Konstantin Shvedchikov (1884–1952) was a Soviet official who served as the head of

Sovkino Goskino USSR () is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It was a central state directory body for Sovi ...

's board of directors from 1926 to 1929. Following this post he was assigned to other state institutions which were not related to

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Biography

Shvedchikov was born in 1884. In 1926 he was appointed head of the Sovkino which was a state-owned joint-stock company which oversaw the film production and other related activities and controlled film distribution in the Russian Republic. During his tenure the number of films produced in the Soviet Union increased, and the share of the foreign films screened was also improved. He was replaced by

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as the head of Sovkino. However, Ryutin was removed from the office soon, and Shvedchikov temporarily headed the administrative unit of the Sovkino for a while. Then Shvedchikov headed the All-Russian Association of Resorts. During

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he was the director of the state reserves of the

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Personal life and death

Following his retirement like other

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Shvedchikov was given by the state an apartment in the

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on Bersenevskaya embankment in Moscow. He died in 1952 and was buried at Moscow's

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Awards

Shvedchikov was the recipient of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shvedchikov, Konstantin 1884 births 1952 deaths Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Censorship in the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Old Bolsheviks Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members State Committee for Cinematography