Julia Nesterenko

Let's start, I think, the most world-famous resident of Brest - Yulia Nesterenko. The surname Nesterenko thundered all over the world at the Olympic games of 2004 in Athens for the first time when Yulia won a gold medal in run-hundred-meter. It was a breakthrough for our country, and, probably, there was not a single Brest resident who would be spared this news. In 2005 Julia took bronze in the national team of Belarus in the 4x100 meters relay. But at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the athlete reached only the semi-finals. She didn't make it to the finals.

Igor Kornelyuk

He is known with the soundtrack “ The City, which is not” for the film “Gangster Petersburg”. However, few people know that he is also the author of soundtracks to such

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famous works of cinema as: " The Master and Margarita", " Heaven and earth", " Idiot", " The Legend of Tampuk", " Taras Bulba". His compositions were sung by such famous people as Mikhail Boyarsky, Philip Kirkorov, Edita Pieha, Anna Veski, etc. Every year Igor's school teachers receive greeting cards on Teacher's Day from him, and he himself visit the school where he studied. It seems that the composer is more popular abroad than in his native country.

Elena Vorobey

Many people know a little a humorous parodist, Elena Vorobyey. She was also born in Brest, in 1967. By the way, “Sparrow” is a pseudonym. Her real name is Helena Lebenbaum. According to Vladimir Vinokur, they came up with a pseudonym together, taking the example of Edith Piaf, whose stage name translates as “Sparrow”.

Sergey Povarnin

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It is curious that among our countrymen there are also some famous philosophers. For example, Sergey Povarnin, who was born in Brest-Litovsk, died in Leningrad in 1952. However, he wrote a lot of his works in the field of logic, psychology, philosophy and religious studies that are read nowaday. Among his works there are The Logical book of problems, The Art of dispute, the Logic of relations: its essence and meaning.

Menachem Begin

Have you ever thought that among our fellow countrymen there are some Nobel laureates? The answer is Yes, and one of them is Menachem Begin. He was born in Brest-Litovsk, a politician, The Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983, and the Nobel peace prize winner(1978) for his participation in the establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Egypt.

Izador Frid

Some of our countrymen have achieved success not only in our country. For example, Isador Frid was born in Brest-Litovsk, but was known as an American composer. Unfortunately, there is not much information about him on the Internet, because he died in 1960, but you can easily find a line that he is “an American composer, born in Brest-Litovsk”.

Alexander Ramati

Surely, some of you have heard the name of Alexander Ramati, a writer, a director and a producer with Polish roots. Among his works there are “ Violin stopped its play”(1988), “Desperate loners”(1967), “Underground in Assisi”(1985), and others. Yes, he was born in Brest too.

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