Four Great Russians

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karlhenning

July 22, 2009, 02:15:04 AM
Rasputin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Peter I

Dmitri Stepanovich Bortnyansky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZyfLSwBOw

karlhenning

#1
July 22, 2009, 04:25:53 AM
White

Todd

#3
July 22, 2009, 07:25:08 AM
Ulyanov
Bronstein
Molotov
Dzhugashvili (Okay, A Georgian, so would Kirov do?)
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Brian

#4
July 22, 2009, 07:35:05 AM
Tolstoy
Chekhov
Dostoevsky
Solzhenitsyn

Franco

#5
July 22, 2009, 07:47:15 AM
Boris & Natasha

karlhenning

#6
July 22, 2009, 07:47:28 AM
Pyotr Ilyich
Igor Fyodorovich
Sergei Sergeyevich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich

Opus106

#7
July 22, 2009, 07:56:15 AM
No such list can be considered complete without Grisha Perelman. Hmpf.
Regards,
Navneeth

zamyrabyrd

#8
July 22, 2009, 08:03:28 AM
Vladimir Samoylovich
Vaslav Fomich  (he was actually of Polish origin)
Galina Sergeyevna
Maya Mikhailovna
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

karlhenning

#9
July 22, 2009, 08:06:25 AM
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on July 22, 2009, 08:03:28 AM
Vladimir Samoylovich
Vaslav Fomich  (he was actually of Polish origin)
Galina Sergeyevna
Maya Mikhailovna

!!!

zamyrabyrd

#10
July 22, 2009, 08:40:00 AM
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

bhodges

#11
July 22, 2009, 08:45:07 AM
Stolichnaya
Stoli Razberi
Stoli Ohranj
Stoli Citros

All great.

;D

--Bruce

zamyrabyrd

#13
July 22, 2009, 09:11:28 AM
Vaslav Nijinsky was able to dance on pointe, a rarity back then. So the picture of dancing shoes is appropritate, except perhaps for Vlad Horowitz whose fingers did the dancing.

The below clip is quite incredible, recent computer generated moving pictures of Nijinsky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMqLLYrEF60&feature=related

A time machine would be MUCH appreciated!!!
ZB
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

karlhenning

#14
July 22, 2009, 09:17:10 AM
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on July 22, 2009, 09:11:28 AM
Vaslav Nijinsky was able to dance on pointe, a rarity back then. So the picture of dancing shoes is appropritate, except perhaps for Vlad Horowitz whose fingers did the dancing.

Well, I chose the pic with Vaslav Fomich & Maya Mikhailovna in view.

zamyrabyrd

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July 22, 2009, 09:32:59 AM Last Edit: July 22, 2009, 09:46:14 AM by zamyrabyrd
Galina Ulanova, the gold standard of Russian ballet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=701bxeNc_a4
Thank goodness the Prince put down his duck hunting gun in the beginning.

In "Giselle", her dancing is music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuyJjYkZUzs&feature=related

ZB
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Tapkaara

#16
July 22, 2009, 10:39:57 AM
Boris Karloff.

karlhenning

#17
July 22, 2009, 10:59:41 AM
Quote from: Tapkaara on July 22, 2009, 10:39:57 AM
Boris Karloff.

'e were born in East Dulwich!

Tapkaara

#18
July 22, 2009, 11:04:51 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 22, 2009, 10:59:41 AM
'e were born in East Dulwich!

Hahaha, I know he's British. But how perfect for a British actor to choose a scary Russian name like BORIS KARLOFF. Russian is a terrifying language. The sounds of this barbaric tongue are like the sounds of rusty hunting knives piercing the flesh of unbaptized children. Boris Karloff, like the name Nosferatu, rings out like the call of the bird of prey. Saying it aloud will summon the Lord of the Flies himself...beware!

karlhenning

#19
July 22, 2009, 11:54:23 AM
Quote from: Tapkaara on July 22, 2009, 11:04:51 AM
Russian is a terrifying language.

Ничего подобного!  :)
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