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06.12.2004 - Kolchak, Alexander V. (1873-1920)
Vice-Admiral in command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, later supreme ruler and commander-in-chief of Siberia (and through military force, aimed at all Russia). Kolchak was was admired by the aristocracy and bourgeoisie alike for possessing the "romantic" traits of chivalry and duty to the King above all else, as the servant of god.
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16.11.2004 - Maria Sharapova
"I’ve always just wanted to be me and people can say whatever they want to say." -Maria Sharapova "I think I pretty much shut everyone up after I won at Tokyo." -Maria Sharapova "Maria Sharapova is a dogged fighter and determined competitor. She never gives up on any point and looks to chase down every bal ...
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11.11.2004 - Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (AK 47 designer)
Kalashnikov was born on November 10, 1919, in the village of Kurya, Altai Territory, to a large peasant family. After finishing the 9-th form of a secondary school M T. Kalashnikov went to work in the Matai depot as an apprentice and was subsequently a technical clerk in the employ of a Turkistan-Siberian rai ...
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08.10.2004 - Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993)
Biography by GAY.ru Known for his catlike leaps and rapid turns, Rudolf Nureyev was the most compelling dancer of his era. "When I dance with him, I see not Nureyev but the character of the ballet," said Margot Fonteyn of her favorite partner. Nureyev was born in Irkutsk in the Russian republic of the Sovi ...
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08.10.2004 - Serge Diaghilev
The great impresario belonged to the Russian nobilty and was born in Russia in 1872. At University he was supposed to study law, but soon discovered that he only wanted to study the arts. He edited a review The World of Art and then joined the administration of of the Imperial Theatres. He decided that the b ...
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08.10.2004 - Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner, exotic and charismatic leading man of American films, famed as much for his baldness, [he was the first bald movie idol,] as for his performances. It was hard during his lifetime to determine when and where actor Yul Brynner was born, simply because he changed the story in every interview; conf ...
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08.10.2004 - Russian Noble Prize Winners
The history of the Nobel Prize and the stories of the people who have won it are very interesting, especially in the times when we are entering the new millennium. To what extent are the Nobel Prize winners outstanding in their own generation, pointing the way? This article is dedicated to the history of Nobe ...
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08.10.2004 - Sergey Brin
Co-Founder & President of Google Inc., Technology Sergey Brin (30), a native of Moscow, received a bachelor of science degree with honors in mathematics and computer science from the University of Maryland at College Park. He is currently on leave from the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford Univer ...
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08.10.2004 - Alexey Pajitnov
Alexey Pajitnov is a Russian computer engineer, who developed the popular game Tetris while working for the Computer Centre of the Moscow Academy of Science, a Soviet government-founded R&D centre. The name Tetris comes from the Greek work tetra or "four". Tetris is a computer puzzle game in which various s ...
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08.10.2004 - Mikhail Baryshnikov
(dancer, born January 27, 1948, in Riga, Latvia) "Working is living to me,’’ Mikhail Baryshnikov once said. He has worked hard and lived to the fullest. His name is synonymous with dance throughout the world. His dancing is a sublime vision at the dawn of a new century. Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov was ...
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