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Nikolai Simonov
Nikolay Konstantionovich Simonov (russian: Николай Константинович Симонов; December 4, 1901 – April 20, 1973) was a Soviet film and stage actor.Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. С. С. Мокульский. Т. 1 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, А — «Глобус», 1961, 1214 стб. с илл., 12 л. илл. (стб. 707) People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Biography Early life and education Nikolay Simonov was born on December 4, 1901, in Samara, Russia. From 1917–1919 he studied art at Samara School of Art and Design. From 1919–1923 he studied art at the Imperial Academy of Arts. From 1922–1924 he studied acting at the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, from which he graduated with honors in 1924. Career From 1924–1973, He was a permanent member with the company of Pushkin Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg. During the 1950s and 1960s he was also the theatre's artistic directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozart And Salieri (play)
''Mozart and Salieri'' (russian: «Мо́царт и Салье́ри», Mótsart i Sal'yéri) is a poetic drama by Alexander Pushkin. The play was written in 1830 as one of his four short plays known as '' The Little Tragedies'', and was published in 1832. Based on one of the numerous rumours caused by the early death of Mozart, it features only three characters: Mozart, Antonio Salieri, and a non-speaking part in the blind fiddler whose playing Mozart finds hilarious, and Salieri is appalled by. It was the only one of Pushkin's plays that was staged during his lifetime. ''Mozart and Salieri'' was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer's 1979 play ''Amadeus'', which Shaffer adapted for the 1984 film of the same name. Adaptations * 1897 – ''Mozart and Salieri'', opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. * 1914 – '' Mozart and Salieri'', silent film by Victor Tourjansky The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gadfly (1955 Film)
''The Gadfly'' is a novel by Irish-born British writer Ethel Voynich, published in 1897 (United States, June; Great Britain, September of the same year), set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and uprisings. The story centres on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton. A thread of a tragic relationship between Arthur and his love, Gemma, simultaneously runs through the story. It is a tale of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism. Themes The book, set during the Italian ''Risorgimento'', is primarily concerned with the culture of revolution and revolutionaries. Arthur, the eponymous Gadfly, embodies the tragic Romantic hero, who comes of age and returns from abandonment to discover his true state in the world and fight against the injustices of the current one. The landscape of Italy, in particular the Alps, is a pervading focus of the book, with its often lush descriptions of scenery conveying the thoughts and moods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinsky (film)
''Belinsky'' (russian: Белинский) is a 1953 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951 but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin. Cast * Sergei Kurilov as Vissarion Belinsky * Aleksandr Borisov as Alexander Herzen * Georgy Vitsin as Nikolai Gogol * Yuri Lyubimov as Frolov * Yuri Tolubeyev as Mikhail Shchepkin * Vladimir Chestnokov as Nikolay Nekrasov * Mikhail Nazvanov as Nicholas I * Igor Gorbachyov as student * Arkadi Trusov as sergeant * Nikolay Simonov as landlord * Olga Aroseva as actress * Nikolay Trofimov as typographic worker * Bruno Freindlich Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (russian: Бруно Артурович Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 – 9 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). His daughter Alisa Freindlich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Chuikov
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в; ; – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw heavy combat during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. Born to a peasant family near Tula, Chuikov earned his living as a factory worker from the age of 12. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he joined the Red Army and distinguished himself during the Russian Civil War. After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, Chuikov worked as a military attaché and intelligence officer in China and the Russian Far East. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Chuikov commanded the 4th Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland, and the 9th Army during the Winter War against Finland. In December 1940, he was again appointed military attaché to China in support of Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists in the war against Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Stalingrad (1949 Movie)
''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (russian: Сталинградская битва) is a 1949 two-part Soviet war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta. Plot Film I In the Kremlin, Stalin analyzes the Wehrmacht's movements and concludes that the Germans aim to capture Stalingrad. Hitler, who believes the city is the key to final victory, orders his generals take it at all costs. As the enemy approaches Stalingrad, the Red Army and the local population rally to defend it in bitter house-to-house combat, stalling the German advance. In Moscow, Stalin plans the counter-offensive. Film II The Wehrmacht launches a last, massive assault, intended to overwhelm the defenders of Stalingrad. As the Red Army is pushed back to the Volga, Stalin orders the commencement of Operation Uranus. The German 6th Army is encircled, and efforts to relieve the Stalingrad pocket fail. General Friedrich Paulus, ordered by Hitler to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter The Great (1937 Film)
Peter the Great (russian: Пётр Первый, Pyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I. Cast * Nikolai Simonov as Tsar Pyotr I * Mikhail Zharov as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov * Nikolay Cherkasov as Prince Alexei * Mikhail Tarkhanov as Field Marshal Boris Sheremetev * Viktor Dobrovolsky as Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor * Alla Tarasova as Catherine, a peasant girl * Konstantin Gibshman as Buinosov, the boyar * Nikolai Orlov as Yemov * Fyodor Bogdanov as Foundry Owner * Vladimir Gardin as Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy Awards * Prize at an exhibition in Paris (1937) * Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hectic Days
Red Army Days (russian: Горячие денечки, Goryachie denyochki) is a 1935 Soviet comedy film directed by Alexander Zarkhi and Iosif Kheifits. Plot In the provincial town for exercises come tank units of the Red Army. Tank commander Mikhail Belokon (Simon) rents a room at the agricultural school student Tonya Zhukova (Okunevskaya). Between the young people there a romantic attachment. However, each of them believes that the nascent feelings can interfere with more important, in their view, the case in life: to Tonya - tuition at the college for Mikhail - the preparation of military vehicles and soldiers for upcoming maneuvers. Nevertheless, the characters pass by a strip of misunderstanding and explain each other in love. Cast * Nikolai Simonov as Tank Commander Mikhail Trofimovich Belokon * Tatiana Okunevskaya as Tonya Zhukova (as T. Okunyovskaya) * Yanina Zheymo as Kika, her friend (as Ya. Zheimo) * Nikolay Cherkasov as Kolka Loshak * Aleksandr Melnikov as Tank D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastus Kalinovskiy (film)
''Kastus Kalinovskiy'' (russian: Кастусь Калиновский) is a 1928 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Vladimir Gardin. It portrays the nineteenth century revolutionary Konstanty Kalinowski. Plot Uprisings start in the western provinces of the Russian Empire. Peasants seize carts loaded with bread. Magnates and the gentry support them, seeking to get leadership and a union with Poland. Count Wielkopolski becomes leader of nobility. One of his units is commanded by his son, Stanislav (a.k.a. "Stas"). Russian landowner Count Orlov mercilessly exploits his serfs. Yas Rudenok sends his sister, Maryla, to Kastus Kalinovskiy, the leader of rebellious peasants, to ask for help. By order of the Military Governor-General Count Muravyov to "pacify the region" the Cossacks are sent. Stanislaw Wielkopolski's squad of Polish Confederates fight with them, but at the same time robs the peasants. Yasya tries to resist, but is beaten. Kalinovskiy shows up with a deta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Partisans
''Red Partisans'' (russian: Красные партизаны, Krasnye partizany) is a 1924 Soviet silent war film directed by Vyacheslav Viskovsky.Christie & Taylor p.432 The film's art direction was by Vladimir Yegorov and Yevgeni Yenej. Plot In Siberia under occupation of the Whites, on the orders of Admiral Kolchak house searches and mass arrests of the Bolsheviks take place. The underground party committee entrusts Bolshevik worker Tokarev who managed to avoid arrest organization of a guerrilla unit in the taiga Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruc .... Meanwhile, the White Guards occupy one of the Siberian villages, Zubarevka. Violence and looting commences. Peasant Stepan Dolgov when protecting his wife from harassment of an officer kills him and goes into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, in the belief that this was the site of the Neva Battle in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes. But the battle took place about away from that site. "On April 5, 1713, in St. Petersburg, in the presence of Peter I, the wooden Church of the Annunciation was consecrated. This day is considered the official founding date of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra." (April 5, 1713 Gregorian was March 25 Julian, feast of the Annunciation.) "The relics of St. Alexander Nevsky were solemnly transferred from Vladimir to the new capital of Russia September 12, 1724, by decree of Peter the Great." (It was August 30 Julian, or September 10 Gregorian; however, since the Russian Orthodox Church still follows the Julian calendar, the transfer of the relics is celebrated on August 30 Julian, which corresponds to Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко; , Ozurgeti – 25 April 1943, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator, who founded the Moscow Art Theatre with his colleague, Konstantin Stanislavski, in 1898.Немирович-Данченко Владимир Иванович Biography Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko was born into a Russian noble f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
