Konstantin Simonov, Russian war poet

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Konstantin Simonov, Russian war poet

Konstantin Simonov, Russian war poet

Russian writer, poet, screenwriter, journalist, and social activist – Konstantin Simonov (born Kirill) was born on November 28 (Old Style – 15 November) 1915 in Petrograd. Early years he spent in Ryazan and Saratov.
Konstantin’s father, an officer in the Tsar’s army, left Russia after the Revolution in 1917 and died in Poland after 1921 and he was brought up by his stepfather – a teacher of military school.
After completing basic seven-year education in 1930 in Saratov, Konstantin went into the factory workshop school to learn to be a lathe-turner. In 1931 his family moved to Moscow, and Simonov, after completing the course in the factory workshop school, went to work in a factory, where he worked until 1935.
During these years he began to write poems.
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Karl Bryullov, Russian painter

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Karl Bryullov

Self-Portrait. 1848

Karl Bryullov was a son of academician of ornamental sculpture Pavel Bryullov. He was born in St. Petersburg and at the age of nine became a pupil at the Academy of Arts, where his older brothers were already enrolled. Many leading artists of the time—A. I. Ivanov, A. Ye. Yegorov, V. K. Shebuyev — noticed Bryullov’s rare abilities at an early age. According to one of his friends he left the Academy with ‘handfuls’ of awards and all the minor and major silver medals. His teachers were not at all pleased, however, by those of the young artist’s works which violated the strict academic rules.
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Alisa Verner, photographer

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Alisa Verner was born on September 4, 1986 in St. Petersburg. She is not only beautiful girl, but great photographer.
For her, photography is more than just pictures. It is a magical world of beauty and light, the unforgettable emotions that come from those who are looking at Alisa from the other side of the lens, those who energize her and charge themselves from her.
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David Duchovny. Unsecret files.

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David Duchovny

Не is UFO-obsessed FBI agent Fox Mulder of The X-Files, a true believer in ancient genetic mutants and parasites from another galaxy. His name means ‘spiritual’ in Russian. He is David Duchovny.
David Duchovny was born in New York City on August 7, 1960. His Russian-Jewish father, Amram ‘Ron’ Ducovny (yes, they spell their names differently!) is a writer. His Scottish mother is a housewife. Before David was born his parents had been English teachers at the Berlitz, school.
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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

Alexei Tyranov – portrait of the artist I.K.Aivazovsky

The work of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900), who won worldwide fame in his own lifetime, can be regarded as a single epic poem of the sea, remarkably integrated in its perception of the world. A retrospective view of his work was given by the Soviet artist Martiros Sarian: ‘His art is the affirmation of man and humanity and the negation of despotism and violence. Aivazovsky was an artist who thirsted for and glorified freedom.’
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