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USSR at the Oscars

This is a list of every Soviet produced film that has ever been nominated in any category at the Oscars. The USSR existed between 1922 and 1991 and in that time, many of the most influential and significant filmmakers of the 20th century came out of the Soviet states.

Best Documentary Short:
- Nominated: 1942 (Russian Soil)
- Won: 1943 (Moscow Strikes Back)
- Total: 4/1
Best Original Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1962 (Ballad of a Soldier)
- Total: 1/0
Best Original Score:
- Nominated: 1962 (Khovanshchina)
- Total: 3/0
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Nominated: 1969 (War and Peace)
- Won: 1969 (War and Peace)
- Total: 11/3
Best Art Direction:
- Nominated: 1969 (War and Peace)
- Total: 1/0
Best Actor:
- Nominated: 1988 (Dark Eyes)
- Total: 1/0
Best Animated Short:
- Nominated: 1990 (The Cow)
- Total: 1/0

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  • Russian Soil
  • Moscow Strikes Back
  • Life at the Zoo
  • Ballad of a Soldier
  • Khovanshchina
  • War and Peace
  • The Brothers Karamazov
  • Sunflower
  • Tchaikovsky
  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet
  • The Deluge
  • Dersu Uzala
  • White Bim Black Ear
  • Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
  • Private Life
  • War-Time Romance
  • Recollections of Pavlovsk
  • Dark Eyes
  • The Cow
  • Close to Eden