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Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Nadezhda Mikhalkova


Nadezhda Mikhalkova is a Russian actress, producer and designer.
Pretty girl was born on September 27, 1986 in Moscow. You know, she is a daughter of famous film director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov and fashion designer, President of the Russian Silhouette, Tatiana Mikhalkova. The girl admired the achievements of the family, trying to repeat the success of relatives. Actually, she played her debut role at the age of 6. The young actress attended private lessons, courses, and studied with her father, whose name became a symbol of Russian cinema.
At the age of eight she starred in the film Burnt by the Sun directed by her father. A few years later she starred in the film The President and His Granddaughter, directed by Tigran Keosayan, where she played twin sisters. By the way, she played in several films despite the fact that she didn’t have any special education.
In 1998, the actress played the role of a girl at the fair in the film Siberian Barber. Thanks to this role, the Russian actress visited the Czech Republic and Portugal.
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Soviet – Russian actress

Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Soviet - Russian actress

Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Soviet – Russian actress


Nadezhda Rumyantseva was a Russian and Soviet theater and cinema actress. You know, she was Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963) and People’s Artist of RSFSR (1991). By the way, she was awarded the Order of Merit (2002). In 1962, the actress was awarded a prize at the International Film Festival in Buenos Aires for Best Actress (film The Girls).
Pretty girl was born on September 9, 1930 in the village Potapovo, Smolensk region. She was the second child into the family of a housewife and a train conductor. When the future star was one year old, the Rumyantsevs moved to the Moscow region.
After school Rumyantseva entered the State Institute of Theatrical Art. Then she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. The young girl played her first role in the film right after her graduation from the institute.
In 1954, the actress received one of the main roles in the film Sea Hunter. And in 1955 she took part in the film Happy Youth, directorial debut of Eldar Ryazanov. Also the actress played in the movie based on Oscar Wilde’s The Star Boy, appearing for the first time on the screen in the image of a boy.
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Aleksandr Demyanenko, well-known Shurik

Aleksandr Demyanenko, well-known Shurik

Aleksandr Demyanenko, well-known Shurik


Aleksandr Demyanenko was a Soviet and Russian actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991). By the way, he is best known as Shurik. To tell the truth, he was a star of the Soviet cinema.
The boy was born on May 30, 1937 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Soon after the birth of the first child, the father left the family for another woman. However, he returned to his first wife. Demyanenko had two sisters Tatyana and Natalia.
His father was an actor in Moscow, but moved to Sverdlovsk in the 1930s. Aleksandr spent a lot of time with his father. Little Sasha soon became interested in theater. He joined an amateur theater at the Palace of Culture, where he played his first role. In addition to the theater, he studied at the School of Music, played the piano.
In 1959, Demyanenko graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS) and worked as an actor at the Moscow Theatre of Mayakovsky. When Aleksandr was a second-year student, he played his debut role in the film The Wind directed by Alexander Alov and Vladimir Naumov.
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Nadezhda Cherednichenko, Soviet actress

Nadezhda Cherednichenko, Soviet actress

Nadezhda Cherednichenko, Soviet actress


Nadezhda Cherednichenko was a Soviet theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1971).
Pretty girl was born on August 14, 1927 in Boguslav (now the Kiev region, Ukraine).
In 1949 she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, and in 1960 from the Musical and Pedagogical Institute, vocal department.
You know, in 1946, Cherednichenko debuted in the film The First Glove directed by Andrei Frolov. That time she met her future husband popular actor Ivan Pereverzev. Nadezhda gave birth to their son, but in 1951 the couple broke up.
By the way, Cherednichenko was an actress of the Actors Studio Theatre, where she had been working for over 30 years.
Her second husband was Peter Todorovski. Their daughter Elena was born in 1953. In 1961 they divorced and Nadezhda came back to Pereverzev. But after a year and a half they finally parted. Her ex-husband Todorovski later became a great film director. The actress’s career was almost completed in the sixties.
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Maria Kiseleva, synchronized swimmer

Maria Kiseleva, synchronized swimmer

Maria Kiseleva, synchronized swimmer


Maria Kiseleva is a Russian synchronized swimmer and TV presenter. You know, she is a three-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, nine-time European Champion. By the way, she is Honored Master of Sports (2000), member of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Physical Culture and Sport, member of the United Russia. Besides, Maria took part in Ambassadors 2013 program (XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan).
Pretty girl was born on September 28, 1974 in Kuibyshev (now Samara). Her parents were namesakes, so her mother didn’t have to change the name. The girl was engaged in swimming at the age of 3.
In 1996, she entered the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism.
Moreover, Maria played in the films The Idiot based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel (2003), Paragraph 78 (2007, directed by M. Hleborodov).
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Aleksandr Anatolievich – VJ MTV Russia

Aleksandr Anatolievich - VJ MTV Russia

Aleksandr Anatolievich – VJ MTV Russia


Aleksandr Anatolievich Belonogov is an actor, radio and TV presenter, commonly known as MTV Russia VJ – Alexander Anatolievich.
The boy was born on March 10, 1964 in Krasnoyarsk. His father was a naval flight officer and his mother worked as a doctor. Since childhood the boy studied music and in 1980 he graduated from the School of Music in Moscow.
By the way, he graduated from the Moscow Medical Institute and is a qualified pharmacist. From 1985 to 1991 he worked as a pharmacist at first in a hospital. Then Alexander spent three years in the Ministry of Health. Actually, he changed a lot of jobs – pharmaceutical entrepreneur, consultant and translator in foreign companies, sailor, fitness coach and many others.
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Aleksandr Abdulov, sex symbol of Soviet cinema

Aleksandr Abdulov, sex symbol of Soviet cinema

Aleksandr Abdulov, sex symbol of Soviet cinema


Aleksandr Abdulov was a notable Soviet-Russian film and theater actor, film director. By the way, he was Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991). You know, the actor was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (4th class) and Medal of Honor. He is an icon of Soviet cinema.
Handsome boy was born on May 29, 1953 in Tobolsk, Russia. His father was engaged in directing in Fergana, and his mother worked as a make-up artist. Sasha was the youngest son. He had two elder brothers: half-brother Robert Kraynov (1940 – 4 December 2011) and Vladimir Abdulov (1947-1980; he was killed by hooligans).
For the first time Aleksandr appeared on the stage at the age of 5 in the play The Kremlin Chimes. The boy wasn’t going to be an actor. He was engaged in sports and was awarded the title of Candidate for Master of Sports of the USSR in fencing. Also he was fond of music.
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