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Yacov ZadorozhnySoviet director of popular science films
Date of Birth: 23.09.1890
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Content:
- Yakov Grigoryevich Zadorozhny: A Pioneer of Soviet Documentary Cinema
- Post-Revolution and Administrative Work
- Administrative Exile and Return to Film
- Scientific-Documentary Filmmaking Career
- Legacy and Accolades
- - 1925: "Agricultural Cooperation"
Yakov Grigoryevich Zadorozhny: A Pioneer of Soviet Documentary Cinema
Early Life and Career in FilmYakov Grigoryevich Zadorozhny was born on September 11 (23), 1890, in the village of Pokrovskoye, Vitebsk Governorate (now Belarus). His involvement in film began in 1905 as a cinema mechanic for a traveling cinema. From 1907 to 1909, he managed a cinema in Vitebsk.
Post-Revolution and Administrative Work
After the October Revolution, Zadorozhny held administrative positions in Soviet organizations responsible for cinematography in Vitebsk, Smolensk, and Moscow. During the New Economic Policy (NEP), he became a co-owner of the film distribution company "Yelin, Zadorozhny and Company" and co-leased a film studio in Yalta.
Administrative Exile and Return to Film
Following the tightening of state control, Zadorozhny faced administrative exile, first to Kansk and then to Novosibirsk. From 1925 to 1948, he worked as a director, cameraman, and director of the film studio "Kinof Siberia" and later "Sibtechfilm."
Scientific-Documentary Filmmaking Career
In 1948, Zadorozhny joined the Sverdlovsk Film Studio for Scientific and Popular Films, where he remained until 1954. From 1954 to 1959, he worked at the "Mosnauchfilm" film studio. His film on Orlov trotters, "Rivals," received the Stalin Prize in 1951, becoming the first major award for a provincial documentary film.
Legacy and Accolades
Yakov Grigoryevich Zadorozhny passed away in Moscow in 1966 and was buried in Donskoe Cemetery. His filmography includes:
- 1925: "Agricultural Cooperation"
- 1926: "At the Crossroads"- 1928: "Golden Treasure"
- 1929: "Two Giants," "The End of Zhuravlikha"
- 1930: "Women's Riots"
- 1931: "Born in Battle," "Golden Fleece"
- 1938: "Tribal Farms"
- 1940: "Millionaires' Collective Farms"
- 1941: "Dalmatian Chamomile"
- 1942: "Siberia in the War"
- 1943: "Storage and Use of Agricultural Materials"
- 1944: "Military Veterinary Medicine in the Great Patriotic War"
- 1946: "Anemia in Horses"
- 1947: "The Tale of Golden Donets"
- 1948: "The Tale of Donets"
- 1950: "Orlov Trotters," "Rivals"
- 1951: "On Abkhazian Land"
- 1952: "In the World of Bees"
His accolades include the Stalin Prize Third Degree (1951) for "Rivals."
