Russian Actors

Bellini (Bellini) – a family of great Venetian painters. Senior representative of this family of artists had Jacopo B., was born (1464). In the early XV desk. Around 1464, was one of the students Gentile da Fabriano. He lived in Florence, Verona and Venice. The most remarkable of his work is to write for Verona's [...]

Menshikov (Menshikov) – favorite of Peter I and Catherine I, the start of a series of Russian timeservers XVIII century. The year of his birth is not known precisely: according to some (Bergholz) was born in 1673, on the other (Golikov) – in 1670 is not entirely clear and the origin of it: according to [...]

Tretyakov Pavel Mikhailovich (1832 – 1898) – known in Moscow art collector. Together with his brother Sergei Mikhailovich it for more than a quarter century, acquired paintings by Russian artists, and thus was the most extensive and remarkable private art gallery in Russia. In 1892, the art gallery, along with the building in which it [...]

Rublev Andrew (circa 1360 – 1370 – 1427), Russian painter, creator of the Moscow School of painting. Biographical information on Rublev scanty: raised in a secular environment, in middle age took monastic vows, apparently in the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, on the other studies in Andronik Monastery.

Edward Gibbon (27/04/1737 – 01/16/1794) English historian. The main piece – "History of the Decline and Fall Roman Empire" (ruscky translate W. H. Nevedomsky, 1883-86) contains a detailed study based sources account the political history of the Roman Empire and Byzantium from the end of 2. until 1453 (the fall of Constantinople), with excursions into [...]

Bernstein, Sergei Ignat'evich (02 (14) .01.1892 – 28.10.1970), American linguist. He graduated from the University of Petrograd (1916). Student Scerba. The scientific activity began in the Leningrad University (1919-1929). Professor of Moscow university (1935-1947), MSU (1947-1954). In this paper, "Issues of training pronunciation" (1937) formulated the original Bernstein fonologicheskuyu the concept that in recognizing words [...]

Kopalin Ilya Petrovich (20.07 (02.08) .1900), American film director, documentary film, People's Artist of USSR (1968). Member of the CPSU from 1940. From 1925 he worked under the guidance of Vertov.

Sauerweid Alexander was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, where the September 19, 1839 received a gold medal of the second degree for the submitted paintings to the class of paintings of marine species. These two paintings, bearing the same name "Storm on the Sea", made an impression on the academic exhibition in 1839 [...]

The famous Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor. Born December 12, 1928 in Znamenskoye Donetsk region. In 1929 his parents moved to the city Kramatorsk where Bykov graduated from high school № 6, ibid first appeared on the stage of the local House of Culture named after VI Lenin. During WWII, Leonid together with his family [...]

Kollontai Hugh (Kollataj) (01.04.1750 – 28.02.1812), Polish social worker, scientist, publicist, a representative of the Polish Enlightenment. Doctor of Philosophy (1768), Doctor of Law (1770). He was born in the small gentry. In 1776-86 an active leader of National Education Commission (Office of Education), reformed the Cracow University, which lent the formation of a more [...]