JimZ Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 Scoreboard update! 19 points - JimZ 15 points - Harvey 10 points - Hauptmann 7 points - Christophe 5 points - Gunner 1 5 points - UB6365 3 points - Valter 2 points - kapten_windu 1 point - Tachel Question 67 is currently open - See above (post 698) Jim
JimZ Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 Are we talking about Arkady Kamanin? Jim :cheers:
ub6365 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 No, Hint#2 My father received the State Prize of RF from President Putin...
ub6365 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Hint #2 I am a hero of the movie made by Oscar-winning producer.
ub6365 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Hint # 3 I was awarded with unknown order but this decision was cancelled later. Edited October 18, 2011 by ub6365
ub6365 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Hint # 4 One of my far relatives (unfortunately I never met him) was awarded by Stalin prize twice and in two different ways. Edited October 18, 2011 by ub6365
ub6365 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Hint#5 I was awarded with unknown order but this decision was cancelled later, due to my problems with law enforcement agency...
JimZ Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Lets try to organise the hints given so far as I have come at this from varous angles but my searches are all hitting a brick wall!!! There is also not much response to the question which probably marks this as a tough one. Below are some of my thoughts which may be incorrect....but there is some logic to it. Of course I may be attacking the question from the wrong angle!!! About me I was born in XX century. - like many others! But I would guess born in the 1950s latest under Stalin regime. I was kind of secret person… Actually before youth I did not exist officially. - Perhaps born in a gulag? I was awarded with unknown order but this decision was cancelled later. - unknown order that was cancelled - not much help I was awarded with unknown order but this decision was cancelled later, due to my problems with law enforcement agency... - problems with law enforcement.... I have some relations with U-2 airplane. - Gary Powers and Cuban Missile Crisis are the first thoughts that come to mind..... About my father My father served military duty in Poland. With beginning of space era he became famous. - I was thinking cosmonaut or rocket scientist? My father received the State Prize of RF from President Putin... - father had to be alive in the late between 2000 - 2008 - President Putin!!! Again, scient state prize which makes him one of three recipients every year between 2000-2008 Technically one of 24!!! About my relatives One of my far relatives (unfortunately I never met him) was awarded by Stalin prize twice and in two different ways. - Scanned through double recipients but made no link. Assuming its a far relative it is unlikely that they share the same surname. Just to let you know we are thinking, although some more direct hints about him might help narrow the person down. Jim :cheers:
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Sorry, Jim Unfortunately, I should say that all your thoughts are incorrect...
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint# 6 One of my far relatives (unfortunately I never met him, but he is also very famous) served his military duty at Austria-Hungarian army at WW1.
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint# 7 I was POW, later moved to USA. With US official representatives I met Gorbachev... The meeting was very nice and productive.
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint# 8 I became known to Western society in 1975.
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Hint #9 I was kind of secret person… Actually before youth I did not exist officially. I became known to Russian (Soviet) society officially in 1988 (check the time...). Edited October 19, 2011 by ub6365
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint# 10. The fact of my birth cost my father the membership in highly respected organization...
Christophe Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Could he be Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich, a Russian conductor and pianist, the second child of Dimitri Shostakovich ? Ch.
JimZ Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Harvey - it cannot be Alexander Solzhenitsyn - I ruled him out yesterday on account of the hint "My father received the State Prize of RF from President Putin... " If anything it would be his son. Christophe - it cannot be Shostakovich's son on account of the same hint! Shostakovich died in 1975 and could not have received the State prize of RF from President Putin!! Unless its a posthumous award! And to have been awarded by Presiednt Putin it must have been awarded between 2000 and 2008!!! :banger:
JimZ Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Harvey - it cannot be Alexander Solzhenitsyn - I ruled him out yesterday on account of the hint "My father received the State Prize of RF from President Putin... " If anything it would be his son. And on that thought, is it Yermolai Solzhenitsyn?
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Sorry, not... But, in one way Solzhenitsyn is the right direction...
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint # 11 Actually before youth I did not exist officially.
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Hint#12 The fact of my birth cost my father the membership in highly respected organization, but brought membership of more respected french organization, founded in 1921 in London. Hint#13 The fact of my birth cost my father citizenship of SU... Edited October 19, 2011 by ub6365
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) I think it is not very useful information,but: Hint # 14: But my grandpa (father of my father, but not my real grandfather) connected to Serbia and Tajikistan. Good luck! Edited October 19, 2011 by ub6365
ub6365 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hint#15: I am a hero of the movie made by Oscar-winning producer. But a decade before E.Ryazanov as a producer and M.Baryshnikov as a main hero (means myself) were offered to make movie about my story... with no success.
JimZ Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 UB6535, Please try not to repeat hints and be a bit more specific. We've got a full family tree but some of the hints are too general to be of much use. There is also the risk of members losing interest in the question if it beats about the bush for too long - although with Christophe and Harvey joining in earlier today that does not yet seem set to happen. It will also be rather interesting to see you tie up all the hints when we find the person! Jim :cheers:
Christophe Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hi, I did not spend too much time on this question... but I have to say I have no clue who could be our mistery (wo)man... Cheers. Ch.
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