8 December, 2012
Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov was a Soviet actor and writer.
In 1939, Zhzhonov was repressed and spent 15 years in the Siberian GULAG labour camps (particularly, as an inmate lorry driver in remote areas). When released in 1955, he started his film career anew and rose to become a People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. In a curious twist of fate, Zhzhonov was frequently cast in the roles of policemen and KGB agents. This Gulag victim was even awarded a special KGB prize for the screen versions of three novels by Yulian Semyonov. Zhzhonov was also invited to play Stierlitz, but declined for personal reasons.
During the Perestroika, Zhzhonov started publishing his own fiction. In the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Nika Award for lifelong career. A monument to him was opened in Chelyabinsk in 2000.
Films
- 1931 - Road to Life
- 1932 - Oshibka geroya - Pavel Vetrov
- 1934 - Chapayev
- 1934 - Naslednyy prints respubliki - Bachelor-architect
- 1938 - Komsomolsk
- 1955 - Other People's Relatives
- 1957 - The Storm
- 1957 - Na ostrove dalnem ()
- 1958 - The Night Guest
- 1959 - Ispravlennomu verit - Braitsev
- 1960 - Chelovek ne sdayotsya
- 1960 - Baltic Skies: Part 2
- 1960 - Baltic Skies: Part 1
ReplyDeleteHaving matriculated from the Leningrad Circus Tekhnikum in 1932, he appeared in several movies, including the legendary Chapaev (1934). In 1939, Zhzhonov was repressed and spent 15 years in the Siberian GULAG labour camps (particularly, as an inmate lorry driver in remote areas). When released in 1955, he started his film career anew and rose to become a People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. In a curious twist of fate, Zhzhonov was frequently cast in the roles of policemen and KGB agents. This Gulag victim was even awarded a special KGB prize for the screen versions of three novels by Yulian Semyonov. Zhzhonov was also invited to play Stierlitz, but declined for personal reasons. During the Perestroika, Zhzhonov started publishing his own fiction. In the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Nika Award for lifelong career. A monument to him was opened in Chelyabinsk in 2000.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов) - (born 8 December 1957) was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.
ReplyDeleteHe is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".
Since 2012 Mikhail Kasyanov is a co-chair of registered political party «Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party» («RPR-PARNAS»).
Alexnder Alexandrovich Ivanov
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Death: Jun. 13, 1996
Soviet poet and parodist, longtime presenter of the TV program "Around the laughter" (1978-1990).
The organization was founded on 8 December 1991 by the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, when the leaders of the three countries met in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Natural Reserve, about 50 km (30 miles) north of Brest in Belarus and signed a Creation Agreement (Russian: Соглашение, Soglasheniye) on the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the creation of CIS as a successor entity to the USSR. At the same time they announced that the new alliance would be open to all republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as other nations sharing the same goals. The CIS charter stated that all the members were sovereign and independent nations and thereby effectively abolished the Soviet Union.
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