Today in History, April 30
- The Moscow Times
- May. 01 2013 00:00
- Last edited 07:54

Ninety-five years ago today, on April 30, 1918, the film studio now known as Lenfilm was established in St. Petersburg. The second-largest studio in the Soviet Union after Mosfilm, Lenfilm made more than 1,500 movies and TV shows before the Soviet collapse. It is now a quasi-private company.