Having served in the Red Army during World War II as a Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is on record as the most successful female sniper in history with 309 kills. Her terrifying accuracy earned her the nickname "Lady Death." Pavlichenko was initially offered a position in the army as a...
Also ranks #43 on The Funniest Female SNL Alumni Also ranks #47 on Who Is The Most Famous Wells In The World? 40 Noel Alumit 01/07/1970 0 Noël Alumit (born January 8, 1968) is an American novelist, actor, and activist. He was identified as one of the Top 100 Influential Gay Pe...
Margaret Bourke-White (; June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviet's five-year plan, the first American female war photojournalist...
He has championed the piano music of Soviet contemporary composers such as Arvo Pärt, Sofia Gubaidulina, Boris Tishchenko and Alfred Schnittke, and has kept a close artistic relationship with local composers such as Francisco Llácer Pla. Since 1994, he has played in a piano duo with David ...
At the 1991 G7 Summit in London, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (Cohon's personal friend) personally complained to Mikhail Gorbachev about the difficulties Cohon was experiencing doing business in the Soviet Union.He is the founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provides ...