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Lendok Open Film Studio

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Soviet and Russian non-fiction film studio based in Kryukov Canal Embankment1

Saint Petersburg Documentary Films Studio or Lendoc (Russian: Лендок) is one of the largest documentary film studios in Russia, founded in 1932 as “Leningrad Newsreel Studio”. The studio continued to work during the Siege of Leningrad and it produced the very first documentary about the siege “Leningrad In Fight" (Ленинград в борьбе).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • Industrycinematography, film production1
  • HeadquartersSaint Petersburg1
  • Websitelendocstudio.com
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1
Крюков канал, дом 12
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Saint Petersburg Documentary Films Studio or Lendoc (Russian: Лендок) is one of the largest documentary film studios in Russia, founded in 1932 as “Leningrad Newsreel Studio”. The studio continued to work during the Siege of Leningrad and it produced the very first documentary about the siege “Leningrad In Fight" (Ленинград в борьбе).2

Timeline

  1. 1932Founded Founded1