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Aleksandr Kuligin (Paralympic Footballer)
Aleksandr Vasilievich Kuligin (russian: Александр Васильевич Кулигин; born 5 February 1991 in Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... defender. He was the captain of the Russian team that won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.David Gold (9 September 2012Russia claims last gold of London 2012 in seven-a-side football insidethegames.biz References External links * 1991 births Living people Paralympic 7-a-side footballers for Russia Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Paralympic medalists in football 7-a-side 7-a-side footballers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics People from Dzerzhinsk, Russia Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 21st-century R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Dzerzhinsk ( rus, Дзержинск, p=dzʲɪrˈʐɨnsk) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River, about east of Moscow and west of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: It was previously known as ''Rastyapino'' (until 1929). History First mentioned in 1606 as Rastyapino (), it is named after Felix Dzerzhinsky, a Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Soviet Cheka (secret police), from 1929. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three work settlements and eleven rural localities, incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Dzerzhinsk—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Dzerzhinsk is incorporated as Dzerzhinsk Urban Okrug.Law #151-Z Chemical weapons and other production Modern-day Dzerzhinsk is a large center of the Russian chemicals production industry. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
