The famous physicist Count Alessandro Volta is considered the inventor of the electric battery. Childhood and youth Volta was born in Como, his parents were Filippo Volta and Maddalena Inzaghi. His family was from the middle class. As a child, Alessandro was not smarter than his peers, and did not speak until four years. But … Read more
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok is the greatest poet, the classic of Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Childhood and Education He was born on November 16, 1880 in St. Petersburg in a highly cultured family. In 1889 he was sent to the second class of the Vvedensky Gymnasium, which he graduated in 1898. Then … Read more
(1.06.1923 – 2.03.1996) Mozhaev Boris Andreevich (1.06.1923, the village of Pitelino, Ryazan region – 2.03.1996, Moscow). Father before the revolution served on the boat. He grew up in a peasant family. After school in 1940 he submitted documents to the Gorky Institute of Water Transport Engineers for the shipbuilding faculty. But then they introduced a … Read more
Franz Kafka is an Austrian writer, one of the founders of modernist prose, who exerted a tremendous influence on the literature, art and culture of the twentieth century. In his work, the depth of understanding of the core problems of the spiritual life of the Modern Age is combined with an original imagery, balancing on … Read more
Valentina Tereshkova is an astronaut, the first woman to have been in space. Born March 6, 1937 in a small village of the Yaroslavl region. Education in the biography of Valentina Tereshkova was started in 1945 in the Yaroslavl school. After seven years of school began to work in the factory, and in parallel with … Read more
Constantine Brancusi is a Romanian sculptor. Biography Brancusi considered as one of the foremost modern creators. In 1904 he went to Paris. Because of the radical, economical style, his abstract works “The Kiss”, “Sleeping Muse”, a portrait of Miss Pogani were the object of great controversy. Brancusi has changed his technique from modeling to carving. … Read more
Budarin Viktor Konstantinovich is a banker who has received many awards, both at the regional and federal levels, the owner and chairman of the supervisory board of the Kuban Credit bank. Surname and biography of Budarin are known to everyone in the Kuban. A businessman who has invested his labor and resources in various branch … Read more
(1743-1803) Bogdanovich Ippolit Fedorovich (1743-1803) – poet of the Catherine’s times, genus. December 23, 1743 in Perevolochne; He was enrolled in military service for ten years, but after graduating from Moscow University in 1761 he was appointed a supervisor for classes to the university, and in 1762 to a commission on the structure of the … Read more
Alla Pugacheva is a singer, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, USSR. Alla Pugacheva was born on April 15, 1949 in Moscow. In the biography of Pugacheva, a hobby for singing appeared from childhood. In 1965, she graduated from high school. In the same year, the first song of Pugacheva was … Read more
(1869-1945) Gippius Zinaida Nikolaevna (1869 – 1945), poetess, prose writer, critic. She was born on November 8 (20th century) in the city of Belev in the Chernigov province to the family of a state official who served in Nizhyn. I received a thorough home education. After the death of his father, the family moved to … Read more