 After 1923 a policy of nativization, which provided government support for non-Russian culture and languages within the non-Russian republics, was adopted.Romantic Russian nationalist themes appeared in art, such as the historical epic films by Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky's patriotic novels.The creation of an international communist state under control of the workers was perceived by some as accomplishment of Russian nationalistic dreams.