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Life Of Remarkable People: Marco Vovchok

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Seeing that name on the cover of the book is easy to imagine the dense dlinnousogo Ukrainian. In the meantime, here is the entry made Taras Shevchenko in his diary read, “Folk Tales” Marco Vovchok: “… What a sublimely beautiful the creation of this woman! .. You will need to write a letter to her and thank her for her joy, delivered an inspirational reading her book. ” For Ukrainian male pseudonym concealed the young woman – Maria Vilinsky. She was born in Orel in the family landed gentry. For a while she studied at Kharkov, but education could not finish: a family ruined, and she went to live with her aunt in the Eagle, to become a teacher of her children.

Here She met with the Ukrainian ethnographer A. Markovic, exiled in Eagle for their participation in a secret organization. Soon the young people got married and moved to Ukraine. From village to village, from town to town get over his wife Marcovich, collecting and recording folk tales, thoughts, proverbs, legends and songs. Maria had a surprisingly delicate ear, with her voice set to music by more than 200 Ukrainian songs. Gentle melodiousness, intimacy and artlessness of folk Ukrainian songs like then switched to literary works that she began to write in Ukrainian.

A theme of these works was the life of enslaved people. The writer well learned it during his travels from village to village.. The first eleven stories Marco Vovchok were published in 1858. This book, bearing the name “Folk Tales” was greeted with enthusiasm criticism. According to the AP Kropotkin “All educated Russia reveled in tales of Marco Vovchok and wept over the fate of her heroines peasant.” In 1859 came “Stories of Russian national life.” They were written in Russian. Ukrainian bourgeois nationalists regarded it as “treason” Ukraine. “Yes, let him write even in the Samoyed, if only in the writings of her was the truth!

Dynamite

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Among domestic representatives of show business sometimes characters appear who seem to have no place in a circle, long-known and clearly delineated dotted line with national color. And when our information space by a man threatening to blow up Europe, and even named Kolya DYNAMITE, it looks quite intriguing. – Yes, I'm going to blow up the whole of Europe at the upcoming "Eurovision" – said Dynamite. – First planning to surprise the viewer's home, tired sad spectacle, his participation in the forthcoming contest "Eurofest", and only then move on to the continental level. – Why are you in the past has a lot of titles athlete, decided to suddenly to conquer Olympus sad Belarusian and European show business? Are not you afraid that the burden would be unbearable? – First, nothing too sad in the show-I do not see meringue. This is a normal process of becoming: the transition from Soviet-performers to professional-quality product.

Secondly, I have behind them not only a successful sports career, but also many other achievements. I reached the summits of the sport, earned a reputation quality artist organized his holiday agency, has gained popularity. And sadly – this is when girls and boys pripevochki with glossy looks are trying to position itself as a newly minted stars. For I present the status and participation in the selection of the "Eurovision" – is merely a new stage in life. In this case, I note that in the show meringue I am not a novice. I – hundreds of speeches, dozens of songs. And most importantly – the joy not only to receive royalties, but and from communicating with his audience. – Are not you confusing the image of a man who has many times stated that he was going to blow up Europe? – Why should I embarrass? Let embarrassed and ashamed by those who have nothing to surprise.