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Vitali Solomin
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations for Soviet television. He was the younger brother of Yury Solomin. Biography Vitaly Solomin was born in 1941 in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Soviet Union, to a family of professional musicians. From childhood he was fascinated by music and learned to play the piano. On leaving school he went to Moscow and in 1959 he entered Shchepkin's drama school. He studied in the class of Nikolay Annenkov. While a student, Vitaly rehearsed and performed at the Maly Theatre. After finishing the school he became an actor at this theater. In the 1960s Vitaly Solomin began to appear in films. He debuted in 1963 in ''1 Newton street''. His first big role was as Kirill in the 1966 film ''Elder sister''. Vitaly Solomin shot to fame after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai
Chita ( rus, Чита, p=tɕɪˈta, , ) is a city and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway route, roughly east of Irkutsk. Geography Chita lies at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda Rivers, between the Yablonoi Mountains to the west and the Chersky Range to the east. Lake Kenon is located to the west, within the city limits, and the Ivan-Arakhley Lake System is a group of lakes lying about west of Chita. Google Earth History Pyotr Beketov's Cossacks founded Chita in 1653. The name of the settlement apparently came from the local River Chita. Following the Decembrist revolt of 1825, from 1827 several of the Decembrists suffered exile to Chita. According to George Kennan, who visited the area in the 1880s, "Among the exiles in Chita were some of the brightest, most cultivated, most sympathetic men and women that we had met in Eastern Siberia." When Richard Maack visited the city in 1855, he saw a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Cherry
''Winter Cherry'' (russian: Зимняя вишня, Zimnyaya vishnya) is a 1985 romantic comedy directed by Igor Maslennikov. Plot The main character of the film is Olga ( Yelena Safonova), a beautiful intelligent 30-year-old woman, resident of Soviet Leningrad who is a scientific researcher employed at an institute. She is divorced and is a single mother to her 5-year-old son Anton (Mikhail Poduschak). Olga tries to arrange her personal life and longs for happiness which she would attain with a loved one. Family, just like Homeland has to exist! Otherwise life makes no sense – muses the young woman. All her neighbor-friends are likewise unhappy in love; childless daycare educator Valya ( Larisa Udovichenko) cohabiting with crude hockey player Alexander (Sergey Parshin), accountant of a carpool Larissa ( Nina Ruslanova) who is divorced and raises her 5-year-old son Sergei Olga loves and is loved, her son Anton is constantly by her side, but her 45-year-old companion is mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kingdom Of Women
''Woman's World'' (russian: Бабье царство, Babye tsarstvo) is a 1967 war film directed by Alexey Saltykov. The film was a box-office leader in the USSR in the year 1968, fourth place 49.6 million viewers. Plot The film is about a simple female kolkhoz farmer, who heads the women of the village during the war and the horror of the Nazi occupation which deprives her of her son, her husband and her home ... Cast *Rimma Markova as Nadezhda Petrovna * Nina Sazonova as Anna Sergeevna *Alexandra Dorokhin as Marina, wife of Jean *Svetlana Sukhovey as Dunyasha Noskova *Valentina Stolbova as Sophia, the wife of Basil *Svetlana Zhgun as Nastya *Vitaly Solomin as Kostya Lubentsov *Aleksei Krychenkov as Kolya, son of Nadezhda Petrovna * Aleksandr Grave as store manager * Fyodor Odinokov as Vasily Petrichenko * Yefim Kopelyan as Nazi commandant Caspar Awards *VKF (All-Union Film Festival) **1970 — Diploma and Award for Best Actress (Rimma Markova) *San Sebastián International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tough Nut (1967 Film)
''Tough Nut'' (russian: Крепкий орешек, Tough nut, Krepkiy oreshek, ), also known as ''Die Hard'' by some English-speakers due to the name of the popular action film franchise using the same title in Russia, is a 1967 Soviet comedy war film directed by Theodor Vulfovich. The film's title is a pun on the word nut in Russian (russian: Орешек, Oreshek) — as the lead character's last name is Oreshkina. Plot After an injury, Lieutenant Ivan Groznykh (Vitaly Solomin) is appointed commander of the women's air defense unit. Among his subordinates is a brisk and sharp-tongued sergeant Oreshkina ( Nadezhda Rumyantseva), who causes a lot of trouble to her commander. As result of an incident, they fall deep into the territory occupied by the Germans, flying above the front line on a barrage balloon. They descended into a haystack from the balloon, which is blown away by the wind. Waking up on a haystack, they find themselves in the middle of large number of German soldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Older Sister
Older Sister (russian: Старшая сестра, Starshaya sestra ) is a Soviet feature film, shot in 1966, Georgy Natanson on the play by Alexander Volodin ''My older sister''. Plot Orphans Lida and Nadya have been living in the care of his uncle, who took them to the education of the children's home. Uncle sincerely dreams of a happy life for the nieces and girls, often in defiance of their own destiny, follow his advice. So big sister – Nadya – abandons his dream and doing everything to become the youngest actress, but years later she still comes to the theater. Cast * Tatyana Doronina as Nadya, older sister * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women (1966 Film)
''Women'' (russian: Женщины, Zhenshchiny) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Pavel Lyubimov. Based on the story of the same name by Irina Velembovskaya. Plot The film takes place after the war. The film tells about women workers, their joys and failures. Yevdokia Kuzina arrives in the early fifties from the village to the city, accidentally meets a furniture factory worker, Yekaterina Bednova, a widow with her son, who settles her in her house and helps her get a job at the factory. After a while, Yevdokia begins to meet with Yuri, known to the entire factory. Their relationship ends with an unsuccessful abortion, and Yevdokia learns that she will no longer have children. Cast * Inna Makarova as Yevdokia Kuzina * Nina Sazonova as Yekaterina Bednova * Nadezhda Fedosova as Grusha * Galina Yatskina as Alya Yagodkina * Valentina Vladimirova as Liza * Irina Murzaeva as elevator girl * Irina Martemyanova as lady at the dance * Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Twenty
''I Am Twenty'' (russian: Мне двадцать лет, translit. ''Mne dvadtsat let'') is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. It is Khutsiev's most famous film and considered a landmark of 1960s Soviet cinema. The film was originally entitled ''Zastava Iliycha'' (known in English alternately as ''Ilyich's Gate'' or ''Lenin's Guard''), but it was heavily censored upon completion, trimmed to half its original length, retitled and withheld from release until 1965. A restored 3-hour version was released in 1989, and is sometimes referred to by the original title. Synopsis The film follows the recently demobilized Sergei, a young man who returns to his Moscow neighborhood after two years of military service. We see the aspirations and realities of his tightly knit group of friends, as well as the everyday lives of other Soviet citizens. Cast * Valentin Popov as Sergey Zhuravlyov (as V. Popov) * Nikolay Gubenko as Nikolay 'Kolya' Fokin (as N. Gubenko) * Stanislav L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloved (1965 Film)
''Beloved'' (russian: Любимая, Lyubimaya) is a 1965 Soviet romance film directed by Richard Viktorov. Plot The film tells about a girl named Ira, who planned to go to college, but after meeting the builder she decided that she would work at a construction site, where she began to conflict with colleagues who did not like her personal qualities. Cast * Aleksandra Nazarova as Ira Yegorova * Vitali Solomin as Volodya Levadov * Igor Dobrolyubov as Rostik * Svetlana Druzhinina as Sofya * Vyacheslav Brovkin as Dementiy Pavlovich Blyakhin (as V. Brovkin) * Boris Platonov as Ivan Yegorovich * Yelena Maksimova as Nina Petrovna * Aleksey Baranovsky as Bit-Part * Anna Dubrovina as Ksyusha * Roman Filippov Roman Sergeyevich Filippov (russian: Рома́н Серге́евич Фили́ппов; January 24, 1936 — February 18, 1992) was a Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1987). Selected filmography * ''World Ch ... as Loader References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chairman (1964 Film)
''The Chairman '' (russian: Председатель, Predsedatel) is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Saltykov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Ivan Lapikov. This film was honored with a Second Prize at All-Union Film Festival in Kiev (1966). Plot After World War II ends, soldier Yegor Trubnikov comes back to his native village to restore the ruined collective farm facilities. Rebuilding the kolkhoz is as hard for him as fighting the war. Becoming chairman, he charges himself with the burden of responsibility not only for the collective farm business, but also for the destiny of the people who are so close to him. Trivia The film (quite unusually for a Soviet movie) contains performance of a Christian religious hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee (at 32nd minute). Cast *Mikhail Ulyanov as Yegor Trubnikov * Ivan Lapikov as Semyon Trubnikov * Nonna Mordyukova as Donya Trubnikova *Vyacheslav Nevinny as Pavel Markushev * Valentina Vladimirova as Polina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the Presnya district of Moscow. It started in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot of 1771 outside the city proper, so as to prevent the contagion from spreading. Half a million people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo throughout its history. As of 2010, the existing cemetery contains 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 a number of people from the artistic and sports community of Russia and the old Soviet Union. William Taubman claims that during the Great Purge "alcohol-soused guards would execute weeping prisoners" after they had dug their graves in the cemetery. The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Artist Of The RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). This title was one rank below Honored Artist of the RSFSR and one above People's Artist of the USSR. The title was introduced on 10 August 1931. In 1992, after the Russian SFSR was renamed as the Russian Federation, it was replaced with People's Artist of Russia. Miscellaneous This title is not to be confused with the title which is spelled in Russian ''Народный художник РСФСР'', and which was granted for achievements in the visual arts The visual arts are Art#Forms, genres, media, and styles, art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), cera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merited Artist Of The Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, dancers and singers for exceptional achievements in the arts. The honorary title was originally modeled after the German honorific title for distinguished opera singers. PONS Online Dictionary Historically, the title was bestowed by princes or kings, when it was styled ''Hofkammersänger(in)''. In before 1917, several stars of stage and film were honored with the title "Imperial singer", but after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
