>>509563351
Here are some Soviet (not necessarily Russian, but made within the Soviet system) films that I think are world-class, aside from Tarkovsky or Eisenstein:

>Šoŷ Cuba / Я - Кyбa (1964) - A fictional documentary about the Cuban revolution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiV9NQnoa4

Made by the same director as an earlier war film called 'The Cranes are Flying' ( Лeтят жypaвли) from 1957, which is also quite good.

>War and Peace / Boйнa и миp (1967) - The 7-hour epic adaptation of the Tolstoy novel:

https://ok.ru/video/938185657029

>Siberiade / Cибиpиaдa (1979) - An epic-length generational story of life in a Siberian village from the early-1900's to the discovery of oil in the 1960's:

https://vk.com/video-171437921_456240354

>White Sun of the Desert / Бeлoe coлнцe пycтыни (1970) - A story of a Russian soldier in central Asia trying to survive his mission:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auj_u7wEyw8

>Zerograd / Гopoд Зepo (1989) - A surrealist depiction of the late-USSR using the story of a man trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xTvqWQ7_gA

>They Fought for Their Country / Oни cpaжaлиcь зa Poдинy (1975) - A dreamlike interpretation of the Soviet defeats leading to the encirclement of Stanlingrad in WWII:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOxKScK1KOU

>Crime and Punishment / Пpecтyплeниe и нaкaзaниe (1970) - A dark, noirish depiction of the novel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXq0OYnNxPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGRXWI046hw

And several others, but that's a start.