Famous people of our town and Rostov region

Dibrov Dmitry Alexandrovich

Born November 14, 1959, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian journalist, showman, TV presenter, producer and director, as well as a singer, musician and actor.

He worked on five federal TV channels (NTV, Channel One, Russia-1, TV Center and Zvezda). TV Game Host "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" on Channel One.

In 1989, together with Andrei Stolyarov, he received the main prize - "Golden Astrolabe" - at the Second World Electronic Film Festival in Montreux in the "Feature Film" section for the film "Moscow Melodies" (co-produced by the Soviet Central Television and the American company "Captain of America") . This film was the first Soviet film made using high-definition television technology.
In 1992, Dibrov became a laureate of the IV Cinemavideo Festival of Independent Film and Television in Karlsruhe (Germany) for the film Rowan on Cognac, or Maybe this is how we should live?

Valentina Vasilievna Karnaukhova a.k.a. Valya Karnaval

Born November 11, 2001, Rostov-on-Don, better known as Karna.val or Valya Karnaval, is a Russian video blogger, tiktoker and singer and actress.

In October 2020, Russian magazine Forbes placed her at number 5 on their first-ever list of the highest paid tiktokers. At the end of this year, Valya Karnaval took 6th place in the list of "top artists" of the Russian-language segment of TikTok'a - musicians whose songs were most often used by users in their videos. In addition, her song "Psycho" was ranked 9th on the list of "TikTok's hits" - the most used tracks in 2020.

Allegrova Irina Alexandrovna

Born January 20, 1952, Rostov-on-Don) - Soviet and Russian pop singer, actress, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2010).

1969 - Laureate of the Transcaucasian Jazz Festival of Performing Musicians, Baku
1978 - laureate of the II All-Union Song Contest "Sochi-1978" (as part of the VIA "Young Voices")
1987 - Prize at the competition "Golden Tuning Fork" (duet with Igor Talkov "Three Letters")
1990-1993 - award "Best Singer of the Year" according to a survey of readers of the "Soundtrack" hit parade (Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper)
1994 - Ovation award in the nomination "Best Singer of the Year"
1998 - "Stop hit" award from radio "Hit-FM"

2002 - medal "200 years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia"
2018 - Golden Gramophone Award

Vasily Mikhailovich Vakulenko a.k.a. Basta

Born April 20, 1980, Rostov-on-Don, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian musician (rapper and other genres, beatmaker, composer), TV and radio host, actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Since 2007 - co-owner of the Gazgolder label. Since October 2019, he has been the owner of the SKA football club (Rostov-on-Don).

Known under creative pseudonyms and projects of Bast, Noggano, N1NT3ND0 (Nintendo); formerly - Basta Oink, Basta Bastilio. Former member of the bands "Street Sounds" (1996), "Psycholyric" (1997-1998), "Free Zone" (2000-2001), Bratia Stereo (2011-2018).

2008 - MTV Russia Music Awards - Best offline performer
2008 - MTV Russia Music Awards - Best hip-hop artist
2010 - Muz-TV Award 2010 - Song of the Year
2010 - Russian Street Awards - Soundtrack of the Year
2010 - Russian Street Awards - Album of the Year
2012 - Russian Urban Music Awards - into culture
2016 - RU.TV 2016 Award - Best Hip-Hop project
2016 - Muz-TV Award 2016 - Best hip-hop project
2017 - GQ: People of the Year. Musician of the Year
2017 - Fifth Real MusicBox Award - Hip-Hop Project of the Year
2017 - Golden Gramophone Award - 2017
2017 - Russian National Music Award - Best hip-hop project
2017 - Russian National Music Award - Concert of the Year

Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich

Born May 24, 1905, Kruzhilinsky farm, Vyoshenskaya village, Donetsk district, Donskoy region, Russian Empire - February 21, 1984, Vyoshenskaya village, Vyoshensky district, Rostov region, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian Soviet writer, journalist and screenwriter. War correspondent (1941-1945). Colonel (1943).

Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1965 - "for the artistic power and integrity of the epic about the Don Cossacks at a turning point for Russia"), the Stalin Prize of the 1st degree (1941), the Lenin Prize (1960). Full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). Twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1967, 1980).