Kino-Week №1

Dziga Vertov. Kino-Week №1 1918

Description: On May 1, 1918, with the Red Army barely two months old, Soviet Russia held its first military parade. Some 30,000 troops marched at Khodynka Field on the outskirts of Moscow, reviewed by Trotsky and Lenin. Filmed by Dziga Vertov for Kino-Nedelya No. 1 — the first Soviet newsreel — this footage captures a regime announcing itself through spectacle, inaugurating the revolutionary calendar of holidays the Bolsheviks were determined to create.

Source: Russian State Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (2000)

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth