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Nikolay Olyalin
Nikolay Vladimiriovich Olyalin (; 22 May 1941 — 17 November 2009) was a Soviet- Ukrainian actor of Russian ethnicity. Biography Early life As a child, Olyalin took drama classes at school. In 1959, when his father sent him to a military academy in Leningrad, hoping that he would become an army topographer, Olyalin chose to study in the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography instead. After graduating at 1964, he joined the Krasnoyarsk Children's Theater, where - in spite of having tense relations with the director - he was considered the best comical actor among the cast. There, he met his wife, Nella, who was the second secretary of the local Komsomol. Olyalin made his debut on screen depicting a test pilot in the 1965 film ''Days of Flight''. Afterwards, he received many invitations to play in other motion pictures, but the Theater manager never told him of those and threw them away. When a letter from the Mosfilm studio reached Krasnoyarsk, offering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vologodsky District
Vologodsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1112-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Ust-Kubinsky and Sokolsky Districts in the northeast, Mezhdurechensky District in the east, Gryazovetsky District in the southeast, Poshekhonsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southwest, Sheksninsky District in the west, and with Kirillovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Vologda (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 50,956 ( 2002 Census); As of 2010, Vologodsky District was the most populous among all the districts of Vologda Oblast. Geography The district is elongated from northwest to southeast with Lake Kubenskoye, one of the biggest lakes in Vologda Oblast, forming its northeastern border. The lake is shared between Vologodsky and Ust-Kubensky Districts. Almost al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky (; ; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer. He is best known for his novel '' How the Steel Was Tempered''. Life Ostrovsky was born in the village of ''Viliya'' (today a village in Rivne Raion (until 2020 it was situated in Ostroh Raion), Rivne Oblast) in the Volhynian Governorate (Volhynia), then part of the Russian Empire, into a Ukrainian working-class family. He attended a parochial school until he was nine and was an honor student. In 1914, his family moved to the railroad town of Shepetivka (today in Khmelnytskyi Oblast) where Ostrovsky started working in the kitchens at the railroad station, a timber yard, then becoming a stoker's mate and then an electrician at the local power station. In 1917, at the age of thirteen he became a Bolshevik party activist. At the same period he developed ankylosing spondylitis, which would later blind and paralyze him. According to the official biography, when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yesenin (TV Series)
''Yesenin'' () is a 2005 Russian biographical eleven-episode television miniseries, directorial debut of Igor Zaitsev. It outlines the conspiracy version of the death of the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. The series is based on the novel ''Yesenin. Story of a Murder'' by Vitali Bezrukov, and the main role was played by his son Sergey Bezrukov. Plot The series has two parallel storylines. One takes place in the 1980s. MUR investigator Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Khlystov (prototype - Eduard Khlystalov) receives by post a posthumous photograph of Sergei Yesenin. He must conduct the business according to the law, to register and file away the letter. However, the Lieutenant-Colonel does otherwise - he begins his own investigation. Khlystov finds materials related to Yesenin's life, and also searches for direct witnesses who personally knew the poet. The further the investigation comes, the more evidence in favor of Yesenin's murder by the conspiracy of the Soviet Government. Khlystov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Of Novgorod
Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is an Slavic peoples, East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine, and Belаrus. Origins ''Oleg'' derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' (Helge (name), Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga (name), Olga. While Germanic in origin, "Oleg" is not very common outside Eastern European countries, while "Helge" and "Helga" are common names in Scandinavia. Russian pronunciation Олег (Oleg) is pronounced [ɐˈlʲek] in Russian. The English pronunciation of Oleg is based on the Romanization of Russian, transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet, and overlooks four key features of the Russian pronunciation: # The stress is on the second syllable. In spoken Russian, the initial short unstressed 'O' is Vowel reduction, reduced to [ɐ], similar to the 'a' as in 'about'. # The 'л' (l) becomes Palatalization (sound change), palatalized to [lʲ] ─ that is, it gains a 'y'-like quality, and but is st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stopwatch (film)
''Stopwatch'' () is a 1970 Soviet sports drama film directed by :ru:Эсадзе, Резо Парменович, Rezo Esadze. Plot The film tells about the famous football player Lavrov, who decides to leave the sport. He spends his last match in an unfamiliar city and meets there a woman with whom he was in love. Cast * Nikolay Olyalin as Sergey Lavrov * Natalya Antonova as Natalya * Viktoriya Beskova as Vera * Liliya Aleshnikova as Tamara (as L. Aleshnikova) * Irina Kuberskaya as Asya (as I. Kuberskaya) * Olga Gasparova as Nina (as O. Kobelyeva) * Oleg Khromenkov as Vasya (as O. Khromenkov) * Sergey Muchenikov as Misha (as S. Muchenikov) * Edward Tyshler * Yuri Khmelnitsky References External links * 1970 films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet sports drama films Soviet association football films Soviet black-and-white films 1970s sports drama films Lenfilm films Russian-language sports drama films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flight (1970 Film)
''The Flight'' (, transliteration ''Beg'') is a 1970 Soviet historical drama film, mainly based on writer Mikhail Bulgakov's play ''Flight'', but also on his novel ''The White Guard'' and his libretto ''Black Sea''. It is written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov and is the story about a group of Russian Empire's high society refugees from the Russian Civil War, eking out an existence in Istanbul and Paris in the 1920s. Retrieved 26 September 2011 It was entered into the . Plot In November 1920, as the Russian Civil War draws to a close in the South, the Red ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baikove Cemetery
Baikove Cemetery () is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a National Historic Monument of Ukraine and is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. History The cemetery was established in 1833 and was named after the nearby Baikovo estate. The oldest part of the cemetery is located south of the present Baikova Street. The biggest part is located north of the street and was established in the 1880s. It is partly surrounded by a wall. Besides the Orthodox graves there are also Catholic and Lutheran sections. In Soviet times the Baikove cemetery became the main necropolis of Kyiv's intelligentsia, middle and upper classes. Many of the headstones became pieces of monumental art. Since Ukrainian independence in 1991, the cemetery has remained the most prestigious burial ground in the city. Eighty-seven plots are on the List of national landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv. An Orthodox Church (Ascension of the Lord) in Byzantine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernobyl Disaster
On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The response involved more than Chernobyl liquidators, 500,000 personnel and cost an estimated 18billion Soviet ruble, rubles (about $84.5billion USD in 2025). It remains the worst nuclear disaster and the List of disasters by cost, most expensive disaster in history, with an estimated cost of US$700 billion. The disaster occurred while running a test to simulate cooling the reactor during an accident in blackout conditions. The operators carried out the test despite an accidental drop in reactor power, and due to a design issue, attempting to shut down the reactor in those conditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Watch (film)
''Day Watch'' is a 2006 Russian fantasy film directed and co-written by Timur Bekmambetov. It opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film '' Night Watch'', featuring the same cast. Despite sharing its title with the second novel in the series, it is actually based on the second and third parts of Sergey Lukyanenko's novel '' Night Watch'', the first part of which the 2004 film was based on. Plot In the first film, Anton Gorodetsky was recruited into the Night Watch in 1992 after hiring a witch to cast a spell that would return his adulterous wife to him, even if it meant miscarrying her illegitimate child. Fourteen years later, he encounters two immensely powerful "Others": nurse Svetlana, who joins the Night Watch after becoming aware of her abilities; and 12 year-old Yegor, who Anton realizes is his own son (not his wife's lover's), and who turns against him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (2004 Film)
''Night Watch'' is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov who wrote the screenplay along with Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel ''The Night Watch'' by Sergei Lukyanenko. It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. It received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, '' Day Watch'', was released in 2006. Plot Since the beginning of time, there have been " Others" – humans endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. In Medieval times, the armies of both sides met by chance, and a great b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Prince Yaroslav The Wise
The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise () is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, development of economy, science, education, culture, art, health care, for outstanding charitable, humanistic and public activities. The Order is named for Yaroslav the Wise, Yaroslav I Vladimirovich (c. 978–1054), better known as Yaroslav the Wise, a Grand Prince of Kyiv 1019–1054. It was instituted on 23 August 1995 by the Ukrainian President, Leonid Kuchma. Since its founding in 1995, the Order has been the highest order of Ukraine for awarding citizens of Ukraine, foreigners and stateless persons; since 1998, the highest award for citizens of Ukraine is the title of Hero of Ukraine (with the award of the Order of the Golden Star or the Order of the State); for foreigners and stateless persons, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Association Of Cinematographers
The Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers ('', НСКУ'') is an organization that was established after the Order of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR in 1957. It was named at first as Orgbureau and constitutionalised on its first organizational convocation in January 1963. Serhii Bordeniuk is a Chairman of the Association which consists of 1223 people. Since 2014, the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers is awarding the annual prize for the best films of Ukrainian production. History The Association was created in 1957 and constitutionalised in 1963. The first director of the association was Taras Levchuk and the association headquarters was decided to be in Kyiv. In 1971 the association opened another office in Odessa and became a part of the Soviet Association of Cinematographers. Its membership listed around 500 individuals at that time. Together with the State Committee of the Council of Ministers in regards to cinematography the association was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
