Galina OGURNAYA
Галина ОГУРНАЯ
Galina OGOURNAIA
Russia, 2011, 45mn 
Colour, black and white, documentary
Ostrov Lemnos. Russkaya Golgofa
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Остров Лемнос. Русская Голгофа

 

 Lemnos Island. Russian Golgotha

 L'Ile Lemnos. Le Golgotha russe

 
Directed by : Galina OGURNAYA (Галина ОГУРНАЯ)
Writing credits : Yelena CHAVCHAVADZE (Елена ЧАВЧАВАДЗЕ)
Cinematography : Artur KRASHENINNIKOV (Артур КРАШЕНИННИКОВ)
Sound : Viktor BRUS (Виктор БРУС)
Produced by : Yelena CHAVCHAVADZE (Елена ЧАВЧАВАДЗЕ)
Companies : Russian Cultural Foundation
 

Awards :
Diploma Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2011

Plot synopsis
The film is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Russian exodus. The "Russians without Russia" film series opens up new pages in the history of the first wave of Russian immigration. Today, the average Russian knows very little about the Cossack corps led by General Wrangel. But Lemnos is a short, yet unique chapter in the history of the White movement that can only be compared to the sitting at Gallipoli. This Greek island in the Aegean Sea became home to tens of thousands of refugees from Russia and parts of the Russian army, led by commanding General Petr Wrangel. The Cossacks labeled Lemnos "The Isle of Death", where every day was spent not only fighting for physical survival, but also for honor and dignity. The remains of a few hundred people, including small children, will forever rest there. Their fates are moving and touching. The film includes interviews with descendants of those who survived this horror and, through it all, remained Russian.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2011