Category: Biographies

(1875-1958) Sergeev-Tsensky (real name – Sergeyev) Sergei Nikolaevich (1875 – 1958), prose writer. Born September 18 (30 N. p.) In the village of Preobrazhenskoe Tambov province in the family of a teacher, a great lover of reading, which affected his son. Raised on the poems of Pushkin, Lermontov and Krylov’s fables, many of them learned…

Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov – a personality that is multifaceted and talented. He is a poet and musician, playwright and brilliant diplomat. His genius comedy “Woe from Wit” brought him popularity and immortality. Childhood January 15, 1790 in Moscow in the family of a retired major was born Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov. The biography of this man…

Sarah Hughes is a figure skater, was born on May 2, 1985 in Griet Neck, New York. Biography of Sarah Hughes is known as the owner of the gold medal in figure skating at the 2002 Olympics. Sarah surprised the world when she won gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games in women’s…

Sergius of Radonezh – Hieromonk of the Russian Church, the converter of monasticism in Northern Russia, the founder of the Holy Trinity Monastery. Was ranked as a saint. Childhood Sergiy Radonezhsky was born on May 3, 1314 in the village of Varnitsy near Rostov. At baptism, the future saint received the name Bartholomew. At the…

(born 1930) Rytkhe Yuri Sergeevich (born 1930), Chukchi prose writer. Born March 8 in the village of Uelen Chukotka National Okrug in the family of a hunter. He graduated from the seven-year school and left his native village. By age, he was not among those who had been sent to the Institute of the Peoples…

Coco Chanel is one of the most legendary French couturiers. Biography Coco Chanel) began August 19, 1883 in the French city of Saumur, located in the department of Maine and Loire, on the right bank of the Loire. Gabrielle was the second daughter of a traveling salesman Albert Shanel and Jeanne Devolu. Because the Coco…

(1821 – 1876) Nekrasov Nikolai Alekseevich (1821-1876) – poet, novelist, critic, publisher. Children’s years of Nekrasov were on the Volga in the village. Greshnevo of the Yaroslavl Province. Nekrasov’s father was one of those landowners, which were then many: ignorant, rude and violent. He oppressed his family, mercilessly beat the peasants. The poet’s mother, a…

Alexander Greene is a writer, a novelist. Alexander was born August 11, 1880 in a small town of Vyatka province. In his childhood in his biography Alexander Greene dreamed of adventures. Therefore, after graduating from the school in his native city, he went to Odessa, where he began to serve as a sailor on the…

Alena Sergeevna Bondarchuk is an actress of theater and cinema. Alena was born on July 31, 1962 in Moscow. All family members in the biography of Alena Bondarchuk were creative people. Mother Irina Skobtseva is an actress, father Sergei Bondarchuk is a director, actor and screenwriter, and Alena’s brother is a director, actor and presenter…

Gerard Depardieu – French actor, restaurateur. Gerard Depardieu was born on December 27, 1948 in the French city of Chateauroux. His father worked as a fitter, but during the economic crisis the family lived very poorly. Gerard was the third child, after him in the family Depardieu appeared three more. In the primary school in…