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Visit To Minotaur
''Visit to Minotaur'' or () is a Soviet TV serial detective film, based on the eponymous novel by the Vayner Brothers, shot by the director Eldor Urazbayev in 1987. Plot USSR, Moscow in the 1980s. A unique violin made by Antonio Stradivari is stolen from the apartment of the famous violinist Lev Osipovich Polyakov. Attorney Stanislav Tikhonov and police lieutenant Elena Nechayeva proceed to investigate the case. First, suspicions fall on Obolnikov, neighbor of the Polyakov family. But it turns out that although Obolnikov did secretly enter the apartment of the violinist he was not involved in the theft. Then Pavel Ikonnikov becomes the suspect – a former violinist who was once well acquainted with Polyakov. A motive is evident: envy of the more fortunate and successful colleague could push Ikonnikov toward crime. Some information which includes an anonymous letter indicates that Ikonnikov could be involved in the theft. But also in this case Tikhonov and Nechayeva are wrong. More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev
Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev (; 11 October 1940 – 21 February 2012) was a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was honored with the title, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation in 1998.Awarded Russian presidential decree number 80 of 26 January 1998 Biography Urazbayev born 11 October 1940, , . He graduated from the Physics and Mathematics MSU 19 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III. The Society of Jesus is the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and has played significant role in education, charity, humanitarian acts and global policies. The Society of Jesus is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 countries. Jesuits work in education, research, and cultural pursuits. They also conduct retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, sponsor direct social and humanitarian works, and promote Ecumenism, ecumenical dialogue. The Society of Jesus is consecrated under the patron saint, patronage of Madonna della Strada, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is led by a Superior General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Shatskaya (actress)
Nina Sergeevna Shatskaya (; 16 March 1940 – 23 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2008). She was known for playing in the films ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'', ''A Man Before His Time'' and ''Visit to Minotaur''. Biography In 1963 she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. From 1964 to 1993 she was an actress of the Taganka Theatre. Shatskaya died on 23 May 2021, aged 81, a day after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Personal life * First husband (1963–1977): Valeri Zolotukhin (1941–2013), actor. Son — Denis (born 1969), orthodox priest. * Second husband (1982–2003): Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ... (1946–2003), actor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Smorchkov
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name * *List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (song), by the Melvins, 1991 * ''Boris'' (TV series), a 2007–2010, 2022–present Italian comedy series * '' Boris: The Film'', a 2011 Italian film based on the TV series * '' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'', a 2006 biography by Andrew Gimson Other uses * Boris (crater), a lunar crater * Hurricane Boris (other), several cyclones in the Eastern Pacific * Boris, a tribe of the Adi people See also * Borris (other) * Boris stones Boris Stones (, ; ), also called Dvina Stones (), are seven medieval Artifact (archaeology), artifacts erected along the bank of the Western Dvina between Polotsk and Drissa, Belarus. They probably predate Christianity in the area, but were insc ..., seven medieval artifacts in Belarus {{disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Arinbasarova
Natalya Utevlevna Arinbasarova (, ; born 24 September 1946 in Moscow)Аринбасарова Наталья Утевлевна teatrkinoaktera.ru is a Russian actress who appeared in more than thirty films since 1965. In 1979 Arinbasarova was named Honored Artist of the RSFSR and in the same year she received the USSR State Prize for her role in ''The Taste of Bread'' (1978). Life and career Natalya Utevlevna Arinbasarova was born on September 24, 1946. Her father was Utevle Turemuratovich, a military man, a Kazakh by nationality. At the time of the birth of his daughter, he studied in Moscow at the Frunze Military Academy. Her mothe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Yakovlev (actor)
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s, he was termed the "godfather of glasnost", and was the intellectual force behind Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme of glasnost and perestroika. Born into a rural family, Yakovlev served as a platoon commander of a marine brigade during World War II, and became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the war. During the rule of Nikita Khrushchev, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, before resigning to study abroad as part of the Fulbright Programme, returning in 1960. Under Leonid Brezhnev, he became Deputy Head of Agitprop and was placed in charge of a group on creating the 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union. He was later demoted to ambassador to Canada, in response to his public opposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Menshikova
Nina Yevgenyevna Menshikova (; 8 August 1928 – 26 December 2007) was a Soviet actress. She was the wife of Stanislav Rostotsky and the mother of Andrei Rostotsky. Nina Menshikova was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1977 and also received USSR State Prize in 1970 for her performance in ''We'll Live Till Monday''. Her other awards included the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945", the Medal "Veteran of Labour" and the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". Selected filmography * ''Early Joys'' (Первые радости, 1956) as Ksana Ragozina * ''Ballad of a Soldier'' (Баллада о солдате, 1959) as telegraph operator * ''The Girls (1961 film), The Girls'' (Девчата, 1961) as Vera * ''A Mother's Heart'' (Сердце матери, 1965) as Anna * ''A Mother's Devotion'' (Верность матери, 1966) * ''We'll Live Till Monday'' (Доживём до понеде ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigoriy Lyampe
Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy () are Russian masculine given names. Russian version of Gregory (given name). Grigory * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian novelist * Grigory Barenblatt (1927–2018), Russian mathematician * Grigory Bey-Bienko (1903–1971), Russian entomologist * Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), Russian novelist * Grigory Falko (born 1987), Russian swimmer * Grigory Fedotov (1916–1957), Soviet football player and manager * Grigory Frid (1915–2012), Russian composer * Grigory Gagarin (1810–1893), Russian painter and military commander * Grigory Gamarnik (1929–2018), Soviet wrestler * Grigory Gamburtsev (1903–1955), Soviet seismologist * Grigory Ginzburg (1904–1961), Russian pianist * Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860–1936), Russian entomologist * Grigory Gurkin (1870–1937), Altay landscape painter * Grigory Helbach (1863–1930), Russian chess master * Grigory Kaminsky (1894–1938), Soviet politician * Grigory Kiriyenko (born 1965), Russian fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Kharitonova
Svetlana Nikolayevna Kharitonova (; 30 January 1932, in Moscow — 8 January 2012, in Moscow) was a Russian actress. She performed in more than fifty films between 1955 and 1991. She was the first wife of actor Leonid Kharitonov (actor), Leonid Kharitonov. Selected filmography References External links * Russian film actresses Actresses from Moscow 1932 births 2012 deaths Moscow Art Theatre School alumni Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Soviet film actresses {{Russia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Borisov
Lev Ivanovich Borisov (Russian language, Russian: Лев Иванович Борисов; 8 December 1933, Plyos, Ivanovo Oblast, Plyos – 15 November 2011, Moscow) was a Russian actor. Brother of Oleg Borisov. He was a People's Artist of Russia.Почётное звание присвоено указом Президента России No. 81 от 26 января 2001 года Lev Borisov was Grave, buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laimonas Noreika
Laimonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Laimonas Chatkevičius (born 1993), Lithuanian basketball player * Laimonas Kisielius Laimonas Kisielius (born 24 January 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compe ... (born 1985), Lithuanian basketball player {{Given name Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (; 13 July 1923 — 25 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. He studied in the Moscow Art Theatre school under Ivan Moskvin, took part in World War II and, following demobilisation, was featured in the 1944 all-star cast adaptation of Anton Chekhov's '' The Wedding''. Another step to stardom was the 1967 comedy ''Wedding in Malinovka''. Pugovkin went on to appear in more than 100 films. His roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as '' Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures'' (1965), '' Twelve Chairs'' (1971), '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'' (1973) and ''Borrowing Matchsticks'' (1980) made him one of the most popular comedians of the former Soviet Union. Pugovkin lived in Yalta, Crimea before moving to Moscow in 1999. A statue of Father Fyodor from ''The Twelve Chairs'' portrayed by Pugovkin was unveiled in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 2001. Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008, in his house in Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
