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3 days ago · Yevgeny Petrov (brother) Valentin Petrovich Kataev ( Russian : Валенти́н Петро́вич Ката́ев ; also spelled Katayev or Kataiev; 28 January [ O.S. 16 January] 1897 – 12 April 1986) was a Soviet writer and editor who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul ...
1 day ago · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[ a] ( Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ⓘ; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to ...
Aug 6, 2024 · This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work.
Aug 7, 2024 · Political practice shows that there are many political figures and political forces in Armenia who are guided by the “West will help us” slogan of Ostap Bender, the character from the novels by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov.
Aug 2, 2024 · Streets named after Soviet-era writing pair Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, as well as Soviet author of Jewish descent Isaac Babel, will also be renamed under the plans.
Jul 22, 2024 · MOSCOW. July 22 (Interfax) - BRICS countries joining efforts to work on the cost of mining solid mineral resources could have huge benefits for these countries' economies, the head of Russia's Federal Mineral Resources Agency (Rosnedra), Yevgeny Petrov said.
Jul 29, 2024 · In 1935, two Soviet funny men, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, set off to America. They didn’t emigrate. Or go to make an official state visit. Their mission, interestingly, was a particularly American one–to take a 10,000 mile road trip from New York to Hollywood and back.