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Eastern Promises is a 2007 British-Canadian gangster film directed by David Cronenberg from a screenplay by Steven Knight. The film tells the story of Anna ( Naomi Watts ), a Russian-British midwife who delivers the baby of a drug-addicted 14-year-old trafficked Ukrainian girl who dies in childbirth.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzin (also spelled Lusin; Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈluzʲɪn] ⓘ; 9 December 1883 – 28 February 1950) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.
Igor also appears on screen in the David Cronenberg film Eastern Promises, singing the Russian folk song "Dark Eyes". He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2019 performing a pop medley. [1] In 2024 he appeared in TV mini series A Gentleman in Moscow playing accordion and singing a medley of Russian folk songs. [citation needed]
In the article, someone state that with two exceptions, all tattoos on main hero are authentic and accurate; but one of this “exceptions” is actually totally irrelevant, basically – it’s 100% wrong fact, and since it has no references, links, etc, I assume it’s just a personal opinion of someone, who is possibly not familiar closely with Russian culture and/or language (no disrespect ...
Josef Altin (born as Yusuf Altın; 12 February 1983) is a British television and film actor who had the role of Pypar in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.Other notable performances is his role as Ekrem in Eastern Promises and his roles in The Bill, Peep Show, and Casualty.
The Defense (also known as The Luzhin Defense; [1] [2] [3] Russian: Защита Лужина, romanized: Zashchita Luzhina) is the third novel written by Vladimir Nabokov after he had immigrated to Berlin. It was first published in Russian 1930 and later in English in 1964.
Chess Fever (Russian: Шахматная горячка, romanized: Shakhmatnaya goryachka) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky . Chess Fever is a comedy about the Moscow 1925 chess tournament , made by Pudovkin during the pause in the filming of Mechanics of the Brain . [ 1 ]
"Dark Eyes", n.d., "as arranged by Nikolai Artemev" "Dark Eyes" (Russian: Очи чёрные, romanized: Ochi chyornye, lit. 'Black Eyes') is a well-known and popular Russian romance (sentimental art song). The lyrics were written by the poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka and first published on 17 January 1843.