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Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. He studied in the Moscow Art Theatre school under Ivan Moskvin, took part in World War II and, following demobilisation, was featured in the 1944 all-star cast adaptation of Anton Chekhov's '' The Wedding''. Another step to stardom was the 1967 comedy ''Wedding in Malinovka''. Pugovkin went on to appear in more than 100 films. His roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as '' Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures'' (1965), '' Twelve Chairs'' (1971), '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'' (1973) and ''Borrowing Matchsticks'' (1980) made him one of the most popular comedians of the former Soviet Union. Pugovkin lived in Yalta, Crimea before moving to Moscow in 1999. A statue of Father Fyodor from ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostroma Governorate
Kostroma Governorate (russian: link=no, Костромская губерния, ''Kostromskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma. Administrative division Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): * Buysky Uyezd ( Buy) * Varnavinsky Uyezd ( Varnavino) * Vetluzhsky Uyezd (Vetluga) * Galichsky Uyezd ( Galich) * Kineshemsky Uyezd ( Kineshma) * Kologrivsky Uyezd (Kologriv) * Kostromskoy Uyezd (Kostroma) * Makaryevsky Uyezd (Makaryev) * Nerekhtsky Uyezd ( Nerekhta) * Soligalichsky Uyezd (Soligalich) * Chukhlomskoy Uyezd (Chukhloma) * Yuryevetsky Uyezd (Yuryevets Yuryevets (russian: Юрьевец) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Urban localities *Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast, a town in Yuryevetsky District of Ivanovo Oblast Rural locali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".Prokhorova, Elena, "The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy", in Beumers, Birgit (2008) ''A History of Russian Cinema'', Berg Publishers, , pp. 519–542 Early life and first success Gaidai was born on 30 January 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast,Rollberg, Peter (2010) ''The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema'', The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , pp. 235–8 where he is commemorated by a statue. His father Iov Isidorovich Gaidai came from a Ukrainian family of serfs of the Poltava Governorate. At the age of 22 he was sentenced to several years of katorga fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six P
6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of June Science * Carbon, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid People * Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player * Didier Six (born 1954), former French international footballer * Franz Six (1909–1975), Nazi official * Frederick N. Six (born 1929), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * James Six (1731–1793), British scientist * Jan Six (1616-1700), an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age * Robert Six (1907–1986), Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines between 1936 and 1981 * Regine Sixt, German businessperson * Valérie Six (born 1963), French politician * Perri 6 (an extremely rare surname), social scientist * Six family, family of regents of Amsterdam, founded by Jan Six Music * Six (band), an Irish pop band created by a TV reality show * ''Six'' (musical), a musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutuzov (film)
Kutuzov (russian: Кутузов) is a 1943 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Petrov. Plot The film of 1943 shows the Russian view of the main events of the Patriotic War of 1812. The main points are Kutuzov's character and warfare, the major battles, the soldiers and the major errors of Napoleon. * "delaying operation" started by Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly and continued by Kutuzov * "scorched earth" by burning Moscow * "guerrilla warfare" on horseback against French supply lines by the Cossacks * "total war" against French foraging by peasants * "no peacemaking with Napoleon" by Alexander I of Russia * Battle of Borodino * Battle of Maloyaroslavets * Battle of the Berezina * French invasion of Russia#Logistics Starring * Aleksei Dikij as Prince Kutuzov * Semyon Mezhinsky as Napoleon Bonaparte * Yevgeniy Kaluzhsky as Marshal Berthier * Sergo Zakariadze as General Bagration * Nikolai Okhlopkov as General Barclay de Tolly * Sergei Blinnikov as Atama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Artamonov Business
''The Artamonov Business'' (russian: Дело Артамоновых, translit=Delo Artamonovykh), also translated as ''The Artamonovs'' or ''Decadence'', is a novel by Maxim Gorky written during his 10-year emigration from Soviet Russia. It was published in Berlin in 1925 by ''Verlag "Kniga"''. Critics often call it Gorky's best novel, or best after ''The Life of Klim Samgin''. The plot concerns the three generations of a pre-revolutionary industrialist family, from the beginning of 1860s to the Revolution of 1917.Neil Cornwell, Reference Guide to Russian Literature Routledge, 2013, , 810 p. Reception D. S. Mirsky, t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakov Sverdlov (film)
Yakov Sverdlov', (russian: Яков Свердлов) is a 1940 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film tells about the life and work of the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee Yakov Sverdlov. Starring * Leonid Lyubashevsky as Yakov Sverdlov * Maksim Shtraukh as Lenin * Andro Kobaladze as Stalin * Pavel Kadochnikov as Maxim Gorky * Nikolay Kryuchkov as Trofimow * Irina Fedotova as Zina Mironov * Nikolay Gorlov as Mironov * Ivan Nazarov as Akim * Nikolai Okhlopkov as Feodor Chaliapin * Igor Smirnov as Lenka Sukhov child * Kseniya Tarasova as Anisa Sukhov * Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Kazimir Petrovich * Ivan Lyubeznov Ivan Aleksandrovich Lyubeznov (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Любе́знов; 19 April (2 May) 1909, in Astrakhan – 5 March 1988, in Moscow) was a Russian theater and film actor, reader during the rule of the Soviet Uni ... References External links * {{Sergei Yutkevich 1940 films 1940s Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv "never had eastern-western conflicts" ''Euronews'' (23 October 2014) Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic Sloboda Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. The latest population is Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as Kharkiv fortress, and after these humble beginnings, it grew to be a major centre of industry, trade and Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Chairs (1971 Film)
''The Twelve Chairs'' (russian: 12 стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel ''The Twelve Chairs''. Plot Ostap Bender, shortly after arriving in Stargorod, meets Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov, a Marshal of Nobility who's looking for a set of 12 chairs that belonged to his mother-in-law, who on her deathbed confesses of hiding diamonds in one of them. However, the confession is overheard by Father Fyodor, who is also looking for them. Ostap and Kisa decide to go on the search together, traveling all around Russia and having a series of misadventures. Cast * Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev; singing voice by Valeri Zolotukhin; in some scenes speaks in his own voice) * Sergey Filippov as Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov * Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor, priest * Natalya Krachkovskaya as Madame Gritsatsuyeva * Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a population of 2.4 million. The peninsula is almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Sivash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. Crimea (called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period) has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe. Greeks colonized its southern fringe and were absorbed by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalta
Yalta (: Я́лта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is de facto occupied by Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and regards the town as part of the Republic of Crimea. According to the most recent census, its population was . The city is located on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Yalita. It is said to have been founded by the Greek settlers who were looking for a safe shore (Γιαλός, ''yalos'' in Greek) on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black Sea, surrounded by the mountain range Ai-Petri. It has a warm humid subtropical climate and is surrounded by numerous vineyards and orchards. The area became famous when the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borrowing Matchsticks
''Borrowing Matchsticks'' (russian: За спичками, Za spichkami, fi, Tulitikkuja lainaamassa) is a Soviet–Finnish comedy film produced by Mosfilm and Suomifilm in 1980. Film based on the novel by Algot Untola. Plot Antti Ihalainen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster). Once, when the house ran out of matches and the Ihalainens had nothing to make a fire for cooking coffee so loved by the Finns, Anna-Lisa sent her husband to a neighbor Hyvärinen (Sergei Filippov) for matches. On the way Ihalainen meets an old friend Jussi Vatanen (Vyacheslav Nevinny). Widower Jussi asks Ihalainen woo him Hyvärinen's daughter Anna-Kaisa (Vera Ivleva). When they came to visit Hyvärinen, Antti praised his friend for a long time ("the meat in the house Vatanen is never depleted, even in summer") and finally uttered the sacred words: "And why not Anna-Kaisa to marry Jussi Vatanen?". The Hyvärinens were enthusiastic about this idea. Antti had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
