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Vladimir Dashkevich
Vladimir Sergeevich Dashkevich () (born 20 January 1934) is a Russian composer, known mainly for his film music. Originally, he studied chemical technology at Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies, but he later studied music under Aram Khachaturian. He achieved prominence in Russia for his music for the series of films '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'', as well as numerous other films. His longtime collaboration with famous singer Elena Kamburova has resulted in a number of vocal cycles based on the lyrics by the Russian Silver Age poets, including Requiem of Anna Akhmatova. Biography His works include symphonies, operas and musicals, as well as chamber and vocal music. Thus, in 1996, the musical ''Bumbarash'', to which Dashkevich wrote the music, was shown in three performances at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg as a guest performance of Oleg Tabakov's Studio Theatre. Main works * Symphony No. 1 (1964) * ''Faustus'', oratorio An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow State University Of Fine Chemical Technologies
Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies named after M.V. Lomonosov (traditional abbreviation "MITHT") is one of the oldest universities in the country that offer training in a wide range of specialties in the field of chemical technology. Currently, there are more than 4,500 students in nine areas of undergraduate, 28 master's programs and 23 scientific specialties for training of candidates and doctors of science. In MITHT there are eight dissertation councils for doctoral and PhD theses. Research and teaching activities are performed by more than 400 professors and 158 scientists, including more than 120 doctors of science and professors. Located in Moscow at Vernadsky Avenue, Building 86 (new building complex) and Malaya Pirogovskaya, Building 1 (historic building). History History of the university and its continuing operations as a higher education institution begins 1 July 1900 and covers several stages. Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow Higher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov was born in Saratov into a family of doctors. His paternal great-grandfather, Ivan Ivanovich Utin, came from serfdom, serfs and was raised in a wealthy peasant family under the Tabakov surname. His grandfather, Kondratiy Tabakov, worked as a locksmith in Saratov where he built himself a house and married a local commoner Anna Konstantinovna Matveeva. Oleg's father, Pavel Kondratievich Tabakov, worked at the :ru:Российский НИПЧИ «Микроб» Роспотребнадзора, State Regional Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology "Microbe" in Saratov. His maternal grandfather, Andrei Frantzevich Piontkovsky, was a szlachta, Polish nobleman who owned lands in the Podolia Governorate and married a local villager, Olga Terentievna (surname unknown) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnessin State Musical College Alumni
Gnesin, or Gnessin () is a Jewish Russian surname. People with this surname include: * Fabian Osipovich Gnesin (1837–1891), an official rabbi of Rostov-on-Don and father of a prominent Jewish Russian family of musicians and philanthropists. :* Sisters Gnesin: ::* Yevgeniya Savina-Gnesina (1870–1940) ::* Elena Gnesina Elena Fabianovna Gnesina (sometimes transcribed Gnessina) (Russian language, Russian Елена Фабиановна Гнесина) (30 May 1874 – 4 June 1967) was a Soviet and Russian composer and music educator, a sister of the composer Mik ... (1874–1967) :de:Jelena Fabianowna Gnessina ::* Maria Gnesina (1876–1918) ::* Yelizaveta Gnesina-Vitáček (1876–1953) ::* Olga Alexandrova-Gnesina (1881–1963) :* Mikhail Gnesin (1883–1957), Jewish Russian composer :* Grigory Gnesin (1884–1938), singer and stage actor * Gnesin State Musical College, Moscow * Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913), Jewish Russian writer, a pioneer in modern Hebrew literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Male Film Score Composers
Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series *Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace *Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 See also * *Russia (other) *Rus (other) Rus or RUS may refer to: People * East Slavic historical peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia ** Rus' people, the people of Rus' ** Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus * Rus (surname), a surname found in ... * Rossiysky (other) * Russian Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Film Score Composers
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was a flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow. The Soviet Union's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917. The new government, led by Vladimir Lenin, established the Russian SFSR, the world's first constitutionally communist state. The revolution was not accepted by all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voroshilov Sharpshooter (film)
''The Voroshilov Sharpshooter'' (, translit. ''Voroshilovskiy strelok'', named after a badge for marksmanship; also translated as ''The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment'') is a 1999 Russian vigilante drama film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin based on the book ''Woman on Wednesdays'' ( translit. ''Zhenshchina po sredam'') by Viktor Pronin. The concept loosely resembles the rape and revenge genre. The film became successful with numerous awards given for the film including the prestigious Russian Guild of Film Critics 1999 for best actor by Mikhail Ulyanov. It also has 1 win and 3 nominations for Nika Awards. Plot In the summer of 1999, a decorated World War II veteran, Ivan Afonin, lives with his granddaughter Katya. In a nearby flat, three bored youths, Vadim Pashutin, local businessman Boris Chukhanov and student Igor Zvorygin, kill time by designating Wednesdays as a day of sexual gratification and hiring a prostitute. On this particular Wednesday, they fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katala (film)
Katala (, also known as ''The Gambler'') is a 1989 Soviet crime film directed by Sergei Bodrov and Alexander Buravsky. Plot In a small seaside town lives Aleksei 'The Greek' Grekov, a former katala, a slang term in the criminal circles meaning professional gambler. He is retired and now serves as a sailor on a pleasure boat of the semi-criminal businessman named Shota. Life goes on smoothly, but suddenly a terrible event occurs. Shota, having lost a lot of money to the criminal boss named "Director", tries to hide, the boat is burned right in the port, and Anna, Shota's girlfriend, is taken hostage by the bandits. Despite various efforts Shota falls into the hands of the criminals and they brutally kill him, but The Greek helps Anna and her young daughter escape to Moscow. Aleksei understands that while the Director does not receive all the debts of late Shota, he will go after Anna. And so The Greek who is in love with Anna decides to return to his former "craft" in order to "earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Become Happy
''How to Become Happy'' () is a 1986 Soviet comedy-science fiction film directed by Yuri Chulyukin. Plot In 1980, a modest physics teacher in the small town of Lesogorsk invents a miraculous device that can identify a child's potential talents and aptitude for various professions. He travels to Moscow to share his invention, but those he approaches react skeptically. Gosha, a photojournalist for a Moscow newspaper, initially seizes on the opportunity for a sensational story. However, when the inventor assesses Gosha’s own talents and reveals he is destined to be a clown rather than the great writer he dreams of becoming, Gosha reacts negatively and rejects the inventor. Ten years later, a surprising wave of talented young people from Lesogorsk rises to fame across the country and even internationally. These talented individuals—artists, athletes, scientists, and craftsmen—all seem to share the same hometown. Now the head of his newspaper's department, yet unsuccessful in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Along Unknown Paths
''Along Unknown Paths'' () is a 1982 children's fantasy film directed by Mikhail Yuzovsky based on the novel ''Down by the Magic River'' by Eduard Uspensky. Plot Young boy Mitya visits his great-aunt, the witch Baba Yaga, to deliver her a present from his grandmother. On the way through the forest lurks Likho, a one-eyed evil and makes him fall but does not pursue him further. Baba Yaga's neighbor, the swamp Kikimora, soon arrives, and together they gaze in the magic dish and observe what is going on in the Tsarist kingdom. The good Tsar Makar suffers from the strict rules imposed on him; he would like to clean the floor or even drive the manure wagon, but the strict scribe Chumichka does not allow him that. At the meeting with the Council of the Tsar, the Tsar learns that the wise Vasilisa has sent him a magic ball as a gift, but Chumichka denies that such a gift has arrived. The magic ball is found in the scribe's hat, which causes him to be thrown out of town for theft. He vows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
