While studying and pursuing research in the former Soviet Union, CREEES students have displayed not only their scholastic skills but their photographic talents as well. Click here to see samples of their photography.

Samples of Soviet Animation

Before Wallace and Grommett and Gumby, The film industry of the Soviet Union was producing some of the best examples of stop-motion animation, or 'claymation', in the world. Themes of these cartoons ranged from didactic propaganda to children's entertainment, such as the beloved Cheburashka series. Click here to watch a short documentary about Aleksandr Ptushko, the Walt Disney of the USSR. Click here to watch another children's claymation feature.