Background
BLIOKH, Yakov was born in 1895.
BLIOKH, Yakov was born in 1895.
Fought in Civil War; military comissar, 1st Cavalry Army. 1931-1934 organizer and director with Voroshilov Film Train - a roving film documentary unit which covered building projects of 1st Five-Year Plan. From 1934 admin work.
Directed film studios: Soyuzkinokhronika (1937-1939). Odessa Studios (1939-1940). Sverdlovsk Studios (1946-1948).
Communist Party member from 1918.