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This is a documentation subpage for Template:PD-Russia (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
  • This template is deprecated, please do not add it to any images or media. Existing usages should be replaced with a more appropriate copyright tag, as shown in the template.

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Main article: Copyright law of the Russian Federation

This image copyright tag was used to identify works that were in the public domain under the Russian copyright law of 1993. Prior to this template being deprecated in April 2008, it contained the following text:

This file is in the public domain in Russia. It was published before January 1st, 1954, and the creator (if known) died before that date (For veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the critical date is January 1st, 1950). Works belonging to the former Soviet government or other Soviet legal entities published before January 1st, 1954, are also public domain in Russia. (This is the effect of the retroactive Russian copyright law of 1993 and the copyright term extension from 50 to 70 years in 2004.)

A Russian or Soviet work that is in the public domain in Russia according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in Russia in 1996, e.g. if it was published before 1946 (1942 for WWII veterans) and the creator (if known) died before that year, and no copyright was registered in the U.S. (This is the combined effect of the retroactive Russian copyright law of 1993, Russia's joining the Berne Convention in 1995, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.)

In 2006, completely rewritten intellectual property laws were included in part IV of a new Civil Code of the Russian Federation. These new laws entered into force on January 1, 2008, replacing all previous intellectual property legislation. (See Copyright law of the Russian Federation#Part IV of the Civil Code for further details.) In a nutshell, works enter the public domain in Russia 70 years after the death of the author (not 70 years after the publication date). In those cases, {{PD-old-70}} applies. There are also some more intricate cases involving "rehabilitated" authors (see the above linked article) and service in the Great Patriotic War, see Template:PD-Russia-2008 for further details.