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Aleksandr Ivanchenko
Aleksandr Lvovich Ivanchenko (born 1945) is a Russian writer. He was born in the city of Krasnoturyinsk, Sverdlovsk region. He worked in many trades such as locksmith, firefighter, etc. He also served as a soldier in the Soviet Army in the 1960s. He published his first works in 1976, a story titled "Fisheye" and a novel named ''Solar Plexus''. His novel ''Monogram'' was nominated for the inaugural Russian Booker Prize. He also won the Antibooker Prize for his work "Bathing the Red Horse". His work was promoted by the literary magazine '' Ural'' and is often associated with Russian postmodernism Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or Rhetorical modes, mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by philosophical skepticism, skepticis .... He was a member the Writers' Union of the USSR, the Union of Russian Writers, Russian PEN Center, etc. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russians
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Krasnoturyinsk
Krasnoturyinsk (russian: Краснотурьи́нск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was one of the copper mining settlements established in 1758 on the Turya River. At the time, it was known as Turyinskiye Rudniki (). Later it was known as Turyinsky (). It was granted town status and renamed Krasnoturyinsky in 1944. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Krasnoturyinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the Town of Krasnoturyinsk is incorporated as Krasnoturyinsk Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ Sports The bandy club Dynamo Mayak has played in the highest division of the Russian Bandy League and now plays in the second highest division, Russian Bandy Supreme League. Their home arena has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverdlovsk Region
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Its population is 4,297,747 (according to the 2010 Census). Geography Most of the oblast is spread over the eastern slopes of the Middle and North Urals and the Western Siberian Plain. Only in the southwest does the oblast stretch onto the western slopes of the Ural Mountains. The highest mountains all rise in the North Urals, Konzhakovsky Kamen at and Denezhkin Kamen at . The Middle Urals is mostly hilly country with no discernible peaks; the mean elevation is closer to above sea level. Principal rivers include the Tavda, the Tura, the Chusovaya, and the Ufa, the latter two being tributaries of the Kama. Sverdlovsk Oblast borders with, clockwise from the west, Perm Krai, the Komi Republic, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Army
uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date = 25 February 1946 , country = (1946–1991)' (1991–1992) , branch = , type = Army , role = Ground warfare, Land warfare , size = 3,668,075 active (1991) 4,129,506 reserve (1991) , command_structure = , garrison = , garrison_label = , nickname = "Red Army" , patron = , motto = ''За нашу Советскую Родину!(Za nashu Sovetskuyu Rodinu!)''"For our Soviet Motherland!" , colors = Red and yellow , colors_label = , march ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Booker Prize
The Russian Booker Prize (russian: Русский Букер, ''Russian Booker'') was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris Caine. It was awarded each year to the best work of fiction, written in the Russian language, as decided by a panel of judges, irrespective of the writer's citizenship. , the chair of the Russian Booker Prize Committee was British journalist George Walden. The prize was the first Russian non-governmental literary award since the country's 1917 Revolution.David Braund: The New Russia', "Lucrative literature: the Booker Prize in Russia", Sally Dalton-Brown, D. M. Pursglove, Intellect Books, 1995, , pp.23–33 Each year, a jury choose a short list of the six best novels up for nomination from a "long list" of nominees. Initially, the winner received £10,000, roughly 48,000 RUB or $16,000. This was increased to 600,000 rubles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ural (magazine)
Ural may refer to: Physical geography * Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan * Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan * Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan * Ural Ocean, an ancient ocean * 14519 Ural, an asteroid Human geography * Ural District (other) * Ural Oblast (other) * Ural (region) * Ural economic region, in Russia * Ural (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia Transport * Ural Airlines, a Russian airline based in Yekaterinburg * Ural Automotive Plant (brand name "Ural"): ** Ural-375D, a military truck manufactured by Ural Automotive Plant ** Ural-4320, a military truck manufactured by Ural Automotive Plant **Ural-5323, a military truck manufactured by Ural Automotive Plant *Ural 63055 and Ural-63059, variants of Ural Typhoon, a Russian armored vehicle * Ural bomber, aircraft design program to design a long-range bomber for Luftwaffe * IMZ-Ural, a Russian motorcycle manufacturer * ''Ural'' (ship), three Russian ships People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or Rhetorical modes, mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by philosophical skepticism, skepticism toward the "meta-narrative, grand narratives" of modernism, opposition to epistemological, epistemic certainty or stability of meaning (semiotics), meaning, and emphasis on ideology as a means of maintaining political power. Claims to objective fact are dismissed as naïve realism, with attention drawn to the instrumental conditionality, conditional nature of knowledge claims within particular historical, political, and cultural discourses. The postmodern outlook is characterized by self-reference, self-referentiality, epistemological relativism, moral relativism, pluralism (philosophy), pluralism, irony, irreverence, and eclecticism; it rejects the "universal validity" of binary oppositions, stable identity (philosophy), identity, hierar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Writers
This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Russian language. For separate lists by literary field: * List of Russian-language novelists * List of Russian-language playwrights *List of Russian-language poets A * Alexander Ablesimov (1742–1783), opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist *Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), novelist and short story writer, ''Two Winters and Three Summers'' *Grigory Adamov (1886–1945) science fiction writer, ''The Mystery of the Two Oceans'' *Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator *Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator *Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, ''Russian Fairy Tales'' *Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator *Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941), playwright, ''A Far Place'' * M. Ageyev (1898–1973), ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
