Birthdays
Yevfimy
Vasilyevich Putyatin
was a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China which resulted in the signing
of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855
Maya
Mikhaylovna Plisetskaya was born November 20, 1925 is a
Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as one of the greatest ballerinas of
the 20th century. Plisetskaya danced during the Soviet era at the same time as
the great Galina Ulanova, and took over from her as prima ballerina assoluta of
the Bolshoi in 1960
Aleksey
Vladimirovich Batalov is a Soviet and Russian actor who has been acclaimed for his portrayal
of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976
and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1989
Kirill, or Cyril (secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev) was born 20 November 1946 is a Russian
Orthodox bishop who has been Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' and Primate
of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1 February 2009. Prior to becoming
Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk
and Kaliningrad
beginning on 26 December 1984; and also Chairman of the Orthodox Church's
Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy
Synod beginning in November 1989
Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin was born 20 November 1979 in Moscow, is an association footballer who
plays as a striker for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie. Before joining
Twente, he played for AFC Ajax, ADO Den Haag (loan), Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan),
Anderlecht, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow
and Dynamo Moscow. In 2003–2005, he played regularly in the Russian national
team
Personally, I like Maya Mikhaylovna Plisetskaya not only because of her beauty, outstanding talent and PERFECT figure, bur because of her quotes which will never be outdated:))
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I can't find it in English, however here is some of them in Russian http://aforizmer.ru/aforizmi/maiya-plisetskaya
http://www.inpearls.ru/author/4406?sort=2
Oleg, I know that you simply couldn't pass by the Kirill metrapoliten's birthday, so. I have found some interesting facts:
ReplyDeleteForeign Relations
On 20 October 2008, while on a tour of Latin America, he had a meeting with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro. Castro commended Metropolitan Kirill as his ally in combating "American imperialism". Kirill awarded Fidel and Raúl Castro the Order of St. Daniel of Moscow on behalf of Patriarch Alexy II in recognition of their decision to build the first Russian Orthodox Church in Havana, to serve the Russian expatriates living there.
He was criticised by some for the ROC's failures in the Diocese of Sourozh and Ukraine.
Kirill "heartily congratulated"Alexander Lukashenko for winning the Belarusian presidency in 2010 by an apparent 80% majority, in elections marred by violence and accusations of intimidation and vote rigging.
Relations with the State
When Kirill was elected Patriarch on 27 January 2009, at the ROC Local Council, and enthroned during liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow on 1 February 2009 the service was attended, among others, by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The following day, Russia President Dmitry Medvedev hosted a reception (a formal banquet) for the ROC bishops in the Grand Kremlin Palace, whereat Patriarch Kirill held forth about the Byzantine concept of symphonia as his vision of the ideal of church-state relations, though acknowledging that it was not possible to fully attain to it in Russia today.
On 8 February 2012 at a meeting of religious leaders in Moscow, Kirill described the Putin era as "a miracle of God" and criticised his opponents. He said that those who were demonstrating for democratic reform and the rule of law were emitting "ear piercing shrieks"
Links with the KGB
Patriarch Kirill at Easter 2011
In the early 1990s and later on, Kirill was accused of having links to the KGB during much of the Soviet period, as were many members of the Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy, and of pursuing the state’s interests before those of the Church. His alleged KGB agent’s codename was "Mikhailov".
Maya Mikhaylovna Plisetskaya is worth admiring!) She is is known as the legend Russian ballerina with the most long-term career in ballet. She could jump easily and lightly into the air like no one else could! Her plastic and charisma are so GREAT that people watched the show could not take eyes of her.
ReplyDeleteOn this day was also born another famous Russian ballet dancer - Alexandra Danilova. Born in Russia she trained at the Russian Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg. She was best known for being one of the few Russian-trained ballerinas to tour outside Russia. Her first professional post was as a member of the St. Petersburg's Imperial Ballet.
ReplyDeleteYevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin led a Russian expedition to open Japan to trade, which went to England, Africa and Japan and back to Russia from 1852 to 1855, onboard the frigate Pallada, commanded by Admiral Ivan Unkovsky. These efforts culminated in the signing of a commercial treaty between Russia and Japan in 1855.
ReplyDeleteHe arrived in Nagasaki on August 12, 1853, just one month after the first visit of Commodore Perry. Putyatin made a demonstration of a steam engine on his ship the Pallada, which led to Japan's first manufacture of a steam engine the same year under the direction of Hisashige Tanaka.
In his expedition, Putyatin was accompanied by Alexander Mozhaysky and a secretary, the writer Ivan Goncharov, who wrote a travelogue, The Frigate Pallada (The Frigate Pallas), published in 1858 ("Pallada" is the Russian spelling of "Pallas").
The Russian dancer Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya was the best of Soviet ballet.
ReplyDeleteThe career of Maya Plisetskaya, the celebrated Soviet ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and director, spans almost 50 years. Her impulsive, dynamic, and expressive dancing in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s epitomized the highest qualities of the Soviet ballet. Recognized as one of the world's greatest ballerinas, she endowed her roles with unique individuality, combining the pure lyrical technique of the Russian classical heritage with the fire and magic of Soviet bravura. In 1990 she still danced in roles which, though less demanding physically, enabled her to demonstrate her persuasive acting skills.
Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov is famous for his remarkable role in 'Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'. In 1979 Batalov was invited to play Gosha, a mill machinist, in this melodrama. After many hesitations, Batalov brilliantly played his part in the movie, which won him the USSR State Prize. The role was central to the film's Soviet message. As one character says in the picnic scene: "Seventy percent of my doctorate was due to Gosha's mechanical genius". After that, he effectively retired from acting and devoted his time to coaching new generations of film actors.
ReplyDeleteThis film is one of my favourite. And I couldn't imagine any other actor who could play Gosha better than Aleksey Vladimirovich.