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Aleksandr Borisov (actor)
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Бори́сов; 1 May 1905 – 12 May 1982) was a Soviet actor, film director, screenwriter and singer. Borisov was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1962–1966. He won four Stalin Prizes (in 1947 for his theatrical work, in 1950 for Pavlov, and twice in 1951, for portraying Aleksandr Popov and Mussorgsky). People's Artist of the USSR (1951) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1981). Borisov studied at the studio of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, he joined the troupe of its studio theater upon graduation in 1927 and its main troupe in 1928. Aleksandr Borisov is best known for starring in biopic films; he appeared in the title roles of Grigori Roshal, Grigori Roshal’s ''Ivan Pavlov (film), Ivan Pavlov'' (1949) and ''Mussorgsky (film), Mussorgsky'' (1950), as Rybkin in Herbert Rappaport, Herbert Rappaport’s ''Alexander Popov (film), Aleksandr Popov'' (1950), and as Alexander Herzen in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and screenwriter of Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Serbian origin who was one of the leading figures of Russian cinema of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including the internationally acclaimed four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's ''War and Peace'' and the Napoleonic War epic '' Waterloo''. Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. His epic production of Tolstoy's ''War and Peace'' won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1968), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968. He was made both a Hero of Socialist Labour and a People's Artist of the USS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Mamontov
Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (russian: Са́вва Ива́нович Ма́монтов, ; 3 October 1841 (15 October N.S.), Yalutorovsk – 6 April 1918, Moscow) was a Russian industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur and patron of the arts. Business career He was a son of the wealthy merchant and industrialist Ivan Feodorovich Mamontov and Maria Tikhonovna (Lakhitina). In 1841, the family moved to Moscow. From 1852, he studied in St. Petersburg, and later at the Moscow University. In 1862 his father sent him to Baku to engage in business with the elder Mamontov's Trans-Caspian Trade Partnership. In 1864, Savva visited Italy where he began to take lessons in singing. There he was introduced to the daughter of Moscow merchant Grigory Sapozhnikov, 17-year-old Elizabeth, who subsequently became his wife. The wedding took place in 1865 at the Kireevo estate, near Khimki, just northwest of Moscow. Upon his father's death in 1869, he succeeded to his share in the Moscow-Yaroslavl Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimsky-Korsakov (film)
''Rimsky-Korsakov'' (russian: Римский-Корсаков) is a 1953 Soviet biopic directed by Gennadi Kazansky and Grigori Roshal and starring Grigori Belov, Nikolai Cherkasov and Aleksandr Borisov. The film portrays the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Mitchell p.183 The film was shot in Sovcolor. Cast * Grigori Belov as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov * Nikolai Cherkasov as Vladimir Stasov * Aleksandr Borisov as Savva Mamontov * Liliya Gritsenko as Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel * Viktor Khokhryakov as Alexander Glazunov * Anatoliy Kuznetsov as Anatoly Lyadov * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Rimskaya-Korsakova * Aleksandr Ognivtsev as Feodor Chaliapin * Boris Kokovkin as Valentin Serov * Sergei Kurilov as Mikhail Vrubel * Lidiya Dranovskaya as Almazova * Anatoli Verbitsky as Mikhailov * Tatyana Lennikova as Lebedeva * Agasi Babayan as Daryan * Bruno Freindlich as Ramensky * Vladimir Balashov as Sergei Diaghilev * Fyodor Nikitin as The Grand Duke * Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as " The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera ''Boris Godunov'', the orchestral tone poem '' Night on Bald Mountain'' and the piano suite ''Pictures at an Exhibition''. For many years, Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers. Many of his most important compositions have posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also ava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs. Education and early life Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, the first of eleven children, was born in Ryazan, Russian Empire. His father, Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov (1823–1899), was a village Russian orthodox priest. His mother, Varvara Ivanovna Uspenskaya (1826–1890), was a devoted homemaker. As a child, Pavlov willingly participated in house duties such as doing the dishes and taking care of his siblings. He loved to garden, ride his bicycle, row, swim, and play gorodki; he devoted his summer vacations to these activities. Although able to read by the age of seven, Pavlov was seriously injured when he fell from a high wall onto a stone pavement. As a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends (1938 Film)
''Friends'' (russian: Друзья, Druzya) is a 1938 Soviet biopic film directed by Lev Arnshtam. Plot The film is based on the life of Sergey Kirov. During the Russian Civil War, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union sends Aleksey to Caucasus Mountains The Caucasus Mountains, : pronounced * hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ, : pronounced * az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced * rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ * tr, Kafkas Dağla ... to help organize an armed uprising. Cast * Boris Babochkin - Aleksey * Irina Zarubina * Nikolai Cherkasov - Beta, an Ossetian * Stepan Kayukov * Kote Daushvili * Serafima Birman * Aleksandr Borisov * Ivan Nazarov External links * 1938 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Lev Arnshtam Russian Civil War films Soviet biographical films Russian biographical films 1930s biographical films Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iya Savvina
Iya Sergeyevna Savvina (russian: Ия Серге́евна Саввина; 2 March 1936 – 27 August 2011) was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.САВВИНА Ия Сергеевна rusactors.ru Biography Savvina was not a professionally trained actress. She graduated from the Department of Journalism of the and has appeared in 30 films following her star turn as Anna Sergeyevna in Iosif Kheifets's '' |
A Gentle Creature (1960 Film)
''A Gentle Creature'' (russian: Кроткая, Krotkaya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Borisov (actor), Aleksandr Borisov. A screen adaptation of the A Gentle Creature, story of the same name by Dostoevsky. Plot From lack of money, a girl without a dowry marries a usurer. But later he learns about her husband's past: about the circumstances under which he left the regiment. The meek one tries to rebel against life with her despised husband. Cast * Iya Savvina as Gentle Woman * Andrei Alekseyevich Popov, Andrei Popov as Pawnbroker * Vera Kuznetsova as Lukerya * Panteleymon Krymov as Officer Yefimovich (as Pantelejmon Krymov) * Zinaida Dorogova as episode * Aleksandr Gustavson as Officer * Nikolai Kryukov (actor), Nikolai Kryukov as Lieutenant * Georgiy Kurovskiy as Officer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gentle Creature 1960 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1960 drama films Films based on works by Fyodor Dostoyevsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include ''Crime and Punishment'' (1866), ''The Idiot'' (1869), ''Demons'' (1872), and ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1880). His 1864 novella, ''Notes from Underground'', is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionych
"Ionych" (russian: Ионыч) is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov. Publication The story was published in the No. 9, September 1898 issue of the Monthly Literary Supplements to '' Niva'' magazine. In a slightly revised version, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of the 1899–1901, first edition the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov, published by Adolf Marks.Rodionova, V.M. Commentaries to Ионыч. The Works by A.P. Chekhov in 12 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. Moscow, 1960. Vol. 8, pp. 541-543 Background The story, written in Nice, France, in the early 1898, was originally intended for '' Russkaya Mysl''. Chekhov opted against sending the manuscript by post and, upon returning home, in May, handed it to Vukol Lavrov. Then he suddenly changed his mind and in a 6 June letter asked Viktor Goltsev to send it back, saying it was not fit for ''Russkaya Mysl''. On 10 June he received the galley proofs and the same day sent it to ''Niva''. This magazine's editor Rostislav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics."Stories ... which are among the supreme achievements in prose narrative.Vodka miniatures, belching and angry cats George Steiner's review of ''The Undiscovered Chekhov'', in ''The Observer'', 13 May 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2007. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of ''The Seagull'' in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
