was by . Many cartoons of 1938–1945 were made both in colour and black-and-white. If in 1936–1937 the animation was limited to the children's themes within the genres of fables and fairy tales, then in 1938 it was ordered to direct Soviet cinema to contemporary issues. The studio's repertoire policy was changed, it again began to produce political films in the genres of the Soviet "political fairy tale", political cartoons and agitprop posters. The possibility of portraying a person as a positive Soviet hero in animation was discussed. At that time, the films ( (1938) by , (1939) by were produced. In the late 1930s – early 1940s, was a shift in priorities from quantity to quality indicators. Animator courses were resumed. Films created between 1939 and 1941 were subsequently included in the "gold fund" of world cinema: (1939) and (1941) by Leonid Amalrik and , (1939) by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Uncle Styopa (1939) and (1941) by Vladimir Suteev. These cartoons defined the original "Soviet style" of animation. War period In the first months of the Great Patriotic War, all creative groups switched to producing anti-fascist propaganda posters. Many employees went to the front. In October, the part of the studio was evacuated to Samarkand, where the directors Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and joined the team evacuated from the besieged Leningrad. They formed part of the Central United Film Studios team as a specialised division, independent from its leadership and keeping the brand. In Samarkand the studio worked in the strictest economy of materials and electricity. Scenarios were revised in order to simplify the production, which was extremely slow because of lack of materials and staff. In 1943, Soyuzmultfilm returned to Moscow. In early 1944, the studio organized the first Arts Council. By the end of the 1940s, Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak, Evgeny Schwartz, Sergey Bolotin, , Mikhail Volpin, Nikolai Erdman, Valentin Kataev, Yury Olesha, , Lev Kassil, Vladimir Suteev, , , , were invited to cooperate with the studio. Under difficult working conditions, several outstanding films were created: (1942) by Olga Khodataeva, (1942) by Leonid Amalrik and Olga Khodataeva, (1942) by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, (1944) by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1942–1943) and (1944) by the Brumberg sisters (1944) by Ivan Ivanov-Vano. In 1945, the studio produced its first feature film A Disappeared Diploma by Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg, based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. The