1. Zinovii Isaevich Grzhebin was a Russian publisher and caricature illustrator.
18 Facts About Zinovii Grzhebin
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Zinovii Grzhebin graduated from Kharkov art school in 1899, then studied at Simon Hollochi school in Munich, later in Paris at the studio of Anton Azbe.
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Zinovii Grzhebin had an idea to create a Russian version of Simplicissimus, a political satire magazine with antimonarchical incline.
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In late 1905 Zinovii Grzhebin established a satirical magazine Zhupel.
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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky said, that Zinovii Grzhebin performed "a real miracle" as a manager, successfully uniting artists and writers from the opposite circles of Russian literature world in one enterprise.
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In 1906 Zinovii Grzhebin opened the Shipovnik publishing house at 31 Nikolaevskaya Street, St Petersburg, in partnership with Solomon Yuryevich Kopelman.
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Zinovii Grzhebin was in charge of finances and led negotiations with authors.
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From 1907 to 1912 Zinovii Grzhebin headed the 'Pantheon' publishing house, that focused on translated classic literature, but in many ways anticipated and formed the future Shipovnik.
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In 1914 Zinovii Grzhebin created the Otechestvo magazine, opposed to Maxim Gorky's "Letopis'".
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Zinovii Grzhebin started working with Gorky in 1905, publishing the novels given to him by the author.
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Zinovii Grzhebin created the Grzhebin Publishing company in 1919, until 1921, when he was given permission to emigrate.
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Zinovii Grzhebin travelled in the same train as Gorky following the latter's unsuccessful bid to save the life of Nikolay Gumilev, shot for his monarchist views.
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Zinovii Grzhebin settled in Berlin at the end of 1921, where he published books under contract to the Soviet government, despite allegations of cheating.
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Gorky signed an agreement in 1928 with the Soviet government to publish several books the rights for which were claimed by Zinovii Grzhebin, who was in desperate need for money.
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Zinovii Grzhebin was employed by Vsemirnaya Literature, a semi-official literary publishing house established by Maxim Gorky and Anatoly Lunacharsky, Peoples' Commissar for Education on 4 September 1918.
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Zinovii Grzhebin owned paintings by Isaac Levitan, Albert Nikolayevitch Benois, Kustodiev, and Boris Grigoriev which were hung on the walls of the offices.
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Zinovii Grzhebin lost all his fortune that was taken back by the Soviet government.
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Zinovii Grzhebin died prematurely on 4 February 1929 in Vanves, a suburb of Paris.