Animator.ru
Encyclopedia
Animator.ru is a Russia
n website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation
industry in Russia
, the former Soviet Union
and (to a lesser extent) the CIS
. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animator
s labour exchange. The database is available in Russian
and English
, while the other sections are Russian-language only.
It was founded with the financial support of the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of Russia
.
Its earliest records come from 1912 (the films of Ladislas Starevich
). Much of the information in it is not documented by bigger English-language film databases such as IMDB.
The website has a Yandex
citing index of 1200.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
industry in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and (to a lesser extent) the CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
s labour exchange. The database is available in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, while the other sections are Russian-language only.
It was founded with the financial support of the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of Russia
Rospechat
Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation is the regulating state agency within the hierarchy of modern Russian Government...
.
Its earliest records come from 1912 (the films of Ladislas Starevich
Ladislas Starevich
Vladislav Starevich , born Władysław Starewicz , was a Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and other animals as his protagonists...
). Much of the information in it is not documented by bigger English-language film databases such as IMDB.
The website has a Yandex
Yandex
Yandex is a Russian IT company which operates the largest search engine in Russia and develops a number of Internet-based services and products. Yandex is ranked as 5-th world largest search engine...
citing index of 1200.