Mark Lvovich Slonim (Russian: Марк Льво́вич Сло́ним, also known as Marc Slonim and Marco Slonim; March 23, 1894 – 1976) was a Russian politician, literary critic, scholar and translator. He was a lifelong member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party,...
Slonim is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km (89 mi) southeast of Grodno.
The Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Paris (Russian: Союз русских писателей и журналистов в Париже) was a literary organization formed in July 1920. In 1921 Ivan Bunin was elected its first chairman, to be succeeded a year later by Pavel...
Beaulieu-sur-Mer (French: [boljø syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Bèuluec de Mar; Italian: Belluogo, formerly), or simply Beaulieu, is a seaside commune on the French Riviera between Nice and the Principality of Monaco. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes department...
Michael Marks (Yiddish: מיכאל מאַרקס; Polish: Michał Marks; 1859? – 31 December 1907) was a Polish-Jewish entrepreneur and later a British businessman, who with Thomas Spencer co-founded the retail chain Marks & Spencer.
Marks and Spencer p.l.c. (abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks & Sparks or Marks) is a major British multinational retailer based in London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty products, home products and food...
Alisa Georgiyevna Koonen (Russian: Алиса Георгиевна Коонен), also known as Alice Coonen (October 17 [O.S. October 5] 1889 – August 20, 1974), was a Russian and Soviet actress and the wife of the director Alexander Tairov.
Nicholas Gehlfuss (born January 21, 1985) is an American actor, known for his role in 2014 as Robbie Pratt in the fourth season of the Showtime family comedy-drama Shameless. From 2015–2023 he had a starring role as Dr. Will Halstead in the NBC...
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Киршо́н; 19 August [O.S. 6 August] 1902 – July 28, 1938) was a Soviet playwright, poet, publicist and screenwriter.
Vu, stylized as VU, was a weekly French pictorial magazine, created and directed by Lucien Vogel, which was published from 21 March 1928 to 29 May 1940; it ran for 638 issues.
