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Vladimir Shneyderov

1900 – 1973

Soviet explorer, film director, screenwriter, TV presenter

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About Vladimir Shneyderov

Lived 1900 – 1973 (aged 72). Vladimir Shneyderov was a Russian film director, cinematographer, director, explorer, screenwriter and camera operator.

Vladimir Schneiderov (; 1900–1973) was a Soviet-era explorer and educational film director. A member of the CPSU since 1926, he was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1969.

He was targeted by the KGB for alleged anti-Soviet statements. The alleged documents against him were destroyed by the KGB member who recruited CIA agent Aldrich Ames in the 1980s.

Filmography 1924 По Самарканд, (About Samarkand) 1924 По Узбекистану (About Uzbekistan) 1925 Великий перелёт 1928 Подножие смерти 1930 Эль-Йемен (Аl-Yemen) (About Yemen) 1931 На высоте 4500 1933 Два океана 1934 Золотое озеро (fiction: U.S. title, The Golden Taiga) 1935 1937 1938 Гайчи 1946—1959 киносерия «Путешествия по СССР» (series: Travels in the USSR) 1953 Происхождение жизни (Origins of life) 1958 (Under the ancient desert sky) 1960 Чарльз Дарвин (Charles Darwin) 1962 Жозеф Марти (Joseph Martin)

Awards Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labor Order of the Red Star (14 April 1944) Honored Artist of the RSFSR (6 January 1955) People's Artist of the RSFSR (29 September 1969)

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Important facts

Born

15 July 1900, Moscow

Birth century

19th century

Died

4 January 1973, Moscow

Occupation

Film director, cinematographer, director, explorer, screenwriter, camera operator

Nationality

Soviet Union

Awards

Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Red Star; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Also known as

Vladimir Šnejderov

People in Vladimir Shneyderov's life

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Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Vladimir Shneyderov's

August Gutzmer

1860 – 1924

Mathematician

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Frequently asked questions

Who was Vladimir Shneyderov?

Soviet explorer, film director, screenwriter, TV presenter (1900-1973)

When was Vladimir Shneyderov born?

Vladimir Shneyderov was born on 15 July 1900 in Moscow.

When did Vladimir Shneyderov die?

Vladimir Shneyderov died on 4 January 1973 in Moscow.

What was Vladimir Shneyderov's occupation?

Vladimir Shneyderov was a film director, cinematographer, director, explorer, screenwriter and camera operator.

What nationality was Vladimir Shneyderov?

Vladimir Shneyderov was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vladimir Shneyderov

· Wikidata: Q4525821

· DBpedia: Vladimir Schneiderov

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