Fedetsky, Alfred Konstantinovich

Alfred Fedetsky was born in 1857 in Zhitomir in a Polish theater family not approved by the noble heraldry. Fedetsky’s father, Konstantin Fedetsky (born February 15, 1815), was a theater entrepreneur, director, and actor. Alfred Fedetsky graduated from the Photographic Institute at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (KK Lehr und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie und Reproductionsverfahren). After graduating in 1880, Alfred Fedetsky came to Kiev , where he worked as director of a photo studio V. Vysotsky . In 1886 - moved to Kharkov , where on Yekaterinoslavskaya st. (now Poltava shlyah) opened a shop. The author of portraits of P. I. Tchaikovsky, I. K. Aivazovsky and dozens of other famous people.

He experimented in the field of relief, color, stereoscopic photographs, photographs on porcelain. He was "a photographer of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna ."

In 1896, Fedetsky made the first documented Russian film.
The first filming on the territory of the Empire by her citizen (before that there was only the shooting by the Frenchman Camille Cerf of the coronation of Nicholas II in May), a shooting of Fedetsky called "The Solemn Transfer of the Miraculous Ozeryansky Icon from the Kuryazhsky Monastery to Kharkov " on September 30, 1896 . ^[one]

Fedetsky also shot the second and third Russian films: this is “ Dzhigitovka of the Cossacks of the First Orenburg Cossack Regiment ” at the Kharkov race hippodrome on October 15, 1896 and “View of the Kharkov station at the time of departure of the train with the authorities, which is located on the platform” (around November 4, 1896). ^[one]

The 1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment was in Kharkov, and Fedetsky decided to take off the life of the Cossacks . (At that time, the Cossack cavalry was considered the best in Europe). Fedetsky made the film “Dzhigitovka Cossacks of the 1st Orenburg Regiment”, it was a documentary film demonstrating the life of the Russian cavalry. A little later, Fedetsky takes off “View of the Kharkov station at the time of the departure of the train with the authorities on the platform.” In 1897, he shots films “Festivities on Horse Square”, “Riding on Red Square” and the game “Magician Albany”.

Foreign companies such as Pate and the Lumiere brothers were ready to buy his films, but categorically refused to show under his name.
This did not suit Fedetsky, and he decides to open his own cinema. He buys a booth with a projector, rents a room and starts showing films. His paintings are successful, but the cinema burns out during a fire with all the films. After losing his films, Fedetsky decides to stop filming and return to photography .

• 1888 - “The highest gratitude” of Emperor Alexander III, for pictures of the collapse of the royal train
• 1888 - Gold Medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels
• 1889 - Gold medal from the King of Denmark Christian IX, for pictures of the collapse of the royal train
• 1889 - Diamond Signet
• 1889 - Gold medal from the Emperor of Germany, William II, for pictures of the collapse of the royal train
• 1889 - “The highest gratitude” of King Christian IX of Denmark, for taking a picture of the moments of the consecration of the temple at the site of the collapse of the royal train
• 1889 - The Highest Gratitude
• 1889 - Gold medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels (Agriculture commerciale industriale)
• 1889 - Small silver medal at the IV All-Russian anniversary photo exhibition in Moscow
• 1889 - Gold medal at the Paris Industrial Exhibition (A exposition universelle)
• 1890 - Gold medal of the World Academy of Sciences in Brussels (Academie universelle de scilences des line arts)
• 1890 - Alfonso III Grand Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Madrid (Alfonso III rex de Espagne. Concours international Industriale)
• 1891 - Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in London
• 1891 - Honorary Diploma of the International Photographic Exhibition in Paris (Diplome d 'honneur)
• 1892 - Diamond ring with a monogram from Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich
• 1894 - Diamond ring from Emperor Alexander III, for photographs of the lighting of the temple in Borki
• 1894 - "The highest gratitude" of Empress Maria Fedorovna
• 1894 - Gold Medal of the International Photographic Exhibition in Antwerp
• 1898 - Diamond ring from Emperor Nicholas II, for pictures of the visit of Nicholas II to the Spaso Skete

Portraits of famous people of Russia ( 1880s - 1890s )

Group photos

Passepartout Fedetsky

Held in London ^{[ when? ]} international photo exhibition. To participate in the exhibition, it was necessary to submit 24 photographs describing an event. Fedetsky prepared a vivid story about the architecture of the monasteries of Russia. Many in Europe for the first time realized that the architecture of Russian monasteries is a work of high art. Fedetsky received a medal and a financial prize for his photos, for which he bought two new movie cameras .

• May 17, 2010 in Kharkov on the facade of the building of the regional philharmonic society a memorial plaque was opened to A. K. Fedetsky (sculptor A. Ridny ).
• May 17, 2013 in Kharkov on the facade of the house (Sumskaya St., 3), where Fedetsky lived, a memorial plaque was opened to A.K. Fedetsky.

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