Талисманами Летних Олимпийских игр 2012 года в Лондоне стали Венлок и Мандевилль (Wenlock and Mandeville) — два одноглазых существа, напоминающие инопланетян. Венлок получил своё имя в честь городка Мач Венлок (Much Wenlock), соревнования в котором в середине XIX века (Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games) вдохновили Пьера де Кубертена на возрождение Олимпиад в 1896 году. Мандевилль был назван по имени госпиталя Стоук Мандевилль (Stoke Mandeville Hospital), где в 1948 году были проведены первые игры для спортсменов-инвалидов (World Wheelchair and Amputee Games).
Mascots of the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London are Wenlock and Mandeville (Wenlock and Mandeville) - two one-eyed creatures that resemble aliens. Wenlock was named after the town of Much Wenlock (Much Wenlock), in which competition in the middle of the XIX century (Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games) inspired Pierre de Coubertin to revive the Olympics in 1896. Mandeville was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital (Stoke Mandeville Hospital), which in 1948 held the first games for athletes with a disability (World Wheelchair and Amputee Games).
1.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a famous Russian playwright and physician.
3.Anton Chekhov was born on January 29th, 1860 in Taganrog, which is a port-city in south of Russia.
5.His mother was an excellent story-teller and a kind-hearted woman.
7.He also sang at his father’s choir at the Greek Orthodox monastery
9.Chekhov stayed in Taganrog to sell the family possessions and to finish his education.
11.After three years he joined his family in Moscow and (enter) a medical school there.
13.Before long, Chekhov discovered that he suffered from tuberculosis.
15.During one of such trips he met Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky there..
17. Chekhov died on July 15th 1904.
