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Zinaida Kiriyenko
Zinaida Mikhailovna Kiriyenko (; 9 July 1933 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian actress and singer. She was Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977) and was known for her roles in the films ''And Quiet Flows the Don'', ''Fate of a Man'', and ''Chronicle of Flaming Years''. Biography Early life She was born in Makhachkala in 1933. When her mother was pregnant with her, she read the story "Aida" and fell in love with the main character after whom she decided to name her daughter. Her father, however, registered her as Zinaida, which upset her mother. Her parents were different people and separated when she was three years old. From her birth father she got her patronymic, but the surname Kirienko she has from her stepfather. Her father was taken away during the Stalinist repressions and she never saw him again. Her family moved to Novopavlovskaya ''stanitsa'' in the Stavropol Krai, where her mother was sent to work as a grain elevator dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makhachkala
Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of , with a population of over 623,254 residents, while the urban agglomeration covers over , with a population of roughly 1 million residents. Makhachkala is the fourth-largest city in the Caucasus, the largest city in the North Caucasus and the North Caucasian Federal District, as well as the Caspian Sea#Cities, third-largest city on the Caspian Sea. The city is extremely ethnically diverse, with a minor ethnic Russians, Russian population. The city's historic predecessor is the port town of Anji (Andzhi), which was located in Kumykia, and which was a part of the possessions of the Shamkhalate of Tarki, Tarki state, the capital of Kumyks known from the 8th century.Книга "Да ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate Of A Man
''Fate of a Man'' (, translit. Sudjba cheloveka), also released as ''A Man's Destiny'' and ''Destiny of a Man,'' is a 1959 Soviet World War II film adaptation of the short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk. In the year of its release it won the Grand Prize at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Plot With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, driver-turned-Soviet soldier Andrei Sokolov has to part with his family. In May 1942 he is taken prisoner by the Germans. Sokolov endures the hell of a Nazi concentration camp, but thanks to his courage he avoids execution and finally escapes from captivity behind the front line to his own. On a short front-line vacation to his small homeland Voronezh, he learns that his wife and both daughters have died during the bombing of Voronezh by German aircraft. Of those close to him, only his son remained, who became an officer. On the last day of the war, May 9, Andrei receives news that his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Were Actors
''They Were Actors'' () is a 1981 Soviet adventure film directed by Georgy Natanson. Plot The film takes place during the years of the occupation of Crimea by the Nazis. The film tells about a group of actors of the Simferopol Theater and their underground activities. Cast * Zinaida Kirienko * Igor Ledogorov * Aleksandr Fatyushin * Zhanna Prokhorenko * Vladimir Druzhnikov * Nikolay Volkov * Yelizaveta Sergeyeva * Lyudmila Stoyanova * Aristarkh Livanov * Vladimir Zaytsev Vladimir Vasilyevich Zaytsev (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Зайцев; born in 1951), is a Russian politician who had been the acting head of Lipetsk Oblast from 1992 to 1993. Biography Vladimir Zaystev was born in Kireyevs ... References External links * 1981 films 1981 adventure films 1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films 1980s war adventure films Soviet World War II films Soviet war adventure films Russian-language war adventure films Mosfilm fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (1977 Film)
''Destiny'' () is a 1977 World War II film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, Yury Yakovlev, screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's second book, the novel ''Earthy Love''. This film had 57,8 million spectators in 1978. Evgeniy Matveyev was honored with State Prize of the USSR for ''Destiny'' in 1978. Plot The love story of married chairman of kolkhoz Zakhar Deryugin to young woman Mannya Polivanova during a harvest in Russian village of 30th. During World War II Zakhar Deryugin is mobilized and going to front. While the battles he is taken as a prisoner and makes runaway. Bryukhanov's wife Katya appears in occupation. Not having achieved Katya's consent to cooperation, Germans, having slandered, secretly execute her. Senior son of Deryugin's perishes from a fascist bullet. His mother Evfrosinya burns sleeping fascists in her own house. In return Germans prepare for the retaliatory action, but Zakhar alone with guerrillas rush into vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Desna
''The Enchanted Desna'' () is a 1964 Soviet fantasy drama film, directed by Yuliya Solntseva, based on an autobiographical story by a Ukrainian national writer and cinematographer Oleksandr Dovzhenko. The story depicts his whimsical childhood experiences in a Ukrainian village near the banks of river Desna. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. A scene from the film was used on the cover of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths. Cast * Boris Andreyev * Yevgeni Bondarenko *Vladimir Goncharov *Zinaida Kiriyenko *Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). From his relationship with the actress Alla Larionova, he had a daughter, Alyona. Filmog ... External links The Enchanted Desnaat IMDb References 1964 films 1960s fantasy drama films 1960s biographical drama films 1960s Soviet films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slowest Train
''The Slowest Train'' () is a 1963 Soviet war film directed by Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valeriy Uskov. Plot In the spring of 1943, during the Great Patriotic War, a military train departs from a liberated city, transporting prisoners of war to the rear. Attached to the train is a special carriage carrying a divisional printing press and Captain Sergeyev, a frontline correspondent. Though initially expecting to travel alone, Sergeyev finds his carriage gradually filling with uninvited passengers: a wounded soldier with a young girl, a pregnant woman and her companion, two party officials, an actress, and others. Despite the unexpected company, Sergeyev cannot bring himself to turn them away, as each passenger carries their own scars of war. Only one passenger, an opportunistic smuggler who traveled from Siberia to profit in the frontline zone, is expelled for his greed. During the journey, the pregnant woman gives birth to a baby girl, who is named Lena. The train eventual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Baluyev!
''Meet Baluyev!'' (, translit. Znakomtes, Baluyev!) is a 1963 Soviet drama film directed by Victor Komissarjevski and based on a 1960 novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Set in the 1960s, the film follows Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev, the head of a construction site for a major gas pipeline. Baluyev decides to deviate from the approved project and lay the pipeline directly through a swamp, prioritizing efficiency over protocol. In addition to his primary responsibilities as a manager and leader, Baluyev actively engages in mentoring and educating his subordinates. Cast * Ivan Pereverzev as Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev * Nina Urgant as Dusya Baluyeva * Stanislav Sokolov as Vitya Zaitsev * Zinaida Kiriyenko as Kapa Podgornaya * Anatoli Romashin as Boris Shpakovsky * Sergei Plotnikov as Bubnov * Pantelejmon Krymov as machinist Petukhov * Pavel Morozenko as Vasya Marchenko * Pavel Pankov as Fyodor Fokin * Sergei Blin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cossacks (1961 Film)
''The Cossacks'' () is a 1961 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Vasili Pronin. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1864 novel of the same name. Plot Young Moscow nobleman Dmitry Andreevich Olenin, after squandering half of his inheritance, joins the Caucasian infantry regiment as a junior officer cadet, seeking refuge from the temptations of Moscow's high society. Stationed near the Terek River, which divides the positions of the Cossacks and the Chechens, Olenin is billeted in the home of a Cossack cornet. Among the household is Maryana, the cornet's daughter, who is expected to marry Lukashka Shirokov, a daring and brave young Cossack. Initially treated coldly by the villagers, Olenin gradually wins their acceptance through his generosity and open nature. A key figure in this transformation is Eroshka, an elder Cossack who quickly befriends Olenin. Their bond grows as they hunt together, with Dmitry marveling at the beauty of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicle Of Flaming Years
''Chronicle of Flaming Years'' (, translit. Povest plamennykh let) is a 1961 Soviet World War II film directed by Yuliya Solntseva. Solntseva won the award for Best Director at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In 1941, as the Great Patriotic War begins, Ivan Orlyuk, a kolkhoz worker from the Dnieper region, becomes a soldier. Participating in the first battles on the Dnieper River, Ivan faces immense hardships: the occupation of Ukraine, the destruction of his village, the deaths of his parents and comrades, and a severe injury sustained during a river crossing where survival seems impossible. Despite these trials, Ivan perseveres, ultimately fighting his way to Berlin. Upon returning home, he reunites with his fiancée, Ulyana, and takes part in the first sowing on the liberated land. Cast * Boris Andreyev * Antonina Bogdanova * Zinaida Kiriyenko * Sergei Lukyanov * Mikhail Majorov * Vasili Merkuryev Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (; 6 April 1904 – 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far From The Motherland
''Far from the Motherland'' () is a 1960 Soviet spy film directed by Aleksei Shvachko and written by Yuri Dold-Mikhajlik, based on his novel ''And One Warrior in the Field'' (; 1957). Plot During the Second World War, a Soviet intelligence agent goes deep undercover in Nazi Germany to find the location of a secret underground plant that produces new types of weapons. The agent not only obtains the necessary information, but also help a famous designer escape from Nazi captivity. Release ''Far from the Motherland'' was released in the Soviet Union on 9 May 1960 (Victory Day Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ...). It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1960, with 42 million tickets sold. References External links * * (in Russian, no subtitles) 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Matveyev
Yevgeny Semyonovich Matveyev (, ; 8 March 1922 – 1 June 2003) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor and film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He is best known as Nagulnov in ''Virgin Soil Upturned (1959 film), Virgin Soil Upturned'', based on Mikhail Sholokhov's novel; and Nekhludov in ''Resurrection (1960 film), Resurrection'' (), based on Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection (Tolstoy novel), novel. Early years Yevgeny Matveyev was born in the village of Skadovsk Raion, Novoukrainka in the Mykolaiv Governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) to Semyon Kalinovich Matveyev, a Russian Red Army serviceman was stationed in the region at the end of the Russian Civil War, and Nadezhda Fyodorovna Kovalenko, a Ukrainian peasant woman, on 8 March 1922. His father left Nadezhda shortly after he was born. He attended school in the nearby town of Tsyurupinsk, where he saw his first play and left school after the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthly Love
''Earthy Love'' () is a 1974 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, and Yury Yakovlev. The film was a screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's novel ''Earthy Love'', and was viewed by 50.9 million spectators in 1975. Yevgeny Matveyev was honored with the State Prize of the RSFSR for ''Earthy Love'' and ''Destiny Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...''. Plot A story about love, the late chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Derugin (Yevgeny Matveev) marries the young woman Maria Polivanova (Olga Ostroumova) at the height of the harvest. There is a parallel developing romance between Catherine and her sister Derugin secretary of the District Party Committee Bryukhanov. The film shows the life of the Soviet count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
