Gogol anniversaries of the year. Calendar of significant and memorable dates
Memorable and significant dates in October 2017
525 years ago, the expedition of H. Columbus discovered the island of San Salvador (the official date of the discovery of America) (1492);
145 years ago, the Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin applied for the invention of an electric incandescent lamp (1872);
130 years ago, the premiere of the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1887);
95 years ago in Moscow was created a book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" (1922);
60 years ago, a film directed by M. Kalatozov "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957) was released on the screens of the country. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, the film was awarded the Palme d'Or;
60 years ago, our country launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite (October 4, 1957);
October 1, 2017 - International Day of Music. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the establishment of the International Day of Music is the composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
October 1, 2017 - International Day of Older Persons. It was proclaimed at the 45th session of the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1990, celebrated since October 1, 1991.
October 1, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912-1992), Russian historian-ethnologist, geographer, writer;
October 2, 2017 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by the resolution of the UN General Assembly of June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. In accordance with the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional reason to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public awareness work."
October 2, 2017 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.
October 3-9, 2017 - International Letter Week. Held annually during the week of World Post Day.
October 4, 2017 - 170th birth anniversary of Louis Henri Boussinard (1847-1911), French writer;
October 4, 2017 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967 by the decision of the International Federation of Astronautics).
October 7, 2017 - 65 years old Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952), President of the Russian Federation, statesman;
October 8, 2017 - Day of the worker in agriculture and processing industry (second Sunday in October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 05/31/1999 No. 679).
October 12, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Koshkin (1912-1992), Soviet engineer-inventor;
October 14, 2017 - 275th anniversary of the birth of Ya.B. Knyazhnin (1742-1791), Russian playwright, poet;
October 14, 2017 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the worldwide "egg" holiday would be celebrated on the second Friday of October.
October 15, 2017 - World Handwashing Day. Celebrated at the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund.
October 19, 2017 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Student Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.
October 21, 2017 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called "Apple Day", it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.
October 22, 2017 - Holiday of the White Cranes. A holiday of poetry and memory of those who fell on the battlefields in all wars. It appeared on the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.
October 23, 2017 - International School Libraries Day (fourth Monday in October).
October 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist;
October 24, 2017 - 135th anniversary of the birth of Imre Kalman (1882-1953), Hungarian composer;
October 25, 2017 - International Women's Day for Peace (since 1980 by the decision of the International Democratic Federation of Women).
October 26, 2017 - 175 years since the birth of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904), Russian painter and writer;
October 27, 2017 - 235 years since the birth of Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Italian composer, violinist;
October 28, 2017 - International Animation Day. It was founded at the initiative of the French branch of the International Association of Animated Films in 2002 in honor of the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology.
October 31, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Jan Vermeer (Vermeer) of Delphi (1632-1675), Dutch artist;
October 31, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of Louis Jacolliot (1837-1890), French writer and traveler;
- 130 years ago, the novel by A.K. Doyle's Study in Crimson Tones (1887);
- 100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
- 55 years ago, the novel by A.I. Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962);
- 20 years ago the all-Russian state channel "Culture" went on the air (1997);
November 3, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist;
November 3, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator;
November 3, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator;
November 4, 2017 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.
November 6, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer;
November 7, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist;
November 7, 2017 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. Day of the military parade on Red Square in the city of Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).
November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the first game of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club, which aired on November 8, 1961.
November 9, 2017 - 180th anniversary of the birth of Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), French writer;
November 11, 2017 - 95th anniversary of the birth of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;
November 13, 2017 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Gayuy was born in France, a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.
November 14, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish writer;
November 15, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;
November 16, 2017 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday in November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.
November 18, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography;
November 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet;
November 20, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Tokareva (1937), Russian prose writer, screenwriter;
November 21, 2017 - World Greetings Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.
November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), the Dutch rationalist philosopher;
November 25, 2017 - 455 years since the birth of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish playwright, poet;
November 25, 2017 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet;
November 26, 2017 - World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Science Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum was held.
November 28, 2017 - 260th anniversary of the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and printmaker;
November 28, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer, journalist;
November 29, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer;
November 29, 2017 - Day of the formation of the World Society for the Conservation of Nature. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union unites 82 states in a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment).
November 30, 2017 - 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher;
We bring to your attention a calendar of significant and memorable dates of October 2017, which contains not only historical, cultural, patriotic and international holidays, but also anniversary dates, andsignificant events.
- 525 years ago, the expedition of H. Columbus discovered the island of San Salvador (the official date of the discovery of America) (1492);
- 145 years ago, the Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin applied for the invention of an electric incandescent lamp (1872);
- 130 years ago, the premiere of the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1887);
- 120 years from the date of the first football match in Russia (October 24, 1897);
- 95 years ago in Moscow was created a book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" (1922);
- 60 years ago, a film directed by M. Kalatozov "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957) was released on the screens of the country. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, the film was awarded the Palme d'Or;
- 60 years ago, our country launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite (October 4, 1957);
October 1, 2017 - International Day of Music. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the establishment of the International Day of Music is the composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
October 1, 2017 - International Day of Older Persons. It was proclaimed at the 45th session of the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1990, celebrated since October 1, 1991.
October 1, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912-1992), Russian historian-ethnologist, geographer, writer;
October 2, 2017 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by the resolution of the UN General Assembly of June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. In accordance with the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional reason to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public awareness work."
October 2, 2017 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.
October 3-9, 2017 - International Letter Week. Held annually during the week of World Post Day.
October 4, 2017 - 170th birth anniversary of Louis Henri Boussinard (1847-1911), French writer;
October 4, 2017 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967 by the decision of the International Federation of Astronautics).
October 7, 2017 - 65 years old Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952), President of the Russian Federation, statesman;
October 8, 2017 - Day of the worker in agriculture and processing industry (second Sunday in October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 05/31/1999 No. 679).
October 12, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Koshkin (1912-1992), Soviet engineer-inventor;
October 14, 2017 - 275th anniversary of the birth of Ya.B. Knyazhnin (1742-1791), Russian playwright, poet;
October 14, 2017 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the worldwide "egg" holiday would be celebrated on the second Friday of October.
October 15, 2017 - World Handwashing Day. It is noted on the initiative of the UN Children's Fund.
October 19, 2017 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Student Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.
October 21, 2017 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called "Apple Day", it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.
October 22, 2017 - Holiday of the White Cranes. A holiday of poetry and memory of those who fell on the battlefields in all wars. It appeared on the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.
October 23, 2017 - International School Libraries Day (fourth Monday in October).
October 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist;
October 24, 2017 - 135th anniversary of the birth of Imre Kalman (1882-1953), Hungarian composer;
October 25, 2017 - International Women's Day for Peace (since 1980 by the decision of the International Democratic Federation of Women).
October 26, 2017 - 175 years since the birth of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904), Russian painter and writer;
October 27, 2017 - 235 years since the birth of Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Italian composer, violinist;
October 28, 2017 - International Animation Day. It was founded at the initiative of the French branch of the International Association of Animated Films in 2002 in honor of the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology.
October 31, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Jan Vermeer (Vermeer) of Delphi (1632-1675), Dutch artist;
October 31, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of Louis Jacolliot (1837-1890), French writer and traveler.
We bring to your attention a calendar of significant and memorable dates of November 2017, which contains not only historical, cultural, patriotic and international holidays, but also anniversary dates, andsignificant events.
- 130 years ago, the novel by A.K. Doyle's Study in Crimson Tones (1887);
- 100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
- 55 years ago, the novel by A.I. Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962);
- 20 years ago the all-Russian state channel "Culture" went on the air (1997);
November 3, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist;
November 3, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator;
November 3, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator;
November 4, 2017 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.
November 6, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer;
November 7, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist;
November 7, 2017 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. Day of the military parade on Red Square in the city of Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).
November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the first game of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club, which aired on November 8, 1961.
November 9, 2017 - 180th anniversary of the birth of Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), French writer;
November 11, 2017 - 95th anniversary of the birth of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;
November 13, 2017 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Gayuy was born in France, a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.
November 14, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish writer;
November 15, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;
November 16, 2017 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday in November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.
November 18, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography;
November 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet;
November 20, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Tokareva (1937), Russian prose writer, screenwriter;
November 21, 2017 - World Greetings Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.
November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), the Dutch rationalist philosopher;
November 25, 2017 - 455 years since the birth of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish playwright, poet;
November 25, 2017 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet;
November 26, 2017 - World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Science Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum was held.
November 28, 2017 - 260th anniversary of the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and printmaker;
November 28, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer, journalist;
November 29, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer;
November 29, 2017 - Day of the formation of the World Society for the Conservation of Nature. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union unites 82 states in a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment).
November 30, 2017 - 350 years since the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher.
Each year is full of its own memorable dates. Of particular importance are the numbers "round" - anniversary. Anniversaries in 2017 are not only people, but also cities, works, compositions, films, round dates are scattered over the months of the year. One or another ten years that have passed since the moment of the landmark event makes you remember, re-read your favorite books, re-watch films, and enjoy your favorite music again. Anniversaries are both an occasion to remember and an opportunity to learn something new. This is especially true of book anniversaries. By reading popular books of past eras, one can better understand the contemporaries of this work, learn lessons for today's life.
Anniversary books 2017
- the youngest anniversary date in 2017 can boast of the historical novel by Anatoly Rybakov about the phenomenon of Soviet totalitarianism - "Children of the Arbat". The first book of the trilogy was published in 1987, and in 2017 the work turns 30;
- 40 and 45 years since the release of two books by Valentin Pikul: "The Battle of the Iron Chancellors" and "Pen and Sword".
- as many as four books on the anniversary in 2017 celebrate their sixtieth anniversary: the iconic, largely autobiographical book by Ray Bradbury "Dandelion Wine"; Nikolai Nosov's favorite collection of generations of children “Fantasy”; the piercing story of Mikhail Sholokhov "The Fate of a Man"; and translated into dozens of languages, Ivan Efremov's novel "The Adromeda Nebula";
- aksakals in the list of anniversaries in 2017 will be fairy tales: 190 years ago, Gauf's cautionary story "Dwarf Nose" was published; The first collection of the Brothers Grimm, Children's and Family Tales, is 205 years old; 320 years since Charles Perrault's amazing stories were written.
- the same serious jubilee - 195 years - celebrates the "Song of the Prophetic Oleg" by A.S. Pushkin;
- 185 years have passed since Nikolai Gogol wrote the fascinating Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka;
- 115 years ago, one of the most bewitching and terrifying stories of the famous detective from Baker Street came out - "The Dog of the Baskervilles".
Writers anniversaries 2017
Grateful readers will remember the many geniuses and workers of the pen in the coming year. Day of the masters of the pen is celebrated in 2017 on March 3 (World Writers Day). Books are a special invention of mankind, they help to overcome difficulties, influence entire peoples and generations, create their own tangible reality. Of the anniversaries dating back centuries, it can be noted:
- 120th anniversary of Valentin Kataev. The adult generation will surely remember his famous story "The Son of the Regiment";
- in January, tolkienists and simply lovers of excellent fantasy will be able to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of their idol - John Tolkien, the author of works about hobbits, elves, dark forces and the ring of omnipotence. In the same 2017, the famous work "The Hobbit" will turn 80 years old;
- War of the Worlds fans will be able to celebrate 150 years since the birth of H.G. Wells on September 21;
- 185 years ago, a mathematician who became famous as a writer was born - Lews Carroll, the creator of Alice's adventures;
- November will mark 195 years since the birth of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, a connoisseur of human souls;
- 200 years since the birth of Russian writers K.S.Aksakov and A.K. Tolstoy;
- At the end of February, fans of French literature will be able to celebrate the 215th anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo;
- Also in February, connoisseurs of the now English classics will celebrate the 305th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens;
- 300 years separate today's readers from the birth of A.P. Sumarokov;
- exactly 395 years ago, the great comedian and reformer of the performing arts, Jean Baptiste Moliere, was born;
- Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's famous travels, came to this world 350 years ago.
Modern writers anniversaries
- Victoria Tokareva, a modern novelist and scriptwriter of the cult film "Gentlemen of Fortune", will celebrate 80 years;
- The famous American science fiction writer Roger Zelazny is 80 years old;
- The same anniversary would have happened in March for the prose writer and publicist Valentin Rasputin. The author of the multifaceted "village prose" was born in March 1937, and died the day before his birthday - in March 2015;
- 85 years will be celebrated by the author of "Monumental Propaganda" Vladimir Voinovich;
- September 12 marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of the ironic and magnificent Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem;
- On October 8 of this year, Julian Semyonov, the creator of the image of the legendary Stirlitz, novelist and publicist, could have celebrated his 85th birthday.
Children's writers
Being a children's writer is not difficult, but very, very difficult. Little readers are not cunning, they either wholeheartedly accept their favorite books, or resolutely refuse to read them. Talented writers for children delight more than one generation of readers from different countries with their books:
- The 80th birthday will be celebrated in the summer by the children's poet Yunna Maritz;
- the favorite writer of all naughty children, Grigory Oster, will celebrate his 70th birthday;
- Eduard Uspensky, the author of Cheburashka and all the characters in the saga about Uncle Fedor, is 80 years old;
- in 2017, two of the Chukovsky family celebrate the anniversary: 135 years since the birth of the Master - Kornei Ivanovich, and 110 years since the birth of his daughter, also a poetess, Lidia Korneevna Chukovskaya;
- Chukovsky's contemporary, Samuil Marshak, would have celebrated the 130th anniversary.
- 110 years will mark the birthday of Astrid Lindgren of Sweden, whose daring and witty little girl Pippi has long been loved by many generations of children;
- 2017 will also mark the 135th anniversary of the birth of Alan Milne - playwright, poet and creator of the funny cute bear cub Winnie the Pooh;
- April 27 - 115 years since the birth of the wonderful Russian writer Valentina Oseeva. Her stories for children have taught many young readers a correct and conscientious life.
Poets Happy New Years Jubilee
- the author of melodic poems and lyrics to songs, Robert Rozhdestvensky, would celebrate his 85th birthday next year;
- 150th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Balmont and 130th anniversary of Igor Severyanin. Both were poets of the Silver Age, both have admirers of their poems in the modern Millennium;
- 125 years have passed since the birth of the soulful and sensitive Marina Tsvetaeva;
- at the end of 2017 - the anniversary of the famous German poet Heinrich Heine - 220 years;
- highly regarded by Pushkin, the poet Konstantin Batyushkov was born 230 years ago.
Composers of the anniversary of 2017
When talking about the influence of books, one must not forget about music. Inspirational, inviting, telling, sad, romantic music speaks to our hearts, bypassing the verbal gates of the mind. In 2017 we will remember such composers and their works:
- January: 220 years from the date of birth of Austrian Franz Schubert
- February: Legendary rocker Kurt Cobain would have turned fifty on the 20th;
- February 28 - 225th anniversary of the birth of the author of world opera masterpieces - Gioachino Rossini;
- April - 100 years ago, the Soviet composer Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy was born. His song about fellow soldiers became a favorite of many who went through the war;
- June: 200th anniversary of the birth of organist and composer Charles Gounod;
- September: 110th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich - pianist, composer and teacher;
- October: 90 years ago, the Frenchman Gilbert Becot was born - the author of hundreds of popular hits; in October, the 205th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian virtuoso, composer and conductor Franz Liszt;
- 2017 marks the 85th anniversary of the American composer, whose music everyone has heard. John Williams is the author of music tracks for such masterpieces as "Harry Potter", "Superman", "Star Wars";
- another film composer, Eduard Artemiev, will celebrate his 80th birthday in 2017. Artemiev "voiced" the works of Tarkovsky, Mikhalkov, Konchalovsky;
- waltz master Evgeniy Doga will also celebrate 80 years next year.
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