Aleksei Balabanov (born 25 February 1959 in Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a popular Russian filmmaker. Balabanov is best known for the 1997 crime film Brat, and its more action-oriented sequel, Brat-2, both of which starred the late Sergei Bodrov Jr. as a novice hit man. The second film, along with its soundtrack, was immensely popular in Russia. Recently, however, he has become better known for his shocking and controversial films Gruz 200 (2007) and Morphine (2008).
Arkady (Avraam) Il'ich Ostrovsky (February 25, 1914 – September 18, 1967), was a Soviet Russian composer of light music, the author of the song May There Always Be Sunshine and other Soviet songs of the 1960s, including the lullaby of Good Night, Little Ones, the children's TV program aired for more than 50 years
Some more information about Arkady Ostrovsky
ReplyDeleteOstrovsky was born in Syzran. From 1927 on, he lived in Leningrad. He worked in Leonid Utyosov's Jazz Orchestra from 1940 to 1947 and composed his first works. He died in Sochi.
I'd like to tell you about Anton Volchenkov, Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is born on 25 February.
ReplyDelete(Russian: Антон Алексеевич Волченков; born February 25, 1982)
In the early days of his hockey career, he captained the 2001 Russian World Junior Hockey team to a championship in which he scored the winning goal against Team Canada, catching the attention of many pro scouts. Throughout 2001-2003, he was mentored by James "JP" Kunda.
Volchenkov has also played for team Russia in the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics, and in the 2009 IIHF World Championship.
He is currently playing for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Death of Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (8 October 1925, Moscow – 25 February 1997, Paris) was a Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher.
ReplyDeleteDuring a time of extreme censorship in the Soviet Union, Sinyavsky published his novels in the West under a pseudonym. The historical Abram Tertz was a Jewish gangster from Russia's past, Sinyavsky himself was not Jewish; his father, Donat Sinyavsky, was a Russian nobleman from Syzran, who turned Social Revolutionary and was arrested (after the revolution) several times as an "enemy of the people".