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Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Borisi Dzhigarkhanyan (3 October 193514 November 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor. Born and raised in Yerevan, Dzhigarkhanyan started acting in the academic and Russian theaters of the city, before moving to Moscow to continue stage acting. Since 1960, he appeared in a number of Armenian films. He became popular in the 1970s with the various roles he portrayed in Soviet films like ''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (1968), its sequel ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' (1971) and ''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (1979). After almost 30 years on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theatre, Dzhigarkhanyan taught at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, VGIK and in 1996 he founded his own drama theater in Moscow. With more than 250 appearances, Dzhigarkhanyan, one of the most renowned film and stage Armenian and Russian actors, appeared in more films than any other Russian actor. Early life Armen Dzhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' () is a 1979 Soviet five-part television film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin and starring singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky in one of his final screen appearances alongside actor Vladimir Konkin. The script, written by Arkady and Georgy Vayner, is based on the plot of their novel '. The film is set in post-war Moscow. An investigation into the "Black Cat" gang is carried out by officers of the anti-banditry division of the Moscow Criminal Investigations Department, headed by police captain Zheglov. The film's plot echoes the real story of the Krasnogorsk gang of Ivan Mitin, who were involved in robberies, assaults, and murders in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast in the early 1950s. Filming occurred in 1978–1979 at the Odessa Film Studio and in Moscow. The film's premiere was timed to coincide with Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day and took place on 11–16 November 1979 on Soviet Central Television. The press received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of The Elusive Avengers
''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (, Transliteration, translit. ''Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh'') is a 1968 Soviet Union, Soviet action adventure film, a sequel of ''The Elusive Avengers'', directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on Mosfilm. The film was followed by ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' released in 1971. Plot Sometime after joining the Red Army, the "Elusive Avengers", a Posse comitatus , posse of young Red (political adjective) , Red Partisan (military) , partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy; Yashka, a devil-may-care Romani people, gypsy; and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Kosanka. They join the Red Army and fight Pyotr Wrangel , Baron Wrangel's White movement , White Guards. They intercept an airplane carrying a letter to the Baron. The letter reveals that a map of fortifications in Crimea is in possession of the White counter-intelligence officer, Colonel Kudasov. This map is vital for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crown Of The Russian Empire, Or Once Again The Elusive Avengers
''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' (; translit. ''Korona Rossiyskoy Imperii, ili Snova Neulovimye'') is a 1971 Soviet historical action adventure movie, a second sequel of ''The Elusive Avengers'', directed by Edmond Keosayan and made by Mosfilm. Synopsis The Elusive Avengers, a posse of young Red Partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy, Yashka, a devil-may-care Romani, and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Ksanka, became Cheka agents after successfully stealing the map in ''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers''. They wish to abandon their service and study in a university, but the young Soviet Republic needs them again. A group of White émigrés, influenced by a scheming French politician, Monsieur Duc, want to crown a new Tsar in Paris. Two obvious frauds compete for the Russian throne in exile, but they want to be crowned with the real Crown of the Russian emperors. The White émigrés form a team that will inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative and reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArSSR), also known as Soviet Armenia, or simply Armenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Soviet Armenia bordered the Soviet republics of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia and the independent states of Iran and Turkey. The capital of the republic was Yerevan and it contained thirty-seven Districts of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, districts (raions). Other major cities in the Armenian SSR included Gyumri, Leninakan, Vanadzor, Kirovakan, Hrazdan, Vagharshapat, Etchmiadzin, and Kapan. The republic was governed by Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union), Communist Party of Armenia, a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Soviet Armenia was established on 29 November 1920, with the Red Army invasion of Armenia, Sovietisation of the short-lived Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storm (Ostrovsky)
''The Storm'' (, sometimes translated as ''The Thunderstorm'') is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, ''The Storm'' is a work of social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the Russian merchant class. History Ostrovsky wrote the play between July and October 1859. He read it in Lyubov Nikulina-Kositskaya's Moscow flat to the actors of the Maly Theatre to a great response. To make sure the play makes it through censorship barrier the author made a trip to the capital where he had hard time convincing censor Nordstrom that in Kabanikha he hadn't shown the late Tsar Nikolai I. It was premiered on November 16, 1859, as actor Sergey Vasiliev's benefit and enjoyed warm reception. In Saint Petersburg the play was being produced, as in Moscow, under the personal supervision of its author. Katerina there was played by young and elegant Fanny Snetkova who gave lyrical overtones to the charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislavski Russian Theatre Of Yerevan
Officially State Russian Drama Theatre named after Konstantin Stanislavski (), more commonly Stanislavski Russian Theatre, is a state theatre in the Armenian capital of Yerevan located on Abovyan Street in the central Kentron district of the city, next to Charles Aznavour Square. It was opened in 1937 and named after the Russian actor and theatre director Constantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( rus, Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj, links=yes; ; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian and Sovie ... since 1938. The theatre director is Alexander Grigoryan since 1965. The shows of the theatre are mainly from the Russian works of art and literature with some shows of Armenian classical writers. There are also afternoon shows for children at the weekends. The Stanislavski theatre is constructed on the place of a demolished Russian church. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre (), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, , Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, Hasmik, Avet Avetisian, Varduhi Varderesyan, Arus Voskanian, and Edgar Elbakyan were the stars of the theater's group. They performed both national and foreign plays, such as Sundukyan's ''Testament'', Muratsan's ''Rouzan'', Shant's ''Ancient Gods'', Camus's ''Caligula'', Brecht's ''Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'', Chekhov's '' Cherry Orchard'', O'Neill's ''Desire Under the Elms'', Werfel's ''Forty Days of Musa Dagh'', etc. People's Artist of Armenia Armen Elbakyan Armen Elbakyan (, born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer. Career *In 1974, graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute *In 1981, graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Theatre In ... is the Artistic Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
