Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev is the 5th General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, president of the USSR, winner of the Nobel Prize. Mikhail was born into a family of peasants in the Stavropol Territory. Work in his biography, Mikhail Gorbachev began at age 13, while still in school. In 1948 he went to serve in … Read more
(1909 – 1978) Dombrovsky Yuri Osipovich (1909 – 1978), the prose writer. Born May 12 in Moscow in the family of a famous lawyer. He grew up in Arbat alleys, graduated from school here, the first political dossier was opened here. He studied at the Higher State Literary Courses. In 1933, Yu. Dombrovsky was deported … Read more
(1940-1996) Poet, translator, critic, essayist, playwright The first poetic experiences of I. Brodsky belong to 1957. In the early 60-ies begins to work as a poet-translator. By the same time, an acquaintance with AA Akhmatova, who highly valued his talent, was related. Poems appeared in the samizdat journal “Syntax” (1959-1960 gg.). On February 12, 1964, … Read more
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is a prose writer and playwright, whose work developed at the intersection of Russian and Ukrainian cultures and combined romantic and realistic features. As the author of a number of works on the Ukrainian theme, Gogol spoke in Russian literature as the discoverer of the Ukrainian cultural world. As the author of … Read more
Alexander Igorevich Rybak – singer, musician, composer, winner of “Eurovision 2009”. A talented musician and singer – Belarusian by origin, and by citizenship – Norwegian. Alexander was born on May 13, 1986 in Minsk. The fascination with music in the biography of Alexander Rybak was predetermined. His relatives are also musicians, his father is a … Read more
Frank Robinson is an American baseball player and manager, was born in Beaumont, Texas. In the biography of Frank Robinson, participation in the Major League began with the games for the Cincinnati Reds team. In 1956, Robinson was named the rookie of the National League year. In 1961, the athlete was named the most valuable … Read more
(born on July 18, 1933) He was born at the station Zima of Irkutsk region. He started publishing in 1949. In 19511954. studied at the Literary Institute. M. Gorky. In 1952 the first collection of poems “Scouts of the future” was published. Evtushenko is the leader of young poetry of the second half of the … Read more
Howard Carter is an archaeologist, born May 9, 1874 in London, England. The biography of Carter is best known as the story of the discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Carter found, excavated the grave of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Howard began as an artist, drawing Egyptian hieroglyphs before the audience. And then he became … Read more
Edwin Powell Hubble is an American astronomer who made a decisive contribution to observational cosmology. Childhood and youth Edwin Powell Hubble was born on November 20, 1889 in the city of Marshfield, Missouri, USA. His father was an insurance manager. At school, he received a scholarship, and paid for his expenses, doing teaching and working … Read more
Albrecht Durer – German painter, engraver, theorist, the most influential personality of the German school, was born in Nuremberg. Being the son of a jeweler, Durer spent some time in his biography working as a student, first in his father’s workshop. Since 1489, he worked in the studio of the artist Michael Wolgemut. After graduation … Read more