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Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
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08 Aug 1877
† 26 Sept 1945
Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Biography
In 1906 he opened the A. Khanzhonkov Trading House (since 1912 - A. Khanzhonkov & K JSC), the first Russian company selling and renting foreign films. Since 1907, he began production of game productions and chronicles. One of the founders of Russian cinematography. Vladislav Starevich, Eugene Bauer, Petr Chardynin, Vera Kholodnaya, Ivan Mozhuhin, Vera Caralli, Vitold Polonsky, Ivan Perestiani and others. In 1920, he emigrated after the nationalization of film enterprises. He lived in Constantino...
Also Known As
A. A. Khanzhonkov, Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков, Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov, A. Chanshonkov, А. Ханжонков
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