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Vera Ivashova
Valentina Semyonovna Ivashova ( uk, Валентина Семенiвна Ивашова, russian: Валентина Ceмёнoвна Ивашёва; 1915–1991) was a Soviet film actress.Sadoul & Morris p.6 She was sometimes credited as Vera Ivashova. Selected filmography * '' The Nightingale'' (1936) * '' Young Pushkin'' (1937) * ''Alexander Nevsky'' (1938) * ''Rainbow'' (1944) * '' Sorochinskaya Yarmarka'' (1948) Family Valentina Ivashova was married to Soviet film director Nikolai Ekk Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: .... References Bibliography * Georges Sadoul & Peter Morris. ''Dictionary of Films''. University of California Press, 1972. External links * 1915 births 1991 deaths Soviet film actresses Ukrainian film actresses Gerasimov Institute of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavs, Slavic settlement on the great trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale (1936 Film)
''The Nightingale'' (russian: Соловей-Соловушко, Solovey-Solovushko) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Ekk and starring Valentina Ivashova, Z. Kashkarova and Nikolai Ekk. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivan Stepanov. It is the first Soviet feature film shot in color. Plot The events in the film take place in pre-revolutionary Russia. A riot of workers of a large porcelain factory is taking place. After the burning of one of the shops, Grunya's father dies in the fire. The owner of the factory caused the fire in order to obtain a fine from the workers. Grunya urges the workers to fight, but is injured, yet she still urges the people not to give up. Cast * Valentina Ivashova as Grunya Kornakova * Z. Kashkarova as Grunya's Mother * Nikolai Ekk as Uncle Andrei * A. Kosanov as Foreman * Ivan Lavrov as Grunya's Father * Mikhail Doronin as M. Novostalano * Vladimir Batalov as N. Luznetsov * G. Yegorova as His Wife * M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Pushkin
''Young Pushkin'' russian: Юность поэта, Yunost poeta is a 1937 Soviet biopic film directed by Abram Naroditsky. It portrays the youth of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Cast * Valentin Litovsky as Alexander Pushkin * L. Mazin as Sergey Komovsky * Yan Paramonov as Wilhelm Küchelbecker * Alexander Muruzin as Ivan Pushchin * Konstantin Smirnov as Mikhail Yakovlev * Oleg Lipkin as Anton Delvig * Cheslav Sushkevich as Alexander Gorchakov * Vladimir Gardin as Mayer, the tutor * Valentina Ivashova as Natasha * Nina Shaternikova as Princess * Alexander Mgebrov as Gavrila Derzhavin, the poet * Ippolit Novskiy as Count Razumovsky, the Minister of Education * Alexander Gromov as Foma * Valentin Yantsat as Alexander Petrovich Kunitsyn, Professor of Law * Emil Gal as De-Boudrie * Georgy Kranert as Alexander I of Russia * Sergey Karnovich-Valois as Aleksey Arakcheyev Count Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev or Arakcheev (russian: граф Алексе́й ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nevsky (film)
''Alexander Nevsky'' (russian: Алекса́ндр Не́вский) is a 1938 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by Prince Alexander, known popularly as Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263). Eisenstein made the film in association with Dmitri Vasilyev and with a script co-written with Pyotr Pavlenko; they were assigned to ensure that Eisenstein did not stray into "formalism" and to facilitate shooting on a reasonable timetable. It was produced by Goskino via the Mosfilm production unit, with Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role and a musical score by Sergei Prokofiev. ''Alexander Nevsky'' was the first and most popular of Eisenstein's three sound films. Eisenstein, Pavlenko, Cherkasov and Abrikosov were awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941 for the film. In 1978, the film was included in the world's 100 best motion pictures acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow (1944 Film)
''Rainbow'' ( uk, Веселка; translit. ''Veselka'', russian: Радуга; translit. ''Raduga''), is a 1944 Soviet war film directed by Mark Donskoy and written by Wanda Wasilewska based on her novel, ''Tęcza''. The film depicts life in a German-occupied village in Ukraine from the viewpoint of the terrorized villagers. Cast * Elena Tyapkina as Feodosya * Hans Klering as Captain Kurt Werner * Nina Alisova as Pusya * Natalya Uzhviy as Olena Kostyuk * Anna Lisyanskaya as Malyuchikha * Nikolai Bratersky as Petr Gaplik, collaborator mayor * Vitya Vinogradov as Mishka Malyuchik * Anton Dunaysky as Grandfather Evdokim Okhabko * Vera Ivashova as Olga, Pusya's sister * Vladimir Chobur as Lt. Kravchenko Plot The German conquerors are above nothing, not even the slaughter of small children, to break the spirit of their Soviet captives. Suffering more than most is Olga (Nataliya Uzhviy), a Soviet partisan who returns to the village to bear her child, only to endure the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorochinskaya Yarmarka , a municipal formation in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Sorochinsky (masculine), Sorochinskaya (feminine), or Sorochinskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Sorochinsky District, a district of Orenburg Oblast, Russia *Sorochinsky Urban Okrug Sorochinsky Urban Okrug (russian: Сорочинский городско́й о́круг) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, one of the thirteen urban okrugs in the oblast.Law #2367/495-IV-OZ Its territory co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Ekk
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: Ивакин).Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film '' Road to Life'' and the first Soviet color motion picture film '' The Nightingale''. Filmography * ''How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо)'' (1929) * '' Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь)'' (1931) * '' The Nightingale (Груня Корнакова)'' (1936) * ''The Fair of Sorochinsk (Сорочинская ярмарка)'' (1938) * ''When the Snow Is Falling... (Когда падает снег...)'' (1962) * ''A Man in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Deaths
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet Union, Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, erupts in the Philippines, making it the List of large historical volcanic eruptions, second-largest Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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