(11.07.1826 – 23.10.1871) Afanasiev, Alexander Nikolaevich (11.VII.1826, city of Boguchary Voronezh province, – 23.X.1871) – Russian historian and literary critic, researcher and publisher of folklore. He was born in the family of a district solicitor. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. From 1849 to 1862 he worked in the Main Archive … Read more
Correggio is an Italian artist, whose real name was Antonio Allegri. He was nicknamed Correggio because of his place of birth. Fundamental art education in the biography of Correggio was obtained from Uncle Lorenzo Allegri. The early work of Correggio shows the strong influence of the divergent styles of Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci. The first … Read more
(1894 – 1958) A poet, a prose writer. He was born on October 29 (November 10, 2001) in the Kovno province to a wealthy noble family with military traditions. Children’s days were spent on the Studenki estate, on the border with Poland. He received primary education at home, then studied at the Second Cadet Corps. … Read more
Anastasia Vladimirovna Panina is a Russian actress who, despite her very young age, managed to win the love and recognition of millions of viewers. Early years Nastya was born on January 15, 1983 in the city of Severo-Zadonsk, Tula region. Her family was no different from the thousands of Russian families that survived the collapse … Read more
(30.9 (12.10) .1836 – 7 (20) .01.1905) Averkiev, Dmitry Vasilyevich [30.IX (12.X) .1836, Ekaterinodar, – 7 (20) I.1905, Petersburg] is a Russian writer. Was born in a merchant family. In 1859 he graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of St. Petersburg University. During his student years he talked with NA Dobrolyubov (see the article … Read more
Georg Kantor is an authoritative mathematician who introduced the concepts of quantitative and ordinal numerals. Childhood and youth Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philip Kantor was born on March 4, 1845 in St. Petersburg. His parents were Georg-Waldemar Cantor and Maria Anna Boim. Cantor was raised as a convinced Protestant, and love of art was passed on … Read more
Edgar Degas is a French painter, sculptor, born in Paris to a banker’s family. Despite the fact that originally Edgar Degas studied law in the biography, he left this occupation for teaching painting. Degas studied at the School of Fine Arts, and then in Italy, copying well-known masters of the 15th, 16th centuries. A gifted … Read more
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an actor, bodybuilder, entrepreneur, governor of California. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in the small village of Tal in Austria. Even in his youth in the biography of Schwarzenegger showed a passion for sports. First he played football, and then got carried away by bodybuilding. In 1965 he … Read more
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet – a famous Russian poet with German roots, translator, lyricist, author of memoirs. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Early years The future poet was born on November 23, 1820 in with. New settlers of Mtsensk district of Oryol province. Being the son of Charlotte-Elizabeth Becker, who left … Read more
Alexander Georgievich Filippenko is an actor, People’s Artist of Russia. Alexander was born in Moscow on September 2, 1944. The general school in the biography of Alexander Filippenko was finished with a gold medal. He received a higher education in technical education, studied at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where he specialized in … Read more