Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin is a Russian pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, the first person to have been in space. Childhood and Education Gagarin Yuri Alekseevich was born on March 9, 1934 in the village of Klushino, Smolensk region. In 1941, the future cosmonaut went to school, but because of the German occupation, training had … Read more
(1869-1925) Gershenzon Mikhail Osipovich (1869-1925) is a historian of literature and Russian social thought. He graduated from the History and Philology Department of Moscow University (1894). Collaborated in many literary and artistic and scientific journals (“Russian thought”, “Scientific word”, “Herald of Europe”, etc.). He criticized the “positivist” confusion of the history of social, spiritual life … Read more
(1818 – 1883) (1818-83), Russian writer, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1860). In the series of short stories “Notes of the Hunter” (1847-52) showed high spiritual qualities and talent of the Russian peasant, the poetry of nature. In the socio-psychological novels Rudin (1856), The Noble Nest (1859), On the Eve (1860), … Read more
Podlysetsky Sergey Viktorovich is a Russian businessman. An investor in the oil and gas sector. Childhood and Education Podlysetsky Sergey Viktorovich was born on July 16, 1971 in the town of Berehove, Transcarpathian region. In 1995 he graduated from the Military Engineering Academy. Kuibyshev. He is fond of martial arts and dog breeding. Business In … Read more
(1896-1961) Shpanov Nikolai Nikolaevich (1896-1961). Writer, screenwriter. He was born in Nikolsko-Ussuriisk in the Far East in the family of a railwayman. He graduated two courses at the Polytechnic Institute and the Higher Balloon School in Leningrad. Published since 1926. He was the editor of the journals “Air Fleet Messenger”, “Airplane” and others. Member of … Read more
Abai Kunanbayev is a Kazakh writer, poet, composer, public figure. Ibrahim was born on July 29, 1845 in Kazakhstan in the aristocratic family of the feudal lord. The nickname Abai in the biography of Kunanbayev was received as a child from his mother. He received a good education – he studied at the Semipalatensky madrasah, … Read more
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov is a physicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences, winner of the Nobel Prize, politician. Andrei Sakharov was born on May 21, 1921 in Moscow. Andrei’s father was a teacher. Therefore it is not surprising that the first education in the biography of Andrei Sakharov was received at home. He went … Read more
American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos founded and headed the Amazon service. com, and in 2013 bought the “The Washington Post”. The beginning of life and career Jeffrey Preston Bezos was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother, who gave birth to him at a young age, was Jacqueline Guise Jorgensen, and his … Read more
(1917 – 1985) Kuliev Kaisyn Shuvaevich (1917 – 1985), the Balkarian poet. He was born on November 1 in the ancient Balkarian village of Verkhny Chegem in the family of a pastoralist and hunter. He grew up in the mountains. As a child, having lost his father, lived a difficult childhood, started working very early. … Read more
Sofia Rotaru is a singer, actress, People’s Artist of the USSR, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, People’s Artist of the Ukrainian and Moldavian SSR. Born Sofia on August 7, 1947 in a small village of Marshyntsi in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine. The musical abilities in the biography of Rotaru were manifested in childhood. … Read more