For two trips to India, Vereshchagin managed to write a series of paintings, devoting them to the culture, nature and way of life of its peoples. Vereshchagin realistically conveys in his image national dresses, architectural buildings, monuments and many other small things that attract attention. One of his plans was to create a series of … Read more
“The Captain’s Daughter” is not only a historical story, but also a work about life, love, growing up and the formation of the human personality. Everything that happens in this literary work we see through the eyes of the main character – Peter Andreevich Grinev. Petrusha’s childhood passed in the Simbirsk village. He grew up … Read more
Frederic François Chopin is a 19th-century Polish composer, pianist-virtuoso, teacher, the brightest representative of romanticism in music, the founder of the Polish national composer school. Childhood and Education Frederic Chopin was born on February 22, 1810 in the village of Zhelyazova-Volya near Warsaw. A beautiful musical taste for the future composer was instilled by his … Read more
The action takes place in the provincial town, in the house of the Prozorovs. Irina, the youngest of the three sisters of the Prozorovs, is twenty years old. “It’s sunny and fun in the yard,” and a table is set in the hall, waiting for the guests-officers of the artillery battery quartered in the city … Read more
“Cincinnatus Ts. Announced the death sentence in a whisper.” He was not forgiven for “impenetrability”, “opacity” Unforgivable Cincinnatus wine – in it for the rest, to the horror of the like (the jailor Rodion now and then turns into the director of the prison, Rodrig Ivanovich, and vice versa, the lawyer and the prosecutor by … Read more
Tiger Woods – a golfer, was born on December 30, 1975 in the city of Cypress, California. The best known player is the one leading in professional golf who has won 14 top ranks. In his biography Tiger Woods 14 times was the owner of the main golf titles. He is the greatest sports star … Read more
Kramskoy painted the painting “May Night” in 1871, based on the work of N. Gogol. When creating this picture, the artist needed to plunge into the motif of Ukrainian fairy tales, to their magical moonlit nights, overgrown ponds, as well as mermaids and witches. The picture shows the river bank. The night, the dark time … Read more
Francois Boucher is a French artist. Most works in the biography of Bush reflect the spirit of his era. They are elegant, frivolous, unnatural. Bushe studied mainly with Francois le Moin, but was also influenced by Watteau, many of whose works he engraved. At the age of 20, Boucher received the Grand Prix, and from … Read more
AK Tolstoy Death of Ivan the Terrible. The action takes place in Moscow in 1584 and begins with a quarrel in the Boyar Duma: Mikhail Nagoy, brother of Queen Maria Feodorovna, argues for a place with Saltykov and draws other boyars into a match. Zakharin-Yuryev, the brother of the first tsareva wife, interrupts the debate … Read more
Two landlords, honorable people, well-intentioned, respected. One of them was retired Major-General Vyacheslav Illarionovich Khvalynsky. A tall, once slender, he is a little aged and flabby, but still “stands briskly, laughs sonorous, jingles his spurs, twists his mustache.” He has some oddities. Talking “with the nobles not rich or not,” he somehow looks at them … Read more