Star Charitable Foundation. Russian stars and charity
The delight of fans, the applause of the audience, the first roles on stage and in films - for these men, this is not the main thing. They are convinced that an artist must bring good to people. And they do it personally - in charity projects.
The press and audience call him a sex symbol of Russian cinema, but the status of actor Danila Kozlovsky is far from limited to this. Almost nine years ago, he began actively helping the work of Ksenia Rappoport’s Children of Bel Foundation, which cares for “butterfly people” suffering from a rare incurable disease, and this year he became a member of its board of trustees. Also, since 2013, Danila has been an official of the “Exit in St. Petersburg” foundation, which works with autism problems, helps Maxim Matveev’s “Doctor Clown” foundation, visits children in hospitals, and participates in numerous charity events and auctions.
The Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation was created in 2008, after the famous actor’s wife Anastasia tragically passed away. His motto is: “One life saved is one life saved.” The foundation's activities are dedicated to children who suffer from cancer and other serious diseases of the brain. Here they provide assistance in organizing treatment and purchasing medications, provide rehabilitation programs and provide psychological support to the families of young patients. In addition, the fund helps medical institutions that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases.
Gosha Kutsenko
An ironic look and brutal appearance do not tell everything about the star actor. The charity foundation “Step Together”, founded by him in 2011, helps children suffering from cerebral palsy. “In this world, what makes us rich is not what we get, but what we give,” says the home page of his website. The foundation specifically takes care of the neediest little patients, provides consulting and legal assistance, purchases medicines and necessary medical equipment. And twice a year, Gosha Kutsenko gathers movie, theater and show business stars to please children undergoing treatment and their parents with festive concerts.
Together with actress Maria Mironova, two selfless knights of stage and silver screen created the Artist charity foundation in 2008 to provide full support to elderly people who have devoted their entire lives to art, as well as orphans and disabled children. Numerous projects and cultural events organized by the foundation allow us to collect funds and direct them to help the most vulnerable.
Together with his wife, actress Ksenia Alferova, Egor Beroev in 2012 became the founder of the charity foundation “I am!”, which helps “special” children - with Down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy. Egor and Ksenia are convinced: to learn and develop, to live a full, joyful life and communicate with other children - every child should have this opportunity.
Together with his wife, producer Varya Avdyushko, film director, screenwriter and producer Timur Bekmambetov in 2006 created the Sunflower charity foundation for children. Here they provide targeted help to children suffering from congenital immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases: they find funds to buy expensive but necessary medications, conduct creative activities with children, and organize holidays and concerts for young patients.
The main one of the “Moscow Virtuosi”, a famous violinist and conductor, created his own foundation in 1994 to help young talented artists, music and art schools, and art schools. Also, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation takes care of child health programs, helps orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.
Sergei Belogolovtsev with his family. Photo: Global Look Press
Belogolovtsev, together with his wife Natalya, visited all kinds of doctors and tried all kinds of treatment methods for their son Evgeniy (diagnosed with cerebral palsy). And one day they put him on alpine skis. Parents realized that this sport is the most effective method of rehabilitation for cerebral palsy and other similar diseases. Thanks to the Dream Ski program, children and adults with various health problems, such as a diagnosis of cerebral palsy (cerebral palsy), autism, Down syndrome, visual and hearing impairments, had the opportunity to engage in effective rehabilitation and socialization through skiing.
Director Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov with his wife. Photo: East News
The famous producer and film director, together with his wife, artist and film producer Varvara Avdyushko, created the Sunflower charity foundation in 2006, which helps children with primary immunodeficiency.
At first, when there was no fund yet, Varvara Avdyushko with Timur Bekmambetov and her friends organized holidays for children in the children's clinical hospital, in the immunology department. But over time, they realized that the problem was broader, and it was decided to create a fund that would provide sick children with the necessary medicines. The funds - about 118 million rubles were collected over ten and a half years - go directly to each child. The foundation supported and guided each ward until adulthood. And since 2017, “Sunflower” began helping adults.
Actress Evelina Bledans
Evelina Bledans with her son Semyon. Photo: Global Look Press
Evelina is an ambassador for the Downside Up Foundation. People who know English will immediately understand that the wards of this foundation are sunny children with Down syndrome. This topic is very close to Bledans: in 2012, she gave birth to a boy, Sema, with this syndrome. And in 2016, a subsidiary fund of Downside Up, “Love Syndrome,” appeared, where Evelina became the chairman of the board of trustees. The actress not only performs charity concerts, but also educates parents of children with this syndrome in every possible way. And now many mothers of sunny children do not leave their children in maternity hospitals, but take them home to raise and educate them.
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Top model Natalia Vodianova
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Vodianova’s charitable activities and her Naked Heart Foundation are known not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The decision to create such a fund came to Vodianova after the tragedy in Beslan in 2004. Today the fund works in two directions. “Every child deserves a family”: creating a system of free services for vulnerable families raising children with special needs. “Play with meaning”: construction of inclusive children's play parks and playgrounds.
Stylist and showman Sergei Zverev
Few people know, but Sergei is actively involved in charity work: he often visits orphanages, and his visits are remembered by children for a long time. The showman was even awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for his constant help and services to the children's charity center Children of the World. Zverev believes that you should always help, but not shout about it at every corner. He helps not only financially, but also morally. In various rehabilitation centers, Sergei organizes parties and masquerades. Dresses up, cuts hair, does hair, sings and organizes shows.
Football player Alexander Kerzhakov
Alexander Kerzhakov with his wife Milena. Photo: instagram.com
The famous ex-Zenit striker created a fund in 2015 to support children from socially disadvantaged sections of the population, and his wife Milena helps him in this difficult matter. In addition to the fact that the funds of Alexander and his foundation are used to provide a decent future for orphans and children living in dysfunctional families, Kerzhakov helps children's hospitals and hospices purchase expensive equipment.
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Actresses Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2006, Chulpan and Dina opened the Gift of Life foundation. This is probably the most famous charitable foundation in our country. It helps and supports children with hematological and oncological diseases. Khamatova and Korzun purchase equipment and drugs for specialized clinics, provide psychological and social assistance to sick children, find blood donors and try to attract public attention to children with cancer. In addition, actresses organize charity concerts, events, and auctions right on the premises of the children's clinical hospital.
Actor Gosha Kutsenko
In 2011, Gosha founded the Step Together charity foundation after a woman once approached him and asked him to help her seriously ill child suffering from cerebral palsy. The foundation supports children suffering from this disease. Twice a year, Kutsenko organizes special holiday concerts for sick children, as well as various charity events, to which he invites pop, theater and film stars. Currently, the charitable organization is engaged in several directions at once - legal assistance, consulting assistance, purchases medical equipment and medicines, and also sends targeted assistance to children in special need.
Artists Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats and Alexander Pushnoy
Mikhail Shats, Tatyana Lazareva and Alexander Pushnoy. Photo: East News
Artists take an active part in the work of the Creation Foundation and are members of its trustees. This fund provides assistance to orphanages, children's homes, shelters and boarding schools, hospitals, as well as children and adults undergoing treatment in clinics. The Foundation itself purchases and controls the necessary things (from dresses and abs to medical equipment and technology).
Actor Maxim Matveev
Maxim Matveev. Photo: Global Look Press
Maxim is actively involved in charity work. He became one of the first organizers of the hospital clownery movement in Russia. Since 2007, the actor has been working as a clown at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. In 2013, Matveev joined the board of the Doctor Clown charitable foundation and became its artistic director. He teaches at the School of Hospital Clowning created by the foundation, whose graduates work with children who have been in the hospital for a long time.
Actresses Yulia Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Lyanka Gryu, showman Dmitry Khrustalev, musician Petr Nalich
Yulia Peresild, Lyanka Gryu, Dmitry Khrustalev, Yulia Snigir, Petr Nalich. Photo: bf-galchonok.ru
These famous people are the trustees of the Galchonok Foundation. They are the guarantor that all funds raised will go to statutory purposes, namely to newborns who fall ill before birth or suffer during premature or difficult births; children of any age who have suffered traumatic brain injuries; children diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP).
In addition, the stars help promote this fund and attract additional funds.
Actor Konstantin Khabensky
Konstantin Khabensky. Photo: Global Look Press
The actor, like Khamatova and Korzun, created a charitable foundation to help children with cancer and other serious diseases of the brain. The fund was established in 2008 and helps in organizing examination and treatment of children, purchasing medicines, organizing rehabilitation programs, and assisting specialized departments of Russian medical institutions.
Other celebrities who have opened relief funds
Actors Ksenia Alferova and Egor Beroev
Egor Beroev and actress Ksenia Alferova. Photo: East News
In 2017, their foundation “I Am!”, which supports children with developmental disabilities: cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome, celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Actress Olga Budina
Olga Budina. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2011, Budina created the charitable foundation “Guard the Future,” which provides material and other assistance to gifted children, orphans, children without parental care, and graduates of orphanages.
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2003, the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater created a Foundation named after himself to support young and adult talents and musical groups.
Singer Joseph Kobzon
Joseph Kobzon. Photo: Global Look Press
The legend of the national stage in 1992 organized the Shield and Lyre Foundation, which provides assistance to the families of fallen military personnel and social protection to internal affairs employees. Joseph Davydovich also takes care of two orphanages.
Actors Evgeny Mironov, Maria Mironova, Igor Vernik and producer Natalya Shaginyan-Needham
Igor Vernik, Natalia Shaginyan-Needham, Maria Mironova, Evgeny Mironov. Photo: fond-artist.ru
In 2008, these famous people established a charitable foundation to support artists, “Artist”. The goal is to help financially and morally support older generation theater and film actors.
Bard Oleg Mityaev
Oleg Mityaev. Photo: East News
In 1999, he organized the Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, which organizes social and cultural projects aimed at the education and upbringing of the younger generation.
Conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov. Photo: Global Look Press
In 1994, he created and became president of the International Charitable Foundation, which helps young talented talents - musicians, dancers, artists. It also provides support in the field of children's health, helping orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.
Singer Anita Tsoi
Anita Tsoi. Photo: Global Look Press
In 2001, Anita created a charitable foundation that supports children with disabilities with cerebral palsy, orphans, children affected by armed conflicts, children from low-income and large families, as well as gifted children.
Charity and help from famous people have long ceased to be rare. Many celebrities lead an active social life, open foundations and centers that support projects in various fields of activity.
Pop singer, People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon is the chairman of the board of the regional charitable foundation "Shield and Lyre", created by the Public Council and the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Moscow.
The fund was formed in October 1992 on the initiative of Joseph Kobzon, who at that time was the chairman of the Public Council at the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, with the aim of providing social protection to Moscow internal affairs employees, assistance to the families of employees killed in the line of duty, veterans and disabled people, cultural and moral education of personal composition and increasing the prestige of the service for the protection of public order and the safety of citizens.
Kobzon is actively involved in charity work: he made donations for the restoration of the St. Elias Church in Krasnodar and the cathedral in the city of Chasov Yar. Joseph Kobzon donated two icons to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Podolsk. He donated significant sums for the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. In the village of Aginskoye, Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Kobzon took part in the restoration of the datsan and the Church of St. Nicholas, at the same time he regularly provides humanitarian assistance to the entire district.
Since the mid-1980s, Joseph Kobzon has patronized two orphanages - in Yasnaya Polyana and in Tula. It provides financial assistance to these institutions, their employees, and students.
Famous violinist and chief conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi" Vladimir Spivakov in 1994, the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation was created, which is a co-organizer and permanent participant of the International Music Festival in Colmar, France.
The Vladimir Spivakov Foundation helps young talented musicians, dancers, and artists by organizing master classes, concerts, tours and exhibitions for them. The Foundation provides ongoing support to music schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Siberia, the Urals, Ukraine, Belarus, as well as art schools and art schools. Fellows take part in international and all-Russian competitions and festivals.
The Spivakov Charitable Foundation supports many social programs related to education, science, art and culture, provides support in the field of children's health, helps orphans, disabled children, orphanages and hospitals.
In 1999, the Oleg Mityaev Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives was organized in Chelyabinsk. This is a charitable organization that seeks money to organize art song festivals. The Foundation supports: the Ilmen Art Song Festival, the people's award "Bright Past", the festival "Summer is a Little Life", the youth program "Discoveries". The Foundation provides assistance to organizers of other events, and also finances, co-finances and assists in organizing the publication of audio, video recordings and books by various authors and performers. Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives Oleg Mityaev He is also a co-founder of the association “Everything is real for children,” a non-profit voluntary association of teachers and volunteers. The association's object of care is children who find themselves in difficult life situations.
Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra, Dean of the Faculty of Arts of St. Petersburg State University Valery Gergiev On December 5, 2003, the Valery Gergiev Foundation was created with the aim of organizing charitable activities in the field of art, culture, enlightenment and education.
The main activities of the foundation are: creation of social and cultural facilities; support for creative projects and tours of the Mariinsky Theater; targeted charitable assistance in the field of education, culture and art; support for young performers and musical groups.
A significant part of the foundation’s activities is supporting young artists, musical groups and talented Russian performers, assistance in vocational training and organizing free events for children and students in order to attract new young audiences, as well as charity concerts to provide targeted humanitarian assistance to those in need and people trapped in trouble.
Top model and actress Natalya Vodyanova For many years now he has been actively involved in charity work around the world, in particular, he runs the Naked Hearts fund for children.
The Naked Heart Charitable Foundation was created by Vodianova in 2004 with the goal of helping children in Russia and abroad. The impetus for the creation of the fund was the tragic events in Beslan.
Today, the foundation works in two main areas: the construction of playgrounds and play parks and the support of children with special needs.
The philosophy of the Foundation's "Play with Meaning" program is that for a child, play is a necessity, not a luxury. Since its founding, the foundation has built 90 play facilities, including in a number of orphanages and hospitals, cancer and rehabilitation centers. The geography of the Foundation's sites and parks includes 68 Russian cities. The goal of the fund is at least 500 gaming facilities in places where there would simply be no one to build them.
As part of the “Every Child Deserves a Family” program, Naked Hearts is trying to break the existing tradition in Russia of abandoning children with special needs. During the year the program operated, the foundation opened a Family Support Center in Nizhny Novgorod, the first Lekoteka in the Tula region, financed the publishing and legal projects of the Center for Curative Pedagogy in Moscow, as well as summer and autumn camps for hundreds of children with developmental disabilities. In addition, the foundation is actively involved in promoting legislative amendments and initiatives integral to the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Chulpan Khamatova and actress Dina Korzun In 2006, a charitable foundation to help children with oncohematological and other serious diseases “Gift of Life” was created.
The goals of the foundation are: raising funds for the treatment and rehabilitation of children with cancer and hematological diseases; assistance to oncology and hematology clinics where children and young adults are treated; attracting public attention to the problems of sick children; promoting the development of free blood donation; providing social and psychological assistance to sick children; facilitating the work of volunteer groups at children's oncohematology clinics.
A charitable foundation usually buys medicines or medical equipment directly for a hospital or department using donations, but there are situations when assistance is provided not to the hospital, but to a specific patient.
The mission of the Artist Foundation is to attract public attention to the problems of important and most vulnerable people - the elderly and disabled orphans.
The fund operates in two directions: “Actors for Actors” and “Actors for Children.” The goal of the first direction is to help veterans and artists meet old age with dignity and happiness. Within the framework of the “Actors for Actors” direction, two programs have been developed: “SOS Cash Fund” and “Social Life”. The goal of the second direction is to help disabled orphans get on their feet and move through life independently and confidently. As part of the “Actors for Children” direction, the “I Want to Walk” program has been developed.
To achieve its goals, the Artist Foundation implements charitable events and projects aimed at providing targeted assistance to stage veterans and disabled children, as well as events to attract public attention to problems.
Theater and film actor Konstantin Khabensky in 2008 there was
Stars of the Russian show and film business spend their money on different things: clothes, cars, gadgets, etc. But which of the modern stars is involved in charity work?
Anita Tsoi
In 2001, the singer opened the Anita Foundation, which helps children with congenital disabilities. In just one year, he helped more than 35 thousand children. In 2010, Tsoi, together with Universal Music, launched the “Show Business with a Conscience” program: all the income she received from the album “To the East” was redirected to orphanages.
About 160 thousand euros were raised from the concert that Anita Tsoi held in Moscow and this money was donated to children affected by the Beslan tragedy.
Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova
They created the “Gift of Life” foundation, which is currently being written and talked about a lot. The mission of the foundation is to support children with hematological and oncological diseases.
They provide assistance to special clinics by purchasing the necessary equipment and medications for them. They provide social and psychological services to sick children, draw attention to children who have cancer and find blood donors. They also hold events, charity concerts and auctions on the premises of the children's clinical hospital.
Konstantin Khabensky
After the death of his wife Anastasia, the actor, in 2008, created a charitable foundation dedicated to supporting children suffering from severe brain diseases.
The motto of the foundation is “One life saved is one life saved.” Konstantin helps purchase medicines, organizes rehabilitation programs for sick children, as well as psychological support. In addition, the foundation helps Russian institutions involved in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases.
Joseph Kobzon
The singer has been involved in charitable activities for many years. In 1992, he founded the Shield and Lyre Foundation.
What the fund does: providing assistance to the families of fallen military personnel and social protection of internal affairs workers. Kobzon also restored the temple in Krasnodar and donated a large sum to the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. He also patronizes two orphanages and provides children with a variety of assistance.
Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova
The couple organized a special charitable foundation “I am!”.
They help people with disabilities, especially children suffering from cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome. They are actively trying to make the lives of these children brighter and more diverse, creating educational programs that are aimed at teaching children.
Gosha Kutsenko
In 2011, the actor founded the “Step Together” foundation. He supports children who suffer from cerebral palsy. Twice a year he holds holiday concerts for sick children and charity events, with invited film, pop and theater stars.
Now the organization provides consulting assistance, targeted assistance to children in special need, legal assistance, and also purchases medical equipment.
Charitable Foundation "Artist"
Evgeny Mironov, Maria Mironova and Igor Vernik.
In 2008, the actors organized a foundation dedicated to supporting orphans, disabled children and the elderly.
The founders of the fund help elderly actors who have no home and money, and also support orphans and disabled orphans. The fund helps them get back on their feet and start living independently. The actors organized events where the funds raised went to help stage veterans and disabled children.
Natalya Vodyanova
The Naked Heart Foundation was founded by the model in 2005. The foundation builds children's playgrounds throughout Russia and the first city in which Vodianova gave children a holiday was Nizhny Novgorod (the city where Natalya lived). The impetus for the creation of the fund was the tragedy in Beslan. The model set out to build a play park in Beslan to bring some joy to the children. Not immediately, but the plan was brought to life.
Since 2011, the foundation has been involved in the “Every Child Deserves a Family” program. It is aimed at reversing the Russian trend of abandoning children with special needs.
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Charitable Foundation "Vera". After the foundation was created in 2006, it quickly became the center of the hospice movement. Today it is the only non-profit organization in Russia that supports hospices and their patients.
The board of trustees includes writers, famous artists, musicians, journalists, and doctors. The chairmen of the board of trustees are actresses Ingeborga Dapkunaite and Tatyana Drubich. The Vera Foundation was the first to create endowment capital in the field of healthcare. We continue to look for opportunities to replenish our target capital. Areas of activity of the fund:
- Help to the First Moscow Hospice;
- Assistance to regional hospices;
- Help for terminally ill children;
- Development of the volunteer movement;
- Publishing activities;
- Formation of public interest in the problems of terminally ill people.
Culture
This article is dedicated to ten significant people who, undoubtedly, left a huge mark on the lives of many people on this planet. Perhaps the proposed choice will seem rather one-sided to some, but this is not surprising, since all significant personalities discussed in this article are considered as such in the opinion of Americans. In other words, one can dispute the fact that not a single Russian person was included in this list, but one cannot but agree that all the people presented on this list had a huge impact (including negative) on many areas of life of various people on our planet.
10. Bill Gates
It is known that Bill Gates, born in 1955, created his first computer program while still a high school student. The well-known company Microsoft Corporation, one of the founders of which is Bill Gates, appeared in 1975, and 18 years later, in 1993, Gates was officially declared the richest man on Earth. Despite the far-from-ambiguous attitude towards the products offered by the Gates Corporation, it cannot be denied that this man not only made a real revolution in computer software, but also did many good and useful things. For example, Bill, with his own money, founded several of the largest charitable foundations pursuing good causes around the world (for example, the fight against polio, and so on).
9. Martin Luther King (1929-1968)
Despite the fact that Martin Luther King was an American citizen who actively fought for the rights of black residents and against racial discrimination and racism, this man became known far beyond the borders of the United States of America. He was a real ideological fighter who was inspired by his spiritual mentor and fighter for Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi. Despite the extremely pressing problem of racial discrimination against the black population in the United States, King always advocated peaceful methods of resolving the issue, while being an unsurpassed orator. In 1964, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And, despite the fact that King was assassinated in 1968, he is still remembered because, according to many, this man managed to achieve the impossible by forcing the white population of America to listen and respect the opinion of the black population.
8. Nelson Mandela
Another equally famous human rights activist who dedicated his life to fierce opposition to apartheid - the policy of racial oppression of certain groups of the population in South Africa, under which black people did not even have the right to vote - was Nelson Mandela, born in 1918. For his tough, uncompromising stance in the fight against the racist government Mandela was arrested in 1964. The future president of the Republic of South Africa emerged from prison only 26 years later, and was almost immediately elected leader of the state. In 1993, Nelson Mandela also received the Nobel Peace Prize for his services in the fight against apartheid.
7. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
The German leader, who came to power in 1933, undoubtedly left not only one of the most significant marks in the history of mankind, but also the bloodiest and most destructive mark. Fierce hatred of Jews, exaggerated ideas about the right to advantage of the Aryan race on our planet, as well as manic commitment to one’s ideas– all this led to the death of tens of millions of people in Eastern Europe. And although Adolf Hitler’s diabolical plans were not destined to come true, this man is unlikely to be erased from people’s memory (as well as many other dictators).
6. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Einstein, who is rightfully considered the greatest physicist of all time, has become a true symbol of genius. When Albert Einstein succeeded in proving one of his most significant works - the general theory of relativity - in 1919, scientists around the world recognized the genius of this man, as a result of which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physics in 1921. Unfortunately, despite the fact that Einstein was an undoubted pacifist, his scientific research later helped other researchers create an atomic bomb. Einstein was so burdened by this fact that a week before his death, in a letter addressed to Bertrand Russell, a British philosopher and ardent supporter of nuclear disarmament, he declared his readiness to sign an appeal to all countries calling on them to abandon the use of atomic energy in warfare. purposes.
5. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Mahatma Gandhi, the spiritual leader of the Indian people and a fighter for the independence of this country from Great Britain, began his career as an ordinary lawyer, and only then became involved in political issues. He led a peaceful civil disobedience movement against the British regime in India, and conducted active negotiations with the leaders of Foggy Albion until 1947 when his country gained independence. In fact, Gandhi became the true embodiment of independence for all Indians for all time! Mahatma Gandhi is also known for his modest way of life and calls for religious tolerance, which, undoubtedly, only contributed to strengthening the people's love and faith in their leader.
4. Karl Marx (1818-1883)
It can be said without exaggeration that the ideas of the German thinker Karl Marx in the field of economics and sociology changed the world. Marx was one of those social philosophers who were dissatisfied with the bourgeois structure of the world, predicting social equality for everyone in the future. Of course, many of us know Marx primarily for his monumental work called Capital, but he became famous for his work written together with Friedrich Engels, another German philosopher, with a work entitled “Manifesto of the Communist Party” (this is where the famous phrase “A ghost is haunting Europe - the ghost of communism” came from). As you know, it was the ideas of Karl Marx that inspired Russian revolutionaries and communists. In 1950, already half of the inhabitants of our planet lived in countries where the communist regime ruled!
3. Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
There is probably no need to explain to anyone that it was Charles Darwin who became the founder of the modern theory of evolution. Of course, it didn’t all start right away. Darwin's first thoughts on this topic began to form during the period when he set off on a voyage around the world as a naturalist on a Royal Navy ship called the Beagle (1831-1836). And Darwin devoted the rest of his life to the development of these ideas. The main work of his life, published in 1859 - “The Origin of Species” - caused a harsh reaction from conservative society. And this is not surprising: in fact, Darwin openly opposed the Bible and the version of the divine creation of the surrounding world, replacing it with the theory of the evolutionary development of all living beings. It was then that humanity first had to try to comprehend the fact that the direct ancestors of humans were apes (according to Darwin).
2. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The appearance of William Shakespeare on this list of the most significant people in human history is not accidental. In fact, Shakespeare has been overwhelmingly voted the greatest English-language playwright in human history. Considering that this top ten was compiled according to the opinions of Americans, this choice is not surprising. But no matter what evil tongues say, Shakespeare, as a writer, had a huge influence on the entire world of drama.. He started as an ordinary actor, and eventually wrote 154 poems and 37 plays, among which the most famous were “Hamlet”, “King Lear”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Macbeth” and so on. The influence of William Shakespeare was so great that thanks to his work, the English language was replenished with more than 1,700 new words.
1. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
It would probably be surprising if the list of the most significant people in the world, compiled by the Americans, did not include Christopher Columbus, one of the most famous travelers and discoverers. After all, it is believed that it was precisely thanks to his search for the coast of the so-called Western India that European settlers discovered two continents, which were later called America (and hardly anyone will dare to challenge America’s influence on the whole world). Among other things, Christopher Columbus became famous as a talented navigator. It is believed that of all the reliably known travelers, it was he who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean, sailed in the Caribbean Sea and generally gave Europe a whole new world.
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