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Gloomy River
''Gloomy River'' (russian: Угрюм-река, translit=Ugryum-reka) is a 1933 socrealist epic novel by Vyacheslav Shishkov, telling the story of one Siberian family, deeply involved in the Siberian gold rush.Commentaries to Угрюм-река. The Collected Works by V.Y. Shishkov in 10 volumes. Moscow, Pravda Publishers. 1974. Volume 6, pp. 526-527 Publications and translations Part one of the novel, "Istoki" (russian: Истоки, Origins) first appeared in 1928 in the ''Sibirskiye Ogni'' (Siberian Lights) magazine, issues 3 and 4. The fragment of Part 6 was published by ''Krasnaya Nov'' in 1932 (Nos. 9 and 10). The whole novel (which took Shishkov twelve years to write) came out as a separate edition in 1933 via Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. It has been translated into German (as ''Der dunkle Strom''), Czech (as ''Řeka života)'' and Polish (as ''Rzeka posępna''). It was translated into English by Irina Henderson (nee Mochalova). She died before completing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River
The Nizhnyaya Tunguska ( rus, Ни́жняя Тунгу́ска, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪjə tʊnˈɡuskə, meaning "Lower Tunguska") is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisey joining it at Turukhansk (see Siberian River Routes). Settlements on the river include Tura, Yukti and Simenga. The ice-free period on the ''Nizhnyaya Tunguska'' starts in mid-June and ends in the first half of October. The river forms the western limit of the Lena Plateau. Hydrography The Nizhnyaya Tunguska is the second largest right tributary of the Yenisey, and joins it near the town of Turukhansk. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . According to the character of the stream, constitution of the river's valley and its shores, it can be divided into two parts: the first one starts at the source of the river and continues down to the village Preobrazhenskoye and the second section of the river lies downstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In 20th-century Russia
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term Romance (literary fiction), "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek novel, Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Novels
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Moroz (director)
Yuri Pavlovich Moroz (russian: Юрий Павлович Мороз; September 29, 1956, Krasnodon, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, scriptwriter, producer. Biography His father worked as an electrician at the Zasyadko mine, the mother of the surgeon. Year I studied in Donetsk vocational school. In 1975 he went to Moscow. In 1979 he graduated Moscow Art Theater School. He became an actor of the Lenkom Theatre. In the troupe of this theater, the actor worked until 1987. In the cinema, Yuri Moroz made his debut in the historical two-part film of Sergei Gerasimov's 'The Youth of Peter the Great' and 'At the Beginning of Glorious Days'. In 1988, Yuri Moroz graduated from the directing department of VGIK. His debut as a director was a fantastic film based on the novel by Kir Bulychyov 'The Witches Cave', released in 1990. In 1992 he put a detective picture of the 'Black Square, acting as a screenwriter as well. Since 1993, since the founding, Moroz a pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One Russia
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervyy kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian state-controlled television channel. It is the first television channel to broadcast in the Russian Federation. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television ( rus, Общественное Российское Телевидение, r=Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye, ORT ). History When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin's new government was to sign a presidential decree on 27 December 1991, providing for Russian jurisdiction over the central television system. The 'All-Union State TV and Radio Company' ( Gosteleradio) was transformed into the 'Russian State TV and Radio Company Ostankino'. A presidential d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloomy River (TV Series)
''Gloomy River'' (russian: Угрюм-река, translit=Ugryum-reka) is a 1933 socrealist epic novel by Vyacheslav Shishkov, telling the story of one Siberian family, deeply involved in the Siberian gold rush.Commentaries to Угрюм-река. The Collected Works by V.Y. Shishkov in 10 volumes. Moscow, Pravda Publishers. 1974. Volume 6, pp. 526-527 Publications and translations Part one of the novel, "Istoki" (russian: Истоки, Origins) first appeared in 1928 in the ''Sibirskiye Ogni'' (Siberian Lights) magazine, issues 3 and 4. The fragment of Part 6 was published by '' Krasnaya Nov'' in 1932 (Nos. 9 and 10). The whole novel (which took Shishkov twelve years to write) came out as a separate edition in 1933 via Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. It has been translated into German (as ''Der dunkle Strom''), Czech (as ''Řeka života)'' and Polish (as ''Rzeka posępna''). It was translated into English by Irina Henderson (nee Mochalova). She died before completing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Chursina
Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (Russian: Людми́ла Алексе́евна Чурсина́; born 20 July 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. At the age of 40, she is the youngest actress to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR. Selected filmography * ''When the Trees Were Tall'' (1961) as Zoya * ''The Andromeda Nebula'' (1967) as Louma Lasvi * ''Virineya'' (1968) as Virineya * ''A Little Crane'' (1968) as Marfa * ''The Adjutant of His Excellency'' (1969) as Oksana * ''Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment'' (1971) as Pepa * '' Olesya'' (1971) as Olesya * ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (1976) as Catherine I of Russia * ''Primary Russia ''Primary Russia'' (russian: Русь изначальная, Rus iznachalnaya) is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Gennady Vasilyev. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverdlovsk Film Studio
Sverdlovsk Film Studio (russian: Свердловская Киностудия) is a Russian film studio based in Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk). It is a regional studio, that was established on 9 February 1943 in the midst of World War II. In 1944 the studio produced its first film, ''Silva (film), Silva,'' a musical comedy based on the Austrian operetta ''Die Csárdásfürstin, Sylva''. In 1998, Sverdlovsk Film Studio almost went bankrupt. This was resolved with help from the state, a new management team and independent producers. Between 2003 and 2008, aerial cinematography was used to create projects such as ''First on the Moon''. Other projects were ''The Admiral (2008 film), The Admiral'' and the theatrical film, co-produced by Sverdlovsk Film Studio, ''The House of the Sun (film), The House of the Sun''. Feature films *''2020. Beginning'' () – 2012 * () – 2012 * () – 2012 * () – 2010 * () *''The Golden Snake'' () – 2007 * () – 2005 * () – 2005 * () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Fedin
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin ( rus, Константи́н Алекса́ндрович Фе́дин, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲedʲɪn, a=Konstantin Alyeksandrovich Fyedin.ru.vorb.oga; – 15 July 1977) was a Soviet and Russian novelist and literary functionary. Biography Born in Saratov of humble origins, Fedin studied in Moscow and Germany and was interned there during World War I. After his release, he worked as an interpreter in the first Soviet embassy in Berlin. On returning to Russia, he joined the Bolsheviks and served in the Red Army. After leaving the Party in 1921, he joined the literary group called the Serapion Brothers, who supported the Revolution, but wanted freedom for literature and the arts. His first story, "The Orchard," was published in 1922, as was his play ''Bakunin v Drezdene'' (Bakunin in Dresden). His first two novels are his most important; ''Goroda i gody'' (1924; tr. as ''Cities and Years'', 1962, "one of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literaturnaya Gazeta
''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' (russian: «Литературная Газета», ''Literary Gazette'') is a weekly cultural and political newspaper published in Russia and the Soviet Union. It was published for two periods in the 19th century, and was revived in 1929. Overview The current newspaper shares its title with a 19th century publication, and claims to be a continuation of the original publication. The first paper to bear the name of ''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' was founded by a literary group led by Anton Delvig and Alexander Pushkin, whose profile to this day adorns the paper's masthead. The first issue appeared on January 1, 1830. The paper appeared regularly until June 30, 1831, reappearing in 1840–1849. Pushkin himself published some of his most famous works in this paper. ''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' was the first to publish Gogol, and published works by Baratynsky, Belinsky, Nekrasov and many other Russian authors. After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet literary e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, has led to more complex extraction processes such as pit mining and gold cyanidation. In the 20th and 21st centuries, most volume of mining was done by large corporations, however the value of gold has led to millions of small, artisanal miners in many parts of the Global South. Like all mining, human rights and environmental issues are common issues in the gold mining industry. In smaller mines with less regulation, health and safety risks are much higher. History The exact date that humans first began to mine gold is unknown, but some of the oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria. The graves of the necropolis were built between 4700 and 4200 BC, indicating that gold mining could be at least 700 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
