Biography Zhemchuzhnikov Alexey Mikhailovich
(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
Biography Dudin Mikhail Alexandrovich
(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
Biography Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich
(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
Biography of Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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
Biography of Peter Shcherbakov
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
Biography Tokareva Victoria Samoilovna
(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
Biography of Robert Oppenheimer
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
Biography Shevtsov Ivan Mikhailovich
(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
Biography Annensky Innocent Fedorovich
(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
Biography Defoe Daniel
(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