This usually means that one of the following conditions is fulfilled.

1. This work was originally published before January 1, 1929 and the known author of this work died:^[1]
   • (a) before January 1, 1950 or
   • (b) between January 1, 1950 and January 1, 1954, did not work during the Great Patriotic War and did not participate in it.
2. This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym before January 1, 1929 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication, counted from January 1 of the year following the year of publication.
3. This work is a film (a video fragment or a single shot from it), which was first shown before January 1, 1929.
4. This work is an information report (including photo report), which was created by an employee of TASS, ROSTA, or KarelfinTAG as part of that person’s official duties between July 10, 1925^[2] and January 1, 1929, provided that it was first released in the stated period.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
^[1] If the author of this work was subjected to repression and rehabilitated posthumously, replace the death date by the later rehabilitation date.
^[2] ROSTA reports created before July 10, 1925 are subjects of points 1-2 of this template.

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This file is a Ukrainian or Ukrainian SSR work and it is presently in the public domain in Ukraine, because it was published before January 1, 1954, and the creator (if known) died before that date (details).

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A Ukrainian or Ukrainian SSR work that is in the public domain in Ukraine according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in Ukraine before January 1, 1996, e.g. if it was published before January 1, 1946 and the creator died before this date, and no copyright was registered in the U.S. (This is the combined effect of the retroactive [1], Ukraine's joining the Berne Convention in 1996, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.)

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