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Anatoli Romashin
Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the USSR State Prize (1977) and was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982). Biography Anatoli Romashin was born in Leningrad on 1 January 1931. His father was a Russian, mother was an Estonian. His brother Vladimir (1932-2012) was an opera singer. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of Victor Stanitsyn) in 1959. Since 1959 - an actor Mayakovsky Theatre. The actor became widely recognized after the release of the 1974 Elem Klimov's film ''Agony'', where Romashin played the role of Nicholas II. In recent years, he played in the under the directorship of Sergei Prokhanov. According to critics, Romashin was the perfect actor for the role of a Russian intelligent. He often played such roles throughout his acting career. Death Romashin was killed in an accident on the evening of August 8, 2000 near the town of Pushkino, Moscow Oblast. The acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery () is located in the Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1771, in an effort to curb 1770–1772 Russian plague, an outbreak of bubonic plague in Central Russia. The cemetery was one of those created outside the city proper so as to prevent the contagion from spreading. More than 500,000 people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo Cemetery from 1771 to 1990. As of 1990, the cemetery contained slightly more than 100,000 graves. The vast necropolis contains the mass graves from the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Moscow, and the Khodynka Tragedy. It is the burial site for many prominent people from the academic, artistic, military, and sports communities of Russia and the old Soviet Union. The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire style. History Imperial era Since its beginning as a minor city, burying the dead—with some exceptions—a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friend (1987 Film)
''Friend'' () is a 1987 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. The film tells the story of the friendship between a binge drinker (Sergey Shakurov) and a talking dog which understands what it means to be a real person better than humans and tries to help the man become whole again. Plot Kolyun, a binge drinker, walks about the local bird market and begs for money, which he allegedly lacks in order to buy an animal for a sick child. He is observed by a man (Anatoly Romashin) with a dog, he asks Kolyun aside and says that he will give him the dog, and even pay for it. Kolyun agrees. The man touchingly bids farewell to the dog. Kolyun returns to work in dry cleaning, ties the dog at the entrance and sends his drinking companion away for vodka. But the vigilant boss (Galina Polskikh) does not allow them to drink. Kolyun makes a scandal. The boss threatens to send him to rehab. On the way home Kolyun buys himself a drink, but the dog drops the bottles from the stairs, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desyat Negrityat
''Desyat Negrityat'' (, 'Ten Little Negroes') is a 1987 Soviet mystery thriller film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 novel of the same name, now known as ''And Then There Were None''. It was directed by Stanislav Govorukhin, who also penned the script. This version was, upon its release, unique in that virtually no part of the novel is altered (although a sexual relationship between Vera and Lombard is introduced, and the latter's revolver is changed into a small automatic pistol). Unlike the previous Hollywood/British adaptations of the story, none of the characters or their respective crimes are altered in any way and the film concludes with the grim finale from Agatha Christie's original novel, rather than the upbeat ending from the 1943 stage version that most other adaptations chose to follow. The Soviet adaptation is a bit more fanciful in that the murderer expounds at some length, in solitude, about their methodology and the critical twist (aloud instead of on paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Benois
Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (; Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. ''Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum''. pp. 15, 23-24. Published by Ashmolean Museum, 19899 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist and founding member of '' Mir iskusstva'' ("World of Art"), an art movement and magazine.Owen, Bobbi. ''Costume Design on Broadway: Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1985''. p. 19 Greenwood Press: New York, 1987 As a designer for the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev, Benois exerted what is considered a seminal influence on the modern ballet and stage design. Early life and education Alexandre was born into the artistic and intellectual Benois family, prominent members of the 19th- and early 20th-century Russian intelligentsia. His mother Camilla (Russian: Камилла Альбертовна Кавос, and then Бенуа) was the granddaughter of Catterino Cavos. His father was Nicholas Benois, a Russian archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Pavlova (film)
''Anna Pavlova'', also known as ''A Woman for All Time'', is a 1983 biographical drama film depicting the life of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, written and directed by Emil Loteanu and starring Galina Belyayeva, James Fox and Sergey Shakurov. It depicts Pavlova's passion for art and her collaboration with the reformers of ballet including Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky and Sergei Diaghilev. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, famed British director Michael Powell served as a producer and featured American director Martin Scorsese in a cameo role. Plot The film opens in the cold Saint Petersburg with a scene where Anna as a young girl observes through a window young dancers practicing. Although she catches a cold, Anna decides that she does not merely want to be a dancer but that she wants to be one of the best. It is shown how classical master dancer/ballet teacher Marius Petipa helps Anna on to the path to glory and her rise in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rooks
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Unfinished Piece For Mechanical Piano
''An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano'' () is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's '' Platonov'', as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke (Artsebashev Estate), Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned. Plot In the early twentieth century, members of the Russian gentry gather at the rural estate of Anna Petrovna Voynitseva, a general’s widow. Among the guests are Dr. Triletsky, the creditor Mr. Petrin, Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolev (an admirer of Anna Petrovna), and neighbors Mikhail Vasilyevich Platonov and his wife, Sashenka. Also present are another creditor, Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk, his daughters, and his nephew, Petechka. Voynitseva’s stepson, Serge, introduces the group to his young wife, Sofia, whom Mikhail recognizes as a former love. As the day progresses, relationships develop, raising questions about where these newfound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas II Of Russia
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until Abdication of Nicholas II, his abdication on 15 March 1917. He Wedding of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, married Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Alix of Hesse (later Alexandra Feodorovna) and had five children: the OTMA sisters – Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Olga, born in 1895, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Tatiana, born in 1897, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Maria, born in 1899, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Anastasia, born in 1901 — and the tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Alexei Nikolaevich, who was born in 1904, three years after the birth of their last daughter, Anastasia. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of Mankind
''The Love of Mankind'' () is a 1972 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. Plot The film is about an architect who is passionate about his work and who has not experienced a feeling of love for 35 years of his life. And so he falls in love and begins to live with a woman. And he begins to understand that love brings not only happiness, but also drama. Cast * Anatoly Solonitsyn as Dmitri Kalmykov * Lyubov Virolaynen as Maria * Tamara Makarova as Aleksandra Vasilyeva Petrushkova * Zhanna Bolotova as Tanya Pavlova * Ivan Neganov as Ivan Semyonovich Sarychev * Mikhail Zimin as Bogachev * Yuri Kuzmenkov as Yuri Alexandrovich Strumilin * Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as Kolya * Vladimir Kashpur Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimi ... as Rastorguev * Anatoli Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit Back
''Hit Back'' (, translit. '' Otvetnyy khod'') is a 1981 Soviet action war movie directed by Mikhail Tumanishvili. It is a sequel to ''In the Zone of Special Attention''. Plot As the military exercises "Shield" come to a close, the "Southern" forces, consisting of a naval fleet, marines, and an airborne regiment, prepare to attack the "Northern" forces defending an airfield with a coastal battery, motorized rifle regiment, and a security battalion. "Northern" saboteurs infiltrate the "Southern" perimeter by hiding in a grain transport vehicle and capture the Southern airborne regiment's chief of staff, along with classified documents, disarming Lieutenant Tarasov (played by Boris Galkin) and Warrant Officer Volentir (Mihai Volontir) in the process. In response, the Southern command deploys a diversionary squad behind Northern lines, including Tarasov, Volentir, and two marines: Shvets (Vadim Spiridonov) and Zinovyeva (Elena Glebova). The team captures Northern Colonel Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
