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Irony Of Fate
''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'' (russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With A Light Steam; trans. ''Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!''), usually shortened to ''The Irony of Fate'', is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev and Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya. The screenplay was written by Emil Braginsky and Ryazanov, loosely based on the director's 1971 play, ''Once on New Year's Eve'' (russian: Однажды в новогоднюю ночь). Filmed at the Mosfilm Studios, ''The Irony of Fate'' doubles as a screwball comedy and a love story tinged with sadness. It was one of the most successful Soviet television productions and remains a highly popular New Year's Eve classic in Russia and the post-Soviet states, with millions tuning in to rewatch it every New Year's Eve. Plot The key subplot is the drab unifor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Braginsky
Emil (Emmanuel) Veniaminovich Braginsky (russian: link=no, Эми́ль (Эммануэль) Вениами́нович Браги́нский, 19 November 1921 – 26 May 1998) was a Soviet/Russian screenwriter and an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1976) and Winner of USSR State Prize (1977). He appeared as an actor in the 1995 TV film ''Vorovka''. Biography Braginsky was born in Moscow on 19 November 1921. In 1953 he graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University As a scriptwriter, he made his debut in the 1955 film ''Squared 45''. From 1963 onward, Braginsky worked in a creative collaboration with Eldar Ryazanov. Their first joint work was the 1966 comedy film Beware of the Car. Filmography *'' Squared 45'' (1956) *''Vasily Surikov'' (1959) *''Absolutely Seriously'' (1961) (segment ''Istoriya s pirozhkami'') *''Beware of the Car'' (1966) *'' Malenkiy beglets'' (1966) *'' When Rain And Wind Knock At The Window'' (1968) *'' Zigzag udachi'' (1968) *'' Stariki-razboyniki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-Soviet States
The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (russian: links=no, ближнее зарубежье, blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that were union republics of the Soviet Union, which emerged and re-emerged from the Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. Russia is the primary ''de facto'' internationally recognized successor state to the Soviet Union after the Cold War; while Ukraine has, by law, proclaimed that it is a state-successor of both the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union which remained under dispute over formerly Soviet-owned properties. The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – were the first to declare their independence from the USSR, between March and May 1990, claiming continuity from the original states that existed prior to their annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940. The remaining 12 republics all subsequently seceded, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity. Pugacheva's repertoire includes over 500 songs in Russian, English, German, French, Kazakh, Hebrew, Finnish, Ukrainian, and her discography has more than 100 records, CDs and DVDs. In addition to Russia and the former Soviet Union, Pugacheva's albums were released in Japan, Korea, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. In total, Pugacheva has sold more than 250 million records. She became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1991, a Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1995, and was decorated as a Chevalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Talyzina
Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина; born January 22, 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Awarded the Order of Honor (2005) and the Order of Friendship (2010). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964. Biography Early life Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina was born on January 22, 1935 in Omsk. Valentina's father was Illarion Grigorievich Talyzin, a Russified Tatar, and her mother was Anastasia Trifonovna Talyzina. When Valentina Talyzina was an infant, her family moved to Baranavichy. Career Between 1952-1954 she studied at the Omsk Agricultural Institute. In 1954 Valentina Talyzina was admitted to the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. She graduated from the Academy in 1958. In the same year she became part of the Mossovet Theatre troupe. In cinema Valentina debuted in 1963 in the role of Inna in the detective film ''The Man who Doubts''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Nikitin (musician)
Sergey Yakovlevich Nikitin (russian: link=no, Серге́й Яковлевич Никитин, born 8 March 1944) is a prominent Soviet and Russian bard, composer, and biophysicist. He performs both solo and in a duet with his wife, Tatyana Nikitina all over Russia, the former Soviet republics, and other countries with significant Russian-speaking diaspora. Nikitin is also known as a composer and performer of songs for children. Biography Sergey Nikitin graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University in 1968. After completing postgraduate studies at the department of Biophysics at Moscow State University, he worked as a researcher in Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry in Moscow (1971–1980). In 1980–1987 he was a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics in Pushchino and received a PhD in Physics in 1983. Nikitin wrote music to his first song, ''En route'' (lyrics by Iosif Utkin), in 1962. In 1963, he founded an all-male quartet in the Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Yakovlev (Soviet Actor)
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in late Soviet film, particularly for his roles in Eldar Ryazanov's and Leonid Gaidai's comedies. Yakovlev's most popular comedic roles in Eldar Ryazanov's films are Poruchik Rzhevsky in ''Hussar Ballad'' (1962), Ippolit in ''The Irony of Fate'' (1976), and comic roles of the tsar Ivan the Terrible and his namesake Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha in Leonid Gaidai's comedy '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'' (1973).Russkiy Mir Foundation Information ServiceBELOVED RUSSIAN ACTOR YURI YAKOVLEV DIES AT AGE OF 85Article BELOVED RUSSIAN ACTOR YURI YAKOVLEV DIES AT AGE OF 85 (02.12.2013) ''RUSSKIY MIR FOUNDATION''. Moscow. Retrieved 2021/01/19 (19 January 2021) He also played dramatic roles, such as inimit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as Alfred Hitchcock's frequent cameos. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the literal meaning of " cameo", a miniature carving on a gemstone. More re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Shirvindt
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt (russian: Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Since 2000 he has been a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre. Biography Aleksandr Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896–1962) and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898–1985) of Moscow Philharmonic Society. Grandfather, Gustav (Gedaliah) Moiseyevich Shirvindt (a graduate of Vilnius 1st Gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor. In 1956 Shirvindt graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year he made his cinema debut in '' She Loves You!'' (1956). Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including '' Grandads-Robbers'' (1971), ''The Irony of Fate'' (1975), ''The Twelve Chairs'' (1976), ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1979), '' Station for Two'' (1982), '' The Irony of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Naumenko
Olga Nikolayevna Naumenko (russian: О́льга Никола́евна Нау́менко; born December 6, 1949, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, and a TV presenter, People's Artist of Russia (2005). Actress of Gogol Center. A native of Moscow, Olga Naumenko, was born and grew up in a large family of a lieutenant-colonel and a housewife. The first years of her life were spent in Germany. She was the spouse of actor Aleksandr Skvortsov (1950-2009), actor of the Hermitage Theater. Their marriage lasted 32 years. Daughter Svetlana is a journalist. Career Selected filmography * ''Crossing the Threshold'' (1970) as Albina Savitskaya * ''Shadows Disappear at Noon'' (1971) as Varka Morozova * '' Eternal Call'' (1973) as Manya's girlfriend * ''The Irony of Fate'' (1975) as Galya * ''Medicine Against Fear'' (1978) as Olga Ilinichna Panafidina * ''Vladivostok, 1918'' (1982) as Loginova Theater * ''Ugly Elsa'' (1983, directed by Boris Gol ... [...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] |
Banya (sauna)
A ''banya'' ( rus, баня, p=ˈbanʲə, a=Ru-баня.ogg) is originally a Russian steam bath with a wood stove. It is considered an important part of Russian culture. The bath takes place in a small room or building designed for dry or wet heat sessions. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire. Genders were traditionally segregated in the ''banya'', with separate rooms for the sexes. In the Russian language, the word ''banya'' may also refer to a public bathhouse, the most historically famous being the Sanduny (''Sandunovskie bani''). History A mention of the ''banya'' is found in the ''Radziwiłł Chronicle'' in the story of Princess Olga's revenge for the murder of her husband, Prince Igor, by the Slavic tribe of Drevlians in 945 AD. The leader of the Drevlians had hopes of marrying the widow Olga and sent messengers to discuss the idea. "When the Drevlians arrived, Olga commanded that a bath should be made ready for them and said, 'Wash yourselves and come to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
