Cossack A.A. Khanzhonkov’s Pegasus

In the article the contribution of Cossack A.A. Khanzhonkov to the development of national film industry is investigated. The article describes how A.A. Khanzhonkov went toParis and bought the first films. It is shown that he began his new story at the time when inRussia only foreign films were known. The next year the retired Cossack officer started to make films himself. As a symbol of his activity A.A. Khanzhonkov choose mythological horse – a winged Pegasus, rampant above the letters "A" and "X". It is shown how A.A. Khanzhonkov without humanitarian, technical, economic education and an experience in shooting movies, created a cinema enterprises that over the next ten years produced about 400 films.