(1821 – 1908) Zhemchuzhnikov Alexei Mikhailovich (1821 – 1908), poet, playwright. Born February 11 (23 N. p.) In the town of Pochel Chernigov province in an old noble family. He received a wonderful home education. He studied at the 1st St. Petersburg Gymnasium, then transferred to the St. Petersburg School of Law, which ends in … Read more
(born 1916) Dudin Mikhail Alexandrovich (born 1916), translator. He was born on November 20 in the village of Klevnevo, Ivanovo region, in a peasant family. The Dudin family is a kind of buffoons, wandering artists and poets, and probably this determined his vocation. He studied at the school of peasant youth for an agronomist, but … Read more
(1814 – 1841) Russian poet. He studied at Moscow University (1830-32). He graduated from the St. Petersburg School of Guards Supporters and Cavalry Junkers (1834). In 1837, for the poem “The Death of a Poet” (about the death of Alexander Pushkin), he was exiled to the Caucasus. Killed in a duel in Pyatigorsk. Disappointment in … Read more
Shmuel Yosef Agnon is an Israeli writer who was born in Buchach, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was called Samuel Josef Chachkes. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in Hebrew of the 20th century. In 1966, together with Nelly Sachs, Shmuel Yosef received the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1907, Shmuel Yosef … Read more
Petr Ivanovich Shcherbakov – actor of theater and cinema, People’s Artist of the RSFSR. Petr was born in the village of Pozdnyakovo, Kaluga region on July 21, 1929. After the war, Peter’s father settled down to work for ZiL. There later Peter Shcherbakov came to work in his biography. He received his first education in … Read more
(born 1937) Tokareva Victoria Samoilovna (born 1937), writer, playwright. Born November 20 in Leningrad in the family of an engineer. During the war the Tokarev family was evacuated to the Urals. After returning to Leningrad, the future writer graduated from the ten-year school, then entered the music school (1956 – 60). Having married, she moves … Read more
Robert Oppenheimer is known as the “father of the atomic bomb”. He was also one of the leaders of the Manhattan project. Childhood and early years Julius Robert Oppenheimer was born in the family of Julius Oppenheimer, a wealthy importer of fabrics, and the artist Ella Friedman. His parents were Jews who immigrated in 1888 … Read more
(born 9.09.1920) Shevtsov Ivan Mikhailovich (born 09.09.1920), a Russian writer, grew up in a poor family with many children in a Belarusian village, studied at the Saratov border school, already in less than 20 years – the head of the border posts on the Danube, where he met the war. He fought in intelligence, was … Read more
(20.VIII.1855 – 30.IX.1909) Innocent Annensky – Russian poet, playwright, translator, critic. He was born on August 20 (September 1, 2001) in Omsk in the family of a state official. In 1860 the family moved to St. Petersburg, where Annensky received primary and higher education. In 1879 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology … Read more
(circa 1660, Criplegate, on 26.4.1731, Murfields), an English writer and publicist. He graduated from dissenter college. Participated in the uprising of the Duke of Montmouth against James II, sympathized with the coup d’état 1688-89 (the so-called “Glorious Revolution”). Literary activity began as the author of the “Experience of Projects” (1697), which implied economic and public … Read more