Caucasus in the pre-revolutionary documentary cinema

The article deals with the main theme and genre features of the pre-revolutionary documentary film devoted to the peoples of the Caucasus and Kuban Cossacks. Authors provide an information about the most interesting chronicles, landscape films, biographical and ethnographic essays, taken in the period from 1907 to 1916. Some trends of the development of the pre-revolutionary cinema are highlighted, such as an increasing number of films, rising interest of filmmakers and growing of the thematic and genre originality.