Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
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Aleksandr Aleksejevich Khanzhonkov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков; 1877 - 1945) was Russia's first cinema entrepreneur. He produced Defence of Sevastopol, Russia's first feature film, and Ladislas Starevich's ground-breaking puppet animations.
Born in a small village on the banks of the Don river in rural Russia in 1877, Khanzhonkov in 1911 founded 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.
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- Ханжонков, А.А. 1937. Ранние годы русской анимации. Москва/Ленинград: Искусство.
- Кузнецова, М. 1997. Александр Ханжонков. Жизнь за кадром. Москва: "Профил" No. 29.
- Янгиров, Рашит. 2001. К биографии А.А. Ханжонкова: Новый ракурс. Москва: "Киноведческие записки" No. 55.
