Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky

[5] Yuri's father Andrei Alekseyevich Zhelyabuzhsky was an Active State Councillor who belonged to an old noble family tree which originated in the 15th century and gave birth to a number of prominent high-ranking officials and diplomats throughout Russian history.

[6] After Andrey Zhelyabuzhsky left the family, Maria Andreyeva became romantically involved with the major Bolshevik writer Maxim Gorky.

A famous series of photos that shows Vladimir Lenin playing chess with Gorky, Alexander Bogdanov and other Bolsheviks in exile was made by Zhelyabuzhsky at their Capri residence in April 1908.

Zhelyabuzhsky was active during both February and October Revolutions, shooting documentary chronicles of mass protests and Lenin's work in Moscow.

[12] 1924 saw the release of The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom directed by Zhelyabuzhsky which became the first Soviet feature comedy film about the movie industry and the daily life of Moscow dwellers, free of agitation and revolution themes.

All of them took part in another influential movie of 1924 — Aelita, the first science fiction blockbuster about space travel that emerged from the USSR, loosely based on Aleksey Tolstoy's novel.

Praised by viewers and critics for the acting work of Ivan Moskvin and for the carefully built composition, it has been mentioned by scholars as one of the best Soviet adaptations ever since.