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1956 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev * Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Kliment Voroshilov * Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Bulganin Events February * 9 February – The report of the Pospelov Commission is presented to the presidium. * 14–25 February – 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union * 25 February – Nikita Khrushchev makes the speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences at the 20th Congress of the CPSU. March * March – 1956 Georgian demonstrations October * 19 October – Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 November * 4 November – United Nations Security Council Resolution 120 is passed. * 7 November – The 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition leaves Kaliningrad * 18 November – "We will bury you" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Submarine M-200
М-200 ''Месть'' (''Myest'', meaning "vengeance" or "revenge") was a Malyutka class (Serie XV) short-range, diesel Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ... attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. World War Two Operating in the Northern Fleet, the submarine attempted one attack on 20 July 1944 against a German convoy but was spotted by a German aircraft and received a subsequent attack with depth charges. On 15 July 1944 M-200 launched two torpedoes against a merchant, missing the target. Cold War On 21 November 1956 while returning to port after transit to Paldiski near Tallinn, ''Myest'' was to rendezvous with the destroyer ''Statny''. At about 19:45 hours, after spotting the destroyer, the boat's commanding officer, Captain Second Rank Yuri Pavlovich Shtikov, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Soviet Films Of 1956
A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1956 (see 1956 in film). 1956 See also *1956 in the Soviet Union External links Soviet films of 1956at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Soviet Films Of 1956 1956 Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ... Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Fine Arts Of The Soviet Union
The year 1956 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Events * February 13 - ''"Exhibition of works of Soviet artists of 1917-1956"'' was opened in Tretyakov gallery in Moscow. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Aleksandr Deyneka, Vecheslav Zagonek, Boris Ioganson, Engels Kozlov, Alexander Laktionov, Arkady Plastov, Mikhail Trufanov, and other important Soviet artists. * The Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin graduated Engels Kozlov, Nikolai Pozdneev, Piotr Nazarov, Anatoli Nenartovich, and other famous artists in the future. * The ''"Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956"'' was opened in Exhibition Halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists. The participants were Evgenia Antipova, Irina Baldina, Vladimir Gorb, Alexei Eriomin, Maya Kopitseva, Gevork Kotiantz, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Dmitry Maevsky, Gavriil Malish, Nikolai Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gretchaninov
Alexander Tikhonovich GretchaninovAlso commonly transliterated as ''Aleksandr/Alexandre'' ''Grechaninov/Gretchaninoff/Gretschaninow'' ( rus, Алекса́ндр Ти́хонович Гречани́нов, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪtɕɐˈnʲinəf; , Kaluga – 3 January 1956, New York City) was a Russian Romantic composer. Life Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late, because his father, a businessman, had expected the boy to take over the family firm. Gretchaninov himself related that he did not see a piano until he was 14 and began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1881 against his father's wishes and without his knowledge. His main teachers there were Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky. In the late 1880s, after a quarrel with Arensky, he moved to St. Petersburg where he studied composition and orchestration with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov until 1893. Rimsky-Korsakov immediately recognized Gretchaninov's extraordinary musical imagination and talent and ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Norway
Events in the year 2018 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative). Events *1 January – municipal and county reform: :*The municipality of Færder is established by unification of the former municipalities of Tjøme and Nøtterøy. :*The municipality of Lardal was incorporated into Larvik. :*The municipality of Hof was incorporated into Holmestrand. :*The municipality of Indre Fosen is established by unification of the former municipalities of Rissa and Leksvik. :*The county of Trøndelag is established by unification of the former counties of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag. *12 January – Following the MeToo movement, Dag Rønning announced his resignation as Chairman of Hedmark County Council, effective 15 January. *15 February – Ida Børresen resigned as managing director of the Parliament of Norway. *9 March – Olemic Thommessen announced his resignation as President of the Parliament o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Academy Of Music
The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a specialized university (''vitenskapelig høgskole''), it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Throughout the years the Academy has educated many of Norway's most renowned musicians. The Norwegian Academy of Music educates performers, composers and pedagogues, and attempts to lay the foundation for research within various fields of music. It educates musicians within folk music genres, church music, classical music and, quite notably in later years, a string of successful performers within the jazz realm. The Academy is also Oslo's biggest concert organizer, presenting approximately 300 concerts a year. As is the case with all schools in the Norwegian educational system, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Art Trio
Moscow Art Trio (established in 1990) is a Russian trio comprising Arkady Shilkloper (French horn & flugelhorn), Misha Alperin (piano & vocals) and Sergey Starostin (vocals, clarinet & folkreeds), performing in the Classical/Jazz/Traditional music genres. The trio's leader, Mikhail Alperin, also composed its music. He lived near Oslo, Norway since 1993, and became a central figure in new improvised music of the far North, until his death in May 2018. Arkady Shilkloper (horns) is a former member of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also collaborated with the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Vocalist Sergey Starostin has always had a great interest in folk tales and music, even while studying classical music. The trio has appeared at festivals and musical events around the world. Discography *1993 ''Prayer'' ( Jaro Medien) *1995 ''Folk Dreams'' ( Jaro Medien) *1996: ''Hamburg Concert'' ( Jaro Medien) *1998: ''Live In Karlsruhe'' ( Boheme Music) *1998: ''Mountain Tale'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Alperin
Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018) was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio. AllMusic.com Biography Alperin was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR to a Jewish family. He was educated in Khmelnytskyi, Bălți and Chișinău. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in Moldavian SSR. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the ''Moscow Art Trio'' with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin. He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. From 1993 to 2018 he lived in Oslo, Norway; he was professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music and he supervised pianist Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on ECM Records. He died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 61. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Listyev
Vladislav (Vlad) Nikolayevich Listyev (russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Листьев, links=no; May 10, 1956 – March 1, 1995) was a Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel One). Career Listyev was arguably the most popular journalist and TV anchor in Russia (he remains well remembered years after his death), and was a key force in bringing the voice of democracy to Russian television. Listyev first appeared on television as one of the hosts of a progressive and successful show '' Vzglyad'' (''Glance'' or ''Outlook'') in the late 1980s. Vzglyad was an outstanding show for that time, after the premiere many people thought it was allowed on TV only by some mistake of censors. The program was ‘like a fresh wind’, it raised the questions that never before were allowed for public discussion, such as Stalin's Great Purge, death penalty, reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour The Cathedral of Christ t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Lisin
Vladimir Sergeyevich Lisin (born 7 May 1956) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and majority shareholder of Novolipetsk (NLMK), one of the four largest steel companies in Russia. According to ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' he was the third richest man in Russia and 58th richest in the world in April 2021 with an estimated net worth of US$ 26.6 billion. Background Vladimir Lisin got his first job in 1975 working as a mechanic in a Soviet coalmine, and after studying at the Siberian Metallurgic Institute got a job working as a welder foreman at Tulachermet Metals Works. He rose through the ranks to become section manager, shop manager in 1979 and deputy chief engineer in 1986. In 1992, he joined a group of traders (the Trans-World Group) who won control of Russia's steel and aluminium industry. When the partners split in 2000, he received 13% of the firm and later achieved a controlling share. His former boss was named the Minister for Russian Metallurgy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Russia
Events from the year 2009 in the country of Russia. Incumbents *President: Dmitry Medvedev *Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin *Minister of Defence: Anatoliy Serdyukov Events January *15 January - 2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision February *15 February - New Star incident June *3 June - 2009 Krasnozavodsk tornado *16 June - 1st BRIC summit *26 June-6 July - Caucasus 2009 July *6 July - The Obama–Medvedev Commission is announced. August *17 August ** 2009 Nazran bombing ** 2009 Sayano–Shushenskaya power station accident October *11 October - Moscow City Duma election, 2009 November *1 November - 2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash *27 November - 2009 Nevsky Express bombing December *5 December - Lame Horse fire Deaths *20 October - Yuri Ryazanov, gymnast (b. 1987) See also * List of Russian films of 2009 A list of films produced in Russia in 2009 (see 2009 in film). 2009 See also * 2009 in Russia References External links Russian films of 2009at the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
