 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1907, Alexander Drankov akafunga kutanga bhizinesi rake rekugadzira mafirimu uye akavhura A. Drankovs Atelier , iyo yaizokurumidza kushanduka kuita kambani yakabatana A. Drankov Co. Drankov nechikwata chake vakatanga kupfura mafirimu enhau, iye nevashandi vake vekhamera vaive vanogara vachipinda zviitiko zvese zvikuru muSaint Petersburg neMoscow kusvika paOctober Revolution ya1917.. Uyewo, akatanga kupfura mifananidzo mipfupi, yakadai sa Boris Godunov. Iyi firimu yakafamba haina kumbopedzwa, kunyange zvazvo zvimwe zvezvinhu zvakatorwa nokuda kwefirimu iyi zvakaratidzwa mumabhaisikopo muna 1907 mumwe cheteyo pasi pomusoro unoti Zviono Zvinobva Muupenyu HwevaBoyar. Drankovs firimu rokutanga raLeo Tolstoy 1908 rakabudirira zvikuru. Pashure pokukundikana kuwana mvumo yomunyori yokumutepfenyura, Drankov akahwanda nekamera muimba yokurara yomuti mubindu reimba yaTolstoy ndokupfura munyori aifamba-famba nepahwindo duku rokushongedza. 