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Sunstroke (2014 Film)
''Sunstroke'' () is a 2014 Russian historical romance film directed, produced and written by Nikita Mikhalkov, starring Martinsh Kalita and Viktoriya Solovyova. It is set after the collapse of the Russian Empire during the Red Terror in 1920, with flashbacks to 1907, and is loosely based on the story "Sunstroke" and the book ''Cursed Days'' by Nobel Prize winner for literature, Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot The story is set in a prisoner-of-war camp in November 1920, in the Crimea, after the Evacuation of the Crimea (1920), evacuation of the White Army, with several thousand White officers left behind on the peninsula. The officers are unaware of their impending doom, waiting for their fate to be decided by the Red Army officials. One of theman unnamed poruchik (lieutenant)is haun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker and actor. He made his directorial debut with the Red Western film ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974) after appearing in a series of films, including the romantic comedy ''Walking the Streets of Moscow'' (1964), the war drama ''The Red and the White'' (1967), the romantic drama ''A Nest of Gentry (film), A Nest of Gentry'' (1969) and the adventure drama ''The Red Tent (film), The Red Tent'' (1969). His subsequent films include the romantic comedy-drama ''A Slave of Love'' (1976), the drama ''An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano'' (1977), the romantic drama ''Five Evenings'' (1978), the historical drama ''Siberiade'' (1979), the romantic comedy ''Station for Two'' (1983), the drama ''Without Witness'' (1983) and the romantic comedy-drama ''Dark Eyes (1987 film), Dark Eyes'' (1987). Mikhalkov then directed, co-wrote and appeared in the adventure drama film ''Close to Eden'' (1991), for which he receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evacuation Of The Crimea (1920)
The Evacuation of the Crimea (November 13–16, 1920) was an event in the Russian Civil War, in which the Government of South Russia evacuated over sea from the Crimean Peninsula, the last stronghold of the White movement on the Southern Front, bringing an end to the fighting on that Front. The Evacuation During the occupation of Crimea by the Crimean Soviet Army under the command of Pavel Dybenko in April 1919, the Entente troops were evacuated from Sevastopol, taking with them a number of refugees, including some of the leaders of the Second Crimean regional government of Solomon Crimea. White Army units retreated to the Kerch Peninsula and held it. Initially, the Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic and its leaders Dmitry Ulyanov pursued a relatively soft policy in comparison with the atrocities of the winter of 1917-1918 and were able to avoid mass terror. However, by the end of October 1920, the White Army had been driven out of Southern Russia and Ukraine, and only hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yesaul
Yesaul, osaul or osavul (, ) (from Turkic yasaul - ''chief''), is a post and a rank in the Russian and Ukrainian Cossack units. The first records of the rank imply that it was introduced by Stefan Batory, King of Poland in 1576. Cossacks in Russia There were different yesaul posts and ranks in Cossack Hosts in Imperial Russia: *Генеральный есаул (''generalny yesaul'') - General Yesaul *Походный есаул (''pokhodny yesaul'') - Campaign Yesaul *Войсковой есаул (''voiskovoy yesaul'') - Army Yesaul *Полковой есаул (''polkovoy yesaul'') - Regimental Yesaul *Артиллерийский есаул (''artilleriysky yesaul'') - Artillery Yesaul *Сотенный есаул (''sotenny yesaul'') - Company Yesaul (commander of a sotnia) *Станичный есаул (''stanichny yesaul'') - Yesaul of a stanitsa Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine In Ukraine of the 17th and 18th centuries, an osaul was a military and administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestidigitator
Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or ''legerdemain'' () comprises fine motor skills used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card flourishing and stealing. Because of its heavy use and practice by magicians, sleight of hand is often confused as a branch of magic; however, it is a separate genre of entertainment and many artists practice sleight of hand as an independent skill. Sleight of hand pioneers with worldwide acclaim include Dan and Dave, Ricky Jay, Derek DelGaudio, David Copperfield, Yann Frisch, Norbert Ferré, Dai Vernon, Jerry Sadowitz, Cardini, Tony Slydini, Helder Guimarães and Tom Mullica. Etymology and history The word ''sleight'', meaning "the use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive", comes from the Old Norse. The phrase ''sleight of hand'' means "quick fingers" or " trickster fingers". Common synonyms of Latin and Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avangard Leontiev
Avangard Nikolaevich Leontiev (; born February 27, 1947, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, teacher, professor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1995). Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995). Selected filmography * Train Stop – Two Minutes (1972) as viewer * Little Tragedies (1979 film), Little Tragedies (1979) as Solomon * A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1980) as Alexeyev * Alone and Unarmed (1984) as photographer * The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984 film), The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984) as narrator * Dark Eyes (1987 film), Dark Eyes (1987) as official in St. Petersburg * The Parrot Speaking Yiddish (1990) as Zaremba * Burnt by the Sun (1994) as Chauffeur * The Barber of Siberia (1998) as Andrei's uncle * Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as episode * Turning (2002 film), Turning (2002) as manager * Yesenin (TV series), Yesenin (2005) as Anatoly Lunacharsky * Adjutants of Love (2005) as Paul I of Russia * Sunstroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podporuchik
''Podporuchik'' ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, потпоручник, potporučnik, , , , , ) is the most junior officer in some Slavic armed forces, and is placed below the rank of lieutenant, typically corresponding to rank of second lieutenant in English-speaking countries. Russia and Russian imperial armed forces The rank was introduced first by Peter the Great in 1703 as an officer rank of the so-called ober-officer rank group. It belonged to rank class XIII (infantry), class XII (artillery, and engineer troops), and class X (guards) until 1884. In line with the military reforms in 1884, became in peace time. However, in the guards and the cossacks armed forces Cornet and Chorąży remained the lowest officer rank. The equivalent to was Michman in the Imperial Russian Navy, and governmental secretary () in the civil administration. Poland In Poland, the rank of (; abbreviated "ppor.") is the lowest officer rank used within the Polish Army.Marian Laprus (ed.)Leksykon wiedzy woj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Biković
Miloš Biković ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Биковић, ; born January 13, 1988) is a Serbian and Russian actor and producer. His best known films are box office hits ''Serf (film), Serf'', ''Serf 2'', ''The Challenge (2023 film), The Challenge'' and ''South Wind (film), South Wind''. Biković initially gained recognition for his roles in ''Sunstroke (2014 film), Sunstroke'' (directed by Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov), ''Dukhless 2,'' and ''Beyond the Edge (2018 film), Beyond the Edge''. In 2020, he launched his own production company Archangel Digital Studios. He is the president of the Cinematography Group of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and a member of thEuropean Film Academy(EFA) since 2023. Early life and education Miloš Biković was born on January 13, 1988, in Belgrade, Serbia. After his parents' divorce, which occurred when Miloš was very young, his father moved to Germany and Biković was left to live with his mother in Serbia. He has an older brother named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rittmeister
Rittmaster () is usually a commissioned officer military rank used in a few armies, usually equivalent to Captain. Historically it has been used in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Scandinavia, and some other countries. A is typically in charge of a squadron (a company-sized unit called a "troop" in the United States, as opposed to the U.S. cavalry squadron of larger battalion size), and is the equivalent of a ''Hauptmann'' rank (or captain in most army branches). Spelling * * * (until 1951) * (bokmål; the spelling ''ritmester'' was used until 1907) or ''rittmeister'' (nynorsk) * The armies of many Central and Eastern European countries adopted a localised term for the similar rank. * * * * * Czechia The rank of is an 'ensign' rank, used by both branches in the Czech Army. It is ranked OR-5 within the NATO rank structure. The immediate senior rank is called () and is ranked OR-6. The Netherlands The Dutch rank ''Ritmeester'', is the rank of squadron leading officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Kishchenko
Vitali Eduardovich Kishchenko (; born May 25, 1964) is a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2005. Vitali appeared in more than 70 films. Biography Vitali Kishchenko was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet .... He studied at the ''Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts'', after which he worked at the ''Krasnoyarsk State Theater for Young Spectators'', the ''Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater'', the ''Omsk State Academic Drama Theater'' and the ''Kaliningrad Regional Youth Theater Molodezhny''. Since 2003, Vitaly has been actively acting in films. Selected filmography References External links Vitali Kishchenkoon kino-teatr.ru * 1964 births Living people Acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until being dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution and the declaration of the Russian Republic in 1917. It developed from a smaller force that had existed prior to Tsar Peter the Great's founding of the modern Russian navy during the Azov campaigns (1695–1696), Second Azov campaign in 1696, and expanded in the second half of the 18th century before reaching its peak strength by the early part of the 19th century, behind only the British and French fleets in terms of size. The Imperial Navy drew its officers from the aristocracy of the Empire, who belonged to the state Russian Orthodox Church. Young aristocrats began to be trained for leadership at a national naval boarding school, the Naval Cadet Corps (Russia), Naval Cadet Corps. From 1818 on, only officers of the Imperial Russian Navy were appointed to the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Ustyugov
Aleksandr Sergeevich Ustyugov (; born 17 October 1976) is a Russian actor, film director and musician. He is best known for his role as a main character Roman Shilov for 60 episodes of ''Cop Wars'' (TV mini-series) between 2005 and 2010 ( ru), also as Victor Toropov in the 2019 Netflix TV series '' Better than Us''. Early life Aleksandr Ustyugov was born in the city of Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan). After graduating from Ekibastuz secondary school No. 15, he entered vocational school No. 18, specialising in "Electrical Repair, Installation and Dismantling of Mining Equipment". He graduated from vocational school with honours, while working on the Vostochny Coal Mine. Aleksandr studied at art school for five years between 1988 and 1993 and during this time practised boxing at the Sports School ''Zhasyby''. Acting career Aleksandr Ustyugov continued his education in Omsk, where in 1993 he entered the Omsk State Transport University wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Mironov (actor)
Yevgeny Vitalyevich Mironov (; born 29 November 1966) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1996), People's Artist of Russia (2004), State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate – 1995, 2010. Yevgeny Mironov lives and works in Moscow, Russia. Mironov is artistic director of the Theatre of Nations. Early life Yevgeny Mironov was born in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). The family lived in a military townlet then called Tatis. Yevgeny's father was a professional chauffeur, his mother changed jobs – from saleswoman to a Christmas ornaments manufacturer. The Mironovs, avid amateur performers, were artistic and creative people in their everyday life. Mironov as a child took acting classes, joined an amateur dance group and graduated from music school as an accordion player. He and his younger sister Oksana put on puppet shows for which they made their own puppets, wrote scripts and then performed in front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
