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All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimova (VGIK) is a federal state educational institution of higher education of the Russian Federation.
VGIK is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The founder and owner of the property of the Institute is the Russian Federation.
The official name of the Institute in Russian: full – Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov “; abbreviated – All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov; abbreviation: VGIK.
The official name of the Institute in English is Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov; the abbreviation is VGIK.
VGIK was founded on September 1, 1919 as the State School of Cinematography. By order of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition of August 5, 1930, the Institute was transformed into the State Institute of Cinematography; on May 17, 1938 it was renamed the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. By a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of February 5, 1986, the Institute was named after S.A.
