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Zelezny, Železný, Zhelezny or Zheleznyi may refer to: People * Helen Zelezny-Scholz or Zelezny (1882–1974), Czech-born sculptor * Jan Železný (born 1966), Czech javelin thrower * Vladimír Železný (born 1945), Czech businessman and politician Other uses * 9224 Železný, a minor planet See also * Železný Brod, a town in the Czech Republic * Gus-Zhelezny Gus-Zhelezny (russian: Гусь-Желе́зный, lit. ''iron goose'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kasimovsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in the 18th century on the Gus River's bank. T ..., an urban locality in Ryazan Oblast, Russia * * Zelazny {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Zelezny-Scholz
Helen Zelezny, also known in Europe as Helene Zelezny-Scholz, Helen Scholz, Helene Scholz-Zelezny or Helene Scholzová-Železná (16 August 1882 – 18 February 1974), was a Czech born sculptor and architectural sculptor. She was an influential figure in the sculpture of north Moravia and Silesia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Zelezny created sculpted portraits, including portraits of members of the Habsburg family, Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Lady Sybil Grahamová, Benito Mussolini, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk with whom she had a close relationship from 1932 to 1934. Zelezny is also known as an Italian sculptor as she lived and worked for many years in Rome. Life Zelezny was born in Chropyně, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and raised in the village of Třebovice, which is now part of the city of Ostrava in Austrian Silesia. Her mother was the German writer and poet the countess, Maria Stona and her grandfather was the industrial manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Železný
Jan Železný (; born 16 June 1966) is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of . Widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower of the modern era, he also has the fourth, fifth and sixth best performances of all time. He broke the world record a total of four times. Biography Železný was born in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia. He won the silver medal in the 1988 Olympics and the gold medal at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games. He won World Championship titles in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Železný holds the world record of , set in 1996, and the World Championships record of , set in 2001. On 26 March 1997 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, he threw over the 90-metre barrier five times in a single meet. Until September 2020, he was also the only athlete to throw more than 95 metres with the new type of javelin, something he achieved three times. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Železný
Vladimír Železný (born 3 March 1945) is a Czech businessman and politician. He was the first CEO of TV NOVA, a popular Czech television station and was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. As a media mogul with political influence, he has been compared to Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including ... and Silvio Berlusconi. Der Fernseh-Politiker (The TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9001–10000
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Železný Brod
Železný Brod (; german: Eisenbrod) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Administrative parts Villages of Bzí, Chlístov, Horská Kamenice, Hrubá Horka, Jirkov, Malá Horka, Pelechov, Splzov, Střevelná, Těpeře and Veselí are administrative parts of Železný Brod. History Železný Brod was founded in the 11th or 12th century as a settlement named as ''Brod'' ("Ford (crossing), ford") or ''Brodek'' ("little ford"). In the 13th century, King Ottokar II of Bohemia, Ottokar II promoted the village to a town. In 1468, the town was burned down, however in 1501, King Vladislaus II of Hungary, Vladislaus II restored the town's rights and gave the town its coat of arms. Most likely at the same time ''Železný'' ("iron") was added to its name, alluding to the town's steelworks. In 1880, the town had 2,698 inhabitants and was the seat of the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus-Zhelezny
Gus-Zhelezny (russian: Гусь-Желе́зный, lit. ''iron goose'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kasimovsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in the 18th century on the Gus River's bank. The main point of interest of Gus-Zhelezny is the 19th century Russian orthodox Trinity Cathedral, built in a rare for Russia Gothic Revival style with elements of neobaroque and neoclassicism Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was .... References External links *Proselki.ruInformation about Gus-Zhelezny Urban-type settlements in Ryazan Oblast Melenkovsky Uyezd Populated places established in the 18th century {{RyazanOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
