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Yury Alexandrovich Kuznetsov
Yury Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в; born September 3, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, recipient of the Meritorious Artist award of Russia. Biography Yury Kuznetsov was born on September 3, 1946, in Abakan, Khakass Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1969, he graduated from the acting department of the in Vladivostok. He started a theatrical career and was a member of the following institutions: *1969 — 1979: Khabarovsk Drama *1979 — 1986: *1986 — 1999: He received the award of Meritorious Artist in 2006. Selected films *1984: ''My Friend Ivan Lapshin'' (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Superintendent *1985: ''Confrontation'' (Противостояние) as police major Zhukov *1986: '' Breakthrough'' (Прорыв) as sinker Vyazigin *1988: '' Cold Summer of 1953'' (Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…) as Ivan Zotov, dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abakan
Abakan (russian: Абака́н, p=ɐbɐˈkan; Khakas: , ''Ağban''/, ''Abaxan'') is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 165,214—a slight increase over 165,197 recorded during the 2002 Census and a further increase from 154,092 recorded during the 1989 Census. History Abakansky '' ostrog'' (), also known as Abakansk (), was built at the mouth of the Abakan River in 1675. In the 1780s, the '' selo'' of Ust-Abakanskoye () was established in this area. It was granted town status and given its current name on 30 April 1931.Resolution of April 30, 1931 Chinese exiles In 1940, Russian construction workers found ancient ruins during the construction of a highway between Abakan and Askiz. When the site was excavated by Soviet archaeologists in 1941–1945, they realized that they had discovered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confrontation (TV Series)
''Confrontation'' or (russian: Противостояние, Protivostoyanie) is a 1985 Soviet six-part television film directed by Semyon Aranovich based on the novel by Yulian Semyonov. Plot Two parallel storylines unfold in the film. One takes place in the late 1970s in the USSR and the other during the Great Patriotic War on the territory of Poland and Nazi Germany. A dismembered human corpse is found in the bushes near the road leading to the airport of Nardyn. Police colonel Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko comes from Moscow to investigate this heinous and unusual crime. Soon the taxi driver Grigoriy Milinko gets linked to the murder. But thanks to the investigation of the police major Kardava, assistant of Kostenko, it turns out that the real Grigoriy Milinko, Marine of the Red Army, was killed and dismembered in the area of Wrocław in 1945. Fingerprints of "Milinko" found in Nardyme are sent to East Germany, where in the Berlin archive is found data on the real culprit. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother (1997 Film)
''Brother'' (russian: Брат, Transliteration, translit. ''Brat'') is a 1997 Russian neo-noir Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young ex-conscript who becomes embroiled with the Saint Petersburg mob through his criminal older brother. It appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. After its release on VHS in June 1997, ''Brother'' unexpectedly became one of the most commercially successful Cinema of Russia, Russian films of the 1990s and quickly rose to cult film status throughout Russia. Due to the film's popularity and fan demand, a sequel, ''Brother 2'', was released in 2000. Plot After Danila Bagrov (Sergei Bodrov Jr.), a recently discharged First Chechen War, Chechen War veteran, gets into a fight with security guards, his mother insists he travels to Saint Petersburg to seek out his successful older brother Viktor, whom his mother i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Film
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including ''Titanic'', ''The Full Monty'', '' Gattaca'', ''Donnie Brasco'', '' Good Will Hunting'', ''L.A. Confidential'', '' The Fifth Element'', '' Nil by Mouth'', '' The Spanish Prisoner'', and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records *''Titanic'' became the first movie in history to pass at the box office on March 1, 1998. ''Titanic'' held the record for the highest-grossing movie of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by ''Avatar'' on January 25, 2010. *Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with in domestic gross. It was the first time Sony Pictures topped the domestic box office, after Disney was the top-grossing domestic distributor for the previous three years. Events * The ''Star Wars'' Special Editions, a theatrical anniversary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Wonderful Game
''What a Wonderful Game'' (russian: Какая чудная игра, Kakaya chudnaya igra) is a 1995 Russian drama film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Andrey Ilin as Felix Raevskiy * Gennady Nazarov as Kolya Rybkin * Denis Konstantinov as Fedya Grinevich * Gennadi Mitnik as Elizbar Radchaninov (voice by Sergei Chekan) * Elena Yakovleva as Vera Markelova * Yuriy Kuznetsov as Filimon Semenovich * Larisa Udovichenko as Sophia Abramovna * Nikolay Burlyaev as Mikhail Mikhailovich * Maria Shukshina as Olya * Darya Volga as Julia * Elena Kotikhina as Mikhail Mikhailovich's mistress * Dmitry Maryanov as Lev * Aleksei Zolotnitsky as KGB captain * Valentina Berezutskaya as the controller in the train * Mikhail Dorozhkin as Yuri Shevtsov * Aleksandr Oleshko as clarinettist * Nina Agapova Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Film
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Doesn't Return
''The Man Who Doesn't Return'' (russian: Невозвращенец) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin. This fictional film's plot features a planned coup against the Soviet government. By coincidence, this made the film very topical because while it filmed beforehand, it was released and aired on television on August 20 1991 during a ''real'' coup in the Soviet Union, one that lead to the Soviet Union's demise later that year. Plot A television reporter finds out about the upcoming coup and begins an investigation. Cast * Yury Kuznetsov as Andrey Korneyev * Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. as Viktor Andreyevich * Yuriy Oskin as Kolya * Viktor Aristov as Dissident * Era Ziganshina Era Garafovna Ziganshina ( tt-Cyrl, Эра Гарәф кызы Җиһаншина, russian: Э́ра Гара́фовна Зига́ншина; born February 1, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005 ... as Galina Mikhaylovna Grigorye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius (1991 Film)
''Genius'' (russian: Гений, Geniy) is сriminal drama with elements of satire, directed by Victor Sergeev in 1991. Plot 1991, Saint Petersburg, last days of the USSR. Director of a greengrocery Sergei Nenashev earns money not only with trade, but also with fraud. However, he acts as a kind of Robin Hood: the victims of his scams are government officials, and other, often much more dangerous crooks. Some time ago, Nenashev worked at a secret research institution where he authored a number of technical innovations to which application was not found in the conditions of the Soviet economy. However now Nenashev with his associates expertly use these "gadgets" in fraud. As a result of a "transaction", a batch of "Parabolic antenna's", fake, of course, were sold to Azerbaijanis who trade flowers on the market. A little later, having received incriminating videos of the intimate kind featuring businessman Baev (orgy with prostitutes) and theater director Arkhipov (homosexual act with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Film
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director ( Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * July 3 – '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. *August 7 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan Breakdown
''Afghan Breakdown'' (russian: Афганский излом, translit. Afganskiy Izlom) is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union ( Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors. The movie is still regarded by many movie critics as the best account of the war, despite newer box-office hits such as ''The 9th Company''. Director Vladimir Bortko invited Mikhail Leshchinskiy (a Soviet TV war reporter who worked in Afghanistan for 4.5 years) as a co-writer and visited Kabul and Kandahar in 1988 to research on the ground. at The Pages of the Afghan History website (in Russian) Plot |
1990 In Film
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - ''The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – '' Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on '' Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in '' Total Reca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Summer Of 1953
''The Cold Summer of 1953'' (russian: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…, Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego) is a 1988 Soviet crime film directed by Aleksandr Proshkin. It was the last film of the Soviet actor Anatoly Papanov. Plot As a result of the large-scale Beria's Amnesty of 1953, a large numbers of criminals are freed. They organise gangs and begin to rob, kill and rape. In a small village in the north of Russia live two exiles: former military intelligence captain Sergei Basargin (nicknamed "Luzga") and former engineer Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov ("Kopalych"). Both have been unjustly imprisoned and then exiled by Stalin's regime. The village is attacked by a gang of criminals. The bandits kill the only policeman and take the entire population hostage. The deaf-mute cook Lydia sends her young daughter Shura away to the forest. A young bandit, mad with lust, overtakes Shura and tries to rape her, but Luzga appears and kills him with a shiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
