Founded in 1909
10 December City Day: Nurlat
Dates in History
1956Alexander Dovzhenko, film director, is born. One of the Kiev film studios is named Dovzhenko Film Studios after his death.
1933Ivan Bunin receives the Nobel Prize in Literature. | In his speech he says: “It’s the first time you award an outcast…”
1717Alexander Sumarokov, actor, is born. | Sumarokov becomes the first director of the Russian Theatre in St. Petersburg (1756-61); he also publishes the first Russian private magazine The Hardworking Bee. |