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The Queen Of The Copper Mountain
"The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" ( rus, Медной горы хозяйка, Mednoj gory hozjajka),Bazhov 1950s, p. 9. also known as "The Queen of the Copper Mountain" or "The Mistress of the Copper Mine", is a folk tale (the so-called ''skaz'') of the Ural region of Russia collected and reworked by Pavel Bazhov. It was first published in the 11th issue of the ''Krasnaya Nov'' literary magazine in 1936 and later the same year as a part of the collection ''Prerevolutionary Folklore of the Urals''.Bazhov 1952, p. 240. It was later reprinted as a part of the collection ''The Malachite Box'' in 1939. In 1944 the story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams and published by Hutchinson. In the 1950s, another translation was made by Eve Manning. The story was published in the collection ''Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov'', published by Penguin Books in 2012. It was translated by Anna Gunin. It was included in James Riordan's collection of stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Bazhov
Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (russian: Па́вел Петро́вич Бажо́в; 27 January 1879 – 3 December 1950) was a Russian writer and publicist. Bazhov is best known for his collection of fairy tales ''The Malachite Box'', based on Ural folklore and published in the Soviet Union in 1939. In 1944, the translation of the collection into English was published in New York City and London. Later Sergei Prokofiev created the ballet '' The Tale of the Stone Flower'' based on one of the tales. Bazhov was also the author of several books on the Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Yegor Gaidar, who served as Prime Minister of Russia, was his grandson. Early life Bazhov was born in Sysert, a city in the Urals. His father Pyotr Bazhov was the master of the welding shop of the Sysert Steel Plant. His family, like most in factory towns, struggled to make ends meet and had virtually no political power in Czarist Russia. From these beginnings, Bazhov found a calling in public servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Riordan (writer-sportsman)
James Riordan (10 October 1936 – 11 February 2012) was an English novelist, broadcaster, sports historian, association football player and Russian scholar. He was well known for his work '' Sport in Soviet Society'', the first academic look at sport in the Soviet Union, and for his children's novels. He claims to have been the first Briton to play football in the USSR, playing for FC Spartak Moscow in 1963. There are, however, no documents, match reports or eyewitness accounts that support his claim, and many details in the story were inaccurate. Life and career Born in Portsmouth in 1936, James Riordan learned to speak Russian during National Service training in the Royal Air Force from 1955 to 1957. In 1960, he graduated in Russian Studies at the University of Birmingham, before qualifying as a teacher at the London Institute of Education. In 1963, Riordan studied at the Communist higher party school in Moscow; he was an avowed Communist, and was one of the few English stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oktyabr (magazine)
''Oktyabr'' ( rus, Октябрь, p=ɐkˈtʲabrʲ, a=Ru-октябрь.ogg, "October'") was a monthly Russian literary magazine based in Moscow. It was in circulation between 1924 and 2019. In addition to ''Novy Mir'' and ''Znamya'' the monthly was a leading and deep-rooted literary magazine in Russia. History ''Oktyabr'' was launched in 1924 by a group with the same name, "Oktyabr", which was founded by the poet Alexander Bezymensky and the novelist Yury Libedinsky in 1922. It was an official organ of the Soviet Union and had a conservative political stance. Particularly during the post-World War II period it became one of the most pro-government publications and was instrumental in shaping the image of Soviet poetry. The editorial board of the magazine in the Soviet era included those figures recognized by the state. The first chief editor was Labory Kalmanson who was also known as G. Lelevich. Fyodor Ivanovich served as chief editor of the monthly for two times (from 1931 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seversky Pipe Plant
The Seversky Pipe Plant ( rus, Северский трубный завод), also known as Severna, was one of the major manufacturing plants located in Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast of Russia. It is one of the oldest Russian plants at the Urals. In the early-1730s rich deposits of iron ore were discovered around the Polevskoy village, situated on the river Severushka. In 1734 Vasily Tatishchev chose the site for the plant construction, which began on 1 April 1735. A village grew around the plant, which is now the northern part of the town Polevskoy. All production was branded with the eight-pointed star, which is now present in the Polevskoy's coat of arms. In 1757 the Polevskoy Plant was purchased by the Ural merchant Alexei Turchaninov along with the Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant. File:Северский-Трубный-Завод-вид-на-заводские-эстакады.jpg, The 1886 photograph. File:Seversky trubnyi zavod.jpg, The 2014 photograph. File:Seversky t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant
The Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant ( rus, Полевской медеплавильный завод, Polevskoj medeplavilnyj zavod), also known as Polevaya or Poleva, was one of the major metallurgical facilities located in Polevskoy, in Sverdlovsk Oblast of Russia. History It was established by the decree of Peter the Great to process the local copper deposits. The Polevskoy Plant was named after the local river Polevaya. The plant became the basis for the settlement which later grew into the town of Polevskoy. The place for a new plant was chosen by Vasily Tatishchev. Georg Wilhelm de Gennin was in charge of the construction. The Plant became active in 1724. The copper was branded with the symbol of the Roman goddess Venus. The Venus symbol (♀), which represents copper as a chemical element, is now displayed in the Polevskoy town coat of arms. In 1757 the Polevskoy Plant was purchased by the Ural merchant Alexei Turchaninov along with the Seversky Pipe Plant The Seversky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic viability of investing in the equipment, labor, and energy required to extract, refine and transport the materials found at the mine to manufacturers who can use the material. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Academy Of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals. Peter the Great established the Academy (then the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences) in 1724 with guidance from Gottfried Leibniz. From its establishment, the Academy benefitted from a slate of foreign scholars as professors; the Academy then gained its first clear set of goals from the 1747 Charter. The Academy functioned as a university and research center throughout the mid-18th century until the university was dissolved, leaving research as the main pillar of the institution. The rest of the 18th century continuing on through the 19th century consisted of many published academic works from Academy scholars and a few Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sysert
Sysert (russian: Сысе́рть) is a town and the administrative center of Sysertsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sysert River ( Ob basin, right tributary of the Iset), south of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in either 1732 or in 1773 and was called Sysertsky Zavod () until 1932. Town status was granted to it in 1946. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sysert serves as the administrative center of Sysertsky District and is subordinated to it. As a municipal division, the town of Sysert together with thirty-seven rural localities in Sysertsky District is incorporated as Sysertsky Urban Okrug.OKATO Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative DivisionThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́кт ... lists two towns and thirty-nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mistress Of The Copper Mountain
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain ( rus, Хозяйка медной горы, Hozjajka mednoj gory), also known as The Malachite Maid, is a legendary creature from Slavic mythology and a Russian fairy tale_character,_the_mountain_spirit_from_the_legends_of_the_Ural_(region).html" "title="олше́бн ... character, the mountain spirit from the legends of the Ural (region)">Ural miners and the Mistress of the Ural Mountains of Russia. In the national Folklore, folktales and legends, she is depicted as an extremely beautiful green-eyed young woman in a malachite gown or as a lizard with a crown. She has been viewed as the patroness of miners, the protector and owner of hidden underground riches, the one who can either permit or prevent the mining of stones and metals in certain places. "The Copper Mountain" is the Gumyoshevsky mine, the oldest mine of the Ural Mountains, which was called "The Copper Mountain" or simply "The Mountain" by the populace. It is now located in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvezda (magazine)
''Zvezda'' (russian: links=no, Звезда, lit=star) is a Russian literary magazine published in Saint Petersburg since 1924. It began as a bimonthly, but has been monthly since 1927. History The first issue of ''Zvezda'' appeared in January 1924, with Ivan Maisky as editor-in-chief. Katerina Clark writes, in a discussion of the new journals founded at this time: Unlike Moscow, Petrograd was given only one "thick" journal, the ''Star'' (Zvezda), which was less important and had a smaller circulation than its Moscow counterparts, which were thus able to lure away the more successful or acceptable Petrograd writers.... vezdafunctioned as a medium through which fringe figures on the left (proletarian extremists) and the right (such as Pilnyak, Pasternak, and Mandelshtam) could publish. While this situation afforded Petrograd the role of the more honorable, less compromised city, to some it seemed the town of the has-beens.Katerina Clark, ''Petersburg: Crucible of Cultural Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Prospector
Gold prospecting is the act of searching for new gold deposits. Methods used vary with the type of deposit sought and the resources of the prospector. Although traditionally a commercial activity, in some developed countries placer gold prospecting has also become a popular outdoor recreation. Prospecting for placer gold Prospecting for placer gold is normally done with a gold pan or similar instrument to wash free gold particles from loose surface sediment. The use of gold pans is centuries old, but is still common among prospectors and miners with little financial backing. Deeper placer deposits may be sampled by trenching or drilling. Geophysical methods such as seismic, gravity or magnetics may be used to locate buried river channels that are likely locations for placer gold. Sampling and assaying a placer gold deposit to determine its economic viability is subject to many pitfalls. Once placer gold is discovered, the gold pan is usually replaced by sluices or mechan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miner
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, or otherwise working and removing the rock. In a broader sense, a "miner" is anyone working within a mine, not just a worker at the rock face. Mining is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. In some countries, miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance. In regions with a long mining tradition, many communities have developed cultural traditions and aspects specific to the various regions, in the forms of particular equipment, symbolism, music, and the like. Roles Different functions of the individual miner. Many of the roles are specific to a type of mining, such as coal mining. Roles considered to be "miners" in the narrower sense have included: *Hewer (also known as "cake" or "pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
