Olesya (other)
Olesya may refer to: * Olesya (given name) * ''Olesya'' (novel), an 1898 novelette by Alexander Kuprin * ''Olesya'' (film), a 1971 drama film See also * Oles (other) Oles may refer to: * * * Oles (Villaviciosa), a parish in Villaviciosa, Spain * The nickname for athletic teams at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. See also * OLE (other) * Olesya (other) Olesya may refer to: * O ...

Olesya (given Name)
Olesya (Ukrainian and Russian: Олеся), may also be spelt Olessia or Olesia, is a feminine given name. Olesya is a Slavonic name that derives from a word "lyess" (Ukrainian "ліс", Russian "лес" - forest) and means "a girl from the forest", "a girl living in the forest". A different version of the origin of the name states that Olesya is a variant of the name Alexandra, and thus acquires the meaning of "protector". The names Alesya and Lesya can be considered variants of Olesya. Notable people with the name include: * Olesya Aliyeva (b. 1977), Russian alpine skier * Olesya Babushkina (b. 1989), Belarusian gymnast * Olesya Bakunova (b. 1980), Belarusian sprint canoer * Olesya Barel (b. 1960), Russian basketball player * Olesya Belugina (b. 1984), Russian gymnast * Olesya Chumakova (b. 1981), Russian middle-distance runner * Olesya Dudnik (b. 1974), Ukrainian gymnast and coach * Olesya Forsheva (b. 1979), Russian athlete * Olesya Hudyma (b. 1980), Ukrainian artist ...
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Olesya (novel)
''Olesya'' (russian: Олеся) is a novelette by Alexander Kuprin written in late 1897 – early 1898 and serialized in ''Kievlyanin'' newspaper in October 30 – November 17, 1898. ''Olesya'', the most acclaimed piece of his Polesye cycle, did much to build Kuprin's literary reputation and warranted his move to Saint Petersburg.Pitlyar, I. Notes and commentaries. The Works of A.I.Kuprin in 9 volumes. Pravda Publishers. The Ogonyok Library. Moscow, 1964. Vol.2, pp. 479-494 According to the Kuprin scholar Nicholas Luker, "Olesya is the most charming of Kuprin's rural tales. Though meant at first to be only part of the Volhynia and Polesye cycle, this poetic story of the love between an urban intellectual and a beautiful country girl expanded into a full novelette of a significance far surpassing that of the other regional tales." The story was one of Kuprin's favorites. Referring once to both ''Olesya'' and his later work "The River of Life," he said: "There is life in it ...
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Olesya (film)
''Olesya'' (russian: Олеся) is a 1971 drama film directed by Boris Ivchenko based on a screenplay by Vasily Dulgerov. Adapted from the Aleksandr Kuprin's 1898 homonymous novel. Plot Wandering through the forest, Ivan Timofeyevich finds a dilapidated hut on the edge of the swamp. There lives an old woman with her beautiful granddaughter Olesya. Many years prior, the local peasants, considering the woman a witch, burned down her house, killing her daughter. Olesya is fascinated by Ivan, who is in turn conquered by the power of the girl's feelings, by her openness and the purity of her soul. Eventually, he falls in love with Olesya. However, she foresees a quick separation. Cast * Lyudmila Chursina as Olesya * Gennady Voropayev as Ivan Timofeyevich * Boryslav Brondukov as Yarmola * Anatoly Barchuk as Dmitro * Maria Kapnist as Manuylikha, Olesya's grandmother * Vladimir Volkov as Yevtikhiy Petrovich * Boris Aleksandrov as Selyanin (as B. Aleksandrov) * Yuri Gavrilyuk * Fyodo ...
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