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Brother (1997 Film)
''Brother'' (, 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. It was through playing the lead role in ''Brother'' that Sergei Bodrov "became a matinee idol in 1997". 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 Danila Bagrov (Sergei Bodrov Jr.), recently discharged after serving in the First Chechen War, Chechen War, returns to his hometown. His mother insists that he travel to Sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Balabanov
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and Film producer, producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies ''Brother (1997 film), Brother'' (1997) and ''Brother 2'' (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films ''Cargo 200 (film), Cargo 200'' (2007), ''Morphine (film), Morphine'' (2008), and ''A Stoker'' (2010), which also received critical recognition. Life and career Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was born on 25 February 1959, in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). In 1981 Balabanov graduated from Translation Department of the N. A. Dobrolyubova State Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod, Gorky Pedagogical University of Foreign Languages. He then served in the Soviet Army as an officer-interpreter. After his discharge, from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chechen Mafia
The Chechen mafia (; ) is one of the largest ethnic organized crime groups operating in the former Soviet Union next to established Russian mafia groups. Structure While most Slavic and Caucasian gangsters in the Soviet era followed the thieves in law subculture, Chechens largely resisted this, instead preferring to use the tribal structure of the '' teip'' as well as the concept of an '' abrek'', the outlaw-hero. In Moscow The Moscow branch of the Chechen mafia, also known as the ''Obshina'' or "community", was founded by gangster Nikolay Suleimanov during the 1980s. Suleimanov operated a second-hand car business and made the bulk of his profits through tax evasion. The group later moved into extortion as capitalism penetrated the Soviet economy, and at this point Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev, at the time a university student and part of an underground student movement dedicated to Chechen independence, was brought in as an enforcer. The more ideological Noukhayev imposed an additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chizh & Co
Chizh & Co () is a Russian rock band, formed in the early 1990s by guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Sergey Chigrakov. The band's last studio album to date was released in 1999. The band was also named The Band of a Year by '' Rock-Fuzz Magazine '' in 1997. Band name's origin The band's full name is "Chizh & Company" (Russian: “Чиж & Компания”), derived from Sergey Chigrakov’s nickname "Chizh" (Russian: “Чиж”). This nickname, in turn, is the Russian word for the Eurasian siskin (''Spinus spinus''), a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Accordingly, the "company" in the name refers to the rest of band. Band's history 1993—1994: band formation and debut album In March 1993, guitarist, singer and songwriter Sergei "Chizh" Chigrakov, who at that time played in the band "Various People", receives an offer from Igor Berezovets and Andrei Burlaki to record a solo album. With the support of Boris Grebenshchikov, he comes to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Idel-Ural, Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the list of cities and towns in Russia by population, fourth-largest city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism. Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Orthodox name of Catherine I of Russia, Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska), the wife of Russian Emperor Peter the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolibri (band)
Kolibri is a Soviet and Russian experimental pop/rock group formed in 1988 in Saint-Petersburg playing an eclectic brand of baroque pop blended with elements of post-punk, cabaret, chanson and dominated by vocal harmony. In their heyday Kolibri, according to rock historian Andrey Burlaka, combined ironic high posturing with touchingly humane attitude, writing and performing songs that were described variously as exquisite, depressive, extravagant, romantic, naive, sophisticated and decadent. The band released six studio albums which were well received by critics both in Europe and in Russia but never had any commercial success. www.allmusic.com Kolibri/ref> Natasha Pivovarova, Kolibri's founding member, left in 1998 to form her own band Sous (The Sauce). She died in a car crash in Crimea, Ukraine, in September 2007. Band history Kolibri were formed in 1988, originally as a side project for (born 17 July 1963 in Novgorod), then a member of Sergey Kuryokhin's Populyarnaya Mek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquarium (band)
Aquarium or Akvarium (; often stylized as Åквариум) is a Russian rock group formed in Leningrad in 1972. The band is considered one of the founders of Russian rock. Aquarium has had many line-up changes over its history, and lead singer and founder Boris Grebenshchikov is the only remaining original member. Former band members include Anatoly Gunitsky, Mikhail Feinstein, Andrei "Dyusha" Romanov, Vsevolod Gakkel, and Sergey Kuryokhin. Formation, first lineup (1972–1991) Aquarium was formed in 1972 by two friends: Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of applied mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly (George) Gunitsky, a playwright and absurdist poet. The founding members were Grebenshchikov, George (drums), Alexander Tsatsanidi (bass), Vadim Vasilyev (keyboards), Valery Obogrelov (sound). The popular story behind the name "Aquarium" is that it was inspired by the Budapest street Leningrad pub "The Aquarium" and suggested by one of the band members. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Chigrakov
Sergey Nikolayevich "Chizh" Chigrakov (born 6 February 1961) is a Russian rock performer and songwriter. Most of his current songs are recorded with his band, Chizh & Co. Chigrakov has performed on stage since the age of 14, playing the bass guitar in clubs in his home town Dzerzhinsk. He graduated from a musical school and college in the same town, and then studied at the Leningrad Institute of Culture and the jazz studio of the Leningrad Conservatory. There he learned to play the accordion and drums. Chigrakov then worked as an instructor in Dzerzhinsk, while playing the guitar and singing in a metal group. After some time, Chigrakov got an invitation from A. Chernetskiy, which resulted in the formation of the group " Raznyie Lyudi" (literally ''Various people'' or ''Different People''), where Chigrakov soon occupied the place of the lead vocalist. In 1993, Chigrakov released his first solo album in Saint Petersburg. At this time, he worked with numerous famous Russian rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nautilus Pompilius (band)
Nautilus Pompilius (), sometimes nicknamed Nau (), was an influential Soviet, and later Russian, rock band // Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian culture, 2013 founded in Sverdlovsk in 1982 by and Dmitry Umetsky. Butusov disbanded the group in 1997, after multiple albums and several different line-ups of the band. Name The band was originally named "Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves" (). In 1983, at the suggestion of the band's sound director, Andrei Makarov, th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Bychkov (actor)
Viktor Nikolayevich Bychkov (Виктор Николаевич Бычков) (born 1954) is a Russian actor. He won a 2002 Golden Eagle Award (Russia), Golden Eagle Award and a 2004 State Prize of the Russian Federation. Biography Bychkov was born on September 4, 1954, in Leningrad. He grew up in a large 8-rooms communal apartment, where the population was forty. From childhood, Bychkov dreamed of becoming an actor. He played his first role in the summer camp. In his youth, Bychkov went to drama school, where he played the main role. He served in the Soviet army. He studied at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (teacher Igor Vladimirov), he graduated in 1982. His first film part was in ''The Last Escape'' (1980) by Leonid Menaker. From 2006 to 2012 he led the children's television program ''Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!'' He was replaced by pop singer Dmitry Malikov in 2012. Selected filmography Film * ''The Last Escape'' (1980) * ''For the Sake of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Kukhareshin
Valery Aleksandrovich Kukhareshin (; born 7 December 1957) is a Soviet and Russian stage, film and dubbing actor. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1994), People's Artist of Russia (2005). He also was the official Russian voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for more than 20 years, first in the animated series '' Mickey Mouse Works'' of 1999. Born on 7 December 1957 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). Selected filmography * Understudy Takes Effect (1983) as episode * Socrates (1991) as Plato * The Alaska Kid (1993) as man at the ball * Life and Adventures of Four Friends 2 (1993) as Nikita's dad * Operation Happy New Year (1996) as Karl Ivanovich * Anna Karenina (1997) as doctor * The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000) as Leon Trotsky * Bandit Petersburg (2001) as Colonel Leikin * Deadly Force (2001) as Prince * Streets of Broken Lights (2001) as Boris Sergeevich Gostev * Killer's Diary (2002) as Alexander Blok * Muhtar's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Usatova
Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (; born October 1, 1951, in Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994).Указ Президента Российской Федерации № 239 от 12 февраля 1994 года (in Russian) Biography Nina Usatova was born on October 1, 1951, in the settlement at the station Malinovoye Ozero, Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Krai, Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Bashirov
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. Biography Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the village of Sogom. He was born in a mixed family of ethnic Russian father Nikolay Zakharovich Kosygin and Siberian Tatar mother Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova. He married a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming. In 1996 he organized in St. Petersburg studio ''Deboshirfilm'', which is the artistic director and teacher of actor-director's workshop. In 2014, Bashirov started the work on documentary titled ''Donbass knocks in our heart'' dedicated to separatists from the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. The development of the film was supported by Fedor Bondarchuk who took the producer role. The production of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
