Valentin Turkin

{{family name hatnote|Konstantinovich|Turkin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Short description|Screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist}}

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| name = Valentin Turkin

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| birth_date = 6 February 1887

| birth_place = Novocherkassk, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire

| death_date = 10 January 1958 (age 70)

| death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union

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| occupation = screenwriter, film critic, teacher

| yearsactive = 1915-1958 (film)

| awards = Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1944)

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Valentin Konstantinovich Turkin ({{langx|ru|Валентин Константинович Туркин}}; 6 February 1887 – 10 January 1958) was a screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist active in the Soviet Union.Youngblood p.90

Turkin was a founder of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.