Государственный фонд кинофильмов Российской Федерации

History of the State Fond of Motion Pictures of Russian Federation starts in 1937 when in the settlement of Belye Stolby in the Moscow Oblast All-Soviet Film Production Storage was established. It had collected film production from all the country. In the years 1941-1944 all of the resources of the Institutions was evacuated to the Povolzhe and Ural regions. After its return to Belye Stolby, Fond besides recovering its full Soviet collection, had acquired various film collections of the foreign states that were conquered by the Red Army. In 1948 institution was reformed into All-Soviet Fond of Motion Pictures of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1992 it was renamed State Fond of Motion Pictures of Russian Federation.  

Institution holds 967 000 rolls of the film material, from productions of the Lumiere brothers from 1895, till the contemporary Russian and foreign film production. Besides films and movies, Institution holds 450 000 archival folders such as film posters, photos, scenarios.  

Fond holds all of the motion picture production of the Soviet Union as well as collections of pre-1945 motion picture production of various other European states.