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The province called earth: the chronotope of the post-Soviet province explored through contemporary Russian cinema on outer space

Abstract This article examines the chronotope of the post-Soviet province in contemporary Russian cinema on outer space (kosmos). For this purpose, it provides close readings of three contemporary Russian films: Dreaming of Space (dir. Aleksei Uchitel', 2005); Paper Soldier (dir. Aleksei A. German, 2008); and First on the Moon (dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko, 2004). The article demonstrates that these films turn the entire world (with a descriptive emphasis on the USSR) into the provinces, insofar as the provinces may be understood as a structural characteristic, a relation between the centre and the periphery. Furthermore, I argue that these cinematic provinces are marked by three different kinds of provincialism: provincialism of the subject (Dreaming of Space); provincialism of memory, where memory is turned into a fairy tale (First on the Moon); and provincialism of universal axiology (Paper Soldier).