Figner Lidiya
The surname Figner may refer to: *Aleksandr Figner (1787—1813), Russian colonel *Vera Figner (1852–1942), Russian revolutionary *Nikolay and Medea Figner, Russian opera duo ** Nikolay Figner (1857–1918), lyric tenor ** Medea Figner (1859–1952), mezzo-soprano, later soprano *Federico Figner, German-born Argentine cinematographer *Fred Figner Fred Figner (2 December 1866 Milevsko - 19 January 1947), also known as Frederico Figner, born as Friedrich Figner, was a Czech-born entrepreneur, cinema and music industry pioneer mostly in South America. He was Jewish emigrant, who lived in the U ...

Aleksandr Figner
Aleksandr Samoilovich Figner (Alexandre Figner, russian: Алекса́ндр Само́йлович Фи́гнер) (1787—1813) was a Imperial Guard (Russia), Guards colonel of the army of the Russian Empire, known as the organizer of Partisan (military), partisan units during the 1812 Napoleonic invasion of Russia and later of Germany. After the Russian army left Moscow after the battle of Borodino, he received permission to act independently as a partisan. He entered the city and committed sabotage there. According to some stories, he even planned to kill Napoleon. After that, he gathered a detachment of lagging soldiers and deserters and began to attack the retreating units of the Grande Armée. His detachment became a notable force and participated in the capture of the General :fr:Jean-Pierre Augereau, Augereau brigade near Lyakhovo. Figner managed to create a resounding glory for himself, becoming the most famous partisan leader at that time. He was distinguished by a pass ...
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Vera Figner
Vera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (Russian: Ве́ра Никола́евна Фи́гнер Фили́ппова; 7 July [Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 25 June] 1852 – 25 June 1942) was a prominent Russian revolutionary political activist. Born in Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire, into a noble family of Germans, German and Russians, Russian descent, Figner was a leader of the clandestine Narodnaya Volya (organization), Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) group, which advocated the use of terror to achieve a revolutionary overthrow of the government, Figner was a participant in planning the successful Assassination of Alexander II of Russia in 1881. Figner was later arrested and spent 20 months in solitary confinement prior to trial, at which she was sentenced to death. The sentence was subsequently commuted and Figner was imprisoned in the Shlisselburg Fortress for 20 years before being sent into internal exile. Figner gained international fame in large part because of th ...
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Nikolay And Medea Figner
Nikolay Figner (1857–1918), Tenor#Lyric tenor, lyric tenor, and Medea Figner (1859–1952), mezzo-soprano, later soprano, were a husband-and-wife team of opera singers active in Russia between 1889 and 1904. Medea was Italian-born (her original surname was Mei) but she became completely Russianized after marrying Nikolay. They had separate careers before their wedding, and again after their divorce in 1904, but during the 15 years of their marriage they almost always sang in the same performances. They created the main tenor and soprano roles in two operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ''The Queen of Spades (opera), The Queen of Spades'' and ''Iolanta'' – and appeared in a number of other important Russian musical premieres. Nikolay Figner Nikolay Nikolayevich Figner was born in Nikiforovka, near Kazan, on 9/21 February 1857. He was a brother of the famous Narodnaya Volya, "People's Will" revolutionary, Vera Figner (1852–1942). He joined the Russian Navy as a midshipman, a ...
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Nikolay Figner
Nikolay Figner (1857–1918), lyric tenor, and Medea Figner (1859–1952), mezzo-soprano, later soprano, were a husband-and-wife team of opera singers active in Russia between 1889 and 1904. Medea was Italian-born (her original surname was Mei) but she became completely Russianized after marrying Nikolay. They had separate careers before their wedding, and again after their divorce in 1904, but during the 15 years of their marriage they almost always sang in the same performances. They created the main tenor and soprano roles in two operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – '' The Queen of Spades'' and ''Iolanta'' – and appeared in a number of other important Russian musical premieres. Nikolay Figner Nikolay Nikolayevich Figner was born in Nikiforovka, near Kazan, on 9/21 February 1857. He was a brother of the famous "People's Will" revolutionary, Vera Figner (1852–1942). He joined the Russian Navy as a midshipman, and rose to the rank of lieutenant, retiring in 1881 to study v ...
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Medea Figner
Nikolay Figner (1857–1918), lyric tenor, and Medea Figner (1859–1952), mezzo-soprano, later soprano, were a husband-and-wife team of opera singers active in Russia between 1889 and 1904. Medea was Italian-born (her original surname was Mei) but she became completely Russianized after marrying Nikolay. They had separate careers before their wedding, and again after their divorce in 1904, but during the 15 years of their marriage they almost always sang in the same performances. They created the main tenor and soprano roles in two operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – '' The Queen of Spades'' and ''Iolanta'' – and appeared in a number of other important Russian musical premieres. Nikolay Figner Nikolay Nikolayevich Figner was born in Nikiforovka, near Kazan, on 9/21 February 1857. He was a brother of the famous "People's Will" revolutionary, Vera Figner (1852–1942). He joined the Russian Navy as a midshipman, and rose to the rank of lieutenant, retiring in 1881 to study v ...
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Federico Figner
Fred Figner (2 December 1866 Milevsko - 19 January 1947), also known as Frederico Figner, born as Friedrich Figner, was a Czech-born entrepreneur, cinema and music industry pioneer mostly in South America. He was Jewish emigrant, who lived in the United States and landed in Belém, Brazil in 1891. He traveled to many regions of Brazil doing public exhibitions of Edison's phonograph. Nine years later Figner settled down in Rio de Janeiro, where he established in 1900 the ''Casa Edison'', the first commercial recording company in Brazil. Such company is considered a pioneer in recording and selling Brazilian popular music. He also founded ''Odeon'', the first Brazilian factory of phonograph records. In 1896 he filmed in Argentina what are now considered the first three films of the country. Figner's three films consisted of short depictions of sights of the city of Buenos Aires (named ''Vistas de Palermo'', ''La Avenida de Mayo'' and ''La Plaza de Mayo'') and were screened 24 Novemb ...
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