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- Elena Yakovleva is a Russian film and stage actress known for the leading role in Intergirl (1989) and also as a lead of the popular Russian TV franchise 'Kamenskaya'.
She was born Elena Alekseevna Yakovleva on March 5, 1961, in Novograd-Volynsky, Zhitomir province, Ukraine republic of the Soviet Union (now Novohrad, Ukraine). Her father, Aleksei Nikolaevich Yakovlev, was an Army officer. Her mother, Valeria Pavlovna, was a science researcher. Her great-grandmother was an actress. Young Yakovleva was fond of theatre, she participated in school plays. In 1978 she graduated from a secondary school and took a job as a librarian at public library in Kharkov, then worked at a local electronics industry. In 1980 she moved to Moscow and enrolled in the State Institute for Theatrical Arts (GITIS). In 1984 she graduated from the class of Vladimir Andreev as an actress, and joined the troupe of Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow.
In 1983, while still a student, Yakovleva made her big screen debut as Lera opposite Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy in Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (1984). From 1986-1989 she was a member of the troupe at Moscow Theatre named after M.I. Ermopova, however, she was not very busy on stage. In 1989 Elena Yakovleva shot to fame with the leading role as Tatiana, a medical nurse turned prostitute because of the grim life in the Soviet Union, in Intergirl (1989), a film adaptation of the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin. She received numerous awards and nominations for the role, and was named the "Best Actress" of 1990 in the Soviet Union. Elena Yakovleva became a celebrity in Russia after her portrayal of a compassionate prostitute, but she managed to overcome the drawback of her popularity and departed from being typecast as a "femme fatale" of Russian cinema. After the success of Intergirl (1989), she demonstrated her range and multifaceted talent playing a string of leading and supporting roles in about 20 films. Her role as Kamenskaya, a criminal investigator in modern day Moscow, turned into a six-year gig, and brought Yakovleva a new wave of popularity, becoming her most acclaimed work on television.
From 1984 - 1986, and since 1989, Elena Yakovleva has been a member of the troupe at "Sovremennik" Theatre in Moscow, under directorship of Galina Volchek. There her stage partners has been such actors as Sergey Shakurov, Dina Korzun, Valentin Gaft, Inna Churikova, Sergey Garmash, Marina Neyolova, Chulpan Khamatova and other notable Russian actors.
Elena Yakovleva has been married to actor Valeri Shalnykh, and the couple has one son, Denis, born in 1992. Yakovleva is a popular TV show host in Russia. Outside of her acting profession she spends time playing tennis, or walking her two dogs; she is also involved in public activity related to social causes. Yakovleva is residing with her family in Moscow, Russia. - Actress
- Writer
Raisa Nedashkovskaya was born on 17 February 1943 in Malin, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Malyn, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. She is an actress and writer, known for The Commissar (1967), Cara ligava (1964) and Lisova pisnya (1961).- Andrey Saminin was born on 26 April 1974 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Pes (2015), Kredens (2013) and Zhuchok (2015). He has been married to Lesya Samaeva since 2001. They have one child.
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Elena Aminova was born on 29 December 1949 in Novograd-Volynsky, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress and director, known for Pokhorony na vtorom etazhe (1991), O tom, chego ne bylo (1987) and Poyezd vne raspisaniya (1986).- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Screenwriter/producer Alex Gottlieb got into show business writing gags and scripts for such radio stars as Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor. He went to work for Universal Pictures as a writer, mostly of "B" westerns and action pictures. He let it be known that he wanted to become a producer, and in 1941 Universal execs called him in and told him that they were giving him a chance to produce the debut film of a new comedy duo the studio was grooming for stardom--Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. He took the job and the result was Buck Privates (1941), which turned out to be one of the studio's biggest hits of the year, raking in more than $4 million on a $180,000 budget. Gottlieb produced nine of the team's films altogether, the last being Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) in 1952. He was also a producer on several episodes of their TV series, The Abbott and Costello Show (1952), and soon got into TV in a big way, writing and producing such series as The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956), Dear Phoebe (1954) and Sugarfoot (1957), among others.
He died in Los Angeles at age 81 on 10/9/1988.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy was born on 9 March 1960 in Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a writer and director, known for Volk (2020), Lyubovnik (2002) and Bednye rodstvenniki (2005).- Leonid Stadnyk was born on 5 August 1969 in Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on 24 August 2014 in Podolyantsi, Chudniv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianist of the 20th century who was largely self-taught, had survived traumatic events and restrictions on his concert tours during the Soviet era and was widely recognized as the leading pianist of his time.
He was born Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter on March 20, 1915, in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (now Zhitomir, Ukraine). Young Richter grew up in Odessa, He took some music lessons from his organist father, but remained largely self-taught and practiced his piano rigorously. He was an excellent sight-reader, and was hired as accompanist at opera rehearsals at Odessa Conservatory and Odessa Opera House. At the age of 22 Richter was already an accomplished pianist; he was admitted to Moscow Conservatory without an entrance exams, because his talent was so obvious to Heinrich Neuhaus, the Chair of piano. While a student at the Moscow Conservatory Richter performed the 5th Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofiev - to a sensational success. Richter was not informed by authorities, that at the same time his father was executed by firing squad in Odessa, upon the order of the Soviet authorities, in 1941.
After such a painful experience Richter became a very quiet man. He expressed himself by playing music. He never joined the communist party or any of its affiliations, and was known for skipping compulsory political lessons and being expelled from Moscow Conservatory twice. For political reasons Richter was restricted to concerts only within the Soviet Union until 1959, when the "Thaw" was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev. In 1960 Richter was invited by impresario Sol Hurok and made eight sensational concerts in Carnegie Hall. His following world-wide concert tours brought him international acclaim and unofficial status of the leading pianist. His regular stage partners were David Oistrakh, whom Richter knew from their childhood in Odessa, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Starting from 1946 Richter often performed with his wife, Nina Dorliak, a mezzo-soprano. Richter was especially partial to baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Richter possessed a legendary ability of memorizing new musical material and playing it flawlessly. In one well-known episode Richter had only one night to memorize a difficult ninth piano sonata by Sergei Prokofiev, and he gave an acclaimed premiere performance of the sonata on the next day. Richter was also highly sought after as an ensemble player. His sight-reading of a new score was impeccable which also made him a highly demanded recording artist. He had a special talent for harmonizing the sound within ensembles he played with, due to his gift of listening, instant attunement, and complementing the performances of his fellow musicians.
Svyatoslav Richter was widely recognized as the leading classical pianist of the 20th century. His live concerts as well as his recordings belong among the highest achievements in the art of piano performance. Richter was widely admired for his ability to create magic with his piano playing and for his special presence on stage, as well, as for his wit and wisdom off stage. In his numerous concert performances he demonstrated a rare technical finesse, exquisite phrasing, and impressive tone control. He was very serious about the quality of his piano and was known for touring with his own piano which was maintained exclusively by his technician.
Svyatoslav Richter was the founder of several international music festivals, such as the famous December Nights Festival at the Pushkin Museum of Arts in Moscow. He launched the Music Festival in Touraine, France. In his later years Svyatoslav Richter moved from Russia to Europe. He died in France in 1997.- Lev Nikulin was born on 20 May 1891 in Zhitomir, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Diplomaticheskaya tayna (1923), V Lapah Zheltago Dyavola (1916) and Serdtse dyavola (1918). He died on 9 March 1967.
- Sergei Zhukov was born on 30 August 1951 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, USSR. He is a composer, known for Polosa vezeniya (1983), Proisshestviye v Utinoozyorske (1988) and Beg po solnechnoy storone (1992).
- Lyudmila Tatyanchuk was born on 7 January 1932 in Bulilovka, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Povest nashikh dney (1959), Povernennya (1960) and Artist iz Kokhanovki (1962). She died on 5 August 1983.
- Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko was born July 27, 1853, into the family of a district judge in Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire. He studied at the St. Petersburg College of Technology, then at the Moscow Academy of Agriculture. In 1876 he was expelled from college for his revolutionary activities, and imprisoned in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg. In 1877-79 he was a student at the St. Petersburg Mining Institute. In 1879 he was arrested again on false political accusations and exiled to Siberia, but returned and settled in the city of Perm.
Korolenko published his first stories in 1879, calling for social justice in the Russian Empire. In 1881 he refused to pledge to the new Russian Tsar Alexander III and was sentenced to his second exile in Siberia, where he spent 3 years. After the Siberian exile he was allowed to settle in Nizhni Novgorod on the Volga river. There he got married and had a daughter. His impressions from his life in exile and his life in several provincial cities provided him with rich material for his writings. His story "Makar's Dream" (1885) about the dying peasant's dream of heaven was translated and published in English in 1891, bringing him international recognition. His masterpiece novel "The Blind Musician" (1886) was published in English in 1892, and made him the internationally renown writer.
Korolenko made a trip to United States in 1893, visiting the Chicago World Exibition. There Korolenko met recent immigrants from Russia, which gave him material for the short novel "Without a Language", a story of an uneducated Ukrainian peasant, who struggles in America without ability to speak a word in English. After 1900 Korolenko turned from fiction to journalism. In 1902 Korolenko together with Anton Chekhov resigned from the Russian Academy of Sciences in solidarity with Maxim Gorky. He regarded writers Nikolay Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai A. Nekrasov, and Lev Tolstoy as his most important influences.
Korolenko was a human rights advocate and a prominent journalist. He took strong public stand against the anti-Semitic Beilis trial and wrote the powerful essay "Call to the Russian People in regard to the blood libel of the Jews" (1911-13). His historic description of the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 was also published in English. During the Russian Revolution and the following Civil War Korolenko opposed to the bloody methods of the communist regime, and called against the terror and destruction. He died in Poltava, Ukraine on December 25, 1921, after being ignored by the communist leaders of that time.
In his story "Paradox", a cripple, born without arms, says, "Man is created for happiness, as a bird for flight." - Tadeusz Borowski was born on 12 November 1922 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Landscape After Battle (1970), Pozegnanie z Maria (1993) and Szkice warszawskie (1970). He died on 3 July 1951 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Director
- Writer
- Art Director
Dmitriy Babichenko was born on 17 May 1901 in Zhitomir, Russia. He was a director and writer, known for Mechenyye atomy (1955), Political Satire Magazine #1 (1938) and The Firefly No. 1 (1960). He died on 30 July 1991.- Haim Nahman Bialik was born on 9 January 1873 in Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Ukraine. He was a writer, known for Shabbat Hamalka (1965) and Behind the Fence (1974). He was married to Mania Averbuch. He died on 4 July 1934 in Vienna, Austria.
- Sergei P. Korolev was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhitomir, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He died on 14 January 1966.
- Denis Zhalinsky (born June 22, 1981, in Zhytomyr). Graduated from the PFUR Faculty of Economics and Postgraduate Studies, as well as the Law Faculty of the Moscow Academy of Economics and Law. Acting CEO of Yellow, Black and White, one of Russia's most prominent Film and TV studios, since 2010. Executive Producer of SUPER TV and the subscription based video service START. Executive Producer of the feature films and TV series, The Kitchen, Hotel Eleon, Grand, Fitness, The Last of the Magikyans, The Cleaned Up, Better Than Us, Forever Young, One for All, Daddy's Daughters, The Kitchen in Paris, The Kitchen. Mortal Combat, SuperFamily, The Last Warrior, Son of a Rich, and others.
- Konstantin Artyomenko was born on 25 February 1925 in Khomivka, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Hetmanski kleinody (1993), Chyornyy kapitan (1973) and Yaroslav Mudry (1982). He died on 7 October 2006.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Morits Umansky was born on 8 March 1907 in Zhitomir, Zhitomir uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. Morits was a production designer and art director, known for Secret Agent (1947), Strogiy yunosha (1935) and Molodost (1934). Morits died on 19 December 1948 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Valeri Nikitenko was born on 30 March 1940 in Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Chetvyortaya planeta (1995), The Snow Queen (1967) and Uboynaya sila (2000).
- Konstantin Shaforenko was born on 16 July 1963 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Kapitan Krokus (1991), Hard to Be a God (1989) and Vsyo pobezhdayet lyubov' (1987).
- Anatoliy Gurev was born on 14 October 1955 in Narodichi, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Mytar (1997), The Code of Cain (2016) and Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980).
- Ivan Sadovskiy was born on 10 July 1876 in Zhitomir, Zhitomir uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Self-Seeker (1929) and Makar Nechay (1940). He died on 1 April 1948 in Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Vinnytsia, Ukraine].
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ekaterina Stashevskaya-Naroditskaya was born on 13 April 1926 in Zhitomir, Kiev oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhitomir oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and assistant director, known for Kontsert dlya dvukh skripok (1975), Yabloko razdora (1962) and Berega (1973). She died on 12 November 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Vladimir Syngaevskiy was born on 23 April 1957 in Santarka, Zhitomir region, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981), Pokrov Gates (1983) and Zheleznye igry (1979).
- Antonina Girycz was born on 20 February 1939 in Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Interrogation (1989), Polowanie na muchy (1969) and Gracze (1995). She was married to Maciej Dzienisiewicz. She died on 19 January 2022 in Poland.
- Valeriy Lebed was born on 27 November 1948 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, USSR. He is an actor, known for Prekrasnaya Elena (1986).
- Leonid Zhukovskiy was born on 22 November 1923 in Zhitomir, Ukraine. He was an actor, known for Golubaya strela (1959), Soldatka (1960) and Dolina sinikh skal (1957). He died in 1979 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.
- Producer
- Writer
Adolpho Bloch was born on 8 October 1908 in Zhitomir, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He was a producer and writer, known for Kananga do Japão (1989), Dona Beija (1986) and Tocaia Grande (1995). He was married to Anna Bentes Bloch. He died on 19 November 1995 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Israel Freedman was born on 15 May 1977 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He is a cinematographer, known for Dark Night (2005), Medinat hagamadim (2016) and Ubiystvo po neostorozhnosti (2013).- Viktor Burkhart was born on 12 February 1930 in Chernyakhovo, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for 20-e dekabrya (1982), Sluchay iz sledstvennoy praktiki (1968) and Skvorets i Lira (1974). He died on 4 September 1981 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Nikolay Makovsky was born in 1956 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He is a producer and writer, known for Hoffmaniada (2018), Restlessness and Wet socks of Bertha Reise (2020).- Viktor Tsimbalist was born on 25 January 1930 in Chervone, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Vesyolka (1959), Glavnyy prospekt (1956) and Krovavyy rassvet (1957). He died on 30 January 1998 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Valeriy Nakonechnyy was born on 23 July 1951 in Gladkovichi, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Proryv (1992), Blue Moon (2002) and Radi semeynogo ochaga (1992). He died on 1 August 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Halina Luszczewska was born on 30 December 1895 in Zhitomir, Russian Empire [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Milczenie (1963) and Ktokolwiek wie... (1966). She died on 17 November 1970 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Writer
Aleksey Svirsky was born on 8 October 1865 in Zhitomir, Russin Empire. He was an actor and writer, known for The Red-Haired Boy (1961) and Mne skuchno, bes (1993). He died on 6 February 1942 in Moscow, USSR.- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Villen Novak was born on 3 January 1938 in Glezno, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Hlezne, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and actor, known for Printsessa na bobakh (1998), Gu-Ga (1989) and Krasnye dipkurery (1977).- Aleksei Timoshkin was born on 29 March 1973 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a writer, known for Donbass. Okraina (2019), Klouny (2008) and Uchastkovyy (2012).
- Valeriya Vrublevskaya was born on 19 December 1938 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, USSR. She is a writer, known for Vozvrashchenie Batterflyay (1983), Pervotsvet (1986) and Katedra etiky (1980).
- Writer
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Kostyantyn Ignatchuk was born on 7 April 1975 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. Kostyantyn is a writer and cinematographer, known for Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015), Pray for Ukraine (2015) and Vykhodte bez dzvinka (2018).- Irina Polyanskaya was born on 29 May 1967 in Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for God sobaki (1994), Uboynaya sila (2000) and Snegurochka (2014).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Nina Matviyenko was born on 10 October 1947 in Nedilishche, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Zozulya s diplomom (1972), Solomiani dzvony (1988) and Propala hramota (1972). She was married to Petro Honchar. She died on 8 October 2023.- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Volodymyr Grygorovych Gorpenko was born on 3 July 1941 in Buglaki, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a director and actor, known for Lavri (1973), Yaroslav Mudry (1982) and Tvoyo mirnoye nebo (1984). He died on 17 October 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Director
- Writer
Naum Loiter was born on 10 January 1891 in Berdichev, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhitomir oblast, Ukraine]. Naum was a director and writer, known for Dve dorogi (1932) and Zapomnite ikh litsa (1931). Naum died on 29 August 1966 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].