the first graduate in the composition class was peter tchaikovsky sergei prokofiev dmitry shostakovich yevgeny ravinsky and many other outstanding musicians studied here, and nikolai rimsky-korsakov, composer, conductor and teacher, today the st. petersburg state conservatory wears it name on september 20, 1946, the first kars film festival opened 7 years later than planned due to world war ii. it passed under the sign of victory and emphasized the role of the soviet union in her opening film was a documentary, berlin by yuliya raizman, and the storming of the city received the most prizes from the soviet union, eight awards, including paintings by friedrich emmer, the great turning point, and the battle of stalingrad drama by mikhail roma man number 217 and the fairy tale stone flower alexander more bird. five awards were won by filmmakers from france, three from czechoslovakia and the united states, and if before the war the main criterion for evaluating films was acting, then after that it was largely due to the cannes film festival.