENINGRAD

In the article the influence of state ideology on film production, on the example of preparing the script for the new movie “Alexander Nevsky” in 1952–1953, is examined. The article based on the complex of materials from Central State Archive of Literature and Art of St. Petersburg. These documents make it possible to trace how state ideological guidelines regulated the content of a work of art and ordered its authors to put ideology and clichés into the script and dialogues. The project proposed to Lenfilm by the USSR Minkino was supposed to work towards creating a correct view of both historical and contemporary events. One of the most interesting components of the documental complex is the recommendations of bureaucrats on how to understand and interpret the history of the 13th century in a historical perspective. On this basis, the filmmakers had to create a new image of the national hero.

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PHJ № 2 (34) 2022 — K. Kościelniak. ALEXANDER NEVSKY IN POLISH HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE 19TH–21ST CENTURIES

The article aims to show how the works of Polish historians viewed the activities of Alexander Nevski. Whether it was complete biographical information or only cursory, selected facts that have been repeated many times in numerous publications, bringing nothing to the knowledge of this extraordinary figure. It is important that the biography of Alexander Nevsky has not been published in Poland, and all information about him is scattered around publications on various topics.

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PHJ № 2 (34) 2022 — V. G. Vovina-Lebedeva. PEASANTS OF UST’-IZHORA AND THEIR CHURCH

The village of Ust-Izhora on the bank of the Neva is known in connection with the battle at Neva in 1240. Already in the time of Peter the Great, the first wooden church in the name of St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky was built. Materials TsGIA SPb allow to restore some stages of the life of the church and its parish in the 19th — early 20th century. The industrial development of the country affected the life of the suburban villages. Ust’-Izhora Church of St. Alexander Nevsky became the center of spiritual life for a wide district, which included not only local peasants, but also numerous working people. The reconstruction of the stone temple and its decoration were carried out at the expense of the peasants of Ust’-Izhora, some of whom were wealthy brick manufacturers and timber merchants. Even after the revolution of 1917, the church of St. Alexander Nevsky in the village Ust’-Izhora was not plundered thanks to the intercession of local peasants, to whom this property passed. They managed to preserve the values of the temple even during the period of mass confiscation of church property, so the church of St. Alexander Nevsky was closed only in 1934.

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PHJ № 2 (34) 2022 — Ju. Moshnik. “THE HEROIC TALE OF THE RUSSIAN ENGELBREKT”. FILM IMAGE OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY IN THE PRE-WAR FINNISH PRESS

“Alexander Nevsky” was the only motion picture of S. M. Eisenstein and the last Soviet film that was released to the public in Finland before the start of the Soviet-Finnish (Winter) War of 1939–1940. Even before the premiere in Helsinki on August 20, 1939, the Finnish press published articles about Eisenstein’s creative work and the success of “Alexander Nevsky” at the Soviet box office. After the premiere screening, critical reviews of the film were placed on their pages by all the central newspapers of the country. The interest of Finnish film critics in Eisenstein’s new picture was due not only to the outstanding artistic merits of the film, brilliant camera work and acting, but, above all, the relevance of the issues raised in the film for the modern political agenda.