Anna on the Neck (1954) movie
The story of Anna Petrovna, who has at a young age become the wife of middle-aged venerable official Modest Alexeyevich. By marrying, the heroine hopes to be able to financially support her father and brothers, but soon learns that her virtuous spouse does not want to help the drunken relative and his sons. Life in the house of her husband seems dull and monotonous to Anna. The situation changes after a charity ball, where the wife of Modest Alexeyevich causes a sensation. Anna eagerly accepts courtship of the governor, and the wealthy landowner Artynov.
Anna on the Neck (1954) movie
Genre: Drama
Production Co.: Gorky Film Studio
Directed by Isidor Annensky
Writing Credits: Anton Chekhov (short story Anna na shee), Isidor Annensky
Music by Lev Shvarts
Cinematography by Georgi Reisgof
Cast:
Alla Larionova as Anna
Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Modest Alekseyevich
Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Pyotr Leontievich, father
Mikhail Zharov as Artynov
Aleksandr Vertinskiy as The Prince
Irina Murzayeva as Mavra Grigorievna
Pyotr Maltsev as Petya, kid brother
Aleksandr Metyolkin as Andryusha, kid brother
Tatyana Pankova as The Dressmaker
Vladimir Shishkin as Dezdyemonov
G. Zaichkin as Shegolyev
Natalya Belyovtseva as The Princess
Aleksei Gribov
Vera Donskaya
Georgi Gumilevsky
Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev
Konstantin Nemolyayev
Aleksandr Rumnyov
Mikhail Shishkov
Boris Smirnov
Vladimir Smirnov
B. Terentyev
Tatyana Govorkova as Dame
Nikita Podgorny
Vladimir Soshalsky
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Pilot (aeronautics)
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who actively and directly operates the directional flight controls of an aircraft while it is in flight. While other members of a flight crew such as flight engineer, navigator, or any other person involved in the direct flight operations of an aircraft, are also considered aviators, they are not pilots and do not command a flight or aircraft. Aircrew who are not involved in operating the aircraft's flight systems as well as ground crew are not generally classified as aviators.
In recognition of the pilots' qualifications and responsibilities, most militaries and many airlines worldwide award aviator badges to their pilots, as well as other air crews. This includes naval aviators.
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Battle of Rzhev, Summer 1942 | Wikipedia audio article
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The Battle of Rzhev in the Summer of 1942 was part of a series of battles that lasted 15 months in the center of the Eastern Front.
It is known in Soviet history of World War II as the First Rzhev–Sychyovka Offensive Operation, which was defined as spanning from 30 July to 23 August 1942. However, it is widely documented that the fighting continued undiminished into September and did not finally cease until the beginning of October 1942.
The Red Army suffered massive casualties for little gain during the fighting, giving the battle a notoriety reflected in its sobriquet: The Rzhev Meat Grinder.
Rzhev lies 140 miles (230 kilometres) west of Moscow and was captured by the German Wehrmacht in Operation Typhoon in the autumn of 1941, which took them to the gates of Moscow. When the Soviet counteroffensive drove them back, Rzhev became a cornerstone of the Germans' defense. By mid-1942, the city stood at the apogee of a salient that protruded from the front lines, pointing in the general direction of Moscow. In July and August 1942, Stalin tasked two of his front commanders, General Georgy Zhukov (commanding Western Front) and General Ivan Konev (commanding Kalinin Front), to conduct an offensive to recapture Rzhev and strike a blow against Army Group Center that would push them away from Moscow. The attack would fall upon one of their main opponents of the winter battles, General Walter Model's 9th Army, which occupied the majority of the Rzhev salient.
The high losses and few gains made during the two-month struggle left a lasting impression on the Soviet soldiers who took part. In October, the strategic balance in the centre of the Eastern Front remained essentially unchanged. However, the German army had also suffered grievous losses, and whilst its defence had been tactically successful, it had achieved little more than maintaining the status quo. And although the offensive failed, Zhukov was given another chance to crush the Rzhev salient soon afterwards.
Eastern Front (World War II) | Wikipedia audio article
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The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It has been known as the Great Patriotic War (Russian: ru:Великая Отечественная война, Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna) in the former Soviet Union and modern Russia, while in Germany it was called the Eastern Front (German: die Ostfront), or the German-Soviet War by outside parties.The battles on the Eastern Front of the Second World War constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterized by unprecedented ferocity, wholesale destruction, mass deportations, and immense loss of life due to combat, starvation, exposure, disease, and massacres. The Eastern Front, as the site of nearly all extermination camps, death marches, ghettos, and the majority of pogroms, was central to the Holocaust. Of the estimated 70 million deaths attributed to World War II, over 30 million, the majority of them civilian, occurred on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome in the European theatre of operations in World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Axis nations.The two principal belligerent powers were Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies. Though never engaged in military action in the Eastern Front, the United States and the United Kingdom both provided substantial material aid in the form of the Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union. The joint German–Finnish operations across the northernmost Finnish–Soviet border and in the Murmansk region are considered part of the Eastern Front. In addition, the Soviet–Finnish Continuation War may also be considered the northern flank of the Eastern Front.
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