In Popular Culture
In 1939 Aleksandr Dovzhenko made a film Shchors, which was awarded the State prize of the Soviet Union in 1941. Yevgeny Samoylov played Shchors in the movie. A famous patriotic song "Song about Shchors" was composed by Matvey Blanter, author of "Katyusha (song)", and the poet Mikhail Golodny.
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