Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina – figure skater, world champion, Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports, politician. Irina was born on September 12, 1949 in Moscow in a military family. As a child Irina Rodnina was not very healthy in her biography. The girl was ill 11 times with pneumonia. After another illness, to somehow strengthen the … Read more
Rony (Rosny) [pseudonym; real names and surnames – Joseph Henri Bex; Woeh (17.2.1856, Brussels, – 15.2.1940, Paris) and Sulfur Fenster Justin Francois Becks (21.7.1859, Brussels, – 15.6.1948 Plubazlánek, Department of Côte du Nord), brothers, French writers. Until 1909 they wrote together, then separately under pseudonyms: R. Senior and R. Junior. Adjoined to the naturalistic school … Read more
(1873 – 1950) Shmelev Ivan Sergeevich (1873 – 1950), the prose writer. He was born on September 21 (October 3, 2006) in Moscow, in Zamoskvorechye, in a well-to-do merchant family, distinguished by patriarchal habits, religiousness. On the other hand, he was influenced by the “yard”, where the construction workers were flocking, here was another, rebellious … Read more
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin – political, military leader, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, head of the government of the USSR. He was born in a poor family in the Georgian city of Gori on December 21. In his native city he studied at a theological school, then in the Orthodox seminary of … Read more
Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer, he lived in London and held the position of art director at Louis Vuitton Givenchy’s house, before launching his own fashion line. Fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen was born March 17, 1969 in a family belonging to the working class, lived in Louis in public housing for low-income … Read more
William Shakespeare is an English playwright, poet and actor of the Renaissance. His plays, distinguished by an unprecedented variety of types, positions and characters, form a special world – the Shakespearean theater. The dramas of Shakespeare had a tremendous impact on the development of the world theater and are still being successfully performed on stages … Read more
Johann Sebastian Bach is a great German composer, organist, music teacher, master of polyphony. Creativity Bach includes more than 1000 works of various genres. Childhood Born March 31, 1685 in the city of Eisenach. In the small Bach was originally laid the passion for music, because his ancestors were professional musicians. Learning Music At the … Read more
Zakhar Smushkin is one of the richest Russian businessmen, representing the largest timber industry enterprise in Russia. Zakhar Davidovich is a shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of the Ilim Group, which today produces a significant part of all not only Russian but also European cardboard and cellulose. First name: Zahar Last name: … Read more
Yuri Dolgoruky – Grand Duke of Kiev, the founder of Moscow, the son of Vladimir Monomakh. The exact date of birth in the biography of Yuri Dolgorukov historians can not determine. It is believed that he was born in the interval from 1090 to 1097. At an early age, Yuri became a Rostov-Suzdal prince, he … Read more
(1852-1912) Mamin-Sibiryak (real name – Mamin) Dmitry Narkisovich (1852 – 1912), the prose writer. He was born on October 25 (November 6, 2001) in the Vishimo-Shaitan factory of the Perm province in the family of a factory priest. He received a home education, then studied at the Visim school for the children of workers. In … Read more