Siberia on the screen. How Soviet cinema even Siberians forced to believe in their uniqueness
Frame from the movie "People on the Bridge", 1959 When sociologists try to study the features that the Siberians themselves consider to be unique and determining the "Siberian identity", they stumble upon the same synonymous series. This, as a rule, is cold, snow, a huge territory and the special character of the inhabitants with unique properties - kindness, will, endurance, masculinity, openness, honesty. This list of "special properties of a real Siberian" has not changed for several decades.