Birthdays
Alexander Malinin -
Soviet and Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine; was born November 16 , 1958 in Sverdlovsk (now
Yekaterinburg ), in a working class family career of Alexander started in 1976
with the pop-studio at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic
Alexander Menshikov- Russian statesman and military leader, a close
associate of Peter the Great; was born (6) 16 November 1673 in Moscow. Coming
from a poor family, as a child he was selling cakes in the dressing, an
assistant pieman
Today is also birthday of Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (1880 –1921), a well-known Russian lyrical poet. He was often compared with Alexander Pushkin, and is considered perhaps the most important poet of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. The idealized mystical images presented in his first book helped establish Blok as a major poet of the Russian Symbolism style. Blok's early verse is musical, but he later sought to introduce daring rhythmic patterns and uneven beats into his poetry (Fabrika, 1903, Neznakomka, 1906, poem "The Twelve" (1918)). During the last period of his life, Blok emphasized political themes, pondering the messianic destiny of his country.
ReplyDeleteDuring Catherine's short reign (February 1725 – May 1727), Menshikov was practically the absolute ruler of Russia. He promoted himself to the unprecedented rank of Generalissimus,[citation needed] and was the only Russian to bear a ducal title. Upon finishing the construction of the Menshikov Palace on the Neva Embankment in St Petersburg (now assigned to the Hermitage Museum), Menshikov intended to make Oranienbaum a capital of his ephemeral duchy. Pushkin in one of his poems alluded to Menshikov as "half-tsar"
ReplyDeleteOn this day was born Vera Alexeyevna Karalli. She was a notable Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the twentieth century.
ReplyDeleteThe palace of Prince Alexander Menshikov, first governor - general of St Petersburg, was founded on Vasilevsky Island in 1710. It is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city, and once combined both residential and administrative functions.
ReplyDeleteThe unique appearance of the building and its courtyard took shape over the course of construction, which lasted many years and involved European architects and artists: Giovanni Mario Fontana, Johann Gottfried Schadel, Domenico Trezzini, Carlo Bartolommeo Rastrelli, Georg Johanns Mattarnovi, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. It was Russian craftsmen and artists, however, who realized their ideas.
The palace combines both traditionally Russian and new, imported, methods and forms, incorporating all the latest achievements in construction and art of the era.