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- Vladik was born on 29 December 1990. He died on 20 October 2009 in Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine.
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Alexander Kulikov was born in 1965. He was a writer and producer, known for Forsaken (2018) and Forbidden Empire (2014). He died on 28 November 2016 in Alushta, Crimea, Russia.- Writer
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Yevgeni Petrov was born Evgeni Petrovich Kataev on November 30, 1902, in Odessa, Russian Empire (Now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Petr Kataev, was a teacher. Petrov graduated from Classical Gymnasium in 1920, and became a news correspondent for the Ukrainian Telegraph Agency. From 1921-1923 he was a criminologist and homicide inspector in Odessa. In 1923 Petrov moved to Moscow and became a journalist in a Soviet magazine "Krasny Perets" (Red Pepper). With the help from his brother, Valentin Kataev, who was already a popular writer, Petrov made connections in the Moscow literary milieu.
In 1925 he met Ilya Ilf and a year later they started writing together. Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was published in 1928. It's main character, named Ostap Bender, became a popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had instant success with the general public, but was bashed by the Soviet critics, because it satirized the loss of civility and degradation of cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov. Their second novel by Ilf and Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became bestsellers in the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others. In 1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character of Ostap Bender was portrayed by such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Menshikov.
In 1933-1934 Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe. In 1935 they made a journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Storey America 1937). Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937. His partner, Yevgeni Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from Sevastopol to Moscow.
In 1948 Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union. Eight years later the ban was lifted during the political "Thaw" initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.- Viktor Pavlovsky was born on 5 December 1925 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (1984), One Chance in a Thousand (1969) and Opasnye gastroli (1969). He died on 26 March 1998 in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
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Marius Petipa was born on 11 March 1818 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and director, known for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), Shchelkunchik (2023) and The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow - The Nutcracker (2010). He was married to Love Savitskaya and Mariia Surovshchikova. He died on 14 July 1910 in Gurzuf, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].- Art Department
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovannes Aivasian) was born on July 29, 1817, in Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire, into a poor Armenian family. His father was a modest Armenian trader. His mother was a traditional homemaker. His early talent as an artist earned him a scholarship to study at the Simferopol gymnasium. From 1833-1839 Aivasovsky studied at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, where he was a student of professor Mikhail Vorob'ev, and graduated with the Gold Medal.
Aivazovsky was sent to paint in Crimea and in Italy, being sponsored by the Russian Imperial Academy for 6 years from 1838-1844. His numerous paintings of Mediterranean seascapes won him popularity among art collectors, such as the Russian Czars, the Ottoman Sultan, and among the various nobility in many countries. His dramatic depiction of a sea storm with the survivors from a shipwreck, known as 'The Ninth Wave' (1850), made him extremely famous. The original canvas is in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. He also made many variations and repetitions of this particular painting, as well, as of his other popular works.
Aivazovsky produced over six thousand paintings of variable quality over the course of his long life. Most of his works were made on a longstanding commission from the Imperial Russian Navy Headquarters, where he worked for the most of his life, from the 1840s until 1900. He earned a considerable fortune, which he spent for charity, and also used for the foundation of the first School of Arts (in 1865) and the Art Gallery (in 1889) in his home town of Feodosia.
Aivazovsky was a member of Academies of Rome, Florence, Stuttgart and Amsterdam. He died on May 5, 1900, in Feodosia.- Costume Designer
Elizaveta Grishina was born on 18 May 1990 in Feodosia, Crimea. Elizaveta was a costume designer, known for The Treasure of the Chinese Seas, Igra na vyzhivanie (2020) and Groznyy papa (2022). Elizaveta was married to Dmitriy Stepanov. Elizaveta died on 9 November 2022 in Simferopol, Crimea.- Production Designer
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Irina Zakharova was born on 5 August 1922 in Yaropolets village, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow oblast, Russia]. She was a production designer and costume designer, known for Private Ivan (1955), A Gift for Music (1957) and Nochnoy patrul (1957). She died on 12 October 1964 in Alupka, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR.- Yevgeni Muromski was born in 1880. He was an actor, known for Knyaz Demir Bulat (1916) and Arvad (1916). He died in June 1930 in Crimea, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Natalya Pivovarova was born on 17 July 1963 in Novgorod, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Brother (1997), Fontan (1988) and Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii (1998). She died on 24 September 2007 in Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine.
- Boris Avsharov was born in 1899. He was an actor, known for Surovye dni (1933), Karmeliuk (1938) and Veter s vostoka (1940). He died on 23 November 1964 in Kerch, Crimean ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Crimea, Russia].
- Igor Klemenkov was born on 13 March 1934 in Leningrad, USSR. He was an actor, known for Schastlivogo plavaniya (1949) and Cinderella (1947). He died on 12 March 2006 in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
- Moisei Zats was born on 5 January 1904 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. Moisei was a writer, known for The Diplomatic Pouch (1927), The Night Coachman (1929) and Svezhiy veter (1927). Moisei died in 1942 in Crimea, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Pavel Gavrilyuk was born on 1 September 1950 in Taskhent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Okhota na drakona (1987) and Shag vpravo... Shag vlevo... (1991). He died on 7 February 2017 in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
- Pavel Popovich was born on 5 October 1930 in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Ni dnya bez priklyucheniy (1971), Strange But True? (1993) and Narod Chestvuet Geroev Kosmosa (1963). He was married to Marina Popovich and Alevtina Oshegova. He died on 29 September 2009 in Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine.
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Georgi Seversky was born on 6 May 1909. Georgi was a writer, known for Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva (1970), Groznye nochi (1961) and Zoia Rukhadze (1971). Georgi died on 5 July 1996 in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.- Producer
Viktor Glukhov was born on 5 July 1953. He was a producer, known for Svoi (2004), Predskazaniye (1993) and Odinokiy igrok (1995). He died on 7 August 2020 in Crimea, Russia.- Andrei Voynovsky was born on 20 April 1959 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Chudak iz pyatogo B (1972), Nikushor iz plemeni TV (1975) and Eto my ne prokhodili (1976). He died on 20 August 2015 in Crimea, Russia.
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Aleksandr Khanzhonkov was the world's first maker of a cartoon film, the first maker of a full-time feature film in Russia and the founder of the first Russian film studio.
He was born Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov on August 8, 1877, in the village of Khanzhonkovo, Donetsk province, Russian Empire (now Donetsk, Ukraine). His father, Aleksei Khanzhonkov, was a landlord of Don Cossack ancestry. In 1896 Aleksandr graduated from Novocherkassk Cossack Cadet School, then was promoted to junior officer in the privileged Don Cossack unit in Moscow. Khanzhonkov fought in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 and was decorated for bravery. In 1905 he received an honorable discharge and a veteran officer's package of 5,000 rubles.
In 1905 he bought the film production company Gomon i Siversen in Moscow. He also brought new equipment from Pathe and started his own filmmaking business. In 1905-06 he shot his first documentaries. By the beginning of 1906 he invested all of his money in his filmmaking business, and obtained registration for filmmaking in Moscow. In the spring of 1906 he showed imported French films, as well as his own documentaries from his company, now named A. Khanzhonkov & Co., which initially was registered as a trade business. In 1907 Khanzhonkov produced his first film, "Palochkin i Galochkin", but it was not completed and he decided not to release it.
In 1908 Khanzhonkov released his first feature film, Drama v tabore podmoskovnykh tsygan (1908). At that time he hired actors and directors from the Vvedensky Narodny Dom Theatre Company, including such actors as Aleksandra Goncharova, Andrei Gromov, Pyotr Chardynin and Ivan Mozzhukhin. Between 1909 and 1919 he produced about 100 films. He was the biggest film producer in Russia, and made more films than all other Russian film studios combined. He produced 12 films in 1912 and 20 in 1913 alone. By 1914 his net annual profit surpassed 150,000 rubles, which in 2012 would be comparable to $50 million.
In 1911 Khanzhonkov produced the first full-length feature film in Russia, Defense of Sevastopol (1911), about the siege of the city of Sebastopol during the Crimean War of 1854-55. The production was sponsored by Tsar Nicholas II. Khanzhonkov made a painstaking effort and produced a really advanced period film epic. He found many surviving veterans of the Crimean war, and used the same locations where the historic battle took place. The Tsar issued orders that Khanzhonkov was given temporary right to command and direct the movements of several regiments of the Imperial Army and Navy that were used in the massive battle scenes. Khanzhonkov became the first director in the world to use two cameras. The premiere of the 100-minute film took place at the Livadia palace in Yalta, before the the tsar and his court, and with the cast and crew of more than 100 in attendance. Khanzhonkov was awarded and decorated for the film. He was also commissioned by the tsar to make several documentaries and feature films about various official events in Russia, such as Votsareniye doma Romanovykh (1913).
During the early years of Russian cinema, Khanzhonkov collaborated with theatrical directors, such as Vasili Goncharov and Yevgeny Bauer. His works with Bauer were considered among the highest achievements of the silent film era in Russia. Khanzhonkov also played an important role in the formation of the Russian film industry during the 1910s. In 1910 he started the first Russian film magazine, "Vestnik cinematografii", a comprehensive quarterly publication about emerging film culture and film business. In 1912 he produced the world's first cartoon, _Prekrasnaya Lukanida, ili Voina usachei s rogachami (1912)_, directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz.
In 1916 Khanzhonkov bought land on the Black Sea coast in Yalta, Crimea, and built the new Khanzhonkovs Studio there. In the spring of 1917 he moved his Moscow studio, with actors and staff, to the new location in Yalta. There, from 1917-20, he produced about 15 films. In 1920, after the defeat of the Russian White army of Gen. Vrangel in Crimea, Khanzhonkov's studio and his land were nationalized by the Communist government. At the same time Khanzhonkov's Film Factory in Zamoskvotrechye in Moscow was also confiscated and nationalized by the Communist government, then renamed Goskino (the first location of Goskino was on Zhitnaya St.). Khanzhonkov left the country, together with his best actors, directors and cinematographers. In 1922 he started a film studio in Baden, Austria.
In 1923 Khanzhonkov was invited to come back to Russia by the newly founded "Rusfilm" company. The invitation was sponsored by Soviet Culture Commissar Anatoli Lunacharsky, who sent an official welcome telegram to Khanzhonkov. In 1923 Khanzhonkov returned to Russia, but the "Rusfilm" company suddenly folded. He was hired by Goskino as production consultant, then worked for Proletkino Studios. In 1926 he was falsely accused of embezzlement and arrested. Although he was later cleared of all charges, he was left penniless. His health declined and he moved from Moscow to Yalta and never worked again.
By 1934, Khanzhonkov, aged 56, was disabled and jobless. He wrote a passionate letter to the government which took all his wealth and made him poor, and he was eventually granted a pension from the Russian government. In 1937 he published a book of memoirs titled "Pervye gody Russkoi kinematografii" ("The First Years of Russian Cinema"). By that time he was living in the glorious past. His first wife, writer Antonina Khanzhonkova, died in emigration and the couple's two children were grown up. Back in Russia Khanzhonkov married his assistant, Vera Dmitrievna Popova-Khanzhonkova, who cared for him for the rest of his life while he suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and was using a wheelchair due to his disability. He survived the Nazi occupation of Yalta during World War II. He died on September 26, 1945, in Yalta, Crimea, Soviet Union (now Ukraine).
Khanzhonkov's films were edited to remove any pro-monarchist elements during the regime of Joseph Stalin. In 1956 the cultural "thaw" was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev, the ban on Khanzhonkov's films was ended and many of his movies were shown on public television as well as in theaters.