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Drozdihin Ilya
Ilya Drozdihin (30 September 1978, Moscow) is a bell-ringer A bell-ringer is a person who rings a Bell (instrument), bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism. Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularl ... in Moscow and director of the church bell ringers Moscow School Center of Bell Art. He is the artistic director of the Moscow festival of bells in Perezvon. Biography He began working as a bell-ringer in 2002. From 2003 to 2005 - bell-ringer of Patriarchal town house in Orekhovo-Borisov, Moscow. Beginning in 2005 he served as the artistic director of the Moscow festival of bells «Perezvon». Beginning in 2006 he served as senior bell-ringer of the Moscow Church of Our Lady «Znamenie», Moscow. Beginning in 2008 he served as head of the School of Church Bell-Ringers. Festivals * «Kamensk-Ural» (2005) * « Perezvon» (2005) * «Kamensk-Ural» (2006) * «Alexis c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell-ringer
A bell-ringer is a person who rings a Bell (instrument), bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism. Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularly those with an advanced ringing tradition such as Full circle ringing, full-circle or Russian ringing, which are artistic and skilled performances which are difficult to automate. The term campanologist is popularly misused to refer to a bell-ringer, but this properly refers to someone who studies bells, which is known as campanology. Although in some places carillons are used to sound bells, they are "played" by carillonneurs, not by bell-ringers, and are associated with the ringing of tunes in the Western musical tradition. Full-circle ringing English full-circle ringing In England, it is estimated there are about 40,000 bell-ringers ringing on ring of bells, rings of bells in the English Full circle ringing, full-circle style. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany '' persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
