Modes of the miraculous in soviet film tales and cartoons of the 1930s

The ability to be surprised and label unique, contradictory, but axiologically valuable phenomena as “miracle”, “miraculous” is a stable phenomenon of human existence. The concept of “miracle”, having religious connotations, often acting as the basis of faith in theistic religions, can also be interpreted as one of the ways to rationalize the mysterious and the unknown, understood very broadly. The subject of this research is the problem of interpretation and representation of the “miraculous” in Soviet film tales and animation of the 1930s. In the context of plans to build a non-religious society within the framework of the overall project of the “cultural revolution”, there are: 1) the legitimacy of the miracle in the fairy-tale and folklore material, the construction of the Soviet New Year’s Holiday; 2) the use of the miraculous as an artistic device serving educational purposes in the socialist reality, emphasizing disbelief in supernatural miracles, but relying on systematic and purposeful activity, struggle, work, skill, ingenuity, good deeds; 3) the mode of perception of the miraculous is technological achievements in cinema, which are self-valuable in the context of the development of this art form, and are subordinated to the tasks of creating a magical fairy-tale world, and enhance the mirativity (i.e., positive emotional and evaluative effect of admiration) to achieve ideological goals.