Yury Mefodievich Solomin was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988. He previously served as Minister of Culture of the RSFSR from 1990 to 1991.
Belov, or Belova, is a common Russian surname, derived from the word Bely. Notable people with the surname include:
Two Comrades Were Serving is a 1968 Soviet war film directed by Yevgeny Karelov with a script by Yuli Dunsky and Valeri Frid. The film is about the Russian Civil War, in particular, the battle for the Crimean peninsula.
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers is a 1968 Soviet action adventure film, a sequel of The Elusive Avengers, directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on Mosfilm. The film was followed by The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers released in 1971.
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... is a 1984 Soviet spy miniseries directed by Vladimir Fokin. The series is set in the Cold War era and portrays a struggle between Soviet and American intelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same name by Yulian Semyonov. Seventeen Moments star Vyacheslav Tikhonov played KGB General Konstantinov, the protagonist of the "TASS..." series.
The Troyekurovo Cemetery, alternatively known as Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery, is a cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
The House of Belosselsky-Belozersky is a Rurikid Russian princely family family that descends in a direct male line from the Earliest Kievan Rus rulers and later of the medieval sovereigns of the Principality of Beloozero.
The Unforgettable Year 1919 is a 1951 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.
The White Guard is a Russian television series that based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, The White Guard.
The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union to reward the participants of the battles for the capture of the city of Vienna from the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.
The Fall of the Empire is a Russian crime, thriller TV miniseries in ten episodes directed and co-written by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005.
Events from the year 1892 in Russia.
The 2nd Cavalry Corps were a corps of the Red Army, formed twice. Originally formed in 1922, the corps served in Ukraine during the Interwar period and fought in the Soviet invasion of Poland. After the German invasion of Soviet Union, the 2nd Cavalry Corps fought in Ukraine and then near Moscow in November 1941. It was then renamed the 1st Guards Cavalry Corps. Recreated in December 1941, it fought in the Second Battle of Kharkov and was disbanded in July 1942.
Pavel Sergeyevich Savvich was an Imperial Russian regimental, division and corps commander. He served twice as governor of Kiev Governorate in modern-day Ukraine.
During the Russian Civil War of 1917-1923, a number of former Tsarist officers joined the Red Army, either voluntarily or as a result of coercion. This list includes officers of the Imperial Russian Army commissioned before 1917 who joined the Bolsheviks as commanders or as military specialists. For former Tsarist NCOs promoted under the Soviets, see Mustang.
The leaders of the Russian Civil War listed below include the important political and military figures of the Russian Civil War. The conflict, fought largely from 7 November 1917 to 25 October 1922, was fought between numerous factions, the two largest being the Bolsheviks and the White Movement. While the Bolsheviks were centralized under the administration of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), led by Vladimir Lenin, along with their various satellite and buffer states, the White Movement was more decentralized, functioning as a loose confederation of anti-Bolshevik forces united only in opposition to their common enemy - though from September 1918 to April 1920, the White Armies were nominally united under the administration of the Russian State, when, for nearly two years, Admiral Alexander Kolchak served as the overall head of the White Movement and as the internationally recognized Head of State of Russia. In addition to the two primary factions, the war also involved a number of third parties, including the anarchists of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, and the non-ideological Green Armies.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ignatev (1872–1962) was a Russian major general, commander of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, hero of the First World War.
The Southern Army was an operational–strategic formation of the White Guards troops on the Don in the summer and autumn of 1918 during the Civil War.
Under Military Law is a Russian - Ukrainian military - historical detective television series directed by Maxim Mekheda, Yevgeny Serov and Sergey Vinogradov, produced by the Star Media film company.
