From open sources Персия/Persia: https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003e8/search/In%20your%20Despatch%20No%23%2025%2C%20dated%20the%208th%20June%201923 In your Despatch No# 25, dated the 8th June 1923, you kindly gave me an appreciation of the Soviet Russian Consul General Apresov newly appointed to Meshed. You concluded with the expression of your opinion that if given sufficient rope the man would soon hang himself. This prophecy seems to be on the point of fulfilment, for on the 10th instant M. Apresov announced that he was proceeding to Tehran in four days* time to...

Birth of the Russian "Great Mute" (1898–1917) It is known that the French brought the movies to Russia. It was at the beginning of 1896. However, many Russian photographers were able to quickly learn a new craft. Already in 1898, documentary plots were shot not only by foreign, but also by Russian operators. But still 10 years were before the appearance of Russian feature films. Only in 1908, director and entrepreneur Alexander Drankov made the first Russian film with actors under the title Ponizovaya Volnitsa (Stepan Razin)...