Nikolay Tsaturyan
Nikolay Yervandi Tsaturyan ( hy, Նիկոլայ Ծատուրյան; born January 8, 1945, in Yerevan) is an Armenian theatre director, actor and playwright, People's Artist of Armenia (2011), Professor. He is the Artistic Director of Vardan Ajemian State Drama Theatre of Gyumri. Biography Nikolay Tsaturyan is a son of Ervand Tsatouryan, a movie director. Nikolay studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts with Marat Marinosyan, and Vardan Ajemian, whom he considers to be his "maestro". He identifies himself as an atheist. He also studied at Moscow High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors with Georgi Danelia. He worked at Hayfilm, then assisted to Yuli Raizman at Mosfilm. He was the director of Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, the founder of "Metro" theatre. He is also well known for his leading role at "Comrade Panjouni" film. Throughout his career Nikolay directed near to 100 plays, shows and events, among them Vahagn Davtyan's "Apricot Tree" (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikolay Tsaturyan
Nikolay Yervandi Tsaturyan ( hy, Նիկոլայ Ծատուրյան; born January 8, 1945, in Yerevan) is an Armenian theatre director, actor and playwright, People's Artist of Armenia (2011), Professor. He is the Artistic Director of Vardan Ajemian State Drama Theatre of Gyumri. Biography Nikolay Tsaturyan is a son of Ervand Tsatouryan, a movie director. Nikolay studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts with Marat Marinosyan, and Vardan Ajemian, whom he considers to be his "maestro". He identifies himself as an atheist. He also studied at Moscow High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors with Georgi Danelia. He worked at Hayfilm, then assisted to Yuli Raizman at Mosfilm. He was the director of Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, the founder of "Metro" theatre. He is also well known for his leading role at "Comrade Panjouni" film. Throughout his career Nikolay directed near to 100 plays, shows and events, among them Vahagn Davtyan's "Apricot Tree" (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vahagn Davtyan
Vahagn Davtyan () (August 15, 1922, Arabkir, Turkey – February 21, 1996, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet, translator, publicist and public activist. Biography He was born in the town of Arapgir in Turkey. Davtyan was a Renowned activist of culture (1971) and a Corresponding Member of Armenian National Academy (1986). He was also an editor ("Grakan tert", "Hayreniki dzayn", "Veradznvadz Hayastan"). From 1990 to 1994 he was the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He translated the works of Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Petőfi, Alexander Blok, etc. The main theme of his works were fatherland, human, his work and emotions. He mainly wrote poems and ballads. He died in 1996 in Yerevan, Armenia. Vahagn Davtyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan. Works His works were printed since 1935. In his poem collections "First Love" («Առաջին սեր», 1947) and "The Morning of the World" («Աշխարհի առավոտը ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armenian Theatre People
Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the world * Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) * Armenian Apostolic Church * Armenian Catholic Church People * Armenyan, or in Western Armenian, an Armenian surname **Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia **Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer **Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Others * SS ''Armenian'', a ship torpedoed in 1915 See also * * Armenia (other) * Lists of Armenians This is a list o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Elder Son (play)
The Elder Son may refer to: * ''The Elder Son'' (1976 film), a Soviet two-part television drama film * ''The Elder Son'' (2006 film), a comedy-drama film {{set index, films, Elder Son, The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Vampilov
Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (russian: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (19 August 1937 – 17 August 1972) was a Soviet playwright. His play ''The Elder Son'' was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised in Russia. His four full-length plays were translated into English and ''Duck Hunting'' was performed in London and Washington DC (Arena Stage). Life Vampilov was the fourth child in the family of schoolteachers. His father, Valentin Nikitich, was of Buryats, Buryat ancestry, and his mother, Anastasia Prokopievna was Russian, the daughter of a Russian Orthodox Church priest. His father was arrested for alleged nationalist activity. The young Alexander taught himself guitar and mandolin, and his first comic short stories appeared in magazines in 1958, later collected as ''A Confluence of Circumstances'' under the name "A. Sanin". After studying literature and history at t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia. Biography Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was born on 12 April 1823, in the Zamoskvorechye region of Moscow, to Nikolai Fyodorovich Ostrovsky, a lawyer who received religious education. Nikolai's ancestors came from the village Ostrov in the Nerekhta region of Kostroma governorate, hence the surname. Later Nikolai Ostrovsky became a high-ranked state official and as such in 1839 received a nobility title with the corresponding privileges. His first wife and Alexander's mother, Lyubov Ivanovna Savvina, came from a clergyman's family. For some time the family lived in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Time Of Your Life
''The Time of Your Life'' is a 1939 five-act play by American playwright William Saroyan. The play is the first drama to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The play opened on Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1939. Characters ;Main characters * Joe, a loafer with money and a good heart * Tom, his admirer, disciple, errand boy, stooge and friend * Kitty Duval, a young streetwalker who longs for a better life * Nick, owner of Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace * Arab, an Eastern philosopher and harmonica-player * Kit Carson, a teller of tall tales who looks like an old Indian-fighter * McCarthy, an intelligent and well-read longshoreman * Krupp, his boyhood friend, a waterfront cop who hates his job but doesn't know what else to do instead * Harry, a natural born hoofer who wants to make people laugh but can't * Wesley, a young colored man who plays a mean and melancholy boogie-woogie piano * Willie, a mar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Saroyan
William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The Human Comedy''. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, '' The Human Comedy.'' Saroyan is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are ''The Time of Your Life'', ''My Name Is Aram'' and '' My Heart's in the Highlands''. His two collections of short stories from the 1930s, ''Inhale Exhale'' (1936) and ''The Daring Young Man On the Flying Trapeze'' (1941) are regarded as among his major achievements and essential documents of the cultural history of the period on the American West Coast. He has been described in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sundukyan State Academic Theatre Of Yerevan
The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, , Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, Hasmik, Avet Avetisian, Varduhi Varderesyan, Arus Voskanian, and Edgar Elbakyan were the stars of the theater's group. They performed both national and foreign plays, such as Sundukyan's ''Testament'', Muratsan's ''Rouzan'', Shant's ''Ancient Gods'', Camus's ''Caligula'', Brecht's ''Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'', Chekhov's '' Cherry Orchard'', O'Neill's ''Desire Under the Elms'', Werfel's ''Forty Days of Musa Dagh'', etc. People's Artist of Armenia Armen Elbakyan is the Artistic Director of Sundukyan Theatre. The theatre is named after Gabriel Sundukian Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 182 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |