As a child, I was very fond of listening and reading Russian folk tales and bylinas. Especially I liked the episodes where the main character wins the evil Serpent and releases the stolen princess. I very well represented all the details of the battle thanks to the beautiful illustrations of the book. Most of all … Read more
Valery Yakovlevich Leontyev – singer, People’s Artist of Russia, actor. He was born in the Republic of Komi, in the village of Ust-Usa. At first Leontyev dreamed of becoming an oceanographer, but afterwards he submitted documents to GITIS. However, embarrassment before the capital’s students forced him to pick up the documents and return to his … Read more
G. H. Andersen Ognivo Returning home, the soldier met a sorceress. So sent him to a hollow where in 3 rooms of 3 chests guarded by terrible dogs, he could collect copper coins, silver and gold, having first planted dogs on the old woman’s checkered apron. For this she asked me to bring her a … Read more
Amelie Mauresmo, a tennis player, was born on July 5, 1979 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. She is best known as the 2006 Wimbledon champion in singles. In 2006, in the biography of Amelie Mauresmo, two championships were won at once: Australian and Wimbledon. It was the first higher competition in the life of an athlete. Nevertheless, … Read more
The action takes place in a large fictional city on the Volga – Bryakhimov. An open area near the coffee shop on the Volga boulevard. Knurov and Vozhevatov, having ordered champagne in a tea appliance, begin to discuss the news: a well-known beauty in a society, Larissa Ogudalova, a well-known beauty, marries a poor official … Read more
Honestly, it’s very difficult for me to single out from the artists, whose pictures I managed to see, one of them. I like landscapes and portraits, views of the sea raging and tranquil, I’m happy to look at picture-stories, picture-stories. But Iepin Repin is the closest fellow to me, my fellow countryman, in the museum … Read more
“The Tale of the Barrel” is one of the first pamphlets written by Jonathan Swift, however, unlike the “Battle of Books” that was created around the same time, where it was mainly about subjects of literary character, “Tale of the Barrel”, with its relatively small volume, contains, as it seems, practically all conceivable aspects and … Read more
Ronnie Coleman is an American professional bodybuilder, eight-time winner of the “Mr. Olympia”. Ronnie was born on May 13 in Bastrop, Louisiana. Since childhood, Ronnie Coleman’s biography has played an important role. Ronnie played basketball, football, baseball, and in 12 years, took up powerlifting. When he entered the State University of Grambling, he began to … Read more
In medieval Europe, architecture and art felt a strong church influence. This was due to the fact that the church culture was understandable and accessible, and the church – the main customer of architectural structures and works of art. Until the XI century. In the European church architecture, the Romanesque style dominated. It was formed … Read more
The author sails along the Yenisei, a strong, wide river. Sails to the homeland of his childhood. Standing on the deck of the ship, licking drops of spray from the lips, he, like many – many before him, asks a rhetorical question – why? Why so little time devoted to what is really expensive, why … Read more