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Moscow, Russia with its 21.5 million residents is the largest city in Europe, serves as the capital of Russia, and is the number one destination spot for Europeans. Russia signals opulence and elegance.
Ben Meyers
Editor in Chief
Editorial
Welcome to Ben Meyers International Entertainment Magazine and thank you for joining us in our venture of appreciating cinema at the international level as countries integrate, collaborate, and cooperate to bring their outstanding voices and stories from around the world to international attention.
The fourth quarter of 2025 marks an examination of Russia's entertainment industry.
Again we thank all the people who have continually worked to keep the entertainment industry in the evolving mode as we race toward a completely new entertainment that reacts to virtual reality and integration of peoples across our globe.
Ben Meyers
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CONTENTS
Broadening and Expanding Focus, Those Marvelous Inventors and Experimenters
How Stars Are Born, Russian Stars Then and Now
Those 'Opulent' Russian Film Festivals!
Places to Go and Things to See
When Opulence Counts, GO Russia
Broadening and Expanding Focus, Those Marvelous Inventors and Experimenters
by Ben Meyers
From collegiate film studies I integrated an understanding that the beginning of the European film industry has been deeply driven by France and French artists such as Georges Mèliés, the producer, director, writer, and publicist of Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) and his earlier works, Cinderella (1899) and Joan of Arc (1900) as well as the Lumiere Brothers and their invention of the Cinematographe moving picture machine.
Georges Mèliés, French Film Producer
The Lumiere Brothers' French Invention
When I found German inventors were deeply involved in the moving picture industry simultaneously with the French, that discovery led to a bit of confusion. German inventors were prone to invent and keep their ideas more within German borders while the Lumiere Brothers' traveled and began spreading this new technology across the world allowing simultaneous release of knowledge to both rich and poor alike. After seeing how they gave Australia a jumpstart into this new technology, I found myself back in France again just where my collegiate coursework had placed me at the beginning of my studies. So, I decided to take this issue to Russia to see if the pattern of this new type of entertainment followed the pattern of the three previous countries. We focus on Russia for this draft issue of Ben Meyers International Magazine and find, once again, that the French Lumiere Brothers introduced the industry to both Berlin and Moscow in 1896. Camille Cerf, one of their cameramen, recorded Nicholas' coronation ceremony with the new media. Political leaders embraced the new media and it grew rapidly from that point forward.
The Nika Award, one of Russia's Awards for outstanding film production.
How Russian Stars Were Born
Russian Stars, Then and Now
As movies began to work with stories that involved people, audiences began requesting certain actors and actresses to perform more than others and as studios began honoring those requests, the birth of movie stars began. Some of the first to rise in Russia during the silent and black and white eras were:
Alla Nazimova
World War II Stars
Olga Chekhova
Some movie stars gained fame internationally.
Yura Borisov
Olga Kurylenko
Today, due in part to innovations in mobility and increased integration of talent within the industry, Russia offers the world actors and actresses who have gained international recognition.
Those Opulent Russian Film Festivals!
SUMMER
The MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Moscow, Russia
July
The Rossiya Cinema Theatre hosts this annual festival. The festival gives presence to feature films, documentaries, animation, and short films. It is one of Europe's oldest film festivals and awards to international as well as domestic artists.
Places to Go and Things to See
Russian World Studios
RUSSIAN CUISINE
RUSSIAN CHEESE
Pavlova
Baklava
OUR COOKIES
Apricot Filled Chocolate
Marshmallow
RUSSIAN PRODUCTS
RUSSIAN CRYSTAL
Fabergé Eggs
Amethyst Bowls
Russian Lacquer
Russian Jewelry
RUSSIAN TOYS
Matryoshka Nesting Dolls
Rocking Horse
Wooden Top
Video Games
Russian Porcelain
RUSSIAN WOOD CARVING
FASHION
When Opulence Counts GO Russia
AUTOMOBILE
SENATE AURUS
WINES AND LIQUOURS
RUSSIAN CLASSIC BOOK COLLECTIONS
When Opulence Counts GO Russia
Places to Go and Things to See
Russian Wheat Fields
RUSSIAN DAIRY
Cherry Orchard
Red Plums
PETS
FURNITURE
When Opulence Counts GO Russia
This magazine is informationally driven by the following websites which we are gratefully indebted to and thank you for the collections of information we had access to create the first draft issue of Ben Meyers International Entertainment Magazine. We hope you enjoy our next issue with its Focus on China.
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Wikipedia, X.com, Facebook, Google, IMDb, Internet Archive
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