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The Snow Queen
Снежная королева
1957 · Film · 61 min
Directed by Lev Atamanov
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kai, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.
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I'm not sure if he could read Russian, but in addition to the Snow Queen by Lev Atamanov, Miyazaki frequently cites Soviet animator Yuri Norstein as a major influence, and lists two of his films (Hedgehog in the Fog, and Tale of Tales) as among his favourites of all time.[1] Several of his movies do have shots that seem strongly reminiscent of the Battleship Potemkin so I'd be surprised if that film wasn't an influence as well, although I don't know of a source that states it.
[1] https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/hayao-miyazaki-25-favourite-films/
A Soviet Union studio made a pretty good movie of Anderson's story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(1957_film)