This book is a comprehensive study of successful Russian films that have worked for decades to strengthen the ideology of the Putin regime. You've probably seen many of them and even loved them. But what values ​​do these films convey? How do they teach us to look at the past, and what myths do they create? Why are Danila Bagrov and Sasha Bely national heroes in Russia? And are comedies so xenophobic? Anton Dolin writes about nostalgia for the USSR, the cult of violence, patriarchy, the friendship between 'cops' and gangsters, homophobia, and much more that exists in 'bad Russian' cinema.