THE PRIDE OF THE NATION.
(Famous People of Russia).
Much was done by people to reach the present state of human development.
It is necessary to say that great contribution to the development of the
world science and culture, literature, music and painting was made by the
Russian people. The names of Russian scientists and writers, poets,
composers and painters are world-famous-Pushkin, Lermontov, Chehov,
Levitan. This chain can be endless. It is almost impossible to name a
branch of science in the development of which the Russian scientists
haven’t played the greatest role. Lomonosov, the founder of the Moscow
University was an outstanding innovator both in the humanities and
sciences. Mendeleev’s greatest discovery was the Periodic System of
Elements. Popov invented radio. Sechenov and Pavlov were the world’s
greatest physiologists. Russia is rightly called the mother of aviation and
cosmounatics. Names of Tsiolkovsky, Korolov and Gagarin are symbols of new
space era.
People in many countries admire paintings, portraits and landscapes
Surikov, Levitan, Repin works of our Russian writes and poets are
translated into many languages.
I want to tell about one of the greatest Russians. Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky, an outstanding Russian composer, was born in Votkinsk in 1840.
He was fond of music since his early childhood. His mother sang him
beautiful songs and taught him to play the piano. He graduated from the
Petersburg Conservatoire only in 1866 because of his poor living
conditions. He was the best pupil of Anton Rubinstein. Wen the Moscow
Conservatoire was founded Pyotr Ilyich became a professor there.
He created wonderful music: 10 operas, 3 ballets, 6 symphonies, 7 large
symphonic poems and many other musical pieces.
«Eugene Onegin», a new type of opera, was a great success all over the
world «His Swan Lake», «The Nutckracker», «The Sleeping Beauty are musical
masterpieces. In his music he used folk melodies for the musical
descriptions of Russian nature and life. His compositions are full of
realist.
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