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Yuriy Bykov was born on August 15, 1981 in Novomichurinsk, Soviet Union is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the social films The Major (2013), The Fool (2014) and the crime TV series The Method (2015).
In 2009, he directed a short film Nachalnik (2009), in which he appeared as a screenwriter, director, composer, producer and actor. The film was awarded the prize for Best Short Film at the Kinotavr Film Festival.
In 2010 Yuri Bykov made his feature film debut with the film To Live! (2010).
In 2013, his film The Major (2013) premiered in the International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival. The crime drama was awarded at several festivals, including prizes for Best Picture, Best Director and For Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2016, the American company Netflix received distribution rights and plans to remake the film as a mini-series, titled Seven Seconds (2018), which will include 10 episodes.
In 2014, the social drama film The Fool (2014) was released. The picture received a number of prestigious awards, including the Grigori Gorin prize for the Best Script and the diploma of the Russian Guild of Film Critics ("For the uncompromising artistic expression") at the 2014 Kinotavr Festival. Also the film was highly rated by The New York Times critic Stephen Holden, who named it as one the five best films of 2015.
In 2014 he became the director of the first season of the crime drama TV series The Method (2015), which was released on the screen next year. Konstantin Khabenskiy, who liked Bykov's work on the film The Major (2013), invited him to work as director on the series. Yuri Bykov notes that he shot the series "according to the principles of the comics" in its light form and followed the instructions of the showrunner Alexander Tsekalo about creating a Sreda ("Russian HBO"). The series received the TEFI award in the category "Television Film / TV series" and several other awards. Bykov refused to participate in the shooting of the second season because he wanted to concentrate on making more auteur films.
He shot two-thirds of the film Spacewalk (2017), dedicated to Alexey Leonov and his spacewalk, but because of creative disagreements he was removed from the project. According to the producer of the film Timur Bekmambetov, the film has some scenes which were filmed by Yuri Bykov. Bykov noted in an interview that is not interested in seeing the movie because the story became drastically simplified and the film's tone became overly patriotic.- Vladislav Abashin was born on 28 June 1979 in Ryazan, Ryazanskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Terra Nova (2008), Ballada o bombere (2011) and Ballada o bombere (2011).
- Irina Rozanova was born on 22 July 1961 in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Encore, Once More Encore! (1992), Two Days (2011) and Kolia Rolling in the Fields (2005).
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- Stunts
Aleksey Faddeev was born on 13 October 1977 in Ryazan, Ryazanskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Shtrafbat (2004), Maskerad (2023) and The Scythian (2018). He has been married to Glafira Tarkhanova since 2005. They have four children.- Ingrid Olerinskaya was born on 14 March 1992 in Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Inadequate People (2010), Rikoshet (2020) and Break (2019).
- Alexandra Trusova was born on 23 June 2004 in Ryazan, Russia.
- Ilya Malakov was born on 2 October 1990 in Ryazan, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Furious (2017), The Young and the Strong Will Survive (2020) and Ostorozhno - lyubov (2024). He has been married to Angelina Strechina since August 2023.
- Boris Novikov is Honored Artist of the RSFSR (26.05.1961). National Artist of the Russian Federation (29.08.1994). Novikov graduated from the School-Studio of Yu.A. Zavadsky (1948). Since 1948 he was an actor of the Mossovet Theater, in 1963-1972 - an actor of the Satire Theater, since 1972 - Novikov worked under contracts. He passed away on July 25, 1997 in Moscow. The actor was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery of the capital (plot number 2). The life and work of the actor is devoted to the chapter 51 of the cycle "To Remember" by Leonid Filatov.
- Valentin Zubkov was born on 12 May 1923 in Peschanoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ivan's Childhood (1962), The Cranes Are Flying (1957) and Solntse svetit vsem (1959). He died on 18 January 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vasily Zhuravlyov was born in the city of Ryazan in the Ryazan district in the Russian Empire on August 2, 1904. His father was an accountant, publicist and writer. Though still only in his late teens, Zhuravlyov served as a driver and security officer in the civil war following the communist revolution in 1917. In 1923 he entered the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (currently [2014] the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, VGIK) as an acting student, although when he graduated in 1927 he was dead set on becoming a director. His first production as an assistant director was the production Kruzheva (Lace), directed by Sergei Yutkevich. He received some acclaim with his first major productions Bombist (The Bomber, 1932) and Revanzh (The Rematch, 1932), which led to him starting production of his space epic Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella (Cosmic Voyage) in 1933. Released in late December 1935, Cosmic Voyage was an expensive and impressive sci-fi film depicting a trip to the moon, drawing heavily on the influence of Fritz Lang's 1929 film Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond). Despite good reviews and and good box-office numbers, the USSR censors quickly withdrew the film from circulation, due to the heavy use of stop-motion animation, which according to them was not in line with Soviet realism. Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella wasn't shown for 50 years, and was largely forgotten, until it was re-released for TV in 1984, and has since garnered much praise. It remains Zhuravlev's best known film for the modern audience. Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella was aimed at children, and much of Zhuravlyov's work after that film consisted of kiddie films, usually adventure stories or educational films describing the struggles of the Soviet Union. He specialized in maritime films like Gibel Orla (Death of the Eagle, 1940), Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan (Captain at Fifteen, based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne) and Morskoy Kharakhter (Maritime Character, retelling the life of Soviet marines in WWII, 1970). His last, and one of his most successful, films was the 1980 fairy-tale movie Vsadnik na zolotam kone (The Rider of the Golden Horse), based on Uralic Bashkir legends. Zhuravlev passed away on November 16, 1987, and is considered one of the pioneers of Russian children's movies.- Valentina Sperantova was born on 24 February 1904 in Zaraysk, Zaraysk uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zaraysky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Shumnyy den (1961), Mirovoy paren (1972) and Ryadom s vami (1967). She died on 6 January 1978 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Vladimir Balashov was born on 10 July 1920 in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Mussorgsky (1950), Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953) and Krusheniye imperii (1971). He died on 23 December 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
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Erast Garin was born on 10 November 1902 in Ryazan, Ryazan uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Cinderella (1947), Zhenitba (1937) and Muzykalnaya istoriya (1940). He died on 4 September 1980 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Director
- Animation Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivan Aksenchuk was born on 20 September 1918 in village Prosyanye Polyany, Elatma uyezd, Tambov Governorate, RSFSR [now Kadomsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Volshevnoye zerkalo (1958), The Adventures of the Magic Globe or Witch's Tricks (1991) and Music of Revolution (1987). He died on 17 July 1999 in Moscow, Russia.- Aleksandr Kukharenko was born on 29 July 1979 in Ryazan, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last Warrior (2017), Rektor (2024) and Delo printsipa (2013).
- Gennadi Petrovich Bogachev was born on March 6, 1945, in Shatsk, Russia. From 1965 to 1969 he studied at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography graduating in 1969 as actor. Since 1969 Bogachev has been a permanent member of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St. Peterburg (Leningrad). He worked under the leadership of the legendary director Georgi Tovstonogov for 20 years. After the death of Tovstonogov, Bogachev continued his work with an outstanding ensemble of actors at BDT. There his stage partners were such stars as Kirill Lavrov, Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Valentina Kovel, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Sergey Yurskiy, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Evgeniy Lebedev, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Georgiy Shtil, Nikolay Trofimov, Andrey Tolubeev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.
Gennadi Bogachev has been enjoying a busy acting career on stage and in film. His stage works include leading roles in classic plays by Maxim Gorky, William Shakespeare, Mikhail Sholokhov and Charles Dickens. His latest film-works include 'Brezhnev' (2005) and "Master and Margaret" (2005) an adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Bogachev was designated People's Artist of Russia (1990) and received awards and decorations from the Russian state. He is living and working in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Writer
- Music Department
Sergei Esenin was born on 3 October 1895 in Konstantinovo, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Poj pesnyu, poet (1973), The Hollow (2007) and Mongol Shuudan: Moskva (1996). He was married to Sophia Tolstaya, Isadora Duncan, Zinaida Reich and Anna Izryadnova. He died on 28 December 1925 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Dmitriy Orlov was born on 8 May 1892 in Spassk, Spassk uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Spassk-Ryazansky, Spassky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Alexander Nevsky (1938), Sibiryaki (1940) and Lenin in 1918 (1939). He was married to Anna Bogdanova. He died on 19 December 1955 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Aleksandr Fatyushin was born on 29 March 1951 in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Office Romance (1977), Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) and The Detached Mission (1986). He died on 7 April 2003 in Moscow, Russia.
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- Production Designer
Denis Kryuchkov was born on 1 December 1973 in Ryazan, USSR [now Russia]. Denis is a director and writer, known for Omut (2022), Russkiy Reyd (2020) and His Battle (2017).- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Aleksandr Aleksandrov was born on 13 April 1883 in village Plakhino, Mikhaylov uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zakharovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for The Saint (1997), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Come and See (1985). He died on 8 July 1946 in Berlin, Germany.- Vasiliy Alekseev is a Soviet weightlifter, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1970), Honored Trainer of the USSR (1991), two-time Olympic champion (1972, 1976), eight-time world champion (1970-1977), eight-time European champion (1970-1975, 1977-1978), seven-time champion of the USSR (1970-1976).
Vasiliy started to train in 1960. In 1961 he entered the Arkhangelsk Forestry Institute. In 1961, he was awarded the first sports category in volleyball, and also he was involved in athletics. Having switched to weightlifting, he began to train under the guidance of coach Semyon Mileyko. Graduated from the Shakhty branch of the Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute. For some time he continued to train independently.
On March 18, 1970, Vasiliy Alekseev set a record in the total - 600 kg. In July 1971, at the final competitions of the 5th Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, in one evening, he made seven amendments to the table of world achievements. At the XX Olympic Games in Munich, he set a new Olympic record in total - 640 kg.
After the end of the performance at the "big" arena, Alekseev continues to pass on his experience to the younger generation. In the period from 1990 to 1992, he headed the national team of the USSR, and then the CIS team in weightlifting. - Nikolay Bogolyubov was born on 22 October 1899 in village Ivanovskoe, Dankov uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dankovsky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Fortress on the Volga (1942), Great Citizen (1938) and Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942). He died on 9 March 1980 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Stunts
Brauer, born on October 24, 1977, in Russia/ Moscow, is a Russian and international actor best known for his role as KGB-agent in "Friends from France" (2012) by director Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil (international movie drama, co-production: France/Canada/ Germany/ Israel/Russia) and for his character as the Russian Tsar Alexander II in "Reichsgründung- Die nervous Großmacht" (2012) by director Bernd Fischerauer. He is able to play drama and action parts as well. His good body condition and his passion for east martial arts make him being in demand for action roles. Movie such :"Alarm for Cobra 11", "Road of Death","Enchanted",The stunt parts for his roles he always does himself. In "Friends from France" (2012) he was also responsible for directing fight and stunt scenes.
His movie partners were such Hollywood actors as Daniel Olbrychski ("Salt"), Andrea Osvárt ("Transporter", "Spy Game"), and very famous Russian actors such as Sergey Makovetskiy, Renata Litvinova, Lydmila Chursina.
Dmitry Brauer is living in Germany and working worldwide. Last years he was often seen on the red carpets of Berlin Film Festival - Berlinale, and Cannes Film Festival.- Anatoliy Solovyov was born on 14 March 1922 in Dankov, Ryazan Governorate, Russian SFSR [now Lipetsk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for 72 gradusa nizhe nulya (1977), Ch. P. - Chrezvychainoe proisshestvie (1958) and Dmitro Goritsvit (1962). He died on 6 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
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Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy is a Russian and Soviet self-taught scientist who developed the theoretical issues of astronautics, and an esoteric thinker who dealt with the philosophical problems of space exploration.
Almost completely deaf in childhood as a result of scarlet fever, Tsiolkovskiy did not receive a systematic education (he studied for four years at the Vyatka gymnasium and spent three years self-educating). In 1879 he passed the exam for the title of a people's teacher and until 1921 he taught mathematics and physics at the schools of Borovsk and Kaluga, at the same time trying to interest the scientific community with his projects of airplanes and an all-metal airship, and subsequently rocket technology. He published at his own expense many works, including those devoted to substantiating the idea of cosmic pantheism.
His main scientific works - on aeronautics, rocket dynamics and astronautics - began with an attempt to use the mathematical apparatus to solve fantastic problems. Many researchers, including Yakov Perelman, characterized Tsiolkovskiy as a thinker who was significantly ahead of his time.- Ivan Klyukvin was born on 29 April 1900 in Skopin, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Kapitanskaya dochka (1928), Svoi i chuzhiye (1928) and The Wings of a Serf (1926). He died on 24 June 1952 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Oksana Bazilevich was born on 26 February 1969 in Ryazan, Russia. She is an actress, known for Stalingrad (2013), O chyom molchat frantsuzy (2016) and Bender: The Beginning (2021).
- Viktoriya Tarasova was born on 16 July 1971 in Skopin, Ryazan Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Glukhar (2008), Glukhar. Vozvrashchenie (2010) and Karpov (2012).
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- Actor
Aleksandr Karpov was born on 20 January 1922 in Kharinskaya, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Trail of Thousand Versts (1968), Svadebnaya noch (1980) and Bezumnoy strastyu ty sama ko mne pylayesh (1992). He died on 15 January 1998 in Minsk, Belarus.- Yuliya Serina was born on 18 June 1994 in Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Orlean (2015), Samyy Novyy god! (2020) and Corrections Class (2014).
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- Art Department
- Art Director
Valentin Perelyotov was born on 16 July 1918 in Sapozhok, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. Valentin was a costume designer and art director, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), The Fight in the Blizzard (1978) and Clear Skies (1961). Valentin died on 29 November 1979.- Andrey Goncharov was born on 2 January 1918 in Sennitsy, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Ozyory, Moscow Oblast, Russia]ow. He was a director, known for My : muzhchiny (1967), Kola Bryunon (1966) and Staromodnaya komediya (1978). He died on 7 September 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Boris Kudryavtsev was born on 15 July 1913 in Ryazan, Ryazan uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Den russiske sangerinde (1993), Ulitsa bez kontsa (1973) and Schastye nado berech (1958). He died on 20 October 1983 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Vera Orlova was born on 27 May 1894 in Kukovo village, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Queen of Spades (1916), Nikolay Stavrogin (1915) and Tsar Nikolay II (1917). She died on 28 September 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Aleksandr Chuikov was born on 4 April 1936 in Ryazan, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Serye volki (1993) and Starye dolgi (1979). He died on 23 September 2015.
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- Writer
Gala Svintitskaya was born on 15 April 1982 in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Gala is a writer, known for Anima nera (2007), Parabola (2004) and Sbuccia la cipolla - Alla scoperta di... (2006). Gala has been married to David Giovannoni since 5 April 2006.- Born in Ryazan in a family of white-collar workers in 1902. In 1941, she lived in Yalta, was illegally arrested by the Yalta GO NKVD of the Crimea and in 1942. convicted by the OS under the NKVD of the USSR under Article 58-10 of the RSFSR (anti-Soviet agitation) to 3 years in prison. She was rehabilitated in 1956. In 1957 she lived in Ryazan.
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- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Anatoliy Novikov was born on 30 October 1896 in Skopin, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for East/West (1999), Nadezhda (1955) and The Red Spider (2015). He died on 23 September 1984 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Aleksandr Shchagin was born on 19 August 1898 in village Polyanki, Zaraysk uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now don't exist]. He was an actor, known for The Golden Key (1939), Marriage (1944) and Boyevoy kinosbornik 11 (1942). He died on 28 April 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Olga Vishnevskaya was born in 1896 in Sapozhok, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. She is known for Women of Ryazan (1927) and Vodovorot (1927).
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- Actor
Zakhar Prilepin is an award-winning novelist, essayist, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, actor and musician. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and sold worldwide. Named Writer of the Year in 2016, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Bestseller Award, Yasnaya Polyana and many others. Many of Prilepin's works have been turned into stage plays and feature films.
"Probably the most important writer in modern Russia, a sensitive and intelligent critic of his country's condition." - Newsweek.
Prilepin has hosted several popular TV shows including the interview series Tea with Zakhar on TsarGrad TV, a popular music show Salt on Ren TV and a political program Russian Lessons on NTV. The shows are available on YouTube.
Formerly a darling of Western literary critics and political commentators on Putin's Russia, in 2014 he attracted considerable wrath and ostracism for his stance on Crimea and the conflict in the East of Ukraine.
He first went to the war-torn region of Donbass in 2014 as a journalist and published articles about the conflict in several media outlets including Komsomolskaya Pravda and Svobodnaya Pressa, which he edits. Being familiar with the situation there, he then started to gather and supply humanitarian aid to the people of the Donbass region, as well as military aid to the rebels. Finally, in 2016 he joined the rebel forces as a deputy commander of one of the volunteer battalions and remains there to this day.- Viktor Seleznyov was born on 29 November 1931 in village Pustotino, Korablinsky District, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937), Timur i yego komanda (1940) and Vysokaya nagrada (1939). He died on 11 October 2015.
- Klavdiya Kozlyonkova was born on 25 September 1926 in Krasnoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Lipetsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR]. She was an actress, known for Prostaya istoriya (1960), Barev, yes em (1966) and Ivan Brovkin na tseline (1959). She died on 8 August 2005 in Moscow, Russia.
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- Music Department
Yevgeniy Golovin was born on 17 January 1950 in Ryazan, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Zhenatyy kholostyak (1982).- Cinematographer
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Alfred Dobbelt was born on 3 December 1903 in Ryazan, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Alfred was a cinematographer and director, known for Sportivnaya likhoradka (1927), Poslednyaya skorost (1929) and Konkurs na... (1929). Alfred died on 3 February 1982 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Cinematographer
Vladimir Stepanov was born in 1895 in Ryazan, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ryazan oblast, Russia]. He was a cinematographer, known for Segodnya (1929), Shanhkayskiy dokument (1928) and Zvuki iz bumagi (1932). He died on 21 April 1938.- Anatoliy Vasin was born in 1920 in Kamennyy khutor, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Boris Godunov. Stseny iz tragedii (1970) and Mobi Dik (1972).
- While a physics student at Moscow State University, Irina Vyacheslavovna Rakobolskaya, along with seventeen of her fellow students, joined the Red Army's air force, where she served as chief of staff (and eventual historian of) what became the (all-female) "Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Red Army" where the pilots would fly unarmored and lightly armed biplanes on bombing runs against the Germans, who disparagingly called the pilots "night witches"--a epithet proudly accepted by the pilots. After the war, Rakobolskaya excelled as a physicist and researcher, educator, and college administrator, teaching at her Alma mater of Moscow State University as a physics professor from 1977, and being appointed Distinguished Professor (a lifetime appointment) in 1996.
- Mark Semenenko was born on 16 February 1970 in Ryazan, USSR. Mark was a director, known for Vernoe sredstvo (2012) and Detektivy (2006). Mark died on 2 October 2021 in Moscow, Russia.