Everybody knows that brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere were the inventors of the cinema. I don't reduce their merit, but we have to know about Joseph Timchenko, because he invented the cinematograph earlier than famous brothers.
Joseph Timchenko showed people two films: "Galopping horseman" and "Javelin thrower" in 1893 in Odessa (in the hotel "French"). These films were made by Joseph with a kinescope. People didn't know the word "cinema" in those days, that is why in the newspaper "Odessa Leaf" these movie were called "living photos".
Unfortunately, this invention was not patented and then in 1895 the brothers Luimere invented the cinematograph. Later, this invention was patented and Auguste and Louis Lumiere became the inventors of the cinema, but it's not true, because Joseph Timchenko (Ukrainian) invented the cinema earlier.
