OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO: THE WORLD CINEMA GENIUS
A real artist whose creativity impressed even Charlie Chaplin, Olek-sandr Dovzhenko was born on August 29, 1894 in Chernihiv region.
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
The future cinema scriptwriter's family was not rich — though Oleksandr's parents owned their own lands, they were not fertile and could not give much profit.
In 1911 O. Dovzhenko finished school and entered Hlukhiv Teacher's Institute from which he graduated in 1914 and was appointed a teacher in Zhytomyr. When the Art Academy was opened in Kyiv, he entered it. In 1917 Ukraine was embraced by revolutionary events followed by the Civil War. At that time O. Dovzhenko joined the ranks of the Third Serdiuk regiment of the UPR army and even participated in cracking down Communist strikes at the
