Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is a great Russian poet, prose writer, playwright. The author of immortal works in verse and prose: novels “Eugene Onegin”, “Dubrovsky”, famous poems “Ruslan and Lyudmila,” “The Prisoner of the Caucasus,” the novel “The Queen of Spades” and many others, as well as fairy tales for children. Early years Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin … Read more
(born 1938) Petrushevskaya Lyudmila Stefanovna (born 1938), writer, playwright. Born May 26 in Moscow in the family of an employee. She lived a heavy military half-starved childhood, wandered around relatives, lived in an orphanage near Ufa. After the war she returned to Moscow, graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow University. She worked as … Read more
James Prescott Joel is an English physicist who studied the nature of heat and discovered the interconnection of heat and mechanical work. Childhood and youth James Joule was born on December 24, 1818 in Manchester, England. He was one of five children from his parents – Benjamin Joule’s father, a wealthy brewer, and mother, Alice … Read more
Ilya Efimovich Repin is an artist, famous for portraits, as well as depicting historical, everyday scenes. Ilya was born in Chuguev on July 24, 1844. The teaching of painting in the biography of Repin began at the age of thirteen. And in 1863 he moved to Petersburg to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. … Read more
(1901 – 1957) Lugovskoy Vladimir Aleksandrovich (1901 – 1957), the poet. Born June 18 (July 1, current) in Moscow in the family of a teacher of Russian literature, who was a widely educated man, historian and archaeologist, an expert in painting, sculpture and architecture. His love for Russian art had a great influence on his … Read more
Mikhail Zemtsov is an entrepreneur, Christina Orbakaite’s husband. Mikhail was born on January 15, 1978. Zemtsov’s biography is little known about childhood and adolescence. Despite his Russian origin, Michael lives in America, is a US citizen. Mikhail’s parents are Russian, they took the boy to the US as a child. Mikhail Zemtsov’s biography began to … Read more
(1906 – 1972) Kirsanov Semyon Isaakovich (1906 – 1972), a poet. He was born on September 5 (18th century) in Odessa in the family of a tailor. Kirsanov’s childhood and adolescence passed in Odessa: here he graduated from the gymnasium, saw the revolution, the beginning of Soviet power, civil war, steamships that took White emigrants … Read more
When, in 2001, Hilary Clinton was elected to the Senate, she became the only first lady in America to hold public office. Early years Hilary Diane Clinton, born Rhode, was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hilary was the eldest daughter of Hugh Rodham, owner of a thriving fabric store, and Dorothy … Read more
The poetry genius of Omar Khayyam ascended to the summit of world fame in an odd, circular way. This path, sometimes lost in the wilds of obscurity, lasted many centuries and concealed many surprises. During his lifetime Khayyam was famous, mainly as a scientist. His advances in mathematics and astronomy are simply astounding: 500 years … Read more
Charles Barclay – basketball player, was born on February 20, 1963 in Leeds, Alabama. Best known as the NBA star, the player who rallied the team. The ability to expressively, overly talk helped to make the basketball player one of the most colorful characters of the National Basketball Association. Forward Barclay entered the NBA in … Read more