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Vorobeichik
Vorobeichik, Vorobeytschik, Barabeitchik and other variants derived from russian: Воробейчик is a Jewish family name. Literally it means "little sparrow", however it is not a standard diminutive, which would be "vorobyshek"/"vorobushek". A similarly constructed surname is Soloveichik ("little nightingale"). Notable people with the surname include: *Issay Dobrowen (1891-1953), born Itschok Barabeitchik, Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor *Moi Ver (1904-1995), born Moses Vorobeichic, Israeli photographer and painter *Yevgeny Vorobeichik, general director of Russian oil company *Orderly Vorobeichik, a character from the 1960 Soviet film ''Probation'' *Inspector Venceslas Vorobeychik from the 1942 French comedy thriller ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' *Midshipman Vorobeichik, a character in the novel ''Tsushima'' by Alexey Novikov-Priboy Aleksey Silych Novikov-Priboi (russian: Алексей Силыч Новиков-Прибой 12 March 1877 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soloveichik
Soloveitchik ( he, סולובייצ'יק yi, סאָלאָווייטשיק) (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the Russian word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites, who are commanded by the Torah to sing in the Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) (1820-1892). Members include: * Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001) * Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik * Bar Soloveychik (born 2000), Israeli swimmer * Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981) * Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918) * Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805–1881) * Haym Soloveitchik (born 1937), American * Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993), American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. * Max Soloveichik (1883-1957), Lithuanian-Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and a politician * Meir Soloveichik (born 1977), American * Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941) * Mosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Probation (1960 Film)
''Probation'' (russian: Испытательный срок) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Gerasimov. Plot The year is 1923. Zaitsev and Yegorov get jobs in criminal investigation. Yegorov must keep an eye on the documents, while Zaitsev is responsible for fighting with the criminals. And suddenly they get a case of a pharmacist's suicide... Cast *Oleg Yefremov as senior commissioner Ulyan Grigoryevich Zhur * Oleg Tabakov as Sasha Yegorov * Tamara Loginova as Katya, Yegorov's sister *Vyacheslav Nevinny as Sergei Zaitsev * Boris Novikov as orderly Vorobeichik * Yevgeni Urbansky as chief of criminal investigation department Kurychyov *Mikhail Semenikhin as Afanasy Solovyov, Zhur's friend * Pavel Vinnik as Grigory Mitrofanovich Frinyov, apothecary * Tatyana Lavrova as Varya *Yelena Maksimova as crime victim *Valentina Tokarskaya Valentina Georgievna Tokarskaya ( Russian: Валентина Георгиевна Токарская) (1906-1996) was a Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old World Sparrow
Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family, ''Passer''. They are distinct from both the New World sparrows, in the family Passerellidae, and from a few other birds sharing their name, such as the Java sparrow of the family Estrildidae. Many species nest on buildings and the house and Eurasian tree sparrows, in particular, inhabit cities in large numbers. They are primarily seed-eaters, though they also consume small insects. Some species scavenge for food around cities and, like gulls or pigeons, will eat small quantities of a diversity of items. Description Generally, Old World sparrows are small, plump, brown and grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful beaks. The differences between sparrow species can be subtle. Members of this family range in size from the chestnut sparrow (''Passer eminibey''), at and , to the parrot-billed spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issay Dobrowen
Issay Alexandrovich Dobrowen (russian: Исай Александрович Добровейн; in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire9 December 1953, Oslo, Norway), born Itschok Zorachovitch Barabeitchik, was a Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor. He left the Soviet Union in 1922 and became a Norwegian citizen in 1929. Biography He studied at the Moscow Conservatory, his teachers including Konstantin Igumnov and Sergei Taneyev, graduating with a gold medal. He taught from 1917–1921 at the Moscow Philharmonic Conservatory. He once played Beethoven's '' Sonata Appassionata'' for Vladimir Lenin, this sonata being the revolutionary's favorite piece of music. Dobrowen directed the first German performance of Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'' (Dresden, 1922). Dobrowen went on to conduct the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra (1928–31), at the Sofia Opera (1927–28), and the San Francisco Symphony (1931–34) and the Gothenburg Symphony (1941–53) orchestras. Dobrowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moi Ver
Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic, known as Moi Ver, born Moses Vorobeichic (1904–1995) was an Israeli photographer and painter. Life and work Moi Ver (Moshe Raviv) was born in 1904 in Vilnius, Lithuania as Moses Vorobeichic. He initially studied painting. In his early twenties he matriculated at the Bauhaus, taking courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers, and left from there to attend the Ecole Photo One in Paris. In his book ''Moi Ver: Paris'', he produced avant-garde photomontages. Originally published in 1931 by Editions Jeanne Walter with an introduction by futurist Fernand Léger. In 1932 Raviv was sent by the weekly '' La Vie Parisienne'' to Palestine as photo-reporter. Raviv illustrated many books. Raviv was a founder of the Artists' Colony in Safed. He adopted Zionism in 1934 and immigrated to what was then known as Palestine. Moshe Raviv-Vorobeichic (as he called himself in Israel) focused more on painting than photography and lived in Safed until h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murderer Lives At Number 21
''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (french: L'Assassin habite au 21) is a 1942 French comedy thriller film by director Henri-Georges Clouzot. Adapted by Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman and Clouzot from Steeman's 1939 book of the same title, it was Clouzot's debut feature film as a director. The film is about the hunt by detective Wens (Pierre Fresnay) for the murderer Monsieur Durand, who leaves calling cards and manages to be everywhere at once. With the aspiring actress Mila Malou ( Suzy Delair), Wens follows clues to a seedy boarding house where he hopes to find the murderer. ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' was the fourth film written by Clouzot for the Nazi run film company Continental Films who made films to take the place of banned American films. Clouzot made several changes from the script including the characters Mila and Wens from his previous screenplay for ''Le dernier des six'' (1941). The film was released in France to critical acclaim. Plot Inspector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Novikov-Priboy
Aleksey Silych Novikov-Priboi (russian: Алексей Силыч Новиков-Прибой 12 March 1877 – 29 April 1944) was the pen-name of A. S. Novikov, » Yale University Press, 2007, an ethnic writer in the |
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