The history of the world, and in particular Russia, is reflected on this page in the form of the most significant events, turning decisions, discoveries and inventions, wars and the emergence of new countries, turning points and cardinal decisions that have taken place over many centuries. Here you will get acquainted with the outstanding people of the world, politicians and rulers, commanders, scientists and artists, athletes, artists, singers and many others, who and in what years of them were born and died, what trace they left in history, how they were remembered and what have reached.

In addition to the history of Russia and the world on August 8, significant milestones and significant events that took place on this August day of spring, you will learn about historical dates, about those influential and popular people who were born and passed on this date, and you can also get acquainted with memorable dates and folk holidays in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, signs and sayings, natural disasters, the emergence of cities and states, as well as their tragic disappearance, get acquainted with revolutions and revolutionaries, those turning milestones that in one way or another influenced the course of development of our planet and in many ways other - interesting, informative, important, necessary and useful.

Folk calendar, signs and folklore on August 8

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days left until the end of the year.

Mary's day.

Autumn haze over the herbs go, the healing power of herbs is given.

In the morning, the coolness of dew fills the leaves, the dust washes away, and at noon, healing power is born in the herbs.

Bhutan - Independence Day (from India, since 1949). See Independence Day.

Germany - Peace Day in Augsburg.

Taiwan - Fathers Day. See Fathers Day.

Sweden - Sweden Flag Day (English).

United Nations - Mountaineer Day.

Ukraine - Day of signal troops of Ukraine.

History of Orthodoxy on August 8

the memory of the holy martyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermokrat, the elders of Nicomedia (c. 305);

memory of the Monk Moses Ugrin, Pechersk, in the Near Caves (c. 1043);

memory of the Monk Martyr Paraskeva of Rome (138-161);

memory of the holy martyr Sergius Strelnikov, presbyter (1937).

Catholic: Dominic, Cyprian, Emilian.

Orthodox:

Appio - Martyr Appio.

Gerontius (Geront) - Venerable Gerontius of Athos.

Ermillus - Hieromartyr Ermippus of Nicomedia.

Ermokrat (Hermocrat) and Ermolai (Ermol, Ermak) - Hieromartyr Ermokrat of Nicomedia.

Ignatius (Ignat) - the Monk Ignatius Stironite.

Moses - the Monk Moses Ugrin, Pechersk.

Sergius (Sergei) - Hieromartyr Sergius (Strelnikov).

Theodore (Theodore) - the Monk Theodore, Metropolitan of Trebizond.

Jerusalem is the martyr of Jerusalem.

Oreozila is the martyr of Oreozila.

Paraskeva (Praskovya) - Martyr Paraskeva of Rome.

What happened in Russia and the world on August 8?

Below you will learn about the history of the world and Russia on August 8, the events that took place in different historical time periods and periods, starting from prehistoric times BC and the emergence of Christianity, continuing with the era of formations, transformations, times of discoveries, scientific and technical revolutions, as well as interesting the middle ages, right up to the present. Below are reflected all the significant events of this day in the history of mankind, you will learn or remember those who were born and left us in another world, what events took place, what made it so special to us.

​ The history of Russia and the world on August 8 in the 16th century

1570 - The Treaty of Saint Germain ends the third religious war in France.

1588 - The British defeated the remnants of the Spanish Invincible Armada, which had previously been scattered by a storm.

​ History of Russia and the world on August 8 in the 17th century

1619 first Lutheran worship held in Canada.

1628 - The Dutch captured Spanish ships with 80 tons of silver off the coast of Cuba.

1636 Spanish troops came close to Paris.

1648 - By order of his mother, the janissaries deposed and executed the mentally ill Turkish Sultan Ibrahim I.

1672 New York is captured by the Dutch, who renamed it New Orange.

History of Russia and the world on August 8 in the 18th century

1729 founding of Baltimore (North America) officially proclaimed.

1742 - First Vice-Chancellor of Internal Affairs of Russia, Count M.G. Golovkin, with his wife Ekaterina Ivanovna, who voluntarily followed him into exile, were delivered to the settlement in Srednekolymsk. So Empress Elizaveta Petrovna punished him for sympathizing with Princess Anna Leopoldovna, initially sentencing him to death after the November palace coup in 1741, later replacing her with a settlement in Siberia. The count died in the place of exile in 1766. The wife, who after the death of her husband, received permission to return to Moscow, took the body with her, according to legend, flooding it with wax. Count Golovkin was buried in the St. George Monastery. The Countess lived to be 90 years old and died on May 20, 1791.

1783 - Catherine II awarded A. Suvorov with the Order of St. Vladimir.

1786 - Michel Pakkar was the first to conquer Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe.

1788 - The French King Louis XVI announced the convening next year of the States General, which would later erect it on the block.

History of Russia and the world on August 8 in the 19th century

1805 - Timofey Kondratyev became the city architect of Voronezh. This position was introduced for the first time in the city.

1832 Prince Otto, son of the Bavarian king, proclaimed king of Greece.

1835 - Adoption of a new university charter in Russia, developed by the Minister of Public Education, Count S.S.Uvarov.

1854 Smith & Wesson launches cartridge magazines.

1897 visit of the German Emperor Wilhelm II to Peterhof.

1900 - In Brookline, Massachusetts, at the Longwood Cricket Club, the first match for the International Lawn Tennis Federation Cup begins. The cup itself was donated by the American Dwight Davis, a member of the US team, which won the English team in the first match with a score of 3: 0. The competition became known as the Davis Cup team championship, or simply the Davis Cup. Davis subsequently became a member of the US government.

History in Russia and the world on August 8 in the XX century

1901 Boer Commander De Villiers capitulates in South Africa.

1907 - Representatives of the Russian Zemstvo demanded that the government introduce universal compulsory education.

1910 Persian government forces capture the leaders of the uprising in Persia, Sattar Khan and Begir Khan.

1911 a workers' demonstration in Liverpool is shot by troops.

Various factions of the State Duma of the Russian Empire entered into a Holy Alliance during the First World War.

Anglo-French troops occupied Togoland (now Togo).

German troops captured Prague, a fortified suburb of Warsaw.

In the Dardanelles, a British submarine sank the Turkish battleship Barbarossa.

Russian Emperor Nicholas II rejected Denmark's offer to mediate in peace negotiations with Germany.

The ban on the activities of the Jesuit order has been lifted in Russia.

1918 - The Amiens operation of the Anglo-French troops ("Black Day of Germany") began.

The third Anglo-Afghan war ended.

Polish troops captured Minsk and Rovno.

Soviet troops occupied Tyumen.

1920 - A detachment of Baron Wrangel's troops landed in the Kuban.

1923 - Benny Goodman, 14, began his professional music career in Chicago as a clarinetist in an orchestra on a steamer on Lake Michigan.

The first national congress of the Ku Klux Klan opens in Washington.

The first traffic lights in Toronto (Canada) were installed.

1927 canine plague vaccine announced in France.

1929 - the airship "Graf Zepellin" went on a flight around the Earth.

1932 - In the USSR, women are allowed to work in mines.

1934 Los Angeles Police announce that Hollywood stars are making large donations to the US Communist Party.

1935 Hermann Goering is appointed in charge of Germany's new industry - television.

1937 The Japanese take over Beijing.

1940 - The pro-fascist government of France arrested the former prime ministers L. Blum and E. Daladier.

JV Stalin was appointed commander-in-chief of the Soviet army.

Five Il-4 aircraft carried out the first Soviet bombing of Berlin.

In Brussels, the "Walloon Legion" was formed from the Belgians who volunteered to fight on the side of the Nazis in the USSR.

Mussolini is imprisoned on the island of Maddalena in Sardinia.

The KV-85 heavy tank is adopted by the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army

1944 - In Berlin, eight German officers accused of plotting the assassination of Hitler, including Field Marshal von Witzleben, are hanged from the bass strings of a grand piano.

1946 two American bombers make their first uncrewed flight from Hawaii to California, controlled solely by radio.

1949 - The first session of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg.

In the USSR, a regulation was adopted on vacations and working conditions for adolescents.

Egypt undertook to supply cotton to the USSR and Romania in exchange for oil.

1956 - In Marceline, Belgium, a mine fire killed 263 people.

1960 military coup d'état in Laos.

1962 - US Nazi leader George Rockwell is arrested in England and expelled from the country.

1963 - robbery of the Glasgow-London mail train by a gang of 15 people. Old banknotes worth £ 2.6 million were stolen (equivalent to £ 40 million today). The most famous of the criminals who committed the robbery is Ronnie Biggs, although he did not plan and lead the robbery at all.

1966 Cultural Revolution begins in China.

1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is formed in Bangkok. It includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, then Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995), Laos and Myanmar (1997), Cambodia (1999).

The Institute of Culture was opened in Kiev.

The Beatles recorded the song "Hey Jude".

1969 - For the first time (and for the last time) the USSR Football Cup was won by the team of the first league, the Lviv Karpaty.

1974 - Richard Nixon announces that he is stepping down in connection with the Watergate scandal.

1983 military coup d'etat in Guatemala.

1990 - Iraq announced the annexation of Kuwait.

1991 - Former Iranian Prime Minister Sh. Bakhtiyar was killed in Paris.

Scientists in the UK, USA and Italy have officially announced the beginning of experiments on human cloning.

An improvised explosive device, equivalent to 800 grams of TNT, was detonated in the passage on Pushkinskaya Square. The explosion killed 13 people and injured 118 more.

History of Russia and the world August 8 - in the XXI century

Opening of the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing.

The beginning of active hostilities in South Ossetia.

The story of August 8 - which of the greats was born

Born celebrities of the world and Russia on August 8, 17th century

1602 - Gilles Roberval, French mathematician, astronomer and physicist (died 1675).

1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German painter, court portraitist of five English monarchs (d. 1723).

1694 - Francis Hutcheson, English philosopher (d. 1746).

Born celebrities of the world and Russia on August 8 in the 18th century

1709 - Johann Georg Gmelin, German traveler (d. 1755).

1790 - Ferenc Kölchei, Hungarian romantic poet, author of the Hungarian national anthem (d. 1838).

1799 Nathaniel Brown Palmer, American navigator, one of the discoverers of Antarctica (d. 1877).

Born i'm a celebrity of the world and Russia on August 8 in the 19th century

1819 - Panteleimon Kulish (d. 1897), Ukrainian writer, member of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood ("Black Rada", "Ukraine").

1861 - William Batson (d. 1926), English biologist, one of the founders of genetics, who gave her name.

1866 - Matthew Alexander Henson (d. 1955), American polar explorer.

1869 - Prokhor Gorokhov (d. 1925), a Russian self-taught poet, author of the words of the song "There were happy days."

1877 - Alexander Khanzhonkov (died 1945), the first Russian film industrialist.

1879 - Emiliano Zapata (d. 1919), Mexican revolutionary.

1881 - Juliusz Klos (d. 1933), Polish architectural historian, professor at the Stefan Batory University.

1882 - Vladislav Starevich (d. 1965), Russian and French director, creator of puppet animation.

1884 - Sarah Tisdale (d. 1933), American poetess, first recipient of the Pulezer Prize.

1895 - Leonid Myasin (d. 1979), dancer, choreographer.

1898 - Emmanuel Geller (d. 1990), Soviet theater and film actor.

Born celebrities of the world and Russia on August 8 in the 20th century

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (d. 1958), American physicist, Nobel laureate (1939).

1902 - Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (d. 1984), English physicist, Nobel laureate (1933).

1909 - Emilian Bukov, Moldavian Soviet writer and poet.

1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer.

1926 - Albert Mkrtchyan, film director (Sannikov Land).

Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (d. 1982), writer.

Svyatoslav Fyodorov (d. 2000), ophthalmologist surgeon.

1928 - Nina Menshikova, theater and film actress, People's Artist of the USSR.

1930 - Arunas Zhebrunas, Lithuanian film director and screenwriter ("The rich man, the poor man").

1931 - Roger Penrose, English physicist.

1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American film actor, winner of two Oscars.

1940 - Paul Butkevich, Latvian pop and film actor ("Case in the square 36-80", "Vivat, midshipmen!").

1943 - Julius Gusman, film director, KVNschik, director of the House of Cinema, deputy of the Duma.

1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet cosmonaut.

Martin Brest, American film director, actor ("The Smell of a Woman", "Beverly Hills Cop", etc.).

Stanislav Sadalsky, theater and film actor (“The meeting place cannot be changed”, “Say a word about the poor hussar”, etc.).

On this page you will learn about the significant and memorable dates of summer today on August 8, what famous people were born on this August day, events took place, we will also tell you about folk omens and Orthodox holidays of this day, public holidays of different countries from around the world.

Today, as on any day, as you will see, events have taken place over the centuries, each of them is remembered for something, no exception was the day of August 8, which was also remembered for its own dates and birthdays of famous people, as well as holidays and folk signs. We must always remember and know about those who have left their indelible mark on culture, science, sports, politics, medicine and all other areas of human and society development.

The day of August 8, left its indelible mark on history, events and memorable dates, as well as who was born on this summer day, once again confirm this. Find out what happened on the eighth day of August on August 8, what events and significant dates he was noted for and what he remembered, who was born, folk signs characterizing the day and much more that you should know, it's just interesting to know.

Who was born on August 8 (eighth)

Dustin Hoffman (08/08/1937 [Los Angeles]) - famous American actor;

Roger Federer (German Roger Federer; born August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss professional tennis player, former world number one in singles. Federer is called the best tennis player in history by a number of renowned experts and athletes. Winner of numerous records, including 17 men's singles Grand Slam titles and 302 weeks in total in number one in the world rankings (237 consecutive weeks).

Maya Georgievna Menglet. Born on August 8, 1935 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984).

Stanislav Yurievich Sadalsky. Born on August 8, 1951 in the village. Chkalovskoe (Chuvash ASSR). Soviet and Russian actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991). People's Artist of Georgia and People's Artist of Chuvashia.

Yuliy Solomonovich Gusman (August 8, 1943, Baku) - Soviet and Russian theater and film director, TV presenter, actor, founder and artistic director of the 1st National Prize of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts - Nika Prize, permanent member of the KVN jury, member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.

Victor Vasilievich Avilov. Born on August 8, 1953 - died on August 21, 2004 in Novosibirsk. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1993).

Evgeny Kemerovsky (08.08.1962 [Novy Gorodok settlement, Kemerovo region]) - Russian chanson singer;

Yuri Kamorny (08.08.1944 [Alapaevsk] - 27.11.1981 [Leningrad]) - Soviet actor;

Irina Kareeva (08.08.1974 [St. Petersburg]) - Russian actress;

Boris Vladimirov (08/08/1932 - 08/04/1988) - Soviet pop actor and director, famous in the mask of Avdotya Nikitichna;

Nina Menshikova (08.08.1928 [Moscow] - 26.12.2007 [Moscow]) - Soviet actress;

Svyatoslav Fedorov (08.08.1927 [Proskurov (Khmelnitsky)] - 02.06.2000 [Moscow]) - ophthalmologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. (crashed in a helicopter);

Emmanuel Geller (08.08.1898 [Yekaterinoslav] - 06.05.1990 [Moscow]) - Soviet actor, master of the episode;

Svetlana Savitskaya (08.08.1948 [Moscow]) - Soviet cosmonaut, test pilot, teacher;

Rasim Balaev (08.08.1948 [Agsu]) - Soviet actor;

Esther Williams (08.08.1921 [Inglewood, California]) - legendary American actress and swimmer;

Rosetta LeNoir (08.08.1911 [New York] - 17.03.2002 [New Jersey]) - American actress;

Sylvia Sydney (08/08/1910 [Bronx] - 07/01/1990) - American actress;

Alexander Khanzhonkov (08.08.1877 [Khanzhonkovka village] - 09/26/1945 [Yalta]) - producer, entrepreneur, one of the pioneers of the Russian film industry;

William Batson (08.08.1861 [Whitby, North Yorkshire] - 08.02.1926 [Merton, Greater London]) - English biologist, one of the founders of genetics, author of the term "genetics" (1907);

Matvey Yelchaninov (08.08.1756 - 1816) - Major General of the Fleet, Hero of the Russian-Turkish War;

Matvey Platov (08.08.1753 [Cherkassk] - 03.01.1818 [Novocherkassk]) - Cossack, count and chieftain of the Don army;

Nikolay Novikov (08.08.1744 [Tikhvinskoe-Avdotino of Moscow province] - 12.08.1818 [Tikhvinskoe-Avdotino of Moscow province]) - Russian educator, philosopher, journalist, publisher.

Below, at the end of this page, you will find a table with the days (dates) of the celebration of Orthodox holidays - Exaltation of the Holy Cross , Day of Faith, Hope and Love , as well as Protection of the Holy Virgin until 2035 ...

Dates 8 August

Ukraine Celebrates Signal Troops Day

In Germany - Day of Peace in Augsburg

In Sweden - Queen Silvia's Name Day (Flag Raising Day)

In Tanzania - Farmers Day

Bhutan celebrates Independence Day

According to the national calendar, this is Ermolaev day

On this day:

in 1815 Napoleon went to the place of his death on the island of Saint Helena

paul Dirac, founder of quantum mechanics, was born in 1902

dino di Laurentiis was born in 1919, producer of the incredible adventures of Italians in Russia

in 1927 Svyatoslav Fyodorov was born, master-ophthalmologist

in 1937, Dustin Hoffman was born, showing who the rain man is

in 1943, Julius Guzman was born, who loved to repeat "do not be afraid, I am with you"

in 1945, Yakov Protazanov died, the director who shot the silent Aelita

in 1947 Anton Denikin died, never able to take Moscow

in 1949 Ivan Poddubny died, Ilya Muromets of classical wrestling

in 1951, Stas Sadalsky was born, offended if he was not called a superstar

in 1953, Victor Avilov was born, for his piercing glance became the Count of Monte Cristo

in 1962 was born Evgeny Kemerovsky, the star of Russian chanson and a successful composer

in 1964, Nikita Vysotsky was born, the son of a famous bard and actor, who gave his father his voice in the film "Thank you for being alive"

roger Federer was born in 1981, who led the ATP rating for an entire era

faye Rae, King Kong's first love, died in 2004

in 2008, the XXIX Olympic Games opened in Beijing.

August 8 events

They tried to come up with refrigeration designs for a long time, but only Marshal was the first to patent his invention. The ice was purchased. And the refrigerating chambers operated due to the large amount of fuel - wood, kerosene or coal. The first refrigerator was produced by General Electric in 1911.

The car could be placed in a kitchen cabinet. But it was very noisy, it worked on gas, so it gave off an unpleasant smell. A noiseless, odorless refrigerator appeared only in 19326, it was developed by an engineer - inventor from Denmark Stindrup. The first "home cold factories" were very expensive - that money could buy two Ford cars. In the USSR, the first refrigeration machines began to be produced at the Kharkov Tractor Plant in the 1960s.

Preparations for the Olympics in Beijing were not the only events in the world on this day - the capital of South Ossetia was in ruins in a matter of hours. Georgia decided to resolve the problem of the two republics by force. Just four days of hostilities claimed nearly 1,500 civilian lives.

Georgian troops were driven out of Ossetia, besides that, they had to leave the Kodori Gorge (upper part) in Abkhazia. Russia officially recognized the independence of South Ossetia, and President Medvedev signed a decree on the independence of South Ossetia, then diplomatic relations were established.

The most prestigious men's tennis competitions have been held for over a century. The award itself is made in the form of a bowl with gilding, its height is 33 cm and its diameter is 45 cm. Today 140 teams take part in the competition, and at the beginning only two countries competed - the USA and Great Britain.

The Cup money fund was formed in 1981 and today it stands at US $ 8.5 million. Competitions are spectacular, intrigue remains until the last moment. The world group consists of 16 teams. Match dates are scattered throughout the year, with the final usually taking place in November.

On August 8, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Hermolaus, known as one of the martyrs together with Hermokrat and Hermippus. As the Holy Scriptures say, in the IV century, as a result of persecutions organized against Christians by Emperor Maximilian, 20 thousand believers died in the Nicomedian church during an arson attack, but it was the three above-mentioned people who were able to escape.

After that, they hid for a long time on the territory of the empire, continuing to teach faith in Christ to everyone. As the legend says, once a pagan youth walked past the house in which Ermolai lived.

Ermolai met him higher and began to explain to him the falsity of pagan beliefs. After that, the young man repented and began to visit Ermolai daily. It is interesting that later it was he who became known as the martyr Panteleimon. In the end, Ermolai, as well as his disciples Ermokrat and Ermippus, were exposed and arrested.

They were asked to renounce their faith in Christ, but they refused to do so. Then they began to threaten them with torture, but at the same moment a strong earthquake occurred, as a result of which the idols fell from their pedestals and shattered. Emperor Maximilian, learning about this, pronounced the death sentence on the martyrs.

By August 8, early potatoes ripened, from which pancakes, cutlets, vinaigrette, okroshka were prepared - such dishes decorated the peasant table on a hot day. On August 8, they served potatoes with beef and even herring with breadcrumbs.

Healers went to collect medicinal herbs, because, in accordance with the signs, it is believed that right now, after the morning dew, they will have beneficial properties.

Folk omens on August 8

The peasants on August 8 began early harvesting of apples, but they still cannot be eaten, since it was customary to wait for the Apple Savior

As a rule, August 8 pleased with good weather, and therefore, the peasants tried to deal with all the field work

Frogs jump near reservoirs along the shore - a sign that it will rain soon.

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The Day of Signal Corps was established by the Presidential Decree of February 1, 2000. It was on this day, August 8, 1920, in Kiev, on the basis of the former Konstantinovskiy cadet military school, that the training of signalmen began at the second Kiev military engineering courses. With the beginning of Ukraine's independence on January 3, 1992, the communications department of the Red Banner Kiev Military District assumed control of the communications system and troops of the Kiev, Carpathian, Odessa military districts, and later - the communications troops of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces. This was the beginning of the formation of the Communications Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in our state. Now signal troops are special forces designed to provide communications and command and control of the Armed Forces, its technical basis, and signalmen are part of all branches of the armed forces. Today, the specialty of a military signalman is one of the most demanded in the war zone in the east of Ukraine.

Events of the day:

On this day, in 2008, after the shelling of Georgian villages, the Georgian armed forces announced their intention to "restore constitutional order" on the territory of South Ossetia and, as a result of the fighting, occupied most of Tskhinvali. However, Russia did not want to put up with the defeat of the pro-Russian separatists, and the Kremlin intervened in this internal conflict. Russian state media accused Georgia of targeting Tskhinvali. The day before, on August 7, the Russian Federation began to transfer troops to the conflict zone. During the direct land invasion of the Russian army into Georgia, the tank brigades of the Russians went beyond the boundaries of the unrecognized South Ossetia and reached the Kodori Gorge. Russia has bombed Georgian cities, military bases and civilian infrastructure and deployed its naval forces. At the same time, the Russians occupied the main port of Georgia - Poti, and destroyed all Georgian boats and ships in the roadstead, which had a military designation, including border guard ships. Given the direct invasion of Russia, Tbilisi announced the withdrawal of troops from Tskhinvali and a unilateral ceasefire. On August 12, a ceasefire plan was signed, proposed by the European Union, the main points of which were the final ceasefire and the return of troops to their bases by the parties to the conflict. Despite this, Russian troops were actively advancing deep into the Georgian territory - the cities of Gori, Senaki, Poti were occupied, the strategic road connecting western and eastern Georgia was cut. According to official Georgian data, 413 people from the Georgian side were killed in the conflict. Among them: 177 military, 16 policemen and 220 civilians, 2234 people were injured. After the occupation of a part of Georgia, the parties still reached an agreement on a ceasefire with the participation of international mediators. According to the agreements reached, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory should be completed by October 1, 2008, but the Russians remain on the territory of the self-proclaimed republics to this day. Over the years, Russia has significantly strengthened its military bases illegally located in the occupied regions of Georgia, and has increased the number of military personnel and heavy offensive weapons.

Anniversaries of the day:

130 birthday anniversary Vladimir Petrovich Zatonsky (1888-1938), Ukrainian party and statesman, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Father of Dmitry Zatonsky (Ukrainian literary critic, academician). One of the leaders of the Kiev October Uprising of 1917, a member of the first Ukrainian Soviet government, one of the organizers of the CP (b) U. In 1918 - Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Soviet Ukraine. After the civil war (1922-1923 and 1933-1938 (he was appointed after Skrypnik's suicide)) - the People's Commissar of Education of the Ukrainian SSR. Zatonsky contributed to the unjustified change of the Ukrainian spelling in 1933, approved of repressions against "ideologically unrestrained" educators. At the same time, he had a negative attitude towards manifestations of great-power chauvinism, and was a supporter of Soviet, not Russian centrism. In November 1937 he was arrested, and on July 29, 1938 he was shot (together with his wife).

99 birthday anniversary Dino De Laurentiis (1919-2010), the legendary Italian producer, one of the most prominent film producers of post-war cinema. Collaborated with the most famous filmmakers of the 20th century - Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Milos Forman, David Lynch. In the United States, he produced the famous thrillers and blockbusters Serpico, Three Days of the Condor, King Kong, and directed the screening of many of Stephen King's novels. In total, he has produced over 150 American and European films, participated in the production of almost 500 films. He made millions on low-budget masterpieces and went broke on pretentious blockbusters, stood at the origins of Italian neorealism and poured considerable funds into Hollywood cinema. Laurentiis had a great talent for finding big money and channeling it wherever needed. He was friends with Sicilian businessmen with a dubious reputation and a dark past, and respectable New York bankers, with the left and the right, even with the Russian communists, having carried out several joint projects in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s (Bondarchuk's Waterloo and The Incredibles Adventures of Italians in Russia "Ryazanov). “Dino is a little ... a little naive. Sometimes he does not know and where he gets himself involved, but the fact is that nothing sticks to him ... ”, one of his friends said about Laurentis. Indeed, some film producers were not spared by judicial red tape and accusations of links with the mafia. De Laurentiis happily escaped this sad fate, but in 2001, at the Oscars, he received the Irwin Thalberg Award - the world's most prestigious producer award.

81 birthday Dustin Hoffman (1937), American film actor and producer of Jewish descent. He starred in films: "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man" (Oscar), "Midnight Cowboy", "All the President's Army", "Tootsie", "Flash" Goffman always emphasizes his Jewish origin, remembering that his grandfather and grandmother - Kiev (or Belaya Tserkov) Jews - were shot by the Bolsheviks in front of the children. Subsequently, Goffman's parents emigrated to the United States, took root there, and Dustin was born there. According to Hoffmann's recollections, his parents were not very religious people, he recalled that "there are no memories from childhood about the celebration of any Jewish religious holidays," and he "realized" that he was a Jew, "at the age of 10," but “I always felt like a Jew. This is an inner instinct. I feel like I am a Russian Romanian Jew ... and I love hominy, and I also love borscht and vodka. Also, it seems to me, such a specific humor, to which I have always felt inclined, and which is difficult to define in any other way - I have a Jewish sense of humor. " Dustin Hoffman studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory, New York Actors Studio, School of Dramatic Arts at the Playhouse Theater in Pasadena. He started his career on Broadway. He made his film debut in 1967. He gained worldwide fame in the 70s and 80s, after the release of the films "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Tootsie", "Midnight Cowboy". The actor was married twice, is the father of 6 children and the grandfather of two grandchildren. He is an ardent liberal, regrets not becoming a jazzman, criticizes Hollywood, loves to tell jokes and adores Johnny Depp, because he does what he pleases and does not try to be a star. He also hates looking at his old photos. “Some people call it memories, but for me it was always like a big blow in the stomach,” says Hoffman.

Death anniversary:

On this day in 1949, a famous Ukrainian athlete, a professional wrestler died in the Kuban Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny (1871-1949)... A peasant from the Cherkasy region became the world champion 6 times in a row. For forty years of performances, Poddubny did not lose a single championship and received world recognition as a "champion of champions". He began his career as a wrestler in the circus, and then began to professionally engage in wrestling. From his performances, the audience raged in Paris and Milan, Frankfurt, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. In general, Poddubny performed in 14 countries. The athlete tried all his life to stay away from politics. After the Bolshevik coup, he did not support either white, red or green - instead he traveled around the cities and delighted the public with his extraordinary abilities. But he could not resist during the passportisation of 1932-1933, when they wrote “Poddubny” in his passport, and “Russian” in the column of nationality. This angered him and he turned to various Soviet authorities to spell his surname and nationality correctly. But he was politely refused. Then the wrestler himself corrected "o" to "and", and "Russian" to "Ukrainian". For this he ended up in the torture chambers of the NKVD in Rostov-on-Don in 1937 under the article "anti-Soviet agitation and Ukrainian nationalism." In conclusion, the athlete was tortured - the scars on his body from the soldering iron remained for his whole life. “I visited the devils in hell for the language and for the passport. But nothing, I'm a wrestler, a world champion, not a tulka on two legs, ”Poddubny joked sadly. He spent several weeks in the NKVD, and then he was released. It was rumored that one of the officials stood up for him. The second time Poddubny was arrested after the war. This time for cooperation with the Germans. Poddubny was not evacuated from Yeisk (Kuban), where he lived before the war. When asked why he didn’t leave, he answered: “Where to run? Die soon. " The Nazis treated the world champion with respect, even allowed him to wear the Order of the Red Banner of Labor; handed out products. He worked in a billiard room and from time to time threw drunk Germans out into the street by the collar. The latter were not offended. Retreating, they offered to leave for Germany, but he refused. Poddubny was soon released from the NKVD prison. Again for lack of evidence. The famous athlete lived out his life in the same Yeisk in terrible poverty. There was not enough money even for bread, so I had to sell my medals.

On August 8, 117, Mark Ulpius Trajan died, under which the Roman Empire reached its peak of power. The son of a Roman governor in Syria, he began his service as a simple legionnaire and quickly earned the love of soldiers. Trajan possessed tremendous strength, was excellent with weapons, and once stabbed a lion with a simple dagger. In 96 he was elected emperor of Rome.

He was a wise ruler. He ordered the informers, who were the scourge of the Romans, to be loaded onto leaky ships and drowned in the sea. The Senate awarded him the title of "best emperor".
Trajan fought successful wars - he conquered Dacia (present-day Romania) and erected a huge column in Rome depicting episodes of the war. Then he defeated the powerful Parthian kingdom. But, returning from this campaign, he fell ill with cholera and died in Syria.

On August 8, 1115, the Chernigov prince Oleg Svyatoslavich, one of the main culprits of the collapse of Kievan Rus, died.

He was the grandson of Yaroslav the Wise and the son of Prince Svyatoslav of Chernigov. In 1073, his father allocated the Ryazan principality to him as an inheritance, but this seemed not enough to greedy Oleg. In 1078, after the death of his father, he brought the Polovtsy to Russia and with their help captured Chernigov, where his uncle Vsevolod ruled. A month later, Vsevolod knocked his nephew out of the city. Oleg fled to Tmutarakan. Tmutarakan is not an abstract word, that was the name of the area of \u200b\u200bpresent-day Kerch. There Oleg was captured by the Khazars and taken to Byzantium.

He spent four years in a foreign land, two of which - on the island of Rhodes. There the captured Russian prince managed to marry the noble Greek woman Theophania Muzalon. In 1083, Oleg returned to Tmutarakan at the head of the army and severely punished the Khazars, and 10 years later, relying on the help of the Polovtsy, he became the Chernigov prince. In doing so, he plundered the neighborhood of the city and monasteries. Oleg Svyatoslavich brought so much suffering to his compatriots that he received the nickname Goreslavich. The author of "The Lay of Igor's Regiment" described the years of his reign in the following way: "Then on the Russian land, the plowmen rarely shouted, but often crows ravaged, dividing corpses for themselves."

Oleg was matched by his three sons. The eldest of them, a drunkard and libertine Vsevolod, even got into epics, where he was brought out by a purely negative hero Churila.

On August 8, 1588, the campaign of the so-called "Invincible Armada" - the Spanish fleet, which sailed from Lisbon in May with the aim of conquering England, ended in failure.

The armada consisted of 130 ships with 8,000 sailors and 19,000 soldiers. The Spanish ships were inferior to the British in speed and armament, but the Spaniards hoped that they would be able to impose a boarding battle and then the Spanish infantry would decide everything. The British fielded smaller and more maneuverable ships with strong artillery. In the English Channel, the English fleet under the command of Admiral Francis Drake and Lord Howard attacked the Spaniards several times. In battles that lasted more than a week (from July 31 to August 8), the Invincible Armada lost more than 20 ships and was forced to move around the British Isles back to Spain. Off the coast of Ireland, the Spanish fleet was caught in a severe storm and lost 40 more ships. As a result of the campaign, about half of the "Invincible Armada" was destroyed, and Spain actually lost the status of a great sea power.

Colleagues of the scientist believed that he possesses a rare quality of separating "essential from non-essential" and formulating entire scientific directions. During the formation of genetics, he managed to defend and defend the teachings of Gregor Mendel. It was Batson who first coined the term "genetics" from the Greek word "geneticos" - "relating to origin."

his work "Materials for the study of intermittent variability in the origin of species" became fundamental.

In 1905, with the rank of podzaul, he retired from the Don Cossack Regiment for health reasons. Having received a payment of 5 thousand rubles, he invested the entire amount in his blue dream, in a dream factory, in cinema.

Khanzhonkov organized the rental of European tapes in Russia, built one of the largest cinemas in Moscow, created a film studio where documentaries, feature films, popular science and the first animated films were shot. In general, the contribution of this man to the development of Russian cinema can hardly be overestimated.

In 1909, being an employee of the land surveyor's office, Starevich came to Khanzhonkov and offered his services in the filming of specific films. He gave him a used movie camera, a few rolls of film, and things boiled.

Starevich shot more than twenty films. Among his masterpieces are The Beautiful Lucanida, The Dragonfly and the Ant, The Revenge of the Cinematic Operator, The Night Before Christmas, and Reinecke the Fox.
Besides cinema, Starevich's passion was entomology. Initially, he decided to make a documentary about stag beetles. However, it turned out that with the necessary lighting for shooting, insects become passive. Then he came up with the idea of \u200b\u200bmaking dummies from the shells of beetles and shooting the scene he needed frame by frame. This is how the world's first animated puppet film was born.

On August 8, 1901, Nina Nikolaevna Berberova was born in St. Petersburg. Her husband was the poet Vladislav Khodasevich. She was 21 years old when they left Russia together. “Suddenly we felt that we were living on the edge of an abyss in which everything that was dear to us was disappearing with incredible speed,” she says.

Her book "Italics mine" is one of the most famous Russian memoir books of the 20th century. The first law that Berberova follows is no speculation, just evidence. She owns the line that flew from mouth to mouth in emigration: "I am not in exile, I am in a message."

In 1989, Berberova, for the first time in 67 years, visited her homeland, visited Moscow and Leningrad. Then in an interview, she said:

“As a writer, I live only in the Russian language. The French sometimes jealously tell me: “You lived in France for twenty-five years, and what did you write in French? Nothing!" They are not quite right, I wrote a book about Blok in French, but this is not an artistic thing; a novel, for example, or a novel, I could not write in French. The Russian language is everything to me. I would compare it like this: a person who has been sculpting from clay all his life is suddenly told why you do not work on metal. So am I: the Russian language for me is clay for life. "

"A theory with mathematical beauty has a better chance of being correct," said the English physicist Paul Dirac, born on August 8, 1902.

He was 26 when he came up with an equation describing the quantum properties of an electron. And at the age of 31, together with Erwin Schrödinger, Dirac received the Nobel Prize in physics "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory." “The point was probably that we both appreciated the mathematical beauty and the embodiment of this beauty in our work,” the scientist explained later that success. It was Dirac who discovered anti-worlds for humanity, putting forward a hypothesis about the existence of antiparticles.