Bauer, Yevgeni b. 1865 d. June 22, 1917 Motion Picture Director. He and Yakov Protazanov were the most important Russian filmakers of the Czarist era. Yevgeni Frantsevich Bauer was born in Moscow, into an artistic family of German descent. He graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1887. Restlessly creative, he was an actor, newspaper cartoonist, and theatre producer before entering films at 48, a relatively advanced age for that activity. His first credit was as art director for the feature "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Polikurovskoe Cemetery, Yalta, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
Grin, Alexander b. August 23, 1880 d. July 8, 1932 Author. One of Russia's leading writers of fantasy. In his novels and stories he created his own exotic country, "Grinlandia", in which pure-hearted souls search for love and adventure and have a constant poetic dialogue with the sea. His best known book, "Scarlet Sails" (1923), has been called "the Russian 'Treasure Island'". Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky was born near Vyatka (now Kirov), Russia, the son of an exiled Polish dissident. At 16 he ran away from an abusive home and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Staryi Krym Cemetery, Staryi Krym, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
Khanzhonkov, Alexander b. August 8, 1877 d. September 26, 1945 Motion Picture Pioneer. One of the founders of Russian Cinema. Born in the Ukraine's Donetsk Province, he served as captain of a Don Cossack unit in the Russo-Japanese War and was decorated for bravery. After the war he settled in Moscow, where he opened his first nickelodeon in 1906. At the time the fledgeling Russian movie market was monopolized by foreign films and his initial attempts at native production were modest newsreels and comedies. He made a fortune distributing France's "Film d'...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Polikurovskoe Cemetery, Yalta, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
b. 1865 d. June 22, 1917
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