[3][4][5] She is best known for directing the films Women of Ryazan (1927) [6] and And Quiet Flows the Don (1930).
From 1905, she worked in theaters in Poltava, Tbilisi, Riga, Odessa, Voronezh and Moscow.
[9] In 1913, she debuted as film actress in The Keys to Happiness, directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, and she starred in several popular adaptations of Russian classics, such as War and Peace and On the Eve (both 1915).
[4][10] When it was released it received praise, but since it was the debut film of a woman director, it was treated with distrust, and on the posters and reviews her name was often written with a male ending or attributed to other directors.
Their most well-known films were Women of Ryazan (1927) and And Quiet Flows the Don (1930)[2] (Слесарь и канцлер) (Великая страсть) (Приваловские миллионы) (Петербургские трущобы) (Гранатовый браслет) (Дворянское гнездо) (Гнев Диониса) (Ключи счастья) (Каштанка) (Федькина правда) (Помещик) (Сказка о попе Панкрате) (Барышня - крестьянка)