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. Список литературы

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