Nikita Mikhalkov was the first post-Soviet Russian director to win the award, for Burnt by russian foreign films Sun. Russia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1992. Prior to that, Russian films were strongly represented among the films submitted by the former Soviet Union.

The Foreign Language Film award is handed out annually by the U. Each year, the Academy invites countries to submit their best films for competition, with only one film being accepted from each country. Nikita Mikhalkov has been chosen to represent Russia five times. While The Barber of Siberia was disqualified when the print did not arrive in Los Angeles in time, three other films were nominated for an Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

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