Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television is a public university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1918. History Founded September 9, 1918, by decree of the Sovnarkom of the RSFSR in Petrograd as the Higher Institute of Photography and Phototechnics. In order to develop in Russia photographic and phototechnical knowledge in industry as well as to raise as quickly as possible the level of professional education in all fields of optical, photographic, phototechnical and printing arts and for special scientific research, a State Higher Educational Scientific, Industrial, Cultural and Educational Establishment under the name of the Higher Institute of Photography and Phototechnics was established in Petrograd. In 1920 in the USSR was developed the technology of domestic production of photographic paper and bromogelatin negative photoplates, construction of first Soviet photo cameras and cinema projectors. X-ray film was produced. In 1921, the Institute opened an optical fаculty. In 1929, the first sound cinema in the USSR was opened in Leningrad. In 1930, the institute was divided into the Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers (LIKI – ЛИКИ – Ленинградский институт киноинженеров), the Film College and courses for extramural training of film technicians.