Russian Press Day

On December 15, 1702, Peter I signed a decree on the printing of "Vedomosti about military and other affairs worthy of knowledge and memory that happened in the Muscovite state and in other surrounding countries", a day later he orders to print newspapers "to notify them of foreign and domestic incidents" , and already on December 17 of the same year the first issue of a Russian printed newspaper was published (not preserved). This event was the reason for the establishment since 1991 of the Day of the Russian press on January 13th.

The frequency of Vedomosti was different: from 46 to 3 issues per year, the number of pages - from 2 to 22, the highest circulation - 4 thousand copies, the newspaper cost from one to four dollars (half a penny was called money). Petrovsky "Vedomosti" did not have a permanent name and were called "Vedomosti of the Moscow State", "Russian Vedomosti" and others. The first editor of Vedomosti was Fedor Polikarpov, the director of the Printing House in Moscow, and after the newspaper was transferred to St. Petersburg, the director of the capital's printing house, Mikhail Abramov, Peter I himself edited entire issues, selected materials for the newspaper, supplied it with documents and letters received by him. On June 27, 1709, on the day of the victory at Poltava, Peter I wrote the first report in Russian journalism - a description of the Poltava battle, published in Vedomosti N11. Since 1727, the publication of Vedomosti was taken over by the Academy of Sciences.

Old New Year's Eve

The registry office of the Leninsky district of Saratov was opened

In January 1956, the registry office of the Leninsky district of Saratov was opened.

Day of the release of the "Saratov reference sheet"

In 1863, the first issue of the Saratov Spravochny sheet was published, later called the Saratov Spravochny sheet.

A Hero is Born Soviet Union Ivan Panfilov

In 1893, Ivan Panfilov (1893-1941) was born in Petrovsk, Saratov province, major general of the guard, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Harvester plant opened

In 1932, the operating plant of combines came into operation, then the aircraft plant (SAZ). Now. Avinger LLC.

Saratov woman received the title of People's Artist of the USSR

In 1981, Spirina was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR.

Founded vocational school N1

In 1957, on the basis of the orphanage "Red Town" in the former Holy Cross Monastery, Vocational School N1 was created.

Saratov artists went to a concert in Moscow

In 1945, a group of theater artists left for Moscow. K. Marx to participate in a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of A.S. Griboyedov.

It has been discussed many times in online communities. This idea was also expressed in letters that sounded on the radio. After all, “Meeting with a Song” is not only the oldest musical program in the country, known, without exaggeration, to millions of listeners, it is not only a new format invented on Soviet radio, but also a unique phenomenon on the scale of world broadcasting, which simply has no analogues. Author's transfer Viktor Vitalievich Tatarsky has been on the air since January 1967 in an unchanged concept, the essence of which is most succinctly defined by the phrase: "song in the fate of man".

When wired and terrestrial radio broadcasting was widespread, at a time when the broadcast sounded on the waves of the First All-Union Radio Program, that is, it was broadcast to a territory geographically larger than the USSR, “Meeting with a Song” received up to 3 thousand letters a month - a record number of correspondence among all programs of the Soviet radio! She was able to awaken the desire of radio listeners to share with the world her personal stories associated with a favorite song or memorable melody. And, of course, they were waiting for "Meeting ...", marking the dates of the broadcasts on the calendar in order to turn on the radio on the usual evening and hear ... the voice of the host, which cannot be confused with any other. A voice unlike the voices of Soviet radio announcers, neither in timbre nor in pitch. In times of total officialdom and stereotyped phrases heard on the air, the need for a calm, confidential conversation, for the sincerity of intonations was filled precisely by "Meeting with the Song" ... That is why it is equally unique: both the manner of work at the microphone of Viktor Tatarsky, and musical recordings (sometimes rare), and, of course, meaningful letters (letters of memoirs, letters of confession) that sound in the program, without which “Meeting with the Song” is simply unthinkable!

In the "Meeting ..." for the first time, recordings were heard that were previously in a closed fund or even banned. Often, with great difficulty, Viktor Tatarsky and the editors of the program, Teresa Rymshevich and Tatyana Zubova, had to overcome censorship restrictions both in relation to topics addressed by listeners in letters and in connection with recordings. After all, indeed, rare phonograms are heard in the "Meeting ..." and most often only once in all the years of the existence of the program, and if there are repetitions, then rarely - once every five years. It was in the “Meeting with the Song” that the songs of Alexander Vertinsky, Isabella Yurieva, Vadim Kozin , Alla Bayanova , Alexandra Galich, Vladimir Vysotsky, Viktor Tsoi , Alexandra Bashlacheva...

The All-Union Radio archived the releases of "Meeting with the Song". Many of these tapes are now stored by the State Television and Radio Fund of Russia ... Transfers from the period of the 2000s were published by the official website of Radio Russia. But this archive was irretrievably lost. And at present, new releases of "Meeting with the Song" are available on the radio station's website, alas, only for about a year ...

Separate releases (or their fragments) as long-standing studio tapes and tape recordings from private audio archives are digitized are published from time to time on various sites. This is how the collection “Meetings with a Song” appeared on the site “Old Radio”, mainly from the middle - the second half of the 1980s. Members of the musical social network "On the Zavalinka" also managed to collect some of the archived radio broadcasts. Some time ago, the site "MOSKVA.FM" archived the recordings of "Meetings ..." and, moreover, offered text transcripts of the episodes. However, this archive was also removed from public access... Today, users social network VKontakte can communicate in the community “Meeting with the song. Author and presenter Viktor Tatarsky», created by a longtime listener of the radio show Lyudmila Kalinina. And also listen to the audio recordings of the releases of the “Meeting with the Song” program of different years published by the radio listeners themselves in the community "Archive of the radio program" Meeting with the song "" created Sergey Vladimirov. A member of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation provided great assistance in filling the web-archive "Meetings ..." Nadezhda Ivanovna Yudina from the city of Dyatkovo, who kindly provided the priceless notebooks of her older friend, a listener of "Meeting with the Song" since 1968, Azy Stepanovna Nikishina, which all years (up to last days) methodically kept records of the releases of her favorite show. Philophonist Boris Shcheglov shared with the web archive rare recordings of the “Meeting with a Song” program that aired from 1983 to 1993, and also helped clarify a significant amount of data on releases of different years. Together with like-minded people - the "search group from the Moscow region" (as Viktor Tatarsky calls them), he systematized from many sources information about the programs "Meeting with the song", "Record on your tape recorders" and "At all latitudes". For which many thanks to him and all his colleagues from the "search group".

By the middle of 2019, film critic and editor Elena Belskaya completed the systematization of information about "Meeting with the Song", taken from many sources. Meticulously, over the course of several years, Elena Belskaya managed to collect information about the musical works that sounded in most issues of the radio program, starting in 1968! This list became the basis of the web-archive offered to your attention by the Retroportal.ru website. If the information about the release of “Meeting with a Song” indicated the name of the performer and accompanist, that is, it was possible to identify musical recordings and find them (in the absence of an audio recording of the broadcast release itself), then they became additions to the text transmitted by Elena Belskaya. Thus, today users of the web-archive have the opportunity not only to learn about the musical works that sounded in a particular release, but also to listen to archival phonograms...

In order to provide the most detailed disclosure of information, the audio recordings of each issue of “Meetings with a Song”, found on the vastness of the global network, are divided into “frames” (fragments), including: the reading of the letter by the author and presenter Viktor Vitalievich Tatarsky and the musical soundtrack in question in a letter. The fragments are presented in the same sequence as it was at the time of the airing of this episode. Thus, even in this form, the dramaturgy of each issue is preserved, strictly subordinate to the author's intention. It is important to note that in the text description of the broadcast episodes, information about the titles, authors and performers of musical works may differ from the information that sounds in the audio recording, since they are presented in a refined and supplemented form.

The archive in web format on the pages of this site is presented in the form of: a list of releases in chronological order, an index containing information about vocalists, composers, poets, musicians, performing groups, a list of the names of the authors of letters to "Meeting the Song", an alphabetical list of musical works (other sites that also offer to listen to the recordings of "Meetings with the Song" do not have such a detailed description of the content of the releases). In addition, users of the web archive can also find out about its creators, read Viktor Tatarsky's interviews, articles about the program published in print and electronic media in different years, as well as get acquainted with the authors of letters, assistants and other participants of their favorite "Meetings ..." - according to Viktor Tatarsky, this "best part of humanity."

For the convenience of navigating through the web archive, under each “frame” (fragment) of the release with the sign “#” (pound sign), keywords (hashtags) are written, when you click on them, you can create a selection of releases on a specific topic, touched upon in the letters of radio listeners and voiced the author of the transmission. And for those who wish to listen to the release continuously, in its entirety, that is, in one file, there is a link to a third-party site where it is stored. In addition, for the convenience of searching through the web archive through search engines, as necessary, under the "frame" (fragment) is published brief information about persons, both well-known and about persons from the private life of the authors of the letters mentioned in this fragment of the issue.

Web archive alphabetical directories

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Significant events in the world of music - BIRTHDAYS

P celebrated Italian librettist and playwright was born January 13, 1698. Success came to him 1724, after setting "Abandoned Dido" written especially for the beloved poet, singer Marianna Romanini. The libretto was a rare success: set to music Domenico Sarro, it attracted the attention of several composers in the very first year, and later - throughout the 18th century - it was “voiced” 50 more times. "Abandoned Dido" was not the first experience of the poet, but it was in her that the character traits his style.

AND me Metastasio, along with the names Carlo Goldoni, Carlo Gozzi And Vittorio Alfieri glorified the Italian theatre. However, if Goldoni glorified Italian comedy, Alfieri- a tragedy and Gozzi generally created a new genre (fiabu), then Metastasio reached unprecedented heights in the genre of opera. It should immediately be noted here that, according to the terminology of the 18th century, a drama intended for music should be called an opera, and not a libretto, as is customary now, which is largely true, since the libretto is often understood as auxiliary material for the composer, while the best examples of musical drama of the 18th century are masterpieces in themselves, even without musical accompaniment. To a large extent, this merit Metastasio. He also wrote the libretto "Passion" set to music by several composers, including Antonio Salieri ("The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ", 1776 ).

was born January 13, 1866. Biographers of the Russian composer note that his life developed according to the laws of the Viennese four-movement symphony. Each of the 4 periods of life began with a change of residence. He spent his childhood in the village of Voin, youth - in the city of Orel, studied in Moscow, and spent his last years in Yalta. Note the tragic feature of this symphony of life - it was very short, the composer lived only 34 years.

Kalinnikov left the Moscow Conservatory and entered a school (now it is a theater institute, GITIS). He masters playing the timpani and bassoon, enjoying playing in the opera orchestra. Soon, his talent as a composer was also noticed here, but the future symphonist wrote mostly romances. After a while, an orchestral picture appeared "Nymphs" and overture "Epic".

M music Vasily Kalinnikov attracted attention. The young author was invited to work as a bandmaster, but the composer had a severe attack of tuberculosis. As soon as he became famous, he was forced to leave for treatment in Yalta. His health never recovered, but his passion for composing in the southern sun bore the sweetest and most fragrant fruits. Among the writings recent years– 2 symphonies, many pieces and choirs.

A American violinist was born in Odessa January 13, 1904. He studied violin at the school of Peter Stolyarsky, then studied at the Petrograd Conservatory. IN 1920 Milstein first gave a concert in Odessa, and in the same year performed Glazunov Violin Concerto under the direction of the author. Over the next five years, the violinist improved his skills and performed in the USSR, often in the same concerts with, while accompanying Milstein sister Horowitz, Regina. IN 1925 Milstein And Horowitz went on tour abroad and decided not to return to their homeland. During these years, the musicians became friends with the cellist Grigory Pyatigorsky, who also emigrated from the USSR shortly before, and sometimes performed in a trio.

IN soon Milstein settled in Brussels, where he was warmly received Eugene Ysaye. Three years later, the musician performed for the first time in New York with the city's Philharmonic Orchestra, his concerts were a great success, and soon he moved to the United States, where he performed over the next few years. After World War II, having already taken US citizenship, Milstein resumed concerts in Europe. He gave concerts and gave master classes up to 1988 when he broke his arm in a fall.

It is considered one of the largest representatives of the classical Russian violin school of the 20th century. He is the author of a number of original compositions for violin, including "Paganinians" written in 1954, cadenzas for concerts Beethoven and other composers.

Milstein made a number of recordings of compositions Mendelssohn, Brujah, and other composers. Many of the violinist's recordings have been released on CD. He was best known for his performances of solo violin music, for which he 1975 received a Grammy Award for "Best Classical Performance".

January 13, 1923 in a family of musicians was born - an outstanding Soviet and Russian cellist. His father was a cellist and his mother was a pianist. Since childhood Daniel studied music under the guidance of his father, Boris Shafran, who for 30 years led the cello group of the symphony orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic. From the age of ten he studied in a special children's group at the Leningrad Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Alexander Shtrimer.

IN 14 years ( 1937) Saffron won first prize in All-Union competition of violinists and cellists in Moscow. At the same time, his first recording was made - Variations on a Rococo Theme Tchaikovsky. Saffron started playing the cello Amati 1630, which he used throughout his creative life.

Daniel Shafran sent to Novosibirsk during the war, where the young musician performed cello concertos for the first time Boccherini, . In the middle of the war Daniel Borisovich (1943) became a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic. After the end of the war, in 1946 - performed a cello sonata in an ensemble with the author, which was recorded on a disc. IN 1949 was awarded the 1st prize competition International Festival youth and students in Budapest. IN 1950 Graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in the cello class.

Died February 7, 1997, and in September cello by the brothers Amati was donated by the musician's widow (Svetlana Shafran) to the State Museum musical culture them. .

R The Russian Cultural Foundation, the international charitable foundation "New Names" has established a monthly scholarship to them. Daniel Shafran , which will be awarded every year to the best students on a competitive basis.

R Russian pop singer was born January 13, 1954. Shortly before graduating from the radio technical school, he left it and began to play in the Mytishchi ensemble. After studying at the correspondence department at the Tambov Music College, he transferred to the Moscow Institute of Culture, where he studied at the full-time department of the pop and wind faculty.

Worked at VIA "Good fellows". IN 1977 acted as a member of VIA "Gems", and next year - with the team of VIA "Rhythm" who accompanied Alla Pugacheva.

Since 1979 By 1988 Alexey Glyzin- ensemble artist "Funny boys", in which he received all-Union popularity. Participated in this team festival "For the best performance of Soviet rock and pop music Yerevan-81" and in international pop song contest "Bratislava Lira-1985". Participated in the recording of the cult magnetic album "Banana Islands" and LP "Wait a minute".

IN ensemble "Funny boys" recorded a lot popular songs: “The time has come”, “Redheads are always lucky”, “Triangle”, “Ships”, “Train going south”, “Bologoe”, “Evening by candlelight”, “Traveling artists”, “Rosita”, “Don't worry, aunt". As part of the ensemble traveled abroad: Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cuba, Germany, Bulgaria, Finland. On the border recent works in ensemble and solo career in the program "Morning mail" the song came out "Episode".

In August 1988 Alexey Glyzin put together a group "Hooray" and started solo career. He released 7 albums, 3 of them are collections of his songs.

year 2012 marked for the singer by the preparation and release of the album "Wings of Love".

A English singer, actor, former radio DJ Suggs(Graham McPherson) was born January 13, 1961.

Suggs gained fame as the vocalist of the popular band Madness.

In 1997 Suggs recorded a song "Blue Day" for Chelsea football club with team players.

He starred in the movie "Lanky" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" ( 1998 ).

P latest album Suggs – The Three Pyramids Club- went out to 1998, the single from which "I Am" took 38th place in the English chart.

was born January 13, 1978. Russian rock musician, bass guitarist of the band "Epidemic". Nicknamed Lars.

In 1996-2004 played in various bands in different directions, including hardrock, blues, pop rock, prog power, punk thrash, doom, rap core, etc., as well as including commercial work. Almost no records or names have been preserved.

In 2004 received an offer from the group "Epidemic" become a member of the team. Before 2010 was the lead guitarist. As a result, solos were changed to some old compositions, solos, riffs, Ilya participated in the arrangement of new compositions and composed music in 6 compositions from 2 albums of the group. He has also guest-starred on solo recordings for bands such as "Boni NEM", "Arda", "Wings", "Guardians" and as a concert guest at various events and cover parties. Updated and increased the fleet of tools and equipment. IN 2008 Ilya Mamontov accepted an offer to become Yamaha's first official endorser.

June 2010 took part as a guest guitarist of both bands in a joint tour of the bands Everlost And "Wings".

November 25, 2011 it became known that during the joint tour in Russia, two vocalists Iron Maiden – Paul DiAnno And Blaze Bayley will be part of the accompanying team.

Significant events in the world of music - DAYS OF MEMORY

October 2, 1953 born - Soviet rock musician, member of the group "Russians". Your first song "Gods" in Russian George wrote in 1970. WITH 1971 By 1983 more than a hundred songs were written, many of which were included in the Golden Fund of Russian Rock.

"RRussians"- one of the first domestic groups that performed their own songs. April 27, 1969 the team gave the first concert in the St. Petersburg cafe "Eureka". IN 1971 came to the team, who soon became the main songwriter and leader of the group. Best songs George Ordanovsky – "There Will Be a Day"("He who is not with us is against us") "May Rock Help Us!", "Bloody Rain", "Oh What a Day!", "Canaries", "Carousel", "Roadside Burdock", "About the Abomination" etc. - have become classics of St. Petersburg rock.

February 21, 1981 "Russians" among the first 8 groups auditioned for the ranks of the newly created Leningrad Rock Club, A March 7 together with "Picnic", "Myths" And "Mirror" took part in its opening.

group "Russians"

May 14, 1983 "Russians" played on I Festival of the Leningrad Rock Club and shared third place with "Picnic", "Tambourine" And "Strange Games". IN July the group gave their last concert on rock festival in Vyborg. In the middle of summer "Russians" retired to their rehearsal base and for five months carefully prepared a new program from songs that had not yet been played George Ordanovsky. The premiere was scheduled for February 19, 1984, but did not take place. January 13, 1984 Georgy Ordanovsky together with friends went out of town to celebrate the Old New Year, where he went missing. "Russians" broke up.

May 10, 2001 The Federal Court of the Krasnoselsky District of St. Petersburg ruled to recognize George Ordanovsky deceased, but the fact of his death has not yet been proven.

Since 2001 St. Petersburg hosts an annual memory rock festival George Ordanovsky"Windows open".

A American opera singer (mezzo-soprano) was born January 3, 1924. She studied in Birmingham, then in New York. IN 1947 debuted on the New York opera stage with her sister, a soprano Ruth Rankin. IN 1948-1950 performed in Switzerland.

In 1950 won International Performing Competition in Geneva, thanks to which she received a number of offers and throughout 1951 She made her debut on the stage of Milan's La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the New York Metropolitan Opera, in all three cases - in the part of Amneris in. This party is forever the best game Rankin along with the title part in . Before 1976 Rankin she remained a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera, also appearing on other major opera stages in the world.

W apisi are not numerous: it is, first of all, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (1951 , part of Suzuki, in the title part Renata Tebaldi), concert recordings made in the same year (conductor Herbert von Karajan) And "Requiem"(conductor Victor de Sabata), as well as a live recording The Trojans by Berlioz (1960 , "La Scala").

A American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, composer Michael Leonard Brecker was born March 29, 1949. He grew up in a musical family: his mother, father and sister were excellent pianists, and his brother randy- a trumpeter.

WITH start Michael He studied playing the clarinet and alto saxophone, but by the end of school he switched to tenor. IN 1960s became interested in rock and soul music, then - Coltrane. IN 1969 moved to New York where he joined his older brother randy played rhythm and blues, later - for two years - became a member of a funk group Dreams, and in mid 1970s worked with James Taylor, Horace Silver And Billy Cobham.

By the end of the 1970s, Michael Brecker together with brother randy founded a group Brecker Brothers, a very successful fusion project, and became a member of the combo steps, later renamed to Steps Ahead. TO mid 1980s Brecker Brothers released 5 albums, collaborating with David Sanborn, Chris Parker etc. Michael it took a long time before he was able to record his own solo album. Prior to that, he worked for a long time as a session musician, who often appeared in the background of various bands and popular vocalists, demonstrating excellent improvisational skills. After the release of the first solo album in 1987 Michael Brecker began to appear more often in interesting jazz projects. IN 1990s Mike And randy reorganized the group Brecker Brothers.

January 13, 2007, aged 57, died in a New York hospital from leukemia, from which he had suffered for several years.

Michael Leonard Brecker was awarded 15 Grammy Awards in the categories " instrumental composition”, “Jazz Instrumental Album”, “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” and others.

A American musician born May 1, 1980.

WITH childhood was engaged in music, and at the age of 18 he organized a rock band The Reatards. The team did not become popular, but to Jay Retard fame came after the start of a solo career.

P first song Jay Ritard– Teenage Hate- went out to 1998. In total, the musician released 22 albums with his bands. The Reatards And Lost Sounds.

D 29-year-old died in his home in his sleep January 13, 2010. Representatives of the labels "Matador" and "Goner Records", as well as musicians expressed their grief in connection with the death of the musician. Beck, Pixies And no age.

Significant events in the world of music - SIGNIFICANT DATES

January 13, 1873 the first performance of the opera took place in St. Petersburg Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "The Maid of Pskov".

ABOUT the pen was first broadcast on the radio January 13, 1910. Enrico Caruso sang from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Habby checker January 13, 1962 peaked at number 1 in the US with the single "The Twist".

TOliff Richard topped the UK charts with the album "The Young Ones" January 13, 1962 where he stayed for 6 weeks.

January 13, 1968 Johnny Cash recorded his legendary concert in Folsom Prison, located in Sacramento (California). The musicians took the stage in front of 2,000 prisoners. Folsom Prison is one of the oldest in the state, after San Quentin Prison, and the first prison in the United States to have electricity. Within the walls of this institution, the prisoners were serving life sentences, and the "suicide bombers" were waiting for the execution of the sentence.

IN returned to Memphis for the first time in 12 years January 13, 1969 to record songs "Don't Cry Daddy", "In The Ghetto", "Suspicious Minds" and etc.

January 13, 1973 guitar player Eric Clapton for the first time after a two-year break caused by deep depression and drugs, he performed at London's Rainbow Theatre.

TOarly simon topped the US album chart for 5 weeks with the record "No Secrets" January 13, 1973.

Slade ranked 1st in the UK January 13, 1973 with the album "Slayed".

January 13, 1977 played the first show of a 59-concert world tour. The opening act was Thin Lizzy.

January 13, 1978 at Surrey Sound Studios, located in Surrey (England), The Police with the producer Nigel Gray started recording the band's debut album.

R radio station "Radio 1", which is part of the "BBC", January 13, 1984 banned the song Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax".

New Kids On The Block reached number 1 in the UK with the single "Hangin' Tough" January 13, 1990.

Alla pugacheva received the Ovation award in the Living Legend nomination January 13, 1994.

Steps January 13, 1999 topped the UK charts with a double single "Heartbeat / Tragedy".

January 13, 2001 Forbes magazine named beyoncé And Jay Z Hollywood couple, earning the most.

January 13, 2008 Amy Macdonald peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with debut album "This Is The Life".

Updated: April 13, 2019 by: Elena

13.01.2018 08:00

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Today, Ukrainians are celebrating the Generous Evening or Melanka's holiday.

On the evening of January 13, on the eve of the New Year according to the old style, Ukrainians traditionally celebrate the Generous Evening (Generous Kutya) or Melanka's holiday. Such a name in the folk tradition - Melanki, Malanki, Milanka - the holiday received because, according to the Julian calendar, which is used by Eastern Orthodox Christians, December 31 is the day of St. Melania the Roman, who lived in Rome in the 4th-5th centuries.

Following the Ukrainian New Year's rituals, the evening from January 13 to 14 is called Generous. A generous festive New Year's table is being prepared for him - for the second time during the winter holidays, kutya is cooked, but already modest, and the table should be dominated by meat dishes(sausages, fried soft meats, roasts, etc.). Pancakes, pies with cheese, meat, dumplings with sour cream are also prepared for a rich table.

The main festive events of the Generous Evening are generosity, bachelor and girl parties "Melanki", "Goat". Generosity is an old custom of the traditional folk Ukrainian New Year. As soon as it starts to get dark, groups of generous people (mainly young people) carry out majestic New Year rounds and congratulations, during which they glorify the hosts with songs, wish them health and prosperity for the whole year, for which they receive a generous reward.

Cheerful women are still universally loved and respected in Ukraine today. Who does not know the chorus: “Generous evening, good evening! good people to health!

"Melanka" is a traditional New Year's rite, which eventually transformed into a public holiday fun, a kind of rural carnival with the use of masks, dressing up, playing funny scenes-interludes. According to a long tradition in the Melankn parubotska, the role of the main ritual character was played by a guy dressed in a women's folk costume. The girls also go to be generous with "Melanka": the most beautiful is dressed as a "bride", and another girl is dressed as a "groom". The traditional carnival images of "Melanka" are the Goat (hence the rite of "leading the Goat" came from), the Bear, the Crane, the Bull, the Horse, as well as the Grandfather, the Baba, the Groom and the Bride, the Blacksmith, the Chimney Sweep, etc. They are generous, drive the Goat, Melanka with music, dancing, pantomime, ritual games with masks until midnight, as New Year, and the Generous Evening ended.

Events of the day:

25 years ago (1993) in Paris, representatives of 130 countries (including Ukraine) signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction. The Convention entered into force on April 29, 1997. Ukraine ratified the document on October 16, 1998.

On this day in 2015, near the town of Volnovakha Donetsk region A terrorist attack resulted in the death of 13 people. At 14:25, at the control point where the Zlatoustovka-Donetsk bus with 40 civilians was being checked, the terrorists fired 88 unguided projectiles from BM-21 Grad rocket artillery systems. One of these shells, launched from the occupied territory, exploded 12 meters from the bus. As a result of the attack, 10 people died on the spot, three died in the hospital, and another 20 people were injured. Later, the examination accurately established the place from which the shelling was carried out - the area of ​​​​the north-eastern outskirts of the city of Dokuchaevsk, which was controlled by the illegal armed formations. According to the SBU, the terrorist act in Volnovakha was planned by the leadership of the so-called DPR and carried out on their direct orders. On January 15, 2015, a day of mourning was declared in Ukraine for all those who died at the hands of terrorists, and, first of all, for civilians who died at the checkpoint near Volnovakha.

Anniversaries of the day:

141 years since the birth of Lev Makarovich Matsievich (1877-1910), Ukrainian ship engineer, shipbuilder, author of ship designs, submarines, mine barriers, sea airplanes, etc., the first Ukrainian aviator, public and political figure. One of the founders of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (RUP). Lev Matsievich was born in the village of Alexandrovka, Kyiv province (now the Kirovograd region). He studied at the Kharkov Institute of Technology (where among his friends was, among other things, Gnat Khotkevich), in 1906 he graduated from the Nikolaev Naval Academy in St. Petersburg. Participated in the construction of the battleship "John Chrysostom". Engaged in the theory and practice of aviation. In 1909, he created a seaplane project. In May 1910, after the creation of the Air Force Department in Russia, Matsievich headed a group of 7 Russian officers, sent to France to study aviation aerobatics (he also had the task of purchasing airplanes). While in France, he studied drawings and aviation literature, spent a lot of time in workshops where airplanes were made. He visited 7 airfields, where he got acquainted in detail with the structure of airplanes and airships. At the same time, as chairman of the commission, he visited Brussels and traveled to Britain, where he examined about 20 aircraft systems. He constantly flew on a Farman airplane, received an aviator certificate No. 178 (this actually meant joining the two hundred first pilots in the world). Lev Matsievich was one of the founders of the Ukrainian revolutionary party(together with Dmitry Antonovich and Mikhail Rusov) - the first political party that aimed at gaining independence for the Dnieper Ukraine. Financially supported the Ukrainian national movement. In 1903, he took part in the celebrations dedicated to the opening of a monument to Ivan Kotlyarevsky in Poltava. Together with his college friend Alexander Kovalenko (also an officer of the Black Sea Fleet), he created an amateur workers' theater with Ukrainian repertoire in the People's House of Sevastopol, organized evenings in memory of Taras Shevchenko, which did not please the Russian imperial authorities. Among the friends and acquaintances of Matsiyevich were Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, Nikolai Voronoy, Alexander Oles, Boris Lazarevsky, Lyudmila Vasilevskaya (Dneprovskaya Chaika), Khristina Alchevskaya, Nikolai Mikhnovsky, Simon Petlyura, Ignat Khotkevich, Nikolai Levitsky. Lev Matsievich died at the end of September 1910 during a demonstration flight near St. Petersburg in front of thousands of spectators. All Petersburg buried him. More than 100 thousand people followed the coffin. Among the 350 wreaths was a wreath from the Ukrainian Society. It was ordered at the initiative of Lev's old friend Simon Petliura, who spoke at the Society at the evening in memory of Matsievich. “He was ours in spirit and blood ... We must, with a feeling of deep bewilderment and pride, honor the memory of Matsievich and, in the very heart of Ukraine, in Kiev, put at least a bust for him ... Lev Makarovich was ours, a Ukrainian, our accomplice will forever remain an adornment and honor of our previously forgotten nation, ”Alexander Oles responded to the death of the aviator.

Today celebrates his birthday Orlando Bloom (1977), a popular British actor. He gained worldwide fame thanks to his roles in the film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" (2001, 2002, 2003) and its prequel "The Hobbit", the adventure film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003) and its sequels "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent (UK). Unusual name received in honor of the 17th century English composer Orlando Gibbons - the actor's parents were creative people. As a small boy, Orlando participated in school plays. He liked the scene, the roles, the attention of the audience, he liked to learn the texts, the process of the game itself. Therefore, at the age of sixteen, he left for London, where he spent two seasons playing on the stage of the National Youth Theater, after which he received a grant for a year of study at the British American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1996, Bloom made his television debut in several episodes of Casualty, and in 1997 he made his first screen appearance in the biographical drama Wilde, starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law. After that, Bloom continued to improve his acting skills for almost three years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Then there was the casting for the role of Faramir in The Lord of the Rings, a large-scale project by New Zealand director Peter Jackson. The role went to David Vene, but Orlando Bloom was approved for the role of Legolas, the prince of the Forest Kingdom of the elves. After the premiere of the film, Bloom woke up famous. In 2001, his name was one of the twenty most popular queries in Internet search engines. Since then, fame has not left the Briton. The actor's hobbies are extreme sports (sky diving, surfing, paragliding, snowboarding), in addition, he is fond of sculpture, photography and cars; fan of the football club "Manchester United". For several years in a row, Bloom has been an ambassador for UNICEF, actively participating in the programs of this international organization. In April 2016, as a UNICEF Ambassador, Bloom visited Ukraine and met with his fans, visiting Svyatogorsk, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Mariupol, Kiev and Kharkov.

Death anniversary:

5 years ago Mikhail Horyn (1930-2013), a well-known Ukrainian public and political figure, human rights activist. In 1962, he became friends with Ivan Svetlichny, Ivan Dzyuba, Ivan Drach and other representatives of the national liberation movement. He organized the distribution of political literature, which was issued abroad, and samizdat. In August 1965 he was arrested on charges of conducting anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda, and in April 1966 he was sentenced to six years in camps. strict regime. He served his sentence in Mordovia. In August 1978, together with Vyacheslav Chornovil, he restored the magazine "Ukrainian Herald". Mikhail Goryn took an active part in the activities of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, established in 1976. Together with Chornovil and his brother Bohdan Goryn, he developed the "Declaration of Principles of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union". In September of the same year, Mikhail organized and headed working group for the Protection of Ukrainian Political Prisoners, which was included in the International Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners. He took part in several meetings of representatives of the national democratic movements of the peoples of the USSR. In December 1981, Horyn was arrested again, and on June 25 he was convicted for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda and refusal to testify in the case of Ivan Kandyba" to 10 years in prison in camps of especially strict regime and 5 years in exile. Pardoned in 1987, rehabilitated in 1990. In the same year he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, worked in the Commission on Sovereignty, headed the commission of national minorities. From May 1992 to October 1995 he headed the Ukrainian Republican Party. After the collapse of the URP in 1997, he became one of the founders of the Republican Christian Party. From December 1992 he headed the Congress of National Democratic Forces. May 19, 2000 was elected chairman of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council.

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