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Film director, script writer, graphic artist, film theorist, teacher. Born in the family of architect Mikhail Eisenstein and his wife Yulia Konetskaya in Riga (1898). Studied at the Institute of Civil Engineers in Petrograd (1915–18). Inscripted into the Russian army as an engineering ensign (spring 1917). Joined the Red Army (1918). Studied at the General Army Headquarters Academy and worked as ...