Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Протазанов; February 4 (O.S.
January 23), 1881 â€" August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film
director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema
of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and
Uzbek SSR (1944).Born in the Vinokurov family estate to educated
Russian parents, both of whom belonged to the merchantry social class.
His father Alexander Savvich Protazanov came from a long generation of
merchants and was a hereditary distinguished citizen of Kiev (an
inherited privilege first granted to Yakov's great-grandfather, a
merchant also named Yakov Protazanov who moved with his family to Kiev
from Bronnitsy). Alexander worked with the Shibaev brothers of the
family of Old Believers whose father Sidor Shibaev was among the
pioneers of the oil industry.Yakov's mother Elizaveta Mikhailovna
Protazanova (nee Vinokurova) was a native Muscovite. She finished the
Elizabeth Institute for Noble Maidens. Her brother Mikhail Vinokurov
was close friends with the Sadovsky theatrical family and made a great
impact on young Protazanov.In 1900 Yakov graduated from the Moscow
Commercial College and started working as a merchant, although he
wasn't happy about his choice of profession. In 1904 he left Russia
and spent several years in France and Italy, self-educating. After his
return in 1906 Protazanov joined the Gloria film company in Moscow as
a screenwriter and director's assistant. He also met his future wife
there â€" Frida Vasilievna Kennike, who happened to be a sister of one
of the Gloria's co-founders.
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Протазанов; February 4 (O.S.
January 23), 1881 â€" August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film
director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema
of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and
Uzbek SSR (1944).Born in the Vinokurov family estate to educated
Russian parents, both of whom belonged to the merchantry social class.
His father Alexander Savvich Protazanov came from a long generation of
merchants and was a hereditary distinguished citizen of Kiev (an
inherited privilege first granted to Yakov's great-grandfather, a
merchant also named Yakov Protazanov who moved with his family to Kiev
from Bronnitsy). Alexander worked with the Shibaev brothers of the
family of Old Believers whose father Sidor Shibaev was among the
pioneers of the oil industry.Yakov's mother Elizaveta Mikhailovna
Protazanova (nee Vinokurova) was a native Muscovite. She finished the
Elizabeth Institute for Noble Maidens. Her brother Mikhail Vinokurov
was close friends with the Sadovsky theatrical family and made a great
impact on young Protazanov.In 1900 Yakov graduated from the Moscow
Commercial College and started working as a merchant, although he
wasn't happy about his choice of profession. In 1904 he left Russia
and spent several years in France and Italy, self-educating. After his
return in 1906 Protazanov joined the Gloria film company in Moscow as
a screenwriter and director's assistant. He also met his future wife
there â€" Frida Vasilievna Kennike, who happened to be a sister of one
of the Gloria's co-founders.
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