Michael: what does this name mean, and how does it affect the character and fate of a person. Famous people named Michael

Good day to everyone who reads the site "Our preschool child!" Irina Mozgunova with you.
I have already reported in previous articles that six months ago I had a granddaughter Mishan. In this article we will try to answer the questions related to his name, or rather: what is the secret of Misha's name? And what were and are in history the great and famous Michael?
Objectives of the "Grandmother's Diary" section.
I want to remind you why I started keeping the "Grandmother's Diary". Because my minimum task now is to describe the significant and bright moments of the baby's development over the past 6 months.
And then - to work to the maximum: further tracking the main indicators of the development of the granddaughter and, along the way, making comparisons with the normative indicators of the development of babies, which science gives.
Everything related to normative indicators was described by me earlier in the section "Infant development".
The influence of the name on the character and fate of a person.
To put it bluntly, I am a supporter of the views that a person builds his own destiny, and it is not the name that colors the person, but the person - the name.
However, we all know perfectly well that by giving a child a name, we are already projecting his destiny in some way. Let's remember "What will you call a yacht ..."))
So I wanted to find information on the Internet related to the influence of the name Misha on the character and fate of the future person, our Mishan.
I want to say right away that the information is so positive that it’s even scary not to spoil a child with such rosy attitudes in his head!)))
What does the name Michael mean?

The name Michael in translation means neither less nor more, but "like God", even "Who is like God.")))
The first of those mentioned in written sources was the Archangel Michael, sent by God to protect the people, as a fighter against evil forces and diseases.
Accordingly, already in the name Michael itself there is a powerful energy charge, and its bearer will certainly be endowed with extraordinary powers, excellent health and iron willpower.
The secret of the name Misha is considered to be its consonance and similarity with the name of the animal - the bear, the king of the Russian forest.))) And the bear is the personification of strength and justice, and these qualities will be the main ones for Mikhailov.
Personality traits of Michael.
As a child, Mikhail is usually a good-natured and obedient fellow, but sometimes he is also uncontrollable, stubborn and rude. Outwardly, he is a very beautiful child (but he can also become narcissistic!), And often prefers the environment of beautiful things, objects of art. He grows gentle and affectionate, always strives for beauty, and carefully chooses everything that surrounds him - from books, clothes and to professional interests.
From an early age, Michaels are distinguished by their artistic and musical abilities. Endowed with a lively mind and a brilliant memory.
He has no equal in striving to be the best, and he never envies competitors, but seeks to surpass them, he is simply obsessed with a mania for self-improvement.
Mikhail is more often a strong-willed and purposeful person who achieves his goal. A terrible workaholic, for whom the process is much more important than the result.

Mikhail himself never bully, but he can always give back. He is a famous fighter for justice.
However, Michaels have a very subtle, sensitive and vulnerable nature, they cannot stand criticism, and they always experience hard failures.

In the profession, Michael tries to be useful to other people, and often become leaders of the highest level.
His marriage is often successful, with a kind and affectionate woman, who is necessarily his half. As an excellent family man, he loves his wife, adores children, treats his parents with tenderness and reverence.
As we can see, the name Michael is just wonderful! It endows the owner with many positive qualities (for me, and for other names, nothing has been left)))).
How did this daughter and son-in-law guess so - what name should they call their son?

The secret of the name Misha. Great and famous Michaels.

It's not a secret for anyone that the name determines not only the character of a person, but also predetermines his fate. In this article, we invite you to find out everything that is associated with the name Michael: the meaning of the name, the character and fate of the person named by him. The name Michael is widespread not only in our country, but also in Europe. Of course, in a foreign pronunciation, the name Mikhail is significantly different from ours: Mikael, Michael, Michelle, etc.

Maybe it's not for nothing that the famous hero of Soviet cartoons was named Misha, because a good disposition, decency and great strength are also characteristic of a person who bears this name.

Origin, meaning of the name Michael. The fate and character of a man named Michael

The origin and meaning of the name Michael

Misha. Michael. The origin of the name and what it means

The meaning of the name Michael: it comes from the Hebrew word, which means "equal to God."

Christians venerate the Archangel Michael - the main of the seven archangels, who stood up to protect the people of Israel. In Orthodoxy, the Archangel Michael patronizes all builders.

This is another reason why many people prefer the name Michael, the origin and meaning of which is associated with God's grace. Consider what character traits this name gives to its owner.

What kind of character can Mikhail have?

The characterization of the name Michael is based on the influence of the planet Mars.

A man named M. is a sincere and sincere person. He does not tolerate loneliness and does his best to avoid it. He can often be seen in a variety of entertainment venues, at events, or even just on the street. One gets the impression that not a single event in the city takes place without M.'s participation. He is always surrounded by friends. Especially girls, since Mikhail's appearance, as a rule, is very attractive, and he himself is a rather charming man.

Michael early begins to get involved in the opposite sex. But he is not immune from disappointment. Unfortunately, M. does not understand anything in female psychology, so for many girls who get to know him better, he appears in the form of a caveman. There is an abundance of masculinity in him, but he does not have the ability to admire the object of his desires. He acts and speaks too bluntly. He is attracted to women who are gentle and compliant. Marries, as a rule, late: after 30 years. Father from M. will turn out to be caring. He will not have a soul in his children.

In his youth, Misha will definitely go to the army, considering this an obligatory stage in the formation of character and testing his strength. He is fond of sports, especially ball games. Likes animals. Possesses the skills of a trainer, his pets always obey him.

Michael is best suited handmade with different materials: iron, wood or plastic. He has a negative attitude towards paperwork, does not like numbers. He can become a good leader or start his own business, entrusting filling out reports and maintaining accounting to someone else.

Of the diseases, M. is characterized by vision problems, as well as infectious diseases that complicate the respiratory system. Mikhail often likes to drink, especially beer, and smoke. It is advisable to fight bad habits from a young age, because then it will be more difficult to do it.

The character of a child named Mikhail, depending on the time of year of his birth:

spring - has a subtle mental organization, selfish, loves to talk on different topics, the sphere of sociology, directing and acting is suitable for him.
summer - good-natured and boastful, he is attracted by sports.
autumn - a serious and business guy, in the future he will turn out to be an excellent entrepreneur, he can become a military man or a designer.
winter - a silent child by nature, very strict and attentive both to himself and to the people around him, he will be interested manual labor working with electronics.

What fate awaits Mikhail?

Characteristics of the name Mikhail. How the meaning of a name affects the character and fate of a person with such a name

Now we will consider what impact the name Michael can have on a person's life. The meaning of the name and the fate of a person are inextricably linked with each other. The name Michael endows its owner with soulfulness and strength. Other traits will be shaped by the environment and the people around you.

Mikhail will most likely be the only child in the family. His parents will divorce when he is still at a very young age. Relations with his father will remain tense, and M. will protect his mother all her life. Nevertheless, he will perceive the advice of the mother and her intervention in his life painfully.

M. can marry either too early on his first girlfriend, or very late. If the first marriage was early, then divorce is inevitable. Michael can then remarry a woman much younger than his first wife. As a rule, boys are born to Mikhailov. He loves to drink and is very jealous when intoxicated. Most often, he is not prone to cheating, but is greedy for female attention, it will indulge his vanity, and bring great joy. He is not sincere with his wife, especially when it comes to his state of health and internal experiences. Will hide to the last.

Mikhail begins to earn money on his own early, but continues to live with his mother for quite a long time. He even brings his first wife to his mother's house and for some time they live together. M. likes manual labor, but he strives for leadership position, but to work with your hands can be regarded as a hobby.

With age, Misha achieves his goals and retires with a sense of accomplishment. Lives in his house, surrounded by family and loved ones. Likes to take care of animals, home garden, do something with his own hands, fix equipment. Diseases of the elderly M. are rheumatism, pain in the joints and spine.

What will the child named Michael be like?

What will be the character of a child named Mikhail

Consider the features and character traits of a child named Mikhail, the meaning of the name for a boy will be reflected in his main character traits.

Little Michael is very sociable and attentive to the world around him. He quickly grasps any information, new words. And also subtly feels when mom and dad Bad mood and it is better not to disturb them. Misha is a very independent child, but also very touchy. From childhood, Misha can be sent to any sports section, but it should be borne in mind that he is prone to fractures and sprains, and he will perceive lesions very sharply.

Until high school, Misha will most likely be a diligent student, several school subjects will help him choose a hobby for the future. He will be a kind and helpful boy. True, others may take excessive touchiness and vulnerability for weakness, but this would be a mistake. In urgent need, M. will be able to stand up for himself even with the use of physical force.

As a teenager, Misha acts as a defender of the weak and unfairly offended. At the same time, he avoids friendship with them. He is attracted to confident, authoritative people.

Misha is still touchy, but not vindictive. Loneliness is hard to bear, but even being in fun company his thoughts are always focused on the fact that all this is temporary and after a while he will be alone again. Perhaps that is why he is prone to early relationships and early marriage. But the understanding that even living together with a woman does not save him from loneliness comes only with time.

Famous people named Michael

M. Bulgakov (1891-1940) - Soviet writer, playwright and theater director. Author of novellas, short stories, feuilletons, plays, dramatizations, screenplays and opera librettos.
M. Gorbachev (born 1931) - Soviet, Russian and world political and public figure... Head of the CPSU and the Soviet Union. First and last president THE USSR.
M. Boyarsky (born 1949) - Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema, singer, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990).
M. Zadornov (born 1948) - Soviet and Russian satirist, playwright, member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Author of over ten books. Among them are lyrical and satirical stories, humoresques, essays, travel notes and plays.

Published: 2016-05-23, Modified: 2016-11-20,

Man by named Michael with patronymics: Alekseevich, Antonovich, Viktorovich, Vladimirovich, Glebovich, Evgenievich, Ivanovich, Kirillovich, Mironovich, Mikhailovich, Semenovich, Sergeevich and Yurievich - endowed with developed intuition... He is diplomatic, has a sharp mind, a good psychologist and analyst. However, it lacks volitional qualities, he is unsure of himself, in business he lacks perseverance and assertiveness.

Misha has absolutely no "penetrating" abilities, and faith in success is undermined by constant doubts. Mikhail needs a person nearby who would understand him and always provide moral support. He is open to others, friendly to strangers, sympathetic to everyone and ready to help everyone. Not a careerist, but if he gets carried away with something, he tries to reach the maximum. Can become a good photo artist, journalist, politician, restorer, critic, surgeon, gynecologist, cutter, cook, teacher, veterinarian, forensic scientist.

Michael can borrow high position by becoming a member of parliament, or holding a significant position in a department. Everyone in the team loves him, there are no ill-wishers. Everyone knows that they can always find support from him. He can rise to the rank of deputy minister in his chosen industry. Not afraid of work, achieves good results in life.

Mikhail is most suited to work: Anton Vitalievich, Vasily Mironovich, Vladimir Romanovich, Grigory Yurievich, Dmitry Alekseevich and Pavel Andreevich.

Famous Michaels in history with these middle names

Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky(01/12/1772 (01/01/1772 according to the old style), the village of Cherkutino, now the Vladimir region - 02/23/1839 (02/11/1839 according to the Art. Art.), St. Petersburg) - Russian statesman, count, reformer, lawmaker. Since 1808, the closest adviser to Emperor Alexander I, the author of the plan for liberal reforms, the initiator of the creation of the State Council.

Mikhail Semenovich Kutorga(18.04.1809 (6.04.1809 according to Art.) 1809 - 7.06.1886 (26.05.1886 according to Art. Art.) 1886) - Russian historian of antiquity, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1848). Major works on the history of the archaic and classical periods Ancient Greece.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokin(05/05/1880 (04/23/1880 O.S.) - 08/22/1942, New York) - Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher. Ballet reformer of the early 20th century. From 1898 at the Mariinsky Theater, from 1909 to 1912, 1914 was the head of the Russian Seasons ballet company (Paris).

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka(1.06.1804 (20.05.1804 according to Art.) - 3.02.1857 (15.02.1857 according to Art. Art.)) - Russian composer, the founder of Russian classical music. The author of the operas A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin, 1836) and Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842), which laid the foundation for two directions of Russian opera - folk musical drama and opera-fairy tale, opera-epic. Symphonic compositions: "Kamarinskaya" (1848), "Spanish Overtures" ("Aragonese Jota", 1845, and "Night in Madrid", 1851), laid the foundations of Russian symphonism. A classic of Russian romance.
Glinka's "Patriotic Song" became the musical basis of the national anthem Russian Federation(1991-2000). The Glinkin Prizes were established (by Mitrofan Petrovich Belyaev; 1884-1917), State Prize Glinka RSFSR (1965-1990); a vocal competition named after Glinka has been held (since 1960).

Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov(10/15/1814 (10/3/1814 O.S.) - 07/27/1841 (07/15/1841 O.S.)) - Russian poet, prose writer, playwright and artist. In 1837 for the poem "Death of a Poet" (about the death of Alexander Pushkin) he was exiled to the army in the Caucasus. Killed in a duel in Pyatigorsk.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevsky(10/25/1820 (10/13/1820 old style) 1820, Moscow - 07/22/1864 (07/10/1864 old style), Petersburg) - Russian writer, journalist, translator. Brother of the writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Publisher of the magazines "Time" and "Epoch". Publicism in the spirit of soil science. Literary critical articles. Stories in the tradition of the natural school. Translations.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin(02/04/1873 (01/23/1873 under Art.) - 01/16/1954) - Russian writer, author of works about nature, who showed in them a special artistic philosophy of nature, hunting stories, works for children. Of particular value are his diaries, which he kept throughout his life.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko(08/10/1894 (07/28/1984 old style) - 07/22/1958) - Russian writer, satirist and playwright. In the stories of the 1920s, mainly in the form of a tale, he created a comic image of an ordinary hero with poor morality and a primitive outlook on his surroundings. " Blue book”(1934-35) - a cycle of satirical short stories about the vices and passions of historical characters and the modern bourgeoisie.

Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov(10/27/1900 (10/15/1900 under Art.) (According to other sources 1899) - 12/15/1981) - Russian theater and film actor. Laureate of three Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1947). People's Artist of the USSR (1949). USSR State Prize (1947), Hero of Socialist Labor (1974).

Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin(11/2/1902 (10/20/1902 under Art.), Yukhnova, near Kaluga - 07/16/1976, Moscow) - Soviet Russian theater and film actor, theater director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (10/27/1933). People's Artist of the RSFSR (11/05/1947). People's Artist of the USSR (05/17/1955). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1975). Yanshin's first notable roles in the Art Theater were Dobchinsky in Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General and Petrushka the lackey in Woe From Wit by AS Griboyedov. But the starring role for him was the role of Lariosik in the play "Days of the Turbins" by M. A. Bulgakov. From 1950 to 1963 he was the chief director of the Moscow Stanislavsky Drama Theater.

Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin(Pugonkin) (July 13, 1923 - July 25, 2008, Moscow) - actor, People's Artist of the USSR. Participant of the Great Patriotic War, fought in intelligence. He starred in almost 100 films, brilliantly playing both kings and ordinary soldiers.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev(born 2.03.1931 in the village of Privolnoye, Stavropol Territory) - Soviet and Russian statesman and public figure. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1985-91, President of the USSR in 1990-1991. The initiator of perestroika, which led to significant changes in the life of the country and the world (glasnost, political pluralism, the end of the Cold War, etc.). Nobel Peace Prize (1990).

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov(10/14/1934 - 04/22/2011) - Soviet, Russian and Israeli director, theater and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1967). He worked in theaters: them. V. Mayakovsky, Malaya Bronnaya, Sovremennik. In 1991-1997 he worked at the Tel Aviv Chamber Theater. He starred in the films "Amphibian Man", "Pokrovskie Vorota", "Visit of a Lady", etc.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin(born June 15, 1936 in Moscow) - actor of the Moscow Theater of Satire. Performs on the stage in a duet with Alexander Shirvindt.

Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov(04/25/1940, Moscow - 07/16/2007, ibid.) - Russian theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989), People's Artist of Russia (1999).

Mikhail Mikhailovich Zvezdinsky(real name Deinekin) (born 03/06/1945, Lyubertsy, Moscow region) - Russian singer, performer of Russian chanson.

Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky(born 26.12.1949 in Leningrad) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, singer, TV presenter, People's Artist of Russia (1990). From 1988 to 2007 he was the artistic director of the Benefis theater in St. Petersburg.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Muromov(born 11/18/1950 1950 in Moscow) - Soviet and Russian singer, actor, musician and composer.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Krug(real name - Vorobyov) (04/07/1962 - 07/01/2002) - Russian poet and bard. The author and performer of songs in the genre of Russian chanson, one of the most popular representatives of this genre, fans called him "the king of Russian chanson". Author and performer of the song "Vladimirsky Central", which has become one of the most popular examples of Russian chanson.

Mikhail Evgenievich Porechenkov(born 2.03.1969 in Leningrad) - Russian theater and film actor, director, producer and TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

Mikhail Ivanovich Pilavov(born 21.11.1970 in Essentuki) - Russian political and public figure.

Mikhail Sergeevich Tolstykh(born 07.19.1980 in the city of Ilovaisk) - rebel commander with the rank of lieutenant colonel of the DPR army (as of December 2014), who gained fame as a result of the battles for Ilovaisk. The unit headed by him was named the "Somalia" battalion. Callsign - Givi.

who is like God, like God (Heb.).

This name was borne by one of the archangels. Archangels, the fourth of whom was Michael, according to the classification of angels set forth in the work of Dionysius the Areopagite "On the Heavenly Hierarchy", were the carriers of the second order in the third, lower face of the angelic hierarchy (1st rank - angels, 2nd - archangels, 3- th - beginning). The Book of Enoch indicates that the Archangel Michael was the head of the Israeli people, its patron.

Energy named

In terms of sound energy, this name is quite light and quiet, although it ends on a rather low note, which gives the word some solidity and even severity. It is not for nothing that in Russia it became the nickname of the bear - Mikhailo Potapych. On the other hand, behind its silence, you can see clearly expressed mobility, and even impetuosity. Of course, the impact of the name on a person in this case is noticeably smoothed out, and this is due to the fact that today given name is very common; nevertheless, it still largely determines the character of its bearer.

Most often, from childhood, Misha shows such traits as mobility, curiosity, gambling in children's games. It is unlikely that his interest will focus on any one subject, rather, he will be attracted by a wide variety of activities: from all sorts of hobbies and hobbies to interest in school subjects. Much here will be determined by the influence of the parents and the environment in which Misha grows up. At the same time, his mobility is usually balanced, which makes him a rather obedient child, whose whims rarely bother parents too much. In general, the name inclines him to good nature, but it often endows its owner with a fair amount of touchiness. Sometimes resentments reach such strength that Misha can let go of his hands, which he soon begins to regret and feel guilty about.

In adulthood, Mikhail's mobility is replaced by a calm poise, in the family he is usually a good boss, at work he is a neat and diligent hard worker, but resentment can remain inherent in him throughout his life. This is an essential point. First, it testifies to Mikhail's considerable pride. Secondly, resentment can seriously complicate his life and prevent the fulfillment of many life plans.

It is very important to remember that resentment is often incompatible with ambitious aspirations, if a person has set high goals for himself, he must be ready to resist others and even oppose them. This is an objective law of psychology, and it is not so smart to be offended by it. Interestingly, many Michaels overcome this resistance with the help of a sense of humor, often bordering on caustic irony. Most people are defenseless in front of such weapons, and therefore it is useful for these qualities to be sufficiently developed in Misha, not for nothing that today there are so many satirists and humorists among Mikhail. However, even here you need to know when to stop, otherwise you can make yourself a great many secret enemies, which are much more dangerous than the obvious ones. The most optimal thing for Mikhail is to rid his self-esteem of pain, which can be done with the help of simple faith in oneself and the ability to see behind people's shortcomings not malicious intent, but misunderstandings, and not only strangers, but also his own.

Characteristics of the name Mikhail

Little Michael can be seen in the children's choir. He has good hearing and is also a very sociable boy. Educators and teachers have no trouble with him. Misha tries to do everything right and well.

Michael is endowed with a logical mindset. They can successfully work as teachers, lawyers, among them there are military leaders. They quickly find their bearings in an unfamiliar environment, are balanced, but perceive criticism painfully. They love animals, rarely do without a cat or dog in the house. Children feel Michael's kindness, he loves to play with them, does not refuse anything, indulges with expensive toys. He enjoys spending time in the garden. Poor loneliness. Patiently caring for elderly parents, the whims of old people do not irritate him. It is easy to communicate with Mikhail, just to put up ... A wife should not be angry with him for a long time - her husband highly values a woman's innocence and easygoingness. Mikhail is generous and not petty. Drinks a little, having drunk, becomes sentimental and in a fit of feelings can give everything that he has. At parties, Mikhail behaves relaxed, jokes, sings songs, he is, as they say, "the soul of the company." Likes to show off a little. In a woman, the main thing for him is kindness, he avoids rude women. Jealous and hardly hides his jealousy.

For marriage, he has a wide choice, he can be successful with Alexandra, Alina, Bogdana, Borislava, Wanda, Barbara, Venus, Vera, Vesta, Helena, Gella, Juliet, Diana, Dina, Eve, Elena, Elizabeth, Clara, Lydia, Leah, Marina, Marta, Nina, Raisa, Rimma, Ruslana, Seraphima, Tamara, Christina, Ella. Family life with Glafira, Inga, Kira, Oksana, Olga, Yana will not work out well.

This name is suitable for Pisces, Libra and Taurus, but for Gemini, Aries, Sagittarius and Leo, his choice is not very successful.

Secrets of communication

For all his calmness, Mikhail often loves to start all sorts of disputes, in which he often either gets excited or quite successfully ironic. Nevertheless, it will hardly be logical if you answer him in the same way, it is much more appropriate to admit not his rightness, but his right to such a point of view, if, of course, it is not connected with personal insults. It should also not be forgotten that there are few vindictive people among the Mikhailov.

Diminutive and affectionate forms of the name

Misha, Mishenka, Mishuta, Mishan, Mishulya, Mishunya, Mishuka, Mikha, Mikhai, Mikhanya, Mikhas, Minya, Minka.

Astrological characteristics

Zodiac matching of the name: Scales.
Planet: Mercury.
Name colors: yellow, light brown, sometimes light green.
Most favorable colors: green, brown.
Talisman Stone: jasper, chrysoprase.

Michael's birthday

November 21, September 19 (November 8, September 6)- Michael the Archangel, Archangel.
December 5 / November 22- Mikhail Bolgarsky, Equal to the Apostles.
December 31 / December 18- Michael of Constantinople, reverend, confessor.

Name trace in history

About the French fortuneteller Michel Nostradamus(1503-1566) tell many different stories and legends, some of which look like anecdotes. So, they say that once, when Nostradamus was sitting at his house, the pretty daughter of his neighbor passed by, heading into the forest for brushwood.

“Good afternoon, monsieur,” she said.

- Good afternoon, girl, - Nostradamus answered her.

An hour later she returned home with a bundle of brushwood on her shoulder.

“Good afternoon, monsieur,” she greeted again.

"Good afternoon ... little woman," came the answer.

It is difficult to argue with the assertion that it was Mikhail (Michel) Nostradamus (1503-1566) who is not only the most mysterious, but also the most famous figure among the many predictors of the whole world, whose personality is so overgrown with legends, speculation, and somewhere pure water fantasies that after five centuries it is no longer so easy to separate fact from fiction. Nevertheless, a lot about Nostradamus can be said for sure. So, there is no doubt that he was one of the most educated people of his time, well acquainted with medicine, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy and fluent in several languages.

A passionate man, witty, who loved to eat well (the cookbook is also among the works of Nostradamus), he very little resembled the image of the gloomy hermit, which today is often associated with his name. Having barely graduated from university and received a doctor's license, Nostradamus rushed into the thick of things, directing all his energy to fight the plague - the real curse of France. And it was he who, with his knowledge and extraordinary intuition, managed to do the impossible: he managed to stop the plague epidemics in several large cities.

Later in his life there was everything over the edge - and love (in total, in two marriages, Nostradamus became the father of nine children), and death, and glory, and wanderings. The first wife of Nostradamus and his two children died of the plague; then the Inquisition showed a keen interest in him, forcing him to flee his native country, then followed by a return to France and at 45 years old - a new marriage ... It is difficult to say at what exact moment on the pages of the Book of Fate of Michel de Notre Dame appeared the laconic inscription "The Prophet" ... It is only known that until the end of his life, Nostradamus considered himself a conductor of a certain divine Power, which wished through him to inform people about the events of the future.

One way or another, but with the death of his soothsayer real life has just begun. Even now, five centuries later, the ten poetic "Centuries" ("Centuries"), written by him in encrypted form, excite and capture, as if promising to open an invisible curtain that separates us from tomorrow... And where the Mystery lives, there is no place for oblivion and indifference, and therefore who knows how many centuries or millennia people will remember the name of Michel Nostradamus?

Other famous namesakes of Michael

Mikhail Vasilievich Alekseev(1857-1918) - General of the tsarist army, who actually led the Russian army in the war of 1914-1918. Under his leadership, a "volunteer army" began to form on the Don at the end of 1918, which later came under the command of Denikin.
Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev(1878-1927) - a writer, one of the most typical representatives of the ideological and literary movement that arose in Russia after the defeat of the 1905 revolution.The main motives of his work are the preaching of anarchic individualism, a call for liberation from all social duties in the name of selfish use of life, a cult erotic pleasures. Artsybashev's works, especially his novel "Sanin", were used great success in intellectual circles and generated among the youth and in literature the corresponding sentiments, known as "artsybashevism" or "saninism".
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin(1814-1876) - revolutionary, theorist of anarchism, pan-Slavist, one of the ideologists of populism.
Mikhail Andreevich Balugyansky(1769-1847) - Russian economist. The first rector of St. Petersburg University (1819-1821) ..
Mikhail BogdanovichBarclay De Tolly(Michael Andreas, 1757-1818) - Russian Field Marshal. Divisional and corps commander in the wars with France and Sweden. Minister of War in 1810-12. During the Patriotic War of 1812, he was the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army, and in July-August, virtually all the Russian armies in operation. In 1813-14 the commander-in-chief of the Russian-Prussian army, from 1815 - the 1st army.
Mikhail Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruevich(1870-1956) - a major military specialist. After graduating first from the Konstantinovsky Land Survey Institute, he entered the Academy General Staff, which he graduated in 1898.Before the war of 1914, he served as an officer, as well as a teacher of military sciences in various military schools... During the war, he was appointed Quartermaster General of the Army, General. Ruzsky and led the Lvov operation and the operation under Rava Russkaya. During the Kornilov days, Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich was appointed commander-in-chief of the armies of the Northern Front. After the October Revolution, he served as Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief. In March 1918 he entered the Supreme Military Council as a military leader. From June to August 1919 he served as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Military Council.
Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky(b. 1949) - Russian theater and film actor, People's Artist of Russia (1990). Boyarsky's finest hour came in 1979, with the release of G. Yungvald-Khilkevich's painting "D" Artanyan and the Three Musketeers, in which he played the main role. "Midshipmen, forward!" (1987) and "Vivat, midshipmen!" (1991) After the death of Yuri Nikulin in 1997, he was one of the hosts of the TV show "White Parrot".
Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov(1891-1940) - Soviet Russian writer and playwright. Author of novels, novellas, collections of stories, feuilletons and about two dozen plays. Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov entered world literature primarily as the author of the novel "The Master and Margarita", which many thoughtful readers consider the best novel twentieth century.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel(1856–1910) - an outstanding Russian artist of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, a master of universal possibilities, who glorified his name in almost all types and genres visual arts: painting, graphics, decorative sculpture, theatrical art. He was known as the author of paintings, decorative panels, frescoes, book illustrations.
Mikhail Osipovich Gershenzon(1869 - 1924) - literary historian, author of a number of studies on the history of Russian literature and public life the first half of the XIX v. After the October Revolution, he was a full member of the Academy of Art Sciences and headed the section of Russian literature there.
Mikhail Ivanovia Glinka(1804-1857) - the great Russian composer, the founder of Russian classical music. In 1836, Glinka wrote his first opera, A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin), based on a well-known historical plot of the 8th century. This is the first Russian opera of continuous musical development without spoken dialogues. For the first time, a Russian character, a peasant, appears not as a household, but as a heroic character. The middle of the 1830s was the heyday of Glinka's work. During these years he received recognition in Russia and abroad. Then he wrote his best works: "Prince Kholmsky", a cycle of romances to the words of the Puppeteer, the best romances to Pushkin's poems - "I am here", Inesilla "," Night marshmallow "," The fire of desire burns in the blood "," I remember the wonderful moment "; romances" Doubt "(words by the Puppeteer)," Night Review "(words by Zhukovsky)," Waltz-Fantasy "in the first edition for piano. In 1842 Glinka began work on his second opera -" Ruslan and Lyudmila ", the second This fabulous and epic work served as the beginning of a whole epic line in Russian opera, which Glinka himself called "the great magic opera."
Mikhail Andreevich Gluzsky(1918-2001) - actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1983), laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR. He starred in over a hundred motion pictures, making his 1939 debut in A Girl with a Character. Then there were "The Story of a Real Man", "The Mystery of Two Oceans", "Quiet Don", "Prisoner of the Caucasus", "The Tale of How Tsar Pyotr Got Married", "TASS is Authorized to Declare ..." and many others.
Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov(1745-1813) - Russian commander. Field Marshal General (from 1812), His Serene Highness Prince (from 1812). Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, full holder of the Order of St. George.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev(b. 1931) - General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee (March 11, 1985 - August 23, 1991), the first and last President of the USSR (March 15, 1990 - December 25, 1991). Head of the Gorbachev Foundation. Since 1993 co-founder of Novaya Daily Gazeta CJSC (see Novaya Gazeta). Has a number of awards and honorary titles, the most famous of which is the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. The head of the Soviet state from March 11, 1985 to December 25, 1991. Gorbachev's activities as head of the CPSU and the state are associated with a large-scale attempt at reform in the USSR - Perestroika, which ended with the collapse of the world socialist system and the collapse of the USSR, as well as the end of the Cold War.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin(b. 1936) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, actor of the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire, People's Artist of Russia.
Mikhail Osipovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky(1861-1919) - Russian electrical engineer, creator of three-phase alternating current technology, German entrepreneur. Electrical engineering of the time used direct current. Mikhail Osipovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky and Nikola Tesla are honored to create alternators that revolutionized electrical engineering. Dolivo-Dobrovolsky was the first to discover that the most economical way to transmit energy over long distances is ultra-high voltages of millions of volts and alternating current... Forced to emigrate from Russia, Dolivo-Dobrovolsky lived almost his entire life in Germany, but did not renounce Russian citizenship.
Mikhail Efimovich Dryanichkin(1909-1945) - battalion commander of an infantry division, which stormed the city of Katowice. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov(1900-1981) - Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1949). USSR State Prize (1947), Hero of Socialist Labor (1974).
Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov(b. 1948) is a modern Russian satirist writer.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zvezdinsky(real name - Deinekin, b. 1946) - singer, songwriter.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko(1894-1958) - Russian writer, satirist and playwright. In the stories of the 1920s, mainly in the form of a tale, he created a comic image of an ordinary hero with poor morality and a primitive outlook on his surroundings. The Blue Book (1934-35) is a cycle of satirical short stories about the vices and passions of historical characters and the modern bourgeoisie.
Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov(b. 1919) - an outstanding designer of small arms in the USSR and Russia, the inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Lieutenant General, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin and Lenin Prizes, Hero of the Russian Federation, holder of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Member of the CPSU since 1952, deputy The Supreme Council USSR (1950-1954). Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov is the only person awarded the title of Hero of Russia and twice the title of Hero of Socialist Labor at the same time.
Mikhail I. Kalinin(1875-1946) - Soviet statesman and party leader. Received the nickname "All-Union Headman". Due to his great activity in the underground strike business, he was repeatedly arrested and exiled, while moving up the party ladder: a delegate to the IV Congress of the RSDLP (1906), a member of the St. Petersburg Committee of the RSDLP (1911), a candidate member of the Central Committee (1912).
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos- (1892-1941), military leader, colonel general (1941), Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). During the Great Patriotic War he commanded the troops of the Southwestern Front (June - September 1941). Killed in battle.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov(b. 1934) - actor. He worked in theaters: them. V. Mayakovsky, on Mal. Bronnaya, "Contemporary". In 1991-1997 he worked at the Tel Aviv Chamber Theater. He starred in the films "Amphibian Man", "Pokrovskie Vorota", "Visit of a Lady", etc.
Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov(1940-2007) - Russian theater and film actor. Honored Artist of Russia. A bright start to his film career was the comedy film "Head of Chukotka", where Kononov played Alexei Bychkov. In the same year, he played Thomas in the historical and philosophical film Andrei Tarkovsky "Andrei Rublev", and this small but deep role he appreciated more than many others. The actor gained the greatest popularity by playing the young teacher Nestor Petrovich Severov in the TV serial of Alexei Korenev "Big Change", although initially he refused this role, since he did not like the script. In total, the actor has played in more than 60 films. Among the best roles in cinema - Alyosha Semyonov ("There is no ford in the fire"), Pavlik ("Beginning"), Mitka Yarmolyuk ("Hello and goodbye"), Akim ("Taiga tale"), Vasily ("Vasily and Vasilisa") , space pirate Rats ("Guest from the Future"). The last role - in the television series "The First Circle" (2006).
Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin(1898-1940) - designer of the T-34 medium tank - the best tank of the 2nd World War. Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1942) Posthumously. Hero of Soc. Labor (1990, posthumously). He died in 1940 while testing a tank.
Mikhail Semenovich Kutorga(1809-1886), Russian historian of antiquity, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1848). Major works - on the history of the archaic and classical periods of ancient Greece.
Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov(1814-1841) - Russian poet, prose writer, playwright, artist.
Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov(1711 - 1765) - the first Russian natural scientist of world importance. One of the greatest Russian scientists and figures of Russian education of the 18th century. As a poet, Lomonosov introduced into the emerging literature the classical forms of poetry that prevailed in the West in the first half of the 18th century.
Mikhail Artemievich Muravyov(1880-1918) - officer of the tsarist army, lieutenant colonel. During the October Revolution, he offered his services to the Soviet government and was appointed head of the defense of Petrograd, then commanded the troops that participated in the liquidation of the Kerensky-Krasnov rebellion. At the beginning of 1918, he commanded the troops operating against the Ukrainian Central Rada and General Kaledin. During the Czecho-Slovak uprising, he was appointed commander of the troops of the Eastern Front.
Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky(1801-1862) - Russian mathematician and mechanic, academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1830). He owns the works on mathematical analysis, mathematical physics, analytical and celestial mechanics, hydromechanics, elasticity theory, ballistics.
Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin(1800-1875) - Russian historian, writer, academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841). Published the magazine "Moskovsky Vestnik", "Moskvityanin".
Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin(1873-1954) - Russian writer, author of works about nature, who showed in them a special artistic philosophy of nature, hunting stories, works for children.
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin(Pugonkin, 1923-2008) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR. The best time his work, the actor considered the work of Leonid Gaidai (six films in a row), Andrey Tutyshkin's "Wedding in Malinovka" and "Shelmenko-Batman", as well as the great storyteller Alexander Row (four roles of kings and kings).
Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov(1596-1645) - Russian tsar (from 1613), the first tsar from the Romanov dynasty. The son of boyar Fyodor Nikitich Romanov (later - Patriarch of Moscow Filaret) and boyar Ksenia Ivanovna Romanova (nee Shestova). He was the cousin of the last Russian tsar from the Moscow branch of the Rurik dynasty, Fyodor I Ioannovich. He was elected to reign by the Zemsky Sobor on February 21, 7121 (March 3, 1613), which closed the period of the Time of Troubles.
Mikhail Ilyich Romm(1901-1971) - an outstanding Soviet film director, Honorary Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR (1967). Laureate of five Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951). People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Artistic director of several films ("Ordinary Fascism" 1965). Author of books and articles on cinema.
Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin(literary pseudonym N. Shchedrin; 1826 - 1889) - Russian satirist writer.
Mikhail Vasilievich Skopin-Shuisky(1586-1610) - prince, boyar, commander. Participant in the suppression of the uprising of Ivan Isaevich Bolotnikov.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky(1772-1839) - Russian statesman, graph. Since 1808, the closest adviser to Emperor Alexander I, the author of the plan for liberal reforms, the initiator of the creation of the State Council.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Stakhovich (1819-1858) - Russian writer, poet, translator, collector of folklore.
Mikhail Yaroslavich Tverskoy(1272-1318) - prince of Tver, Grand Duke Vladimirsky, son of Grand Duke Yaroslav Yaroslavich, nephew of Alexander Nevsky.
Mikhail Nikolaevich Tukhachevsky(1893-1937) - Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935). Moved through the ranks during Civil War... Repressed in 1937 in the "military case", rehabilitated in 1957.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov(1927-2007) - an outstanding theater and film actor, artistic director of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theater, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor (1986). Having embodied the image of Marshal Zhukov in the epic "Liberation", he brilliantly performed this role in other films, each time adding new touches to the portrait of the famous commander. Mikhail Ulyanov played the role of Marshal Zhukov in fifteen tapes and became one of the most recognizable images of the Marshal in cinema.
Mikhail Vasilievich Frunze(1885-1925). Party member since 1904. Member of the October Revolution of 1917 in Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Moscow. During the civil war - commander of the Southern Group of Forces of the Eastern Front and Eastern front during the defeat of Kolchak's army. In 1919-1920. - Commander of the Turkestan Front, in 1920 - the Southern Front during the defeat of Wrangel's troops. In 1924-1925. - Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR, Deputy People's Commissar and People's Commissar for military and naval affairs, at the same time - Chief of Staff of the Red Army, member of the STO. Since 1921 - a member of the Central Committee, since 1924 - a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP (b). Member of the Central Executive Committee and the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.
Mikhail Georgievich Khudyakov(1894-1936) - scientist-historian, author of "Essays on the history of the Kazan Khanate".
Mikhail (Moisey) Abramovich Schweitzer(1920-2000) - Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR. Schweitzer's talent was fully revealed in a series of film adaptations literary classics... In his versions of the works of L.N. Tolstoy (Resurrection, 1960-1962; The Kreutzer Sonata, with Milkina, 1987, State Prize of the RSFSR, 1989), I.A. Ilf and E.P. Petrova (The Golden Calf, 1968), A.P. Chekhov ("Carousel", 1970; "Funny People", 1978), A.S. Pushkin ("Little Tragedies", 1980) and N.V. Gogol (Dead Souls, 1984), the director carefully, attentively treating almost every word of the classics, also preserves his personal intonation, which sometimes changes its register within the same scene: from comic, farcical, eccentric notes to sad, dramatic, even tragic.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Shirvindt(b. 1958) - actor and satirist.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov(1905-1984) - Russian writer, prose writer, the most prominent Soviet non-intellectual writer, who made the life of the Don Cossacks a subject of close reader interest, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939), twice Hero of Socialist Labor. Laureate Nobel Prize in literature for the novel "Quiet Don" (1965 - "for the artistic strength and integrity of the epic about the Don Cossacks at a crucial time for Russia").

The short form of the name Mikhail. Misha, Mishan, Mishunya, Mishuta, Mishutka, Mikhas, Asya, Mikhalya, Mika, Mikhanya, Minya, Minyasha, Minyusha, Mika, Mikhailushka, Mikha, Mikhayushka, Mishara, Mishata, Mishulya.
Synonyms for the name Michael. Michael, Michael, Miguel, Michele, Mihai, Michal, Michele, Mikael, Michael, Michelangelo, Mikal, Mikail, Mitchell, Mitchell.
The origin of the name Mikhail. The name Michael is Russian, Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish.

The name Michael in translation from the ancient Hebrew language means "equal, like God", there is also a translation option - "requested from God." The name Michael is widespread in Europe: Michael, Michel, Miguel, Mihai - these are all analogues of the name Mikhail. There is another male derivative name that is more common in Australia. This name is Mitchell. From the male name Mikhail, female names were formed: Michael, Michel, Michelle, Michaela, Migela, Michaela, Migelina, Michelangelo, Mikela, Mikhailin, Michalin, Michal.

Mick's diminutive is both an independent name and a short form for some female names(for example, Lyudmila, Domnika, Monika). Affectionate treatment of Asya is not only a diminutive appeal to many female and male names(Alexander, Alexandra, Anna, Astra, Arseny, Taras, Askold, Joseph, Agnia, Gelasiy, Taisiya and others), but also an independent name.

Among Christians, Michael is especially revered - the main of the seven archangels, one of the biblical characters. “Archangel Michael” consists of five words: “archangel mi ka el”, where each of these words is given a special meaning. "Arch" means "senior", "angel" - "messenger", "mi ka el" - "like God." Therefore, the following interpretation of the expression "Archangel Michael" is obtained: "Senior messenger, empowered by El (one of the names of God)" or "Senior plenipotentiary messenger of El". Which is very similar to the truth, since it was Archangel Michael in the Old Testament who was the messenger of the Most High, he became the protector of the people of Israel.

Archangel Michael is considered heavenly patron Kiev, Northern Russia (in particular, Arkhangelsk, built on the site of the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk monastery). In Orthodoxy, the Archangel Michael is revered as the patron saint of construction and builders. Also, Archangel Michael is considered the conqueror of evil spirits, which in Christianity were considered the source of disease. It is he who is the head of the holy host of angels. In Islam, the Archangel Michael is referred to as Mikail.

For the name Michael will be indicated Orthodox name days... Catholic name days - see name Michael.

As a child, Mikhail is a charming, gentle, greedy child, very beautiful and intelligent, to the point that he can use his beauty to achieve his goals with his parents. From an early age he is drawn to beauty, and very often from birth he is surrounded by beautiful things, objects of art.

Michaels are especially sensitive to aesthetics, beauty, and art. Sometimes they can be narcissistic or just beautiful, they want to achieve perfection, even manic, to the point of focusing on some small details necessary for them. Michaels are extroverted, outgoing, but often influenced, especially by their loved ones and their families. However, they are active and work, even if the pace of work is uneven, and tend to have a strong commitment to achieving the set goal.

Michael is always looking for a soul mate. Family is of paramount importance to them, they are attentive. Michael often becomes doctors, lawyers, teachers, as they feel personally useful to other people, but it is not uncommon that they become leaders of the highest level.

Michael's birthday

Michael celebrates his name day on January 3, January 7, January 14, January 21, January 24, January 31, February 27, February 28, March 7, March 22, March 23, March 28, April 29, May 1, May 20, June 1 , June 3, June 4, June 5, June 28, June 29, July 13, July 16, July 17, July 22, July 25, August 4, August 11, August 17, August 20, August 25, August 31, 4 September, 9 September, 13 September, 15 September, 17 September, 19 September, 1 October, 3 October, 13 October, 14 October, 15 October, 17 October, 1 November, 20 November, 21 November, 23 November, 27 November, November 29, December 2, December 5, December 20, December 23, December 31.

In Russian fairy tales, the bear is often called Misha, and respectfully Mikhailo Potapych (less often Ivanitch). But why exactly Misha / Mikhailo and how is this connected with the name Mikhail?

As you know, in the old days people did not have names entirely randomly. They tried to give babies names in honor of any object or animal, in order to "transfer" their features to the child, for example, the strength of an animal. For example, the strength of the bear, which in the Old Russian language was originally called "moshka" / "little sword" (this is how the bear was called in an abbreviated, affectionate form). By the way, the word "mechka" in the meaning of "bear" is still preserved in the Bulgarian language.

Later the word "sword" was transformed into "bear". By that time, Christianity was already dominating in Russia, the name Michael and his diminutive Misha appeared in everyday life, which "merged" with the "bear". So the bear became "Misha", and sometimes in fairy tales they began to give him the respectful Mikhailo Potapych (since the name Mikhail was popularly pronounced with the ending "o").

Famous people named Michael

Mikhail Borisovich ((1453-1505) the last Grand Duke of Tver (1461-1485), brother-in-law of Ivan III by his first wife)
Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov ((1596-1645) the first Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty (ruled from March 24, 1613), was elected to reign by the Zemsky Cathedral, which closed the period of the Time of Troubles. According to the famous Soviet historian, professor A.L. Stanislavsky, renowned specialist According to the history of Russian society in the 16th-17th centuries, the Great Russian Cossacks, free Great Russian people, whose freedoms were taken away by the tsar and his descendants in all possible ways, played an important role in the accession of Mikhail.)
Monk Michael ((mid-16th century) monk of the Vladimir Nativity monastery, writer, hymnographer)
Archbishop Michael ((1912-2000) in the world - Mikhail Mudyugin; clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, theologian)
Archimandrite Michael ((1379-?) In the world - Mityai; archimandrite of the Moscow Spassky monastery; named metropolitan " Great Russia"(Governor), compiler of a selection of extracts from" The Bee of Orthodoxy ", confessor of the Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy and the oldest boyars.)
Michael VIII Palaeologus ((1224 / 1225-1282) Byzantine emperor from 1261 (as Nicene emperor - from 1259), founder of the Palaeologus dynasty. blinded on December 25, 1261, which made it impossible for John IV to ascend the throne.Reconquered Constantinople from the crusaders, which they had captured during the Fourth Crusade, and revived the Byzantine Empire.At the same time, Michael laid the foundation for the further weakening of his country. aristocracy, he turned his back on the common people, which later resulted in two civil wars.In addition, the emperor ceased to support local trade and crafts, which allowed the Italian trading republics to strengthen their positions in the country.)
Michael Psellus ((1018-c. 1078) a learned Byzantine monk, close to many emperors; author of historical and philosophical works. One of the first to put forward the doctrine of Plato to counterbalance the medieval fascination with Aristotle, thereby preparing the flowering of Platonism during the Renaissance.)
Mikhail Bulgakov ((1891-1940) Soviet writer, playwright and theater director. Author of novellas, short stories, feuilletons, plays, dramatizations, screenplays and opera librettos.)
Mikhail Vrubel ((1856-1910) Russian artist of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, who glorified his name in almost all types and genres of fine arts: painting, graphics, decorative sculpture and theatrical art. He was known as the author of paintings, decorative panels, frescoes and book illustrations.He was married to the famous singer N.I. Zabele, whose portraits he painted many times.)
Mikhail Glinka ((1804-1857) Russian composer, founder of the national composing school. Glinka's works had a strong influence on subsequent generations of composers, including A.S. Dargomyzhsky, members of the "Mighty Handful", PI Tchaikovsky, who developed into his ideas to his music.)
Mikhail (Mikhailo) Lomonosov ((1711-1765) the first Russian natural scientist of world importance, encyclopedist, chemist and physicist; he entered science as the first chemist who gave physical chemistry a definition very close to the modern one, and outlined an extensive program of physical chemical research; his molecular-kinetic theory of heat largely anticipated the modern understanding of the structure of matter, - many fundamental laws, including one of the beginnings of thermodynamics; laid the foundations of the science of glass. Astronomer, instrument maker, geographer, metallurgist, geologist, poet, approved foundations of modern Russian literary language, artist, historian, champion of the development of national education, science and economics. He developed a project for Moscow University, which was later named in his honor. Discovered the presence of an atmosphere on the planet Venus. Full member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (adjunct of the physical class from 1742, professor of chemistry from 1745).)
Mikhail Lermontov ((1814-1841) Russian poet, prose writer, playwright, artist, officer)
Mikhail Lazarev ((1788-1851) Russian naval commander and navigator, admiral (1843), Commander of the Order of St. George IV class for length of service (1817), commander of the Black Sea Fleet and discoverer of Antarctica.)
Mikhail Gorbachev ((born 1931) Soviet, Russian and world political and public figure. Head of the CPSU and the Soviet Union. The first and last president of the USSR. Has a number of awards and honorary titles, the most famous of which is the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. Gorbachev as head of the CPSU and the state in the minds of his contemporaries are inextricably linked: the end of the Cold War, the introduction of a policy of glasnost, freedom of speech and press in the USSR, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan (1989), a large-scale attempt to reform the USSR ("perestroika"), the collapse of the USSR , the return of most socialist countries to a market economy and capitalism.)
Mikhail Gorshenyov ((1973-2013) nickname - "Pot"; vocalist, author of music and lyrics, and also the founder of the punk-rock group "King and Jester")
Mikhail Boyarsky ((born 1949) Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, singer, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990). The actor made his film debut in the films "Bridges" (1974) and "Straw Hat "(1974), and fame came to him in 1975 - after the role of Silva in the film" The Elder Son ". best works the actor became Teodoro in the musical film by Jan Fried "The Dog in the Manger" (1977) (based on the play by Lope de Vega). Boyarsky's finest hour came in 1978, with the release of G. Yungvald-Khilkevich's picture "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers", in which he played the main role - although at first they intended to shoot him in the role of Rochefort. Thanks to D'Artagnan and popular songs from the film, the actor's fame reached incredible heights, and he subsequently played this role in the sequels of this film. Popular were the works of the actor in another series of historical-costume films directed by Svetlana Druzhinina "Midshipmen, forward!" (1987) and "Vivat, Midshipmen!" (1991). After the death of Yuri Nikulin in 1997, he was one of the hosts of the White Parrot TV show. Nowadays he directs the theater “Benefis” organized by him, the performance of which in 1997 received a prize at the international festival “Winter Avignon”. Mikhail Boyarsky's repertoire includes about 400 songs. He considers his favorite songs to be those written by Maxim Dunaevsky, Viktor Reznikov and Gennady Gladkov.)
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly ((1761-1818) at birth - Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly; outstanding Russian commander, Field Marshal (since 1814), Minister of War, Prince (since 1815), hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, full cavalier Order of St. George. He commanded the entire Russian army at the initial stage of the Patriotic War of 1812, after which he was replaced by MI Kutuzov. In the overseas campaign of the Russian army of 1813-1814, he commanded the united Russian-Prussian army as part of the Bohemian army of the Austrian field marshal Prince Schwarzenberg. In the history of military art, according to Western authors, he went down as the architect of the strategy and tactics of "scorched earth" - cutting off the main enemy troops from the rear, depriving them of supplies and organizing guerrilla warfare in their rear. Russian history he was remembered as a commander who was forced to make a strategic retreat before Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812 and for this he was unfairly condemned by his contemporaries.)
Mikhail Bakunin ((1814-1876) Russian thinker, revolutionary, pan-Slavist, anarchist, one of the ideologists of populism)
Mikhail Zadornov ((born 1948) Soviet and Russian satirist, playwright, member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Author of more than ten books. Among them are lyrical and satirical stories, humoresques, essays, travel notes and plays.)
Mikhail Zadornov ((born 1963) Russian economist and statesman, Minister of Finance of Russia in 1997-1999, deputy of the State Duma of Russia of the first to fourth convocations. Awarded the Certificate of Merit of the Government of Russia.)
Mikhail Kalinin ((1875-1946) Soviet statesman and party leader. In 1919, LD Trotsky called him “the All-Russian headman”, after 1935 he began to be called the “All-Union headman.” Due to his great activity in the underground strike In fact, he was repeatedly arrested and exiled, while at the same time moving up the party ladder.)
Mikhail Lavrentiev ((1900-1980) mathematician and mechanic, founder of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (SB AS USSR) and Novosibirsk Academgorodok, academician (since 1946) and vice-president (1957-1975) of the USSR Academy of Sciences)
Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov, His Serene Highness Prince Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky ((1745-1813) Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies during the Patriotic War of 1812, the first full Knight of the Order of St. George In 1812 he received the rank of Field Marshal General and the title of His Serene Highness Prince of Smolensk. )
Mikhail Tukhachevsky ((1893-1937) Soviet military leader, military leader of the Red Army during the Civil War, military theoretician, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935). Repressed in 1937 in the "military case", rehabilitated in 1957.)
Mikhail Kasyanov ((born 1957) Russian statesman and socio-political figure, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004)
Mikhail Zhvanetsky ((born 1934) is a Russian satirist and performer of his own works. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2012). Performances and works of Zhvanetsky are distinguished by a special "Odessa humor"; they ridicule human shortcomings and vices of society.)
Mikhail Evdokimov ((1957-2005) pop artist, comedian, film actor, songwriter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994), head of the Altai Territory Administration (2004-2005))
Mikhail Prishvin ((1873-1954) Russian Soviet writer, author of works about nature, who revealed in them a special artistic philosophy of nature, hunting stories, works for children. Of particular value are his diaries, which he kept throughout his life.)
Mikhail Prokhorov ((born 1965) entrepreneur, billionaire, president of the ONEXIM Group private investment fund, president of the Russian Biathlon Union. political activities... In June - September 2011, the chairman of the "Right Cause" party. Participant in the presidential elections on March 4, 2012, in which he took 3rd place, receiving almost 8% of the vote.)
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ((1826-1889) real name - Saltykov, pseudonym - Nikolai Shchedrin; Russian writer, Ryazan and Tver vice-governor)
Mikhail Botvinnik ((1911-1995) 6th in the history of chess and 1st Soviet world champion (1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963). Grandmaster of the USSR (1935), international grandmaster (1950) and referee in chess composition (1956); Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1945), 6-time champion of the USSR (1931, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1952), absolute champion of the USSR (1941). Champion of Moscow (1943/44). "Patriarch" of the Soviet chess school. Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR (1971), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Russia (1991). Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.)
Mikhail Gerasimov (anthropologist, archaeologist and sculptor, Doctor of Historical Sciences)
Mikhail Isakovsky (Russian Soviet poet)
Mikhail Speransky (Russian statesman of the era of Alexander I, reformer)
Mikhail Zharov (actor, director)
Mikhail Larionov (painter, graphic artist, theater artist, art theorist)
Mikhail Svetlov (poet and playwright)
Mikhail Baryshnikov (Russian and American ballet dancer (b. 1948))
Mikhail Skobelev ((1843-1882) an outstanding Russian military leader and strategist, general of infantry (1881), adjutant general (1878). Participant of the Central Asian conquests Russian Empire and Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878, the liberator of Bulgaria. He went down in history with the nickname “ white general"(Tur. Ak-Pasha), which is always associated primarily with him, and not only because he participated in battles in a white uniform and on a white horse.)
Mikhail Frunze ((1885-1925) party pseudonyms - Trifonych, Arseny, literary pseudonyms - Sergei Petrov, A. Shuisky, M. Mirsky; revolutionary, Soviet statesman and military leader, one of the largest military leaders of the Red Army during the Civil War, military theorist)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky ((born 1963) is a Russian businessman, public figure, publicist. Currently serving a 13-year sentence in a general regime colony in Segezha (Karelia). In 1997-2004, co-owner and head of the Yukos oil company. He was arrested in 2003. At the time of his arrest he was one of the richest people on the planet. In 2005 he was found guilty of fraud and other crimes by the Russian justice system. The Yukos company was subjected to bankruptcy proceedings. In 2010-2011 he was sentenced under new circumstances. The persecution of Khodorkovsky received a controversial assessment from the Russian and international community: some consider Khodorkovsky justly convicted, others - a prisoner of conscience, persecuted for political reasons. Amnesty International awarded Khodorkovsky and his colleague Platon Lebedev the status of “prisoners of conscience.” European Court of Human Rights found procedural irregularities in his arrest in his 2011 judgment , preliminary detention, privileges of relations with a lawyer, consideration of Khodorkovsky's appeals. At the same time, the ECHR considered that no irrefutable evidence of the political motivation of the authorities in the criminal prosecution of Khodorkovsky was presented.)
Mikhail Tsvet ((1872-1919) Russian botanist-physiologist and biochemist of plants. Created a chromatographic method. He studied pigments of plant leaves, obtained chlorophylls a, b and c in pure form and a number of xanthophyll isomers. The discovery of Tsvet was widely used and recognized since the beginning of 1930. -s in the separation and identification of various pigments, vitamins, enzymes, hormones and other organic and inorganic compounds and served as the basis for the creation of a number of new directions analytical chemistry(gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, thin layer chromatography). For plant physiology, the conclusions of M.S. Tsveta about the nature of chloroplasts, the state of chlorophyll in a plant, the mechanism of photosynthesis, and others are essential.)
Mikhail Sholokhov ((1905-1984) Russian Soviet writer and public figure. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1965 - "for the artistic power and integrity of the epic about the Don Cossacks at a crucial time for Russia") Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939), Hero Socialist Labor (1967). Classic of Russian literature.)
Prince Mikhail Shcherbatov ((1733-1790) Russian historian, publicist; honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences since 1776, member of the Russian Academy (1783))
Mikhail Fridman ((born 1964) a major Russian entrepreneur. Co-owner and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Alfa Group Consortium, member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, founder and member of the Bureau of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress, member of the International Advisory Council on Foreign Relations ( With a personal fortune of $ 15.1 billion, in 2011 he took 7th place in the list of 200 richest businessmen in Russia (according to Forbes magazine).)
Mikhail Koribut Vishnevetsky ((1640-1673) King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania since 1669. Representative of the princely family of the Vishnevets coats of arms Koribut (Gediminovichi) Elected to the throne on June 19, 1669 after the abdication of Jan II Casimir. The first monarch of the united Rzeczpospolita of Lithuanian origin. )

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