# State Television and Radio Fund

The State Television and Radio Fund, (Russian: Государственный фонд телевизионных и радиопрограмм, romanized: Gosudastvennyy fond televizionnykh i radioprogramm) also known as the Gosteleradiofond (Russian: Гостелерадиофонд) is a Russian archive that is a branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). The Gosteleradiofond archives television and radio broadcasting programs that were recorded before 1999.
The materials of the fund reflect the history, culture, and art of the Soviet Union in the 20th century. The collection of the Gosteleradiofond, in terms of its volume and variety of genres, has more than three million items in storage.

## History

In 1974-1991, as a state institution, the All-Union Fund of Television and Radio Programs "Teleradiofond" was subordinate to the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union. It carried out archiving of phonograms, video phonograms and television films both of its own production by Studio Ekran / TPO "Soyuztelefilm" and produced by television and film studios by order of Studio Ekran / TPO "Soyuztelefilm"). Soon after the creation of the All-Union State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on February 8, 1991, it became subordinate to it.
In connection with the abolition of the All-Union State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on May 7, 1992, it was transferred to the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ostankino". During this period, the archiving of broadcasts for re-broadcasting by both the Directorate of Television Programs of the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Ostankino and the Studio Radio 1, as well as other state and commercial broadcasting organizations, continued: AK Aktsept (produced broadcasts under the television program M-49), MNVK and the firm TV Channel 2x2.
In December 1993, the State Television and Radio Fund was transferred to the direct subordination of the Federal Service for Television and Radio Broadcasting, however, until May 7, 1994, the regulations on the FSTR were not adopted for a long time and the fund continued to be financed jointly with the television and radio company, and on December 13, 1995, its charter was approved. Between January 15, 1998 and December 8, 2013, the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Fund was included in the State Collection of Particularly Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. At the same time, archiving of the Ostankino Central Television/RGTRK broadcasts continued for subsequent broadcasting on various state and private television channels (primarily ORT/Channel One, Channel 31 and Kultura).
On December 9, 2013, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 894 "On Certain Measures to Improve the Efficiency of State Mass Media" was published, providing for the liquidation of the "State Fund of Television and Radio Programs" with the transfer of its functions and property to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company" (VGTRK). The transfer procedure was completed on July 1, 2014, and at the same time, the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Fund became a branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise VGTRK.
On November 15, 2017, YouTube channels were opened, on which GTRF materials began to be uploaded from December 18 ("Soviet Television" and "Soviet Radio"). On September 30, 2020, the channels "Soviet Humor" and "Soviet Films and Performances" were created. On September 26, 2019, the channel "Soviet Television" was awarded the silver YouTube button. On March 20, 2018, an official channel was created in Telegram. As of the end of 2021, the channel has 2.5 million subscribers and about 770 million views. On the night of March 11-12, 2022, YouTube blocked the channels "Soviet Television. State Television and Radio Broadcasting Fund" and "Soviet Radio. Gosteleradiofond". On March 23, both YouTube channels were unblocked.