Famous people of Great Britain and Russia презентация

29 September 1758. He joined the navy through the influence of his uncle, Maurice Suckling.

port, and Nelson's fleet engaged them at the Battle of Trafalgar. The battle was Britain's greatest naval victory, but during the action Nelson was fatally wounded by a French sniper. His body was brought back to England where he was accorded a state funeral.

most heroic figures; numerous monuments, including Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, have been created in his memory and his legacy remains highly influential.

at the Villa Colombaia on 12 May 1820. Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London.

became her central focus when reports began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded.

1961,in Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981.

appearances to hospitals, schools and other facilities, in the 20th century model of royal patronage.

matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy.

brought statements from senior figures worldwide and many tributes by members of the public. People left public offerings of flowers, candles, cards and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months.

the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[1] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". He was born on 26 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616.

on the south bank of the River Thames, which they called the Globe.

two days after his death. The epitaph carved into the stone slab covering his grave includes a curse against moving his bones, which was carefully avoided during restoration of the church in 2008: "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear," "To dig the dust enclosed here." "Blessed be the man that spares these stones," "And cursed be he who moves my bones.

a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

training at the Orenburg Pilot's School. In 1960, after the search and selection process, Yuri Gagarin was chosen with 19 other pilots for the Soviet space program.

the first launch. When the 20 candidates were asked to anonymously vote for which other candidate they would like to see as the first to fly, all but three chose Gagarin.

Solovyova were both dressed in spacesuits and taken to the launch pad by bus. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was sealed inside the Vostok. After a flawless two-hour countdown, Vostok 6 launched faultlessly, and Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space.

an iconic Soviet-Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture.

Art Theatre Studio-Institute. In 1958 Vysotsky's got his first MAT role: that of Porfiry Petrovich in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. In 1964, director Yuri Lyubimov invited Vysotsky to join the newly created Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy on the Taganka. 1971 started promisingly: Lyubimov gave Vysotsky the long sought-after leading role in his groundbreaking Hamlet play.  

of Russian descent, who was working at Mosfilm on a joint Soviet-French production at that time. They were married in 1969.

and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family.

Sun to raise $25,000,000 for his most epic venture to date, The Barber of Siberia (1998). The film, which was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival