Buryat in european cinema 2

An amazing fate awaited him, Valéry Inkijinoff was born in a family of ordinary rural teachers His father, Ivan Nikolaevich Inkijinoff, was one of the first teachers among the Buryats and played a significant role in the Buryat national movement, took part in the creation of a program for the educational reform in Buryatia. He himself came from a wealthy Bokhan family. Valéry’s mother, Alexandra Vasilevna Inkijinoff, was also a teacher. At first she worked at Oek village school, then was transferred to the Bokhan non-Slavic school, where she met Ivan Nikolaevich Inkijinoff. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, Valéry Inkijinoff ’s parents were people of progressive views, real teachers-enlighteners. Thanks to them, Valerian embarked on an amazing journey that led him to cinema.