Russian Actors

Born Aug. 9, 1893 in Poltava. Prior to her marriage – Levchenko. Her father – Vasily A. Levchenko, graduated from the Department of Philology of Moscow University and arrived in Poltava work as a teacher. Mother – Ekaterina SLEPTSOVA was a graduate of Alexander – the Mariinsky Institute for young ladies.

Plisetskaya, Maya Mikhailovna (11/20/1925), Soviet ballet dancer, national artist of USSR (1959). In 1943 he graduated from the Moscow Ballet School (teachers Gerdt, Mikhail Leontiev), and was admitted to the Bolshoi Theater. The first major party – Masha ("The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, 1944). In plastic Plisetskaya dance art reaches a high harmony ("The Dying Swan" [...]

Davydov, Vladimir (1847 – 1925). In the Maly Theatre in 1922 g.Lish at sunset of his life Davydov came to the Maly Theatre, at the theater, which a student, Ivan Nikolaevich Gorelova (this is the real name of a famous actor) made him such a strong impression that the choice of future career for him [...]

Semen Vengerov (05 (17) .04.1855 – 14.9.1920 language), Russian literary historian, bibliographer. Graduated from the Faculty of St. Petersburg University (1879) and external studies of History and Philology of Tartu University (1880). The representative of the cultural-historical school. In the works of "heroic character of Russian literature" (1911), "What is the glamor of Russian Literature [...]

Kashaev Rustem Maratovich (04/20/1971). Director of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble them.

Levitsky Dmitry Grigorievich (1735 – 04 (16) .04.1822), Russian painter-portraitist. He studied with his father, a Ukrainian engraver GK Levitsky (Nos), and AP Antropov (since 1758). Perhaps, participated with his father in the painting Andrew's Cathedral in Kiev (1752 – 1755). Around 1758 he moved to St. Petersburg. 1770 – early 1780-ies .- heyday of [...]

Jawaharlal Nehru (14/11/1889 – 27/05/1964), one of the leaders of the Indian national liberation movement, political leader and statesman of India. Son of Motilal Nehru. In 1905-12 he studied at Harrow and aristocratic school at Cambridge University (UK). During these years, met with the ideas of Indian nationalism.

Van Gogh Vincent (30/03/1853 – 07/29/1890), Dutch painter. Son of a pastor. In 1869-76 he served commission hudozhestvennotorgovoy firm in The Hague, Brussels, London and Paris, in 1876 – as a teacher in England. Undertook a study of theology, in 1878-79 was a preacher in Borinazhe (Belgium), where I learned the hard life of miners, [...]

Friedrich Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767 – 1835) – the famous linguist and a Prussian politician, elder brother of Alexander von Humboldt. Frankfurt (Oder) and University of Göttingen thoroughly studied law, politics and history.

Oswald Spengler (Spengler) (29.05.1880 – 08.05.1936), German idealist philosopher, the representative of the philosophy of life. He was born in Blankenburg, Harz. He became known after the sensational success of his chief work "Decline of the West" ("Der Untergang des Abendlandes", Bd 1-2, 1918-22, Russian. Per., V. 1, 1923). In the 20-ies. served as a [...]