Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands,
Princess of Orange-Nassau (given names: Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003), is the eldest child and
daughter of Willem-Alexander,
Prince of Orange, the heir apparent to the throne of the Netherlands, and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, his spouse.
Vladimir Akopian
Vladimir Akopian (Russian: Владимир Акопян; born December 7, 1971 in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet
Socialist Republic, Soviet
Union) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. In Armenia, his surname is more commonly written Hakobyan (Armenian: Վլադիմիր Հակոբյան) however, most
English texts and FIDE use a transliteration of the Russian version.
Konstantin Sokolsky
Konstantin Sokolsky (also spelled: Sokolski, Rus. Константин Сокольский, original name Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Константин Кудрявцев) Russian singer (7
December 1904- 12 May 1991). Sokolsky was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, but for most of his life lived in Riga, Latvia (his father came from Ludzas
County, which is where the family moved to after the
revolutionary turmoil of 1917 began in Saint-Petersburg).
Some Interesting Facts about GM V.Akopian
ReplyDeleteNumber of games in database: 1,131
Years covered: 1986 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2704
Highest rating achieved in database: 2713
Overall record: +345 -140 =576 (59.7%)*
As of 1 December 2012, his rating was 2704, making him number 2 in Armenia and number 43 in the world.
Some facts of K. Sokolsky's life
ReplyDeleteIn the 1930-40s, first with the Riga Bonzo Theatre and later individually, he went on tours of Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, where he became very popular among different audiences, including many Russian émigrés. Sokolsky's stage image was refined, but could still be interpreted as acting the 'Russian bear', with a sense of self-parody. Very tall, joyous, with self-respect — he reminded many Russian émigrés of their Mother Russia, which they had had to leave, sooner or later after the Bolshevik revolution.
In Russia, his songs also became popular, released on L.P.'s with the Bonophon and Bellaccord labels.
During WW2, he stayed in Latvia. In 1944 he was arrested by the Germans, but escaped.
In Soviet time, he would easily mention that his favourite politician was Kārlis Ulmanis (Latvian prime minister before Soviet occupation). Perhaps because of this, his songs were actually banned from radio broadcasting etc. (In fact, all the romance music of Oscar Strok and other popular composers was banned as 'not-Soviet').
Unlike many Russians, who in Soviet times considered Latvia a Russian province, Sokolsky could speak Latvian very well. In 1991 he greeted the forthcoming Latvian independence.
Making music on the fringe since the underground movement ignited in Russia in the beginning 1980s, Alexei Borisov has developed an impressively diverse body of work as a member of NIGHT PROSPEKT, F.R.U.I.T.S. and VOLGA, among many other projects.
ReplyDeleteBorn in Moscow on December 7, 1960, Alexei Borisov graduated the Moscow State University where he had studied History and Arts. His controversial performing career (as a guitarist) began in the CENTER new-wave group, in 1980. Next year, he formed the PROSPEKT mod-band. And re-loaded it in 1985 as the shifting NIGHT PROSPEKT with then-partner Ivan Sokolovsky.
Boris Pavlovich Stepantsev (December 7, 1929, Moscow - 21 May 1983, Moscow) - Soviet director of animated films, such as "Vovochka in the Far Far Away Kingdon" (1965), "Peter and the Little Red Riding Hood" (1958), Novels : "The Kid and Karlsson-on-the-Roof" (1968) and "Karlsson-on-the-Roof is back" (1970) (based on the story by Astrid Lindgren), have become classics of Soviet and world animation.
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