Николай Гоголь. Жизнь и творчество (Книга для чтения с комментарием на английском языке) (Манн) - страница 126

виа (//. via), Street.

Пантеон, the Panthéon, a monument of Ancient Rome: temple dedicated to all the gods.

Крепость Святого ангела, a Roman monument; initially a mausoleum, the Castle of S. Angelo sheltered the Popes in the Middle Ages in times of trouble or enemy invasion.

Собор Святого Петра, St. Peter’s Cathedra 1, one of Rome's finest cathedrals, consecrated in 1626.

Турин, Turin, city in Northern Italy.

страда Ut. strada), Street.

Ива́нов, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian artist who lived in Italy from 1831 to 1858. His main work is the monumental Christ Appearing to the People.

Толстой, Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), Russian writer and poet, author of the popular historical novel Prince Serebryany, the trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor loannovich, Tsar Boris, etc.

Волконская, Zinaida Alexandrovna Volkonskaya (1792–1862), Russian writer, composer and singer. She ieft Russta to hve in Italy in 1829.

Микеланджело Буонарроти, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the Renaissance. He painted the vault frescoes in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement composition in the same chapel, and sculpted the monumental statues David, Moses, etc. He also supervised the building of St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Бернини, Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), Italian architect and sculptor of the Baroque. He designed the colonnade of St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Гольдони, Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian dramatist who founded the Italian national comedy. Among his comedies are 11 Servitore di Due Padroni (The Servant of Two Masters), La Vedova Sceltra (The Clever Widow), La Locandora (The Mistress of the Inn).

Белли, Gioacchino Giuseppe Belli (1791–1873), Italian poet who left more than 2000 sonnets.

Карамзин, Andrei Nikolayevich Karamzin (1814–1854), son of Nikolai Karamzin; a military officer, retired as colonel of the Guards; he lived abroad during 1836-37.

Карамзин, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766–1826), Russian writer, historian and journalist. Leading Sentimentalist writer, famous for such works as Letters of a Russian Traveller, Poor Liza, and Bornholm Island. His main historical research is the twelve-volumed History of the Russian State.

Тургенев, Alexander Ivanovich Turgenev (1784–1845), Russian man of letters, student of literary monuments and public figure, who spent many years living abroad.

Тургенев, Nikolai Ivanovich Turgenev (1789–1871). Russian statesman and public figure; for his part in the Decembrist movement he was given the death sentence in his absence, and thus became a political exile.