(1886-1939) Khodasevich Vladislav Felitsianovich (1886 – 1939), poet, prose writer, literary critic. Born May 16 (28 N. s.) In Moscow in the family of the artist. Very early I felt my calling, choosing literature as the main occupation of life. Already in six years he composed his first poems. In 1904 he graduated from the … Read more
(1717 – 1777) Sumarokov Alexander Petrovich (1717 – 1777), poet, playwright. He was born on November 14 (25 BC) in Moscow in an old noble family. Until fifteen years he was trained and brought up at home. In 1732 – 40 he studied in the Landed Gentry Corps, where he began to write poetry, imitating … Read more
Maxwell James Clerk is a British physicist of Scottish descent, a specialist in mechanics, mathematics and optics. The founder of statistical physics and classical electrodynamics. The author of the law of molecular velocity distribution, named in his honor “Maxwell distribution.” James Maxwell was born June 13, 1831 in the capital of Scotland, the city of … Read more
(born 1951) Tolstaya Tatiana Nikitichna (born 1951), a prose writer. Born and raised in Leningrad in a large family of physics professor, the son of the famous Russian writer AN Tolstoy. She graduated from the Department of Classical Philology of Leningrad University. After marrying a Muscovite, she moved to Moscow, worked as a proofreader. The … Read more
Model Cameron Diaz turned into an actress, known for her comedic roles and impeccable image of an unattainable girl. Early years Cameron Diaz, actress, was born on August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California, to the family of Emilio Diaz, an engineer in the second generation in the Cuban-American oil company, and his wife Billy, … Read more
(1919 – 1986) Slutsky Boris Abramovich (1919 – 1986), the poet. Born May 7 in the city of Slavyansk (Donbass) in the family of an employee. He studied in Kharkov. Since 1937 he moved to Moscow, where he first studied law, then entered the Literary Institute. M. Gorky, who graduated in 1941. The first poems … Read more
Lev Ivanovich Yashin – footballer, champion of the Olympics in 1956, champion of Europe, the USSR. Born Lev Yashin October 22, 1929 in Moscow in a family of workers. During the Great Patriotic War, Yashin’s biography hosted a move to the Volga region. Despite the fact that in 1943 Lev started working at the plant, … Read more
Megan Denise Fox – model, an actress, who became famous for the film “Transformers.” Megan was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Among the ancestors of Megan were the Irish, the French and the Native Americans. At the beginning of the biography of Megan Fox her parents divorced. The girl and her … Read more
Life and work of B. Sh. Okudzhava in dates and facts 1924, May 9 – the birth of a poet in Moscow on the old Arbat. 1937 – Father was accused of “Trotskyism” and shot, his mother sent into exile. 1940 – moving to Tbilisi. 1941-1945 – leaving a volunteer for the front, participating in … Read more
The definition of “genius” is best suited to the great mathematician and brilliant physicist Leonard Euler. Childhood and early years Euler was born on April 15, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland. His father, Paul Euler, was a pastor of the Reformed Church. His mother’s father, Margaret Brucker, was also a pastor. Leonard had two younger sisters … Read more