"Russian Lefty". An extra-curricular activity dedicated to the art of microminiature
There are not many people in the world who have managed to shoe a flea. Among them, in addition to the hero of Leskov's famous story "Lefty", is the master of microminiature Nikolai Syadristy.
The famous master of microminiatures Nikolai Sergeevich Syadristy was born in 1937 in the village of Kolosnikovka in the Kharkiv region. Studied at the Kharkov Art School. A man of various interests, M. Syadristy has been making microminiatures for over 40 years. All miniatures are made only by hand, with their own unique technology for each robot. And so we look
A life-size mosquito made of gold (6.5 mm long) on the nose is a girl with an umbrella.
This amazing person, with his creativity, managed to expand the idea of human capabilities. As it turned out, shoeing a flea for him is not the most difficult thing. Among the works of Nikolai Syadristy there is a gorgeous rose 0.05 (!!!) millimeters in size, placed in a human hair polished inside and out, a chessboard, on which the Alekhine - Capablanca game is displayed in miniature golden figures. An amazing exhibit is a 3.4 mm long model of the frigate "Scarlet Sails", which consists of 337 parts. The rigging of a boat is 400 times thinner than a human hair. My work master makes by hand, using a special technology for each work.
Rose in a hair
For all the exclusivity and amazingness of his achievements in microminiature, Nikolai Syadristy does not at all consider this art his main occupation. This is an amazingly versatile person - in his youth he worked as an agronomist, was the absolute champion of Ukraine in underwater sports, master of sports of the USSR. For many years, Nikolai Syadristy has been researching the history of totalitarian regimes: fascism, communism, Nazism. A documented exhibition about the communist terror in the twentieth century, prepared by Syadristy on the basis of collected documents, was demonstrated by Syadristy in 20 regional centers of Ukraine, as well as in Greece and Hungary.
The main part of Nikolai Syadristy's works is in Kiev, in the Museum of Microminiatures, which is more than 25 years old. The museum has a unique collection. The most popular exhibits are: a portrait of Yuri Gagarin carved from a bone of thorns, the world's smallest operating electric motor, a shod flea, a caravan of camels in the eye of a needle, the smallest inscription made by a human hand - an autograph on the end of a hair and a balalaika in a poppy dewdrop.
SELF-PORTRAIT
Fragment of the composition.
The portrait (2.5x3 mm) is engraved with a diamond cutter on a glass shard.
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LIFE
Along an anchor hair taken from a miniature wristwatch.
The thickness of the figurine made of gold is 5 microns.
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PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER
Fragment of a miniature.
The portrait of the author's mother (2x3 mm) is engraved with a diamond cutter on the glass.
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REMBRANDT
poetry
The composition is made of gold and placed in the eye of an ordinary needle.
The arrow and bowstring are 400 times thinner than a human hair.
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FINLAND SWAN
The frigate is 3.96 mm long, the rig thickness is 0.003 mm (which is 400 times thinner than a human hair in cross section). The model consists of 280 parts. Material: gold, platinum, glass. (The historical ship-museum "The Swan of Finland" is located in the inflow of the Turku Cape, its length is 96 meters)
Microminiature master Nikolai Sergeevich Aldunin was born on September 1, 1956 in the village of Yuzhnaya Lamovatka, Voroshilovgrad region. Of all natural and artificial materials, from childhood I fell in love with metals and metal products. Working as a locksmith, and then as a turner at industrial enterprises, he learned all the secrets of metalworking. With some kind of inner instinct, he immediately accurately selected the cutting mode for metals, this made it possible to increase the number of products, increasing their quality. Nikolay considers the existing "metal technology" imperfect. Several years ago he got the idea to shoe a flea. I wanted to prove that it was not in vain that N. Leskov sang and glorified the Tula Masters all over the world. I spent two years preparing, and then sat down at the microscope. Three months later, when I finished my work, I realized that I had “found myself” in microminiature. He quit his job and decided to take seriously this very difficult and interesting craft.
AKM-47 assault rifle. Length - 1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Material - gold 585 and 999.9 samples. Manufacturing time - 6 months. Located across the match. 
Ostankino Tower. Height - 6.3 mm. Material - 999.9 gold. Perched on an apple seed 
Tula samovar. Height - 1.2 mm, next to a grain of sugar. Material - 999.9 gold. Made from 12 pieces
Tank T34 / 85. Located on a longitudinal cut of an apple grain. Body length - 2 mm. The number of details - 257. Material - 999.9 standard gold 
Tank T34 / 85. Body length - 2 mm. The number of details - 257. Material - 999.9 standard gold 
Bike. Length - 2 mm. Located on the sewing needle
May you live happily ever after. The height of the letters is 0.14 mm. Material - 999.9 gold. Rice grain
Portrait of A.S. Pushkin (enlarged). Portrait height - 1 mm
N.V. Gogol. Rice grain portrait
A shod flea. Shiny dots - reflections of carnations. Material - gold 999.9 assay value 
Nikolai Sergeevich believes that a person's achievement of goals in life depends on desire: the higher the goal, the greater the desire should be.
Microminiature master Nikolai Sergeevich Aldunin was born on September 1, 1956 in the village of Yuzhnaya Lamovatka, Voroshilovgrad region. Of all natural and artificial materials, from childhood I fell in love with metals and metal products. Working as a locksmith, and then as a turner at industrial enterprises, he learned all the secrets of metalworking. With some kind of inner instinct, he immediately accurately selected the cutting mode for metals, this made it possible to increase the number of products, increasing their quality. Nikolay considers the existing "metal technology" imperfect. Several years ago he got the idea to shoe a flea. I wanted to prove that it was not in vain that N. Leskov sang and glorified the Tula Masters all over the world. I spent two years preparing, and then sat down at the microscope. Three months later, when I finished my work, I realized that I had “found myself” in microminiature. He quit his job and decided to take seriously this very difficult and interesting craft.
Camel caravan in the eye of a needle. The height of the camels is 0.20-0.28 mm. Material - gold 999.9 assay value
AKM-47 assault rifle. Length - 1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Material - gold 585 and 999.9 samples. Manufacturing time - 6 months. Located across the match.
Ostankino Tower. Height - 6.3 mm. Material - 999.9 gold. Perched on an apple seed
Tula samovar. Height - 1.2 mm, next to a grain of sugar. Material - 999.9 gold. Made from 12 pieces
Tank T34 / 85. Located on a longitudinal cut of an apple grain. Body length - 2 mm. The number of details - 257. Material - 999.9 standard gold
Tank T34 / 85. Body length - 2 mm. The number of details - 257. Material - 999.9 standard gold
Bike. Length - 2 mm. Located on the sewing needle
May you live happily ever after. The height of the letters is 0.14 mm. Material - 999.9 gold. Rice grain
Portrait of A.S. Pushkin (enlarged). Portrait height - 1 mm
N.V. Gogol. Rice grain portrait
A shod flea. Shiny dots - reflections of carnations. Material - gold 999.9 assay value
Nikolai Sergeevich believes that a person's achievement of goals in life depends on desire: the higher the goal, the greater the desire should be.
The genius of microminiatures Nikolai Aldunin was born on September 1, 1956 in the village of Yuzhnaya Lomovatka, Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk) region. For the manufacture of his masterpieces, he used his favorite materials from childhood: metals and metal products.
Nikolai Sergeevich is an experienced locksmith and turner. He has no equal in metalworking. Once he had a brilliant idea - to shoe a flea. And ... it began! Prepared for two years, then sat down at the microscope. Having finished the work, I realized that microminiature is his life's work. Aldunin left his main job and began to engage in this delicate and laborious craft.
And here is the glorified flea! Looking closely, you will notice not only the horseshoes, but also the saddle and stirrups!
Height 0.20-0.25 mm, 999.9 gold.
AKM-47 assault rifle located across the match.
Length - 1.625 mm. Consists of 34 parts. Gold 585 and 999.9. In order to make a micro-machine, the author will need six months.
Tank T34 / 85 located on a longitudinal cut of an apple seed
Body length - 2 mm. Consists of 254 parts. Gold 999.9 standard.
Located on the needle, next to it is a grain of sugar.
Height - 1.2 mm, consists of 12 parts.
Length - 2 mm
Nikolay Aldunin is left-handed. The master made all the works with his own hands, without using any machines or mechanisms. Here are some more of his works on a grain of rice.
The height of the letters is 0.14 mm.
Several years ago, the master died, but throughout his life he carried one truth: only that person will achieve the goal who strives very much for it. The higher the goals, the stronger the aspiration should be.
Therefore, set high goals for yourself and confidently go towards them!
Leskov's Lesson - The Mariinsky Theater premiered the opera The Enchanted Wanderer. Ivan Severyanovich and Grushenka Fragment of the monument to N. Leskov in Orel. But the title definition "enchanted" - bewitched, under the influence of an evil spell. Illustrations by Ilya Glazunov. This is the story "The Enchanted Wanderer" (1873).
"Leskov Levsha" - Many places in Russia are associated with the name of Leskov. Linguistic features of NS Leskov's tale "Levsha". "Cathedrals" -. KUKRYNIKS "The Tale of the Tula scythe Lefty and the steel flea". 1974. N.S. Leskov. He called it "the microscope of the entire Russian land." On a grain of rice 2027 letters fit into 22 lines.
"Leskov The Enchanted Wanderer" - A.I. Solzhenitsyn: "Matryonin's Dvor". It seems to me that a righteous person is not necessarily a person devoted to God. Did I answer the question? The question naturally arises: are the righteous necessary in our time? Having talked with a student of the Theological Seminary, I received an answer to my question. N.V. Kuzmin "The Enchanted Wanderer", 1952.
"Biography of Leskov" - Pages of the biography. "Condescension to evil very closely borders on indifference to good." "True love is humble and bashful." "Labor is a sacred thing, it befits everyone." Major works: With the move to St. Petersburg in 1861 began Leskov's intensive work in periodicals. Leskov Nikolay Semyonovich. "... Christianity is a teaching of life."
"Levsha Leskov" - History of creation. In Leskov's work, proverbs and sayings play a special role. In the second half of the 60s - early 70s. antihilistic novels "Nowhere" and "At the Daggers" appeared. In 1881, the famous "Lefty" is presented to the readers. Tula and shod a flea, causing surprise and admiration among the English masters.
"Tale" Levsha "" - Illustrations by the Kukryniksy to the tale "Lefty". Illustrations for the tale "Levsha". Lefty tale. Creativity N.S. Leskov. I did not study the people from conversations with Petersburg cabbies, but I grew up among the people. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov and his tale. The tale of the Tula oblique left-hander and the steel flea. Illustrations by M. Dobuzhinsky for the tale "Lefty".
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