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Nikita Tryamkin is a hockey player of domestic origin, acting as a defender. He is a pupil of the Ural hockey. It is known not only to Russian fans of this puck game, but also to overseas specialists. Nikita Andreevich Tryamkin is a dimensional hockey player more than two meters tall and weighing more than one hundred kilograms
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Not every songwriter manages to write hits that have not lost their popularity on the stage for more than half a century. Anatoly Sergeevich Gorokhov succeeded. His golden hit "The Queen of Beauty", which was first performed by Muslim Magomayev, is still included in their repertoire by contemporary singers
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Rebecca Romijn is a Hollywood actress, formerly a fashion model and a participant in many fashion shows. Perhaps her most famous film role is the role of the mutant Mystic in the X-Men series of superhero blockbusters. Model career and TV debut Rebecca Romijn was born in November 1972 in the American town of Berkeley, California
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Starozaslavsky Castle is the only partially preserved building of the castle complex of the 15th century, located in the old part of the city of Izyaslav in Volyn at the confluence of the Soshenya River to the Goryn River. History The construction of the Starozaslavsky castle in the 15th century is associated with the name of Prince Vasily Fedorovich the Red (*?
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Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov (1814–1841) is a recognized classic of Russian literature. He lived a short but very eventful life. Here are some facts from his biography that are not told about in school. Instructions Step 1 They say that when Mikhail Lermontov was born, the midwife who delivered the baby said that this boy would not die a natural death
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The tradition of depicting a naked human body originated in ancient times. Greek and Roman gods to this day adorn the gardens and parks of European capitals, delighting the audience with the beauty of proportions and the perfection of lines
Faberge eggs in Russia are in the Armory, in the private collection of Vekselberg, in the A.E. Fersman of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian National Museum, opened by Alexander Ivanov. In the last place, you can see the most expensive Faberge egg
A woman who sings is a common occurrence for our time. However, a woman who comprehends the surrounding reality and shares her observations with others is a unique phenomenon. Veronica Dolina is a talented singer and housewife. A loving wife, mother and poet
The summer month of June has given the world a huge number of famous and popular people. People born in June are distinguished by extraordinary success and talent, unpredictability, determination and striking character traits. June birthday people are born under the sign of Gemini, which gives them the properties of adventurers, geniuses and cunning
Tigran Edmondovich Keosayan is not only a film director, actor, TV presenter, clip maker, producer, screenwriter, but also a happy father of four children. How does he manage to combine career and responsibility for a large family? Where can I find photos of Tigran Keosayan's children?
Kristina Orbakaite - who is she? A singer who made her way to the very top of the musical Olympus thanks to her mother, or a talented vocalist who took off there thanks to her personal data? There are always a lot of controversies, rumors and speculations around her, many of which she does not notice at all, does not comment, and this is her right
Patimat Mukhtarovna Kagirova is a very famous and respected person in Dagestan. She is an excellent performer of folk songs, in addition, she herself writes music and lyrics. The singer became famous for her charity work. She is an example of a Caucasian woman:
Being an adult and acting like an adult are not the same thing. Some people, even having reached a respectable age, continue to act irrationally and frivolously. If you want others to take you seriously, trust and listen to your words, change your behavior
Photos of Philip Kirkorov's children often appear in the media and on his personal Instagram page. Fans of the shocking artist are happy to watch how his heirs grow up, their entertainment and success. Philip Bedrosovich's heirs appeared quite late - at the time of the birth of his daughter Alla-Victoria Kirkorov was already 44 years old
All pieces of music that have stood the test of time fall under the concept of classical music. Such music has its fans in the modern world. Instructions Step 1 The sonata is a chamber version of the symphony, distinguished by its ideological significance
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Sphragistics studies the history of the emergence and development of seals, or rather, their matrices and imprints. This is an auxiliary historical science, which often opens the veil of secrets of many events in ancient Russia. For example, the emergence of the unusual seal of Ivan the Great on letters granted to nephews
The formation of the harp as a modern musical academic instrument was preceded by a long path of its historical development. Today, the wonderful melodies of the harp are the adornment of any symphony orchestra. Instructions Step 1 The harp, with its delicate, transparent sound, is one of the oldest musical instruments invented by man
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The Oscar is not only the shining grail of all those involved in cinema, but also an occasion for light-hearted small talk for the rest of the year until the next batch of golden statuettes is presented. Even if you have not watched and are not going to watch the broadcast of the magnificent ceremony, you are not interested in who walked the red carpet in what, and you are not worried about the next behind-the-scenes intrigues of academics, you still need to find out who was gi
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The real name of the Russian popular singer Slava is Anastasia Slanevskaya. A purposeful talented woman has more than just an attractive appearance. She has incredible charisma, her own recognizable style, amazing vocals. The performer is also successful in life
Marina Khlebnikova is a popular singer recognized as the Honored Artist of Russia. The loudest pages of her biography came in the 90s, when such famous hits as "A Cup of Coffee", "Rains" and "My Sunshine, Get Up!"
“Ural nugget” - this is how the director of the serial project “Bourgeois's Birthday” called our hero. It's just that Anatoly Zhuravlev, and it is about him that will be discussed in the article, was able not only to masterfully play his role
Lev Shcherba is an outstanding Soviet and Russian linguist. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR made an invaluable contribution to the development of psycholinguistics, lexicography and phonology