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Rina Zelyonaya
Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1970. Biography Ekaterina Zelyonaya was born in Tashkent (modern-day Uzbekistan) into a Russian family of modest means, the third of four children. Her rare surname which translates from Russian as ''Green'' had been often taken for a pseudonym by people, just like her stage name Rina (short for Ekaterina). Her paternal grandfather Ivan Kuzmich Zelyoniy was a member of the Tashkent City Duma. According to the actress, her parents didn't fit each other at all.''Rina Zelyonaya (2018)''. Scattered Pages. Moscow: AST (Memoirs) Her mother Nadezhda Fyodorovna Zelyonaya was given away to marriage at the age 16. She was absolutely careless and couldn't plan family budget which led to grand scandals involving her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic ''tash'' and ''kent'', literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 5 May 1930. That statute was amended by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 7 May 1936, of 19 June 1943, of 26 February 1946, of 15 October 1947, of 16 December 1947 and by decree No 1803-X of 28 March 1980. Award statute The Order of the Red Star was awarded to soldiers of the Soviet Army, Soviet Navy, Navy, Soviet Border Troops, border and NKVD, internal security forces, employees of the KGB, State Security Committee of the USSR, as well as Non-commissioned officer, NCOs and officers of the bodies of MVD, internal affairs; to units, warships, associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations; as well as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cain XVIII
''Cain XVIII'' (russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, ''Two friends''. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film. Plot A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king. Cast * Erast Garin as King Cain XVIII * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Queen Vlasta * Mikhail Zharov as Minister of War * Yuri Lyubimov as First Minister * Alexander Demyanenko as Ian * Stanislav Khitrov as Jean * Rina Zelyonaya as Foreign Governess * Alexandr Beniaminov as Professor * Bruno Freindlich as Chief of Secret Police * Georgi Vitsin as Freelance Hangman * Boris Chirkov as Lavatory Worker * Igor Dmitriev as General * Glikeriya Bogdanova-Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Nannies
''Seven Nannies'' (russian: Семь нянек, Sem nyanek) is a 1962 Soviet comedy film, directorial debut of Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (russian: Ролан Антонович Быков; October 12, 1929 – October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Early life R .... Plot At one of the watch factories works the youth team, nicknamed as the "golden" because of how they perform in everything — both in work and in public life. But the guys wish to accomplish some other feat — they decide to re-educate a difficult teenager Afanasy Polosukhin (Semyon Morozov) from a colony for juvenile offenders. He is taken straight from the prison colony and enthusiastically re-educated, but Afanasy does not even think about changing his ways. When the comfortable new life begins he finds it all too easy to deceive his mentors. However, the secret still becomes apparent. When Afanasy tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Groom From The Other World
''A Groom from the Other World'' or (russian: Жених с того света, Zhenikh s togo sveta) is a 1958 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Plot Head of "BORE" (Bush Oversight of Resort Establishments), Semyon Danilovich Petukhov is the consummate bureaucrat. With the institution entrusted to him, every action must be confirmed by some official certificate, sometimes by several. Not only the visitors, but also the workers of "BORE" literally drown in unnecessary and meaningless pieces of paper, which slows down all sorts of tasks. Pyotr Petrovich Ficusov, Petukhov's stand-in, strongly supports his boss in his unbridled bureaucratic impulses. Soon Petukhov sets out to leave for a few days to go to his bride, but the unlucky groom is robbed by a pickpocket at a station, who in turn immediately falls under the wheels of a car. Police and medics arrive to inspect the corpse, find Petukhov's name in the documents and officially declare him dead. Having received the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Without An Address
''The Girl Without an Address'' (russian: Девушка без адреса, Devushka bez adresa)) is a 1957 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and written by Leonid Lench. It stars Svetlana Karpinskaya and Nikolai Rybnikov. Plot Young builder Pasha Gusarov meets on the train a girl of a quarrelsome nature, Katya Ivanova. At the beginning, their relationship does not go well, but by the end of the trip they become attached to each other. Nevertheless, fate makes its own adjustments. Coming out of the carriage through different doors, they do not meet at the station in Moscow. The only thing that Pasha hears from Katya, as she is going away on a bus, is the beginning of her street name. Pasha and his friend Mitya start searching for the girl in Russia's capital. Cast * Svetlana Karpinskaya as Katya Ivanova *Nikolai Rybnikov as Pashka Gusarov *Erast Garin as Grandfather * Vasili Toporkov as Cloakroom attendant *Yuri Belov as Mitya * Svetlana Shcherbak as Olya * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springtime (1947 Film)
''Springtime'' (russian: Весна, Vesna) is a 1947 Soviet musical-comedy film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and starring Lyubov Orlova, Nikolay Cherkasov and Faina Ranevskaya. Plot Director Arkady Gromov decides to make a film about the life of scientists, presenting them as grim hermits detached from life, completely immersed in research. As a prototype the director decides to use a real scientist – Irina Nikitina, director of the Sun Institute. For the role of "Nikitina", Gromov finds Vera Shatrova, a young operetta actress who is an exact mirror image of her character. Not wanting to interrupt her work in the operetta, Shatrova meets Nikitina and asks her for the time being to double for her on the set. Thus Nikitina for the first time gets to know director Gromov and the screenplay of the future film about scientists. She strongly opposes Gromov's views about the scientific world and explains to the director the errors of his outlook. In turn Nikitina sees how compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encounter At The Elbe
''Encounter at the Elbe'' (in ) is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied forces met each other for the first time on the River Elbe near the end of the World War II. This meeting occurred on April 25, 1945, which was usually remembered as “Elbe Day” in Western Bloc nations and as the "Encounter at the Elbe” in Eastern Bloc nations. The film was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, with music by Dmitri Shostakovich, which included “Yearning for the Homeland” (in , the words by Yevgeny Dolmatovsky), that became popular at that time in the Eastern Bloc nations and among the leftists in the Western Bloc nations, including Japan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya (1940 Film)
''Tanya'' (russian: Светлый путь, Svetly put, en, Bright Path) is a 1940 musical-comedy film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and based on the play ''Cinderella'' by Viktor Ardov. Plot The film is set in the spring of 1930. The main character is an illiterate village girl Tanya Morozova who has moved to Moscow. She lives with a mistress who is a former NEPman in the position of a servant. Tanya is astute and has a thirst for knowledge. She is satisfied with her work until she gets dismissed from service by her mistress, who becomes jealous of Tanya to their new neighbor, engineer Alexei Lebedev. Tanya is invited by her friend Maria Sergeevna Pronina to live with her. She helps Tanya get work as a weaver at a factory where Maria works as a secretary of the party committee. After distinguishing herself in a fight against saboteur Samokhin, Tanya becomes member of the Stakhanovite movement. She quickly achieves outstanding performance in production, managing to supervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Life (1931 Film)
''Road to Life'' (russian: Путёвка в жизнь, Putyovka v zhizn) is a 1931 Soviet drama film written and directed by Nikolai Ekk. The film won an award at the 1932 Venice International Film Festival, which went to Ekk for Most Convincing Director. It was the first sound film in the Soviet Union, and the first to be win a Best Director award at any film festival. Plot summary In Moscow operates one of the countless gangs of street kids – Zhigan's gang. The boys who belong to it have been living on the street for a long time. In December 1923 police forces conduct a raid, and catch about a thousand homeless children. Almost all of them are distributed to orphanages. But there are several dozen minors who run away from all the orphanages to which they are sent. For example, Mustafa has escaped 8 times and had to be returned 15 times by the authorities. What is one supposed to do with them? This leads to a decision to send them over to a house of correction, that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stone Flower Fountain
The Stone Flower Fountain ( rus, Фонтан «Каменный цветок», Fontan Kamennyj tsvetok) stands in the so-called "Industrial Square" of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements (VDNH) in Moscow, Russia. It was named and designed after the eponymous flower from Pavel Bazhov's fairy-tale "The Stone Flower". The Stone Flower Fountain was built in 1954. It was designed by the architect and carved by . The fountain was decorated with figures of birds, fruit and ears An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists o .... Some sculpted details fountain created were carved by the sculptors and V. V. Aleksandrova-Roslavleva, and the mosaics works were done in the workshop of the Soviet Academy of Arts. It was the first light and musical fountain in the USSR. The music for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Topuridze
The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. A number of notable persons in the Byzantine Empire, and (via mediation by the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church) in Russian history and earlier East Slavic history are often referred to by this name. "Konstantin" means "firm, constant". There is a number of variations of the name throughout European cultures: * Константин (Konstantin) in Russian (diminutive Костя/Kostya), Bulgarian (diminutives Косьо/Kosyo, Коце/Kotse) and Serbian * Костянтин (Kostiantyn) in Ukrainian (diminutive Костя/Kostya) * Канстанцін (Kanstantsin) in Belarusian * Konstantinas in Lithuanian * Konstantīns in Latvian * Konstanty in Polish (diminutive Kostek) * Constantin in Romanian (diminutive Costel), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
