Category: Biographies

Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh – Grand Duke of Kiev, military commander. Vladimir Monomakh was born on May 26, 1053. His father was Vsevolod Yaroslavich. Even in his youth in his biography Vladimir Monomakh became Rostov prince. Then he ran Smolensk, later – Chernigov. After the death of Vsevolod, Yaroslavich yielded to the throne of Svyatopolk, his…

The future writer was born on January 3, 1891. Although his birthplace was the South African Orange Republic, although his father, bank manager Arthur Ruel Tolkin, was a descendant of Saxon Germans who had emigrated to England at the end of the eighteenth century, nevertheless John Ronald Ruel Tolkien grew up to be a real…

(1913 – 1972) Dragunsky Victor Yuzefovich (1913 – 1972), the prose writer. Born November 17 (30 N. s.) In New York. Since 1935 he was an actor, then he directed the ensemble of literary and theatrical parody “The Blue Bird” (1948 – 1958). Since 1940 he published feuilletons and humorous stories, later collected in the…

Valentina Pavlovna Rubtsova is an actress of theater and cinema, a singer. Valentina was born on October 3, 1977 in Makeevka, Donetsk region of Ukraine. Since childhood in her biography Valentina Rubtsova dreamed of acting career. Already in 1994 she played in the theater of a young spectator in Donetsk. In 1996 she entered the…

Abraham Lincoln is the 16th US president. Abraham was born on February 12, 1809 in a poor family. So, from an early age, Lincoln’s biography was filled with physical labor. Extreme poverty of the family did not allow Abraham to study: in school he studied only a year. Further knowledge was obtained independently. Being engaged…

Babe Ruth – one of the best American baseball players, was born in the city of Baltimore. At the age of seven, Babe’s parents gave him to Mary’s Industrial School in Baltimore. There he spent time studying the craft sewing, and in his spare time was fond of baseball. In the biography of Babe Ruth,…

Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky is an actor, People’s Artist of Russia. Boris was born on June 27, 1940 in Ussuriysk. In the biography of Boris Khmelnitsky, the desire for creativity manifested itself in childhood. That is why the first education for him was musical – Boris began to study at a music school. Then I decided…

(11/17/1925) Lobanov Mikhail Petrovich (17.11.1925, the village of Inshakovo, Ryazan region). At five I was left without a father. Mother, already having two children, married a second time for a widower with five children and then gave birth to four more. The first stories were published in 1939 in the district newspaper Kolkhoznaya Buildings. In…

Tatyana Vedeneeva is a Russian actress, TV presenter, journalist. Tatyana was born on July 10, 1953 in Stalingrad. She was fond of theater since childhood, and at the age of 14 she enrolled in a theater group. Contrary to the wishes of the parents, she chose an acting career for herself. Then she moved to…

(1900-1951) Vishnevsky Vsevolod Vitalievich (1900 – 1951), playwright, prose writer, journalist. Born December 8 (21 N. s.) In St. Petersburg in the family of a surveyor, a large land surveying engineer. From childhood I became acquainted with the publishing business (there were two publishers in the house where I lived, and the printing workers often…