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- Tatyana Babenkova was born on 21 June 1991 in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Ten. Vzyat Gordeya (2022), Politseyskiy s Rublyovki (2016) and Luna i mir.
- Sergey Selin was born on 12 March 1961 in Voronezh, Russia. He is an actor, known for Streets of Broken Lights (1998), Uboynaya sila (2000) and Opera. Khroniki uboynogo otdela (2004).
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Ivan Dobronravov was born on 2 June 1989 in Voronezh, Voronezhskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor and writer, known for The Return (2003), Truce (2010) and Elena (2011). He has been married to Anna Dobronravova since 24 December 2017. They have one child.- Iya Savvina is a Soviet and Russian actress of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
She was born Iya Sergeevna Savvina on March 2, 1936, in Voronezh, Russia, Soviet Union (now Russia). From 1954 - 1958 she studied Journalism at Moscow University, graduating in 1958 as a journalist. While a student, Savvina was active in student drama club of Moscow University. There she was spotted by casting directors from Lenfilm studios and made her film debut in Leningrad: Savvina shot to fame with the leading role opposite Aleksey Batalov in The Lady with the Dog (1960) by director Iosif Kheifits. From 1960 - 1977 Iya Savvina was member of the Mossoveta theatre in Moscow. There her stage partners were such actors as Rostislav Plyatt, Georgi Zhzhyonov, and Aleksandr Lazarev among others.
Since 1977 Iya Savvina has been a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There her stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Mark Prudkin, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and the next generation of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov, Tatyana Doronina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Lavrova, Iya Savvina, Nina Gulyaeva, Elena Panova, Darya Moroz, Olga Litvinova, Natalya Rogozhkina, Ekaterina Semyonova, Olga Yakovleva, Raisa Maksimova, Irina Miroshnichenko, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Kristina Babushkina, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Kashpur, Vladlen Davydov, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Vladimir Krasnov, Sergei Desnitsky, Dmitriy Nazarov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, Igor Vernik, Sergei Sosnovsky, Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Valeri Khlevinsky, Aleksei Agapov, Valeriy Troshin, Mikhail Trukhin, Eduard Chekmazov, Aleksey Kravchenko, and Evgeniy Mironov among others. In the 1970s - 1990s Savvina made her best known stage appearances in Anton Chekhov's classic plays. She shone as Anfisa in 'Tri Sestry' (aka.. The Three Sisters), and as Sharlotta in 'Vishnevy sad' (aka.. The Cherry Orchard). She also made acclaimed performances as Sofia opposite Natalya Tenyakova in 'Rozhdestvenskie grezy' (aka.. Christmas dreams) by director Pyotr Shteyn, and as Khlestova in Aleksandr Griboyedov's 'Gore ot Uma' (aka.. Woe From Wit).
Iya Savvina was designated People's Actress of the USSR. She was awarded the State Prize of the USSR twice (1983, 1990), and received numerous awards from the Soviet and Russian government. - Maksim Shchyogolev was born on 20 April 1982 in Voronezh, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Strazhnik (2023), Vorovka (2024) and Mech 2 (2015).
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Danila Poperechniy was born on 10 March 1994 in Voronezh, Russia. He is an actor and writer, known for Zashchiniki ili gey porno? (2017), Almanakh: Psikhicheskie rasstroystva (2019) and Glavniy pomoshnik (2018).- Pavel Volkov was born on 29 June 1897 in Povorino, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Dubrovsky (1936), Chetvyortyy periskop (1939) and Ski Battalion (1937). He died on 10 July 1970.
- Tamara Akulova was born on 25 March 1957 in Novaya Usman, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983), Shlyapa (1982) and Return from Orbit (1984).
- Gleb Strizhenov was born on 21 July 1923 in Voronezh, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Krasnoe i chernoe (1976), To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981) and The Garage (1980). He died on 4 October 1985 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Sergey Astakhov was born on 28 May 1969 in Krasny Liman, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor and writer, known for Korolyov (2007), Pobeg (2005) and Beyond the Edge (2018).- Director
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Aleksandr Seryy was born on 27 October 1927 in Ramon, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), Vystrel v tumane (1964) and A Bargain for a Bargain (1977). He died on 19 October 1987.- Yuliya Nachalova is Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. From the age of two she began to study vocals under the guidance of her father. From the age of five she began to sing on the professional stage. Yuliya studied at the children's art school. In 1991-1992, she participated in the Morning Star TV competition and won it. Creative activity had to be combined with learning. At the "Morning Star" a meeting was held with the singer Irina Ponarovskaya, with whom Yuliya later went on tours. In 1995, the first album was released at the studio "Union" "Ah, school, school." In the same year, she took part in the international vocal competition of Russian-speaking performers "Big Apple-95" in New York, where she won the Grand-Prix. Despite the fact that among the competitors were Christina Aguilera and Dina Brown, Yuliya Nachalova managed to win this competition. In 1997, the single "The Hero of Not My Romance" was released, which became the singer's business card. In 2000 she graduated from the pop-jazz department of the Gnesins Music School (course V. Khachaturov). In 2001 she starred in the film Geroy eyo romana (2001), in 2004 - in the film "Bomb for the Bride" with Dmitriy Kharatyan. In 2003 she participated in the reality show The Last Hero (2001). In 2004 Nachalova entered the correspondence department of GITIS. In 2005 she starred in the musical comedy Tri mushketyora (2005). In 2010, she recorded a new English-language album "Wild Butterfly" in the USA. In 2019, the last filming of Nachalova on television was participation in the show Ty super! (2017) on the NTV television channel and the final of the show One to One! (2013), where the singer was a mentor.
- Ivan Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1933).
He was born Ivan Alekseevich Bunin on October 22, 1870 on his ancestral estate near Voronezh, Russia. His father, Aleksei Bunin, and his mother, were descendants of several lines of old nobility that included Russian landed gentry and Luthuanian knights. The Bunins were landlords and serf-owners; but Bunin's father lost his estate in a unfortunate card-game spree, leaving his family in a financial ruin. Young Ivan Bunin spent his childhood around the peasant surfs on his estate. He went to a grammar school in the town of Yelets, but after only five years of school he had to return back home. Bunin continued homeschooling under the tutelage of his elder brother, who was a university student. Brother encouraged Bunin to write and read Russian classics such as Alexander Pushkin, Nikolay Gogol, Mikhail Lermontov, Lev Tolstoy, and others.
Bunin published his first poem at the age of 17, in a literary magazine in St. Petersburg. His first short story 'Derevenski eskiz' (aka.. Country Sketch) was published in 1891, it was soon followed by publications of more poems and short stories. At that time he had a job as an assistant editor of a local newspaper in the city of Orel, Russia. His stories were published in several newspapers and magazines across Russia. At that time Bunin started a correspondence with Anton Chekhov, and with a passage of time the two writers became close friends. In 1894 Bunin met Lev Tolstoy. He admired the works of Tolstoy, but their social and moral views were quite different. Bunin's communication with Maxim Gorky led to their meeting in 1899 and both writers developed good friendship. During the 1900s Bunin and Gorky spent several winters together on the isle of Capri. At that time Bunin had several publications through the "Znanie" (Knowledge) group, which was founded and managed by Maxim Gorky.
By 1900 Ivan Bunin had published over 100 poems. His 1899 translation of 'The Song of Hiawatha' by Longfellow was awarded the Pushkin Prize and Gold Medal from the Russian Academy of Science. His other translations included Lord Byron's 'Manfred', Tennyson's 'Lady Godiva', and poems by Alfred de Musset. In 1909 Bunin was elected one of the 12 full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1910 he published his first full-scale novel 'Derevnya' (The Village), and in 1912, 'Sukhodol' (Dry Valley), a nostalgic portrayal of decaying Russian nobility based on the true story of his own family. Bunin traveled extensively in Russia and abroad, in Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, all-over Europe and Asia. His first marriage to the daughter of a Greek revolutionary ended in divorce. His second marriage in 1907 lasted his all life.
Bunin witnessed the terror and destruction caused by communists during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He fled from the Bolshevok communists by moving from Moscow to Odessa. There Bunin lived for 2 years hoping that the White Russians might restore order and beat the communist revolutionaries, but soon revolutionary chaos spread all over Russia. In February 1920 Bunin had to leave all his property behind under the threat of approaching communist armies. He swiftly emigrated aboard the last French ship leaving Odessa with other anti-communist Russians, and eventually settled in Grasse, near Cannes, in the south of France. There he published his eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution in the form of a diary entitled 'Okayannye dni' (The Accursed Days 1925-26). In it Bunin described the Soviet government by writing of them: "What a disgusting gallery of convicts!"
He was the eldest of Russian émigré writes, and was regarded by all intellectual émigrés as the last one writing in the high tradition of Lev Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov. Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. At that time Bunin received congratulations from intellectuals from all-over the world, but not a word from the Soviet Russia, where his name and his books were banned. On his way to accept the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden, Bunin had to pass through Germany. There he was arrested by the Nazis on a false accusations of smuggling jewels, and was forced to drink a bottle of Castor oil. Bunin had a staunch anti-Nazi position, he was known for sheltering a Jew in his home during the Nazi occupation of France.
Bunin's best known books 'Solnechny Udar' (A Sunstroke 1927), 'Zhizn Arsenyeva' (The Life of Arsenyev 1933), 'Lika' (1939), and 'Tyomnye Allei' (Dark Alleys, or in some translations, Shadowed Paths, 1943) are among the highest achievements in Russian literature of the 20th century. Bunin's poetry was highly regarded by Vladimir Nabokov. However, most of Bunin's books were banned in Russia under the Soviet censorship, because of his truthful and frightening description of chaos and destruction caused by the communists after the Russian revolution of 1917. Later, every year in the morning of the 8th of November, Bunin suffered from painful traumatic memories about the collapse of Russia caused by the communist takeover that happened on that date in 1917. He died of a heart attack in the morning of November 8, 1953, in his apartment in Paris, and was laid to rest in the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois in Paris.
Selected works by Bunin were published posthumously in Russia, in 1956- 1961, during the "Thaw" that was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev. However,
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Gennadiy Kazanskiy was born on 1 December 1910 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953), Amphibian Man (1961) and Ugol padeniya (1970). He died on 14 September 1983.- Composer
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Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov was born on 29 May 1936 in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a composer, known for Andrei Rublev (1966), Ivan's Childhood (1962) and War and Peace (1965). He died on 4 February 2019 in Moscow, Russia.- Writer
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Natalya Eprikyan was born on 19 April 1978 in Voronezh, RSFSR, USSR. She is a writer and producer, known for Love Is (2018), Starye Shishki (2021) and Comedy Woman (2008).- Anna Nikolayeva was born on 5 May 1922 in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Proshchayte, golubi (1961), Gadyuka (1965) and Katya-Katyusha (1960). She died on 12 April 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Alexander Litvinenko was born on 30 August 1962 in Voronezh, Voronezhskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Assassination of Russia (2002) and My Friend Sasha: A Very Russian Murder (2007). He was married to Marina Litvinenko. He died on 23 November 2006 in London, England, UK.
- Angelina Melnikova was born on 18 July 2000 in Voronezh, Russia.
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Samuil Marshak is Russian and Soviet poet, play-writer and translator, literary critic, screenwriter. The author of popular children's books. Early childhood and school years, Samuil spent in the town of Ostrogozhsk, near Voronezh, where his uncle, Mikhail Gitelson, a dentist at the Ostrogozhsk male gymnasium, lived. He studied in the years 1899-1906 in Ostrogozhskiy, the 3rd St. Petersburg and Yalta gymnasiums. In the gymnasium, a teacher of literature instilled a love for classical poetry, encouraged the first literary experiences of the future poet and considered him a wunderkind. One of the poetic notebooks of Marshak fell into the hands of V. V. Stasov, a famous Russian critic and art historian, who took an active part in the fate of the young man. With the help of Stasov, Samuil moves to Petersburg and studies in one of the best gymnasiums. He spends whole days in the public library where Stasov worked. He began to be printed in 1907, having published the collection "Zionids". In 1911, together with his friend, the poet Yakov Godin, and a group of youth made a long journey through the Middle East: they sailed from Odessa on a ship, heading for the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean - Turkey, Greece, Syria, and Palestine. Marshak went there as a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Universal newspaper and the Blue Journal. Under the influence of what he saw, he created a cycle of poems under the common name "Palestine". On this trip, he met Sophia Milvidskaya (1889-1953), whom he married soon after returning. At the end of September 1912, the newlyweds went to England. There Marshak studied first at the Polytechnic, then at the University of London (1912-1914). During the holidays he traveled extensively on foot in England, listening to English folk songs. Even then, he began working on translations of English ballads, which later glorified him. During the Great Patriotic War, he actively worked in the genre of satire, publishing poems in Pravda and creating posters. During all his literary activities (over 50 years), he continues to write both poetic feuilletons and serious, lyrics. In 1962, his collection "The Chosen Lyrics" was published; he also owns a separately selected cycle "Lyrical epigrams". Books of Marshak are translated into many languages of the world.- Mariya Zvonaryova was born on 3 October 1974 in village Otradnoe, Novousmansky District, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Man at the Window (2010), Listening To The Silence (2007) and Trio (2003). She is married to Oleg Pichurin.
- German Orlov was born on 24 November 1921 in Krasnaya Dolina, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR [now Kastornoye Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Chelyuskintsy (1985), Nochnaya smena (1971) and Sahar (1960). He died on 7 December 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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After moving from Moscow to Baltimore and being adopted by an American family, Yuri found his passion for storytelling through film editing. He got his start by earning a Master's Degree in Film Editing from the American Film Institute.
He's cut over 9 short films throughout his time at AFI, edited and assistant edited on the several notable documentaries, television series, and independent features including "Swagger" from AppleTV+, Hulu's Mike Tyson mini-series, "Mike," and Amazon's spin-off series, "Bosch: Legacy."
Yuri's various credits since graduating in 2015 have showcased his versatility not just as a tech-savvy and innovative assistant editor, but also as a powerful storyteller whether on the front lines of editorial or behind-the-scenes VFX editor, sound designer, music editor and even graphic designer. He takes pride in offering a wide-range of skill-sets to always reach the strongest outcome in storytelling.
Today, Yuri continues to hone his skill-sets on unique projects that offer both creative and technical challenges, eager to learn at every step, and ultimately harness the power of storytelling in any visual medium to share his passions as creative, regardless of status. He believes honest and impactful storytelling is integral to not just his own personal growth but also to those who (like him) stories are a gateway to empathy and human connection.- Viktor Ilchenko was born on 2 January 1937 in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Long Farewell (1971), Volshebnyy golos Dzhelsomino (1978) and Dyuma na Kavkaze (1980). He died on 21 January 1992 in Moscow, Russia.
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Ivan Pravov was born on 4 November 1899 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for And Quiet Flows the Don (1930), Anya (1927) and Vo vlasti zolota (1957). He died on 11 May 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].