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Peter Fyodorov, actor

Peter Fyodorov, actor

Peter Fyodorov, actor


Peter Fyodorov is a Russian film and theater actor. He is the star of the films Inhabited Island, Stalingrad, Icebreaker and Duelist.
The boy was born on April 21, 1982 in Moscow. His father Peter Fyodorov was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, art critic, television presenter. Unfortunately, he died of cancer at the age of thirty-nine. The grandfather Evgeny Fyodorov was a Soviet and Russian theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. The boy has two younger sisters – Maria (born in 1988), Elena (born in 1994).
On April 20, 1990 the boy and his family moved to Altai and in 1993 they came back to Moscow.
In 1999 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The boy played the role of the student Belyaev in the graduation performance Beautiful People. Grigory Antipenko and Olga Lomonosova also performed in the play. By the way, in September 2003, the play Beautiful People won the prize as the best performance of the season in the category Beginners by the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.
Actually, his first main role was the role of Lyonka Maryagin in the film 101 km.
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Olga Lomonosova

Olga Lomonosova - Russian actress

Olga Lomonosova – Russian actress


Olga Lomonosova is a Russian and Ukrainian actress. Actually, the actress became famous after her role of Kira Voropaeva in the mega-popular TV series Be Not Born Beautiful.
Pretty girl was born on May 18, 1978 in Donetsk. Her father was a builder and the mother was an economist. By 1986, the little girl and her family had moved to Kiev, where her father was transferred.
You know, Olga was engaged in gymnastics and even became a Candidate for Master of Sport. Her mother had always dreamed about the profession of a ballerina, but only her daughter was able to realize the wish. In 1988, Olga entered the Kiev Choreographic School.
In 1997 Olga went to Moscow, where she worked as a ballet dancer in the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre.
You know, the girl had to quit ballet because of a tragic accident. While riding a sleigh on Mont Blanc, the girl fell on the ice and injuring her leg. In France Olga received the first major role: she replaced the soloist in the production Ruslan and Lyudmila.
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Russian Celebrities – Vintage Project

Andrei Bartenev

Fashion designer, Andrei Bartenev – Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian celebrities such as Andrey Bartenev, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Konstantin Kryukov, Ksenia Sobchak, Olga Rodionova, Elena Korikova, Maria Malinovskaya, Sergey Lazarev and other persons of Russian show business took part in a photo project Vintage, dedicated to the masterpieces of cinema. Russian stars appeared in the images of the legendary figures of world cinema of the last century. The authors of the project tried to recreate the atmosphere of such films as Gone With the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Bonnie and Clyde, Casablanca, Shanghai Express, Cabaret, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Pink Panther and some others.
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Natalia Rusinova, actress

Natalia Rusinova, actress

Natalia Rusinova, actress


Natalia Rusinova is a Russian film and theater actress, TV presenter. In 2006 the girl graduated from the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
Pretty girl was born on February 1, 1986 in Moscow.
In the film industry Natalia began to work in 2004, when she played in the TV series Balzac Age, or All Men Are Bast… By the way, she worked together with actors: Boris Shitikov, Olga Mokshina, Julia Dyuldina, Natalia Tishchenko, Andrey Muraviev, and others. The girl works in the following genres: melodrama, detective, comedy, crime.
You know, Natalia is a presenter of children’s sports program, Jump-Jump Team on Carousel TV channel. Later, in 2011, she was a host of the program Lotto Sport Super.
After the debut in the project The Balzac Age the actress played in the film Kulagin and Partners. Then she starred in the TV series Detectives. In 2006 she played the role of Roma’s girlfriend in the TV series Happy Together.
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Sergey Krapiva – actor and model

Sergey Krapiva - actor and model

Sergey Krapiva – actor and model


Sergey Krapiva (his real name is Sergey Krapiventsev) is an actor, professional dancer, choreographer and model. He is one of the Top 100 most beautiful people of Moscow.
Cute boy was born on May 23, 1977 in Tula.
He has starred in many TV commercials for leading brands, as well as videos of famous artists. You know, he worked with Russian stars including Sophia Rotaru, A-Studio, band Tea for Two, Jasmine, Igor Krutoi, Alena Sviridova, singer Slava.
By the way, he worked as a choreographer in Lena Zosimova’s music video and met stylist Alisher. The stylist invited him to shoot for the OM magazine in 2001. So his modeling career began. Sergey worked with many popular magazines including Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, OM, GQ, Playboy, Vogue, Maxim and others.
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Amalia Mordvinova, Russian Cinderella

Amalia Mordvinova, Russian Cinderella

Amalia Mordvinova, Russian Cinderella


Amalia Mordvinova is an actress and radio host.
Pretty girl was born on November 20, 1973 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, USSR. Her real name is Lyudmila Parygina. Later she took the name Amalia, and her mother’s maiden surname Mordvinova. Her alias is Amalia & Amalia. Her biological father Maurice Shlemovich Bonfeld, the Vologda composer and musicologist, left his family before the birth of his daughter. Engineer Ruslan Parygin married Amalia’s mother and adopted the girl.
At the age of seventeen she went to conquer the capital of Russia. In 1995 Amalia graduated from the Shchukin Theatre School. At first she played at the theatre.
Her first film role was in the movie Road to Paradise (1993). Then the actress starred in a fantastic comedy Fatal Eggs. The role of Dr. Rosa Lvovna the actress played in the crime drama The Thief, which was even nominated for the Oscar and Golden Globe awards.
In 1998, Mordvinova starred along with Konstantin Khabensky and Elena Safonova in the melodrama Women’s Property.
The TV series Impostors brought her fame.
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Timur Rodriguez – TV host, singer, comedian

Timur Rodriguez - TV host, singer, comedian

Timur Rodriguez – TV host, singer, comedian


Timur Rodriguez is a Russian entertainer, TV host, singer, comedian and actor. By the way, he is a participant of many TV projects, including KVN, Comedy Club, Ice Age and others. He got attention in Russia as a participant of KVN and Comedy Club Russia. You know, he was a host of TV shows like Krokodil, Sexy Chat, Dancing Without Rules. During recent years he is engaged in music business as a singer and released hit singles such as Out in Space, About You, Never Be Better.
Timur Kerimov (his real name) was born on October 14, 1979 in Penza. His father is an actor of puppet theater and his mother is an interpreter, German and English teacher.
At school Timur joined several clubs such as athletics, choir and even knitting to be closer to the girls.
In 2001 he graduated from the Penza Pedagogical Institute, department of foreign languages (French and English).
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