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- Aribert Mog was born on 3 August 1904 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Etappenhase (1937), Fährmann Maria (1936) and Der Sprung ins Nichts (1932). He died on 2 October 1941 in near Nova Trojanova, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Grigori Kromanov was born on 8 March 1926 in Tallinn, Estonia. He was a director and actor, known for Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979), Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975) and The Last Relic (1969). He was married to Irena Veisaite. He died on 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union [now Estonia].- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Sergey Semyonov was born on 16 July 1906 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Sergey was a cinematographer, known for Moskva: Stolitsa SSR (1947), Demokrativskaya Vengriya (1948) and In the Circus Arena (1951). Sergey died on 15 September 1956 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Yosyp Tymchenko was born on 26 April 1852 in Okip, Kharkiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. Yosyp was a director and cinematographer, known for Skachuschiy vsadnik (1893) and Kopemetatel (1893). Yosyp died on 20 May 1924 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Ukraine].- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Jüri Müür was born on 7 January 1929 in Tartu, Estonia. He was a writer and director, known for Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968), Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan (1964) and Reigi õpetaja (1978). He died on 17 November 1984 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union [now Estonia].- Art Department
Nikolay Khomov was born in 1903 in Chelm, Russian Empire [now Poland]. Nikolay is known for Rome, Open City (1945), Moya lyubov (1940) and Serebristaya pyl (1953). Nikolay died in 1973 in Moscow, Soviet Union.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Actress
Antonina Kudryavtseva was born in 1902. She was an assistant director and director, known for Lenochka i vinograd (1936), Chest tovarishcha (1953) and Schastlivogo plavaniya (1949). She died in 1955 in Penza, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Vladimir Zazubrin was born on 6 June 1895 in Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Vladimir was a writer, known for Izbushka na Bajkale (1926), Krasnyi gas (1924) and The Chekist (1992). Vladimir died on 28 September 1937 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Nabi Ganiyev was born in 1904 in Russia. He was a director and writer, known for Ramazan (1933), Kolodetz smerti (1934) and Pokhozhdeniya Nasreddina (1947). He died on 29 October 1952 in the Soviet Union.- Iroda Aliyeva was born on 17 December 1929 in the Soviet Union. She was an actress, known for Pirates of the 20th Century (1980), Barkhan (1989) and Glavnyy den (1974). She died on 7 July 1989 in the Soviet Union.
- Yevgeni Kudryashov was born on 22 March 1930 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ivan Brovkin na tseline (1959), Yasha Toporkov (1960) and Serge (1960). He died in September 1980 in the Soviet Union.
- Zinaida Reich was born on June 21 (July 3), 1894 in Odessa in the Near Mills, the Russian Empire, in the family of a railway engineer of German origin Nikolai Andreyevich Reich (1862-1942, birth name is August Reich, a native of Silesia) and Anna Ivanovna Viktorova ( 1867-1945). Zinaida's father was a Social Democrat, a member of the RSDLP since 1897, and her daughter adhered to her father's views. In 1907, due to his father's participation in revolutionary events, the family was expelled from Odessa and settled in Bendery, where his father got a job as a locksmith in the railway workshops. Zinaida entered the gymnasium for girls of Vera Gerasimenko, but after graduating from only 8 classes, she was expelled for political reasons. She entered the Higher Women's Courses in Kiev, and since 1913 she became a member of the Party of Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs). Anna Ivanovna with difficulty managed to obtain a certificate of secondary education for her daughter. After that, Zinaida left for Petrograd, and her parents moved to the city of Orel to her mother's elder sister, Varvara Ivanovna Danziger. In Petrograd, Zinaida Reich entered the Higher Women's Historical, Literary and Legal Courses of N. P. Raev, where, in addition to studying the main disciplines, she took sculpture lessons and studied foreign languages. Continuing her studies at the courses, she worked as a typist secretary in the editorial office of the Social Revolutionary newspaper Delo Naroda, where she met her future husband, Sergei Yesenin, who was published in this newspaper at the age of twenty-two. July 30, 1917 Zinaida Reich married Sergei Yesenin during their trip to the homeland of Alexei Ganin, a close friend of Yesenin. The wedding took place in the ancient stone church of Kirik and Julitta of the village of Tolstikovo, Vologda district. Witnesses from the groom were: Spassky volost, the village of Ivanovo peasant Pavel Khitrov and Ustyansk volost, the village of Ustya peasant Sergei Mikhailovich Baraev; on the part of the bride: the Arkhangelsk volost, the village of Konshino, peasant Alexei Alekseevich Ganin and the city of Vologda, merchant son Dmitry Dmitrievich Devyatkov. The wedding sacrament was performed: priest Victor Pevgov with the psalmist Alexei Kratirov. "They came out a hundred, get married. Zinaida, "Nikolay Reich received such a telegram in July 1917 and sent the money to his daughter in Vologda. At the end of August 1917, the young arrived in Orel with Alexei Ganin to celebrate a modest wedding, to get acquainted with the parents and relatives of Zinaida. In September, they returned to Petrograd. Returning to Petrograd, the couple lived separately for some time. At the beginning of 1918 Yesenin left Petrograd. In April 1918, Zinaida Yesenina, in anticipation of childbirth, went to Orel to her parents. There, on May 29, 1918, she gave birth to a daughter, who was named Tatyana. Caring for her daughter made her stay in Orel. In August, she began to work as an inspector of the People's Commissariat for Education, a month later became the head of the theater and cinematography section of the Oryol District Military Commissariat, and from June 1 to October 1, 1919 she was the head of the arts department in the provincial department of public education. Before the capture of the Eagle by the White Army of Denikin, Zinaida Yesenina, together with her daughter, went to her husband in Moscow. They lived for about three years, but a break soon followed, and Zinaida, taking her daughter, left for her parents. Having left her daughter with her parents in Orel, she returned to her husband, but soon they parted again. February 3, 1920 in the House of Mother and Child in Moscow, she gave birth to a son, Konstantin. The child immediately fell seriously ill, and Zinaida urgently drove him to Kislovodsk. Little Kostya was cured, but Zinaida herself fell ill. The break with Yesenin and her son's illness greatly affected her health. The treatment took place in a clinic for nervous patients. On February 19, 1921, a statement was received by the court of the city of Orel: "I ask you not to refuse at your disposal my divorce from my wife Zinaida Nikolaevna Yesenina-Reich. Our children Tatyana are three years old and their son Konstantin is one year old - I leave them for raising my ex-wife Zinaida Nikolaevna Reich, taking on their material support, which I subscribe to. Sergey Yesenin". On October 5, 1921, their marriage was officially dissolved. The funeral of Sergei Yesenin. Reich stands behind the coffin, raising a hand to his heart, to her right Vsevolod Meyerhold. Since March 1921, Reich taught in Orel the history of theater and costume at the theater courses. In the fall of 1921, she became a student at the Higher Director's Studios in Moscow, where she studied with Eisenstein and Yutkevich. Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold led this workshop, with whom Reich met while working in the out-of-school education department of the People's Commissariat for Education. In 1922, while still a student, Zinaida Reich married Meyerhold. In the summer of 1922, they, along with Meyerhold, took the children from Orel to Moscow - in the house on Novinsky Boulevard. Meyerhold adopted Tatyana and Konstantin, loved and cared for them like a father. Sergei Yesenin also came to their apartment to visit his children. Soon, Zinaida's parents also moved from Orel to their daughter in Moscow. Vsevolod Meyerhold against the background of a portrait of Zinaida Reich. 1930 year.
- Vladimir Sosyura was born on 6 January 1898 in Debaltsevo, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Debaltseve, Ukraine]. Vladimir was a writer, known for Koroleva benzokolonki (1963), Zvezda baleta (1965) and Kubantsy (1940). Vladimir died on 8 January 1965 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Mati Kask was born on 22 February 1938 in Tartu, Estonia. Mati was a cinematographer and director, known for Jääriik (1970), Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968) and Kirjad Sõgedate külast (1966). Mati died on 22 December 1972 in Estonian SSR, Soviet Union [now Estonia].- Actress
- Writer
Alexandra Kollontai was born on 31 March 1872 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. She was an actress and writer, known for Red Love (1982) and Revolutionens kvinnor (2006). She was married to Pavel Dybenko and Vladimir Ludvigovich Kollontai. She died on 9 March 1952 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.- Franco Brambilla was born on 25 April 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Aldebaran (1935), L'ebbrezza del cielo (1940) and Vecchia guardia (1935). He died on 17 December 1942 in the Soviet Union.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Vasiliy Belyayev was born on 9 January 1903 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a director and writer, known for Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949), The People's Avengers (1943) and Nové Ceskoslovensko (1950). He was married to Tatyana Guretskaya. He died on 19 May 1967 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Music Department
Onisim Bron was born on 1 September 1895 in Novomoskovsk, Yekaterinoslav guberniya, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovska oblast, Ukraine]. Onisim is known for Sud chesti (1949). Onisim died on 2 February 1975 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Art Department
Yakov Ruklevsky was born in 1894 in Smolensk, Russia. Yakov is known for By the Law (1926), The Three Musketeers (1921) and Isini chamovidnen mtidan (1954). Yakov died in 1965 in Moscow, Soviet Union.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Aleksandr Lemberg was a Russian-Jewish cinematographer and film actor active in Moscow, Russia and in Riga, Latvia. He was born Aleksandr Grigorievich Lemberg on October 22, 1898, in Russia. His father, Grigori Moiseevich Lemberg, was a photographer and cinematographer of early silent cinema. Young Aleksandr Lemberg made his debut at age 18, in 1916, as his father's assistant. During the Russian Civil War of 1917 - 1922, Aleksandr Lemberg made documentaries that later became part of Fortress on the Volga (1942) and also worked in other early Soviet films. During 1919-1920 Aleksandr Lemberg was cinematographer with "agitpokhod" and "agitpoezd."
From 1918 to 1924 he was officially assigned to make documentaries about Vladimir Lenin, including Lenin's public appearances on the Red Square, his work in Kremlin, and his funeral in Moscow. At that time Lemberg joined the group "kinokov" organized by Dziga Vertov. In 1926 he made his first (and only) feature film, Mashinist Ukhtomskiy (1926). However, in 1938 - 1941 he became a photographer for the Exhibition of People's Achievements in Moscow. During the Second World War, he was photo-correspondent with the Red Army. After 1946 he returned as photographer for the Exhibition of People's Achievements in Moscow. In the 1960s, Lemberg played supporting roles in several Soviet films. He died on June 9, 1974, in Moscow, Russia.- Art Department
Anton Lavinsky was born in 1893 in Sochi, Russian Empire. Anton is known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926) and Luch smerti (1925). Anton was married to Elizaveta Lavinskaya. Anton died in 1968 in Moscow, Soviet Union.- Vladimir Erofeyev was born in 1898. Vladimir was a director, known for Pamir (1928). Vladimir died on 14 July 1940 in Dagestan, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Animation Department
- Music Department
- Writer
Lev Pozdneyev was born on 8 January 1909 in the Russian Empire. Lev was a writer, known for Chudesnitsa - A Miracle Maker (1957), A Forest Tale (1956) and In the Deep of the Forest (1954). Lev died in 1970 in the Soviet Union.- Sound Department
Boris Khutoryansky was born on 22 March 1911. He is known for Dikaya sobaka Dingo (1962), Dvenadtsataya noch (1955) and Menya eto ne kasaetsya (1976). He died on 11 January 1981 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.- Vasiliy Klementyev was born on 25 March 1913 in Verkhnee Sancheleyevo, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He died on 10 June 1984 in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Zaki Bayazedsky worked as director of the Tatar Theater College 1923-24 , in the mid-20s he became director of the Tatar Academic Theater (today the Galiaskar Kamal Tatar Academic Theatre) in Kazan. In 1925, he became the director of the first cinema in the republic, and later one of the leading employees of the Vostokkino studio. Later he became a victim of the personality cult and returned to Kazan in 1954.
- Marika Chimishkyan was born in 1904 in Tiflis, Tiflisskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Tiblisi, Georgia]. She was an actress, known for Caucasian Love (1928), Sobytiya v Sent-Lui (1932) and Arevi zavaky (1933). She was married to Sergei Yermolinsky. She died on 29 January 1990 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Erna Mashkevich was born on 5 June 1904 in Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian Empire. She was an actress, known for Pakhari morya (1931), Otvazhnye moreplavateli (1927) and 'Glavdynya' na otdykhe (1927). She was married to Solomon Gershtenzang. She died on 7 April 1988 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Stasys Petraitis was born on 26 October 1905 in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine. He was an actor, known for Oshibka Onore de Balzaka (1969), Northern Crusades (1972) and Ausra prie Nemuno (1953). He died on 16 February 1976 in the Soviet Union.
- Art Director
Andrey Burov was born on 15 October 1900 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an art director, known for Old and New (1929). She died on 7 May 1957 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Aleksandr Lemberg was born on 25 March 1921 in Riga, Latvia. He was an actor, known for Iskhod (1968), Tobago menyaet kurs (1965) and Noktirne (1966). He died on 25 November 1985 in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union.
- Boris Pyasetskiy was an actor, known for Bespridannitsa (1912), Concentration Camp (1938) and Vse pod ruzhyo! (1919). He died on 18 September 1938 in Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Viktoriya Germanova was an actress, known for Bountiful Summer (1951), Nashe serdtse (1947) and Mother (1956). She was married to Mikhail Kuznetsov. She died on 14 April 1985 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Tamari Tvaliashvili was born on 4 April 1906 in the Russian Empire. She was an actress, known for Sinatle chvens panjrebshi (1969), Mshvidobiani dgeebi (1974) and Mimino (1977). She died in 1985 in the Soviet Union.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Nikolai Bolshakov graduated in 1937 from the cinematographic department of VGIK, and from that year he was an camera assistant to the operator of the Mosfilm film studio. His first independent work was the film "Heaven" (1940, Odessa). During the Patriotic War he was a military film correspondent, shot documentaries: "Caspians" (1944, was also a director, together with Grigory Alexandrov) and others. He participated in the filming of Joris Ivens' film "We Are For Peace" (1952, with a group of cameramen), and shot feature films at Mosfilm. In the 1970-1980s he shot stereoscopic films.- Tamara Oganezova was born on 7 January 1895. She was an actress, known for Chertovo gnezdo (1919), Tasnerku ughekitsner (1962) and Predatel (1926). She died on 23 September 1976 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Writer
Aleksandr Kuznetsov was born on 9 June 1900 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Aleksandr was a production manager and producer, known for The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (1943), The Fall of Berlin (1945) and This is How We Live (1958). Aleksandr died on 25 September 1974 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- He was born Wilhelm Adolfovich Haveman in 1876 in a family of Russified Germans. In 1896 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Commercial College. He worked as an employee in a bank, but soon left this profession, devoting his life to art. In the years 1901-1928. - Actor of the Alexandrinsky Theater. In the 1930s he worked in various Leningrad theaters.
Vasily Adolfovich Garlin died in the besieged Leningrad in January 1942. - Vergiliy Renin was born in 1898. He was an actor, known for The Fall of Berlin (1950), Loss of Feeling (1935) and War and Peace (1965). He died on 8 November 1965 in Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Production Designer
Aleksandr Lavrik was born on 13 March 1906 in Birsk, Birsky Uyezd, Russian Empire. He was a cinematographer and production designer, known for Vasylyna (1927), V sugrobakh (1929) and Novymi putyami (1929). He died on 5 February 1981 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].- Music Department
- Composer
Aleksandr Vladimirtsov was born on 19 January 1911 in Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian Empire. Aleksandr was a composer, known for Amphibian Man (1961), Ona vas lyubit (1957) and Be Careful, Grandma! (1961). Aleksandr died in 1987 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Writer
- Director
Vasily Radysh was born on 7 March 1889 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kiev, Ukraine]. Vasily was a writer and director, known for Tebe daryu (1930), Taras Tryasylo (1927) and Bolshoye gore malenkoy zhenshchiny (1929). Vasily died in 1958 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Valentyna Varetska was born on 30 December 1900 in Ivanovka village, Kherson oblast, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. She was an actress, known for Order na arest (1927). She was married to Mark Tereshchenko. She died on 3 January 1981 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Bruno Schmidtsdorf was born on 8 June 1908 in Eberswalde, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Struggle (1936), Korolyevskiye matrosy (1934) and Treasure of the Wrecked Vessel (1935). He died on 28 February 1938 in the Soviet Union.
- Semyon Semyonov was born in 1895 in Grodno, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. Semyon is known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), The Girl with the Hat Box (1927) and Vratar (1936). Semyon died in 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Inventor of the Soviet system of stereoscopic glasses-free cinematography. He worked in cinematography since 1937 (NIKFI, «Soyuzdetfilm» film studio, in 1944-1947 - «Stereokino» film studio), since 1948 - in the stereo cinema laboratory (at NIKFI). In 1935 he invented a system of glasses-free stereoscopic cinematography using an opaque slit screen. Soon the system was patented in England, Denmark, Italy, Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and other countries. In 1941, for the demonstration of stereo films according to the Ivanov system, the Moskva cinema was reequipped, in which a screen with a wire raster was installed. On February 4, 1941, a regular demonstration of stereo films began, the first of which was the «Concert». In 1960, he invented a multi-lens camera, on the basis of which cinema equipment for integrated stereoscopic shooting was developed.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Zinoviy Drapkin was born on 21 August 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He was a writer and director, known for Red Tanks (1939), U nas pervoklassnik (1961) and Ne tak strashen chert (1928). He died on 28 July 1977 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Ottiliya Reyzman was born on 24 September 1914 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. She was a cinematographer, known for Boyevoy kinosbornik 5 (1941), Osvobozhdennaya Chekhoslovakiya (1945) and Arkadiy Raykin (1968). She died on 22 April 1986 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].- Leonid Pervomaisky was born on 17 May 1908 in Constantinograd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Krasnograd, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Soviet Ukraine (1947) and Wild Honey (1967). He died on 9 December 1973 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].
- Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), holder of the Order of Victory (1945). Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1973). Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), holder of the Order of Victory (1945). Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1973). After the war, from June in 1945 - the commander in chief of the Central Group of Forces in Austria and the High Commissioner for Austria. Since July 1946 - Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces - Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Since March 1950, he was the chief inspector of the Soviet Army - deputy Minister of War of the USSR. Since November 1951 - commander of the Carpathian Military District. In 1953 - Chairman of the Special Judicial Presence, who tried Lavrenty Beria and sentenced him to death. Since May 1955 - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. In 1956-1960 - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, from 1955 - at the same time Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact countries. In this capacity, he led the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. On October 25, 1957, during the expulsion of Marshal Zhukov from the party Central Committee, he sided with his opponents. On November 3, 1957, in the press organ of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the newspaper Pravda published his article "The Strength of the Soviet Army and Navy - in the party's leadership, in indissoluble connection with the people". In it, in particular, it was argued that "Zhukov did not justify the confidence of the party," turned out to be a politically untenable figure, prone to adventurism in understanding the most important tasks of Soviet foreign policy and in leading the Ministry of Defense. "From June 1960 to August 1961 and from April 1962 - in the Group of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. In August 1961 - April 1962, during the Berlin crisis, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. On January 30, 1965, as part of the Soviet government delegation, he participated in the funeral of the former Prime Minister Istra Winston Churchill. He died May 21, 1973 from cancer. He was buried in Red Square near the Kremlin wall.