Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Film producer
1877 – 1945
Who was Aleksandr Khanzhonkov?
Aleksandr Aleksejevich Khanzhonkov was Russia's first cinema entrepreneur. He produced Defence of Sevastopol, Russia's first feature film, and Ladislas Starevich's ground-breaking puppet animations.
Khanzhonkov was born in the small village Khanzhonkova on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in rural Russia in 1877,. He founded in 1911 Russia's first cinema factory, a limited company, whose main financial backer was Ivan Ozerov, an influential banker and member of the Russian State Council.
During the Russian Revolution, Khanzhonkov left Russia for a while, went to Constantinople and Vienna, but returned in 1923 and was appointed director of the new soviet studio Proletkino. His career in Soviet Union ruined down in 1926: he was forced to abdicate after a corruption scandal struck Proletkino, and never worked in cinema anymore. Khanzhonkov retired and the rest of his life he spent in Yalta, living on personal pension from the state. There he survived Nazi occupation of Crimea in 1941–1944, and died soon after World War II ended, September 26, 1945 in Yalta.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1877
Makiivka - Also known as
- Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov
- A. Chanshonkov
- Sasha
- Parents
- Spouses
- Antonina Khanzhonkova
- Vera Dmitrievna Popova-Khanzhonkova
( - 1945/09/26)
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 26, 1945
Yalta
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on July 23, 2013
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