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Alive (2006 Film)
''Alive'' (russian: Живой, ''Zhivoy'') is a 2006 Russian film directed by Aleksandr Veledinsky. Synopsis As a young soldier Kir, returns to normal life after being injured in Chechnya, he is visited by the ghosts of two fallen comrades who console him over his emotional and physical trauma. After an engagement in the Chechen War, the remains of a defeated regiment are retreating into the woods. Several soldiers carry their comrade, who has been wounded in the leg. Two intelligence officers decide to stay and sacrifice themselves to halt the advancing terrorists. The main character, Kir, finds himself in a hospital, his leg amputated. He had gone to serve in Chechnya under contract in order to earn money to get married. But when he returned from the war, he realizes that he can not enjoy a normal life in peacetime. Part of his heart remained in the Caucasus mountains, together with his dead friends. He does not understand why he survived. After leaving the hospital, Kir tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Veledinsky
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Yepifantsev
Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukrainian version of the name * Włodzimierz (given name) for the Polish version of the name * Valdemar for the Germanic version of the name * Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name Places * Vladimir, Russia, a city in Russia * Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia * Vladimir-Suzdal, a medieval principality * Vladimir, Ulcinj, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro * Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania * Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania * Vladimir (river), a tributary of the Gilort in Gorj County, Romania * Volodymyr (city), a city in Ukraine Religious leaders * Metropolitan Vladimir (other), multiple * Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Russian-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Drama Films
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Legendary film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's ''A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's ''The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's ''The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's ''The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller '' Children of Men''." He also stated, "In the (Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Gorbunov
Oleksiy Serhiyovych Horbunov ( uk, Олексій Сергійович Горбунов; born on 29 October 1961) is a Ukrainian film, television and stage actor. He has been named an Honored Artist of Ukraine (1991) and a People's Artist of Ukraine (2016).Указ Президент України від 22 січня 2016 року № 18/2016 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Соборності України» Life and career Oleksiy Gorbunov was born on 29 October 1961 in |
Yekaterina Volkova (actress And Singer)
Yekaterina Yuryevna Volkova (russian: Екатери́на Ю́рьевна Во́лкова, born 16 March 1974) is a Russian actress of theatre and cinema, singer, songwriter, and model. Biography Yekaterina Volkova was born in the city of Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She grew up in the city of Tolyatti, Samara Oblast. Career In 1992, Volkova appeared in the film ''Eastern Roman''. Personal life She was married to Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko ( rus, Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко, , ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ sɐˈvʲenkə, links=yes; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020), known by his pen name Eduard Limonov ( rus, Эд ....http://www.pressmon.com/ru/a/ru/1532104/AKTRISA-EKATERINA-VOLKOVA-VSE-POChEMU-TO-RESHILI-ChTO-LIMONOV-MENYa-NASILNO-OBSTRIG From this marriage, she has a son, Bogdan (b. 2006), and daughter, Aleksandra (b. 2008). The couple broke up. Filmography References External links * 1974 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ukolova
Anna Viktorovna Ukolova (russian: А́нна Ви́кторовна Уко́лова; born February 15, 1978) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Anna Ukolova was born in the village of Sborno-Simonovsky (now Sbornyy), Syzransky District, Samara Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). After graduating from high school, Ukolova completed a course at the Samara Institute of Culture and Arts. She then attended the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts - GITIS. In 2001 Anna graduated with honors from the academy and was accepted into the troupe of the Moon Theatre of Sergei Prokhanov. Selected filmography *2002 — All That You Love as Lenochka, basketball player * 2002 — The Law as Lyuba Orlova * 2002 — Kamenskaya 2 as Anna Lazareva * 2004 — Sarkanā Kapela as Marta * 2004 — Daddy as Arisha * 2006 — Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno as Maria Nikiforova * 2006 — Alive as Syomina * 2006 — Piranha as Nina * 2006 — The Spot as Anya * 2009 — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Rakov
Viktor Viktorovich Rakov (russian: Виктор Викторович Раков; born February 5, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (2003). Biography Was born February 5, 1962, in Moscow. In 1984 he graduated from GITIS (course of Vladimir Andreyev). Immediately after the actor's faculty was in the company of Mark Zakharov and became an actor Lenkom Theatre, where he works to this day. He is famous in theatrical circles after the execution of roles in plays such Lenkom as ''Sage'', '' Juno and Avos'', ''The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta'', ''The Noax''. In the film debuted in 1983. The first major role was in the film by Mark Zakharov '' To Kill a Dragon'' - Heinrich, Burgermeister's son. Viewers also remember the work of Viktor Rakov in such films as ''Love in Russian'', ''Barkhanov vand his bodyguard'', in the TV series ''Law'' (the role of Vladimir Krokhmal), ''St. Petersburg secrets'', ''Isolation Petersburg secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Chadov
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Chadov (russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Ча́дов, born 2 September 1981) is a Russian film actor. Brother to Andrei Chadov. Career Chadov made his film debut in the film '' War'' (2002) by director Aleksei Balabanov. In 2002, he received the Best Actor Award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Soon after he starred as Kolya Malakhov in the film ''On the Nameless Height''. In 2003, Chadov was invited by film director Andrei Proshkin to play the main role in the drama ''Moths Games''. Also in 2003, he played a role in the blockbuster ''Night Watch'' directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Chadov also acted in films ''The 9th Company'', ''Heat In thermodynamics, heat is defined as the form of energy crossing the boundary of a thermodynamic system by virtue of a temperature difference across the boundary. A thermodynamic system does not ''contain'' heat. Nevertheless, the term is al ...'', and in the ''Love in the City'' trilogy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Lagashkin
Maxim (also Maksim, “Maxym”, or Maksym) is a male first name of Roman origin. It is common in Slavic-speaking countries, mainly in Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest". Maxim is also a less well-known surname. Notable people Monarchs: Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia, monastic name Maksim. In Christianity: *Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church *Serbian Patriarch Maksim I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1672) In literature: *Maxim Gorky, Russian author and political activist * Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian author and political activist *Max Stirner, German philosopher In music: *Max Bemis, an American musician and vocalist of Say Anything *MakSim, a Russian singer * Maksym Berezovsky, a Ukrainian composer and opera singer *Maksim Dunayevsky, a Russian film composer *Maksim Mrvica, a Croatian pianist *Maxim Reality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Chliyants
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance (Serge, Sergio, Sergi) and Slavic languages (Serhii, Sergey, Serguei). It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sergeant is possibly related to it. Etymology The name originates from the Roman ''nomen'' (patrician family name) ''Sergius'', after the name of the Roman ''gens'' of Latin origins Sergia or Sergii from Alba Longa, Old Latium, counted by Theodor Mommsen as one of the oldest Roman families, one of the original 100 ''gentes originarie''. It has been speculated to derive from a more ancient Etruscan name but the etymology of the nomen Sergius is problematic. Chase hesitantly suggests a connection with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
