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Aleksandrs Kiršteins
Aleksandrs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Alexander and may refer to: * Aleksandrs Ābrams (1904-????), Latvian football forward *Aleksandrs Beļavskis (born 1964) Latvian ice hockey player and team captain * Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950), Latvian poet and writer * Aleksandrs Cauņa (born 1988), Latvian football player * Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (born 1985), Latvian footballer *Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs (born 1969), Latvian footballer * Aleksandrs Fertovs (born 1987), Latvian footballer * Aleksandrs Glazovs (born 1970), Latvian football midfielder *Aleksandrs Golubovs (1959–2010), Latvian politician *Aleksandrs Isakovs (born 1973), Latvian football defender *Aleksandrs Jackēvičs (born 1958), Latvian judoka and Olympic medalist * Aleksandrs Jakushin (born 1991), Latvian ice dancer * Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs (born 1971), Latvian football striker *Aleksandrs Jerofejevs (born 1984), Latvian ice hockey defenceman *Aleksandrs Kerčs (born 1967), Latvian ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs
Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (born 11 August 1971) is a Latvian football coach and a former international striker. He is the manager of the Latvia national under-16 team. He obtained a total number of 37 caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring four goals. He also played in Finland, Hungary, Russia and Israel during his career. Honours National Team * Baltic Cup ** 1993 Skonto FC * Latvian Champion (1): **1992 * Virsliga Top Scorer (1): **1993 * Best Forward in the Latvian League (1): **1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ... External links * 1971 births Sportspeople from Daugavpils Living people Latvian footballers Association football forwards Skonto FC players Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Elista play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia. Samoilovs and teammate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated the number 2 seed, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, in their first-round game, in what announcers called "the biggest upset in Olympic beach volleyball history." The Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst. After the Olympics Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Ruslans Sorokins, where he again finished in 9th, reaching the round of 16, where they lost to Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink of Germany. He now partnering with Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. From 2008 to 2012 he played together with Mārtiņš Pļaviņš. They won br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Roge
Aleksandrs Roge (19 April 1896 – 1945) was a Latvian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References External links * 1896 births 1945 deaths Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers Olympic footballers of Latvia Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Association football defenders Footballers from Riga {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Petukhovs
Aleksandrs Petukhovs (born 1967) is a Latvian screenwriter and film director. Petukhovs was born in Riga, Latvia. He studied film at the National Filmschool VGIK in Moscow. He worked as a film critic for the daily newspaper ''Pravda''. In the 1990s he emigrated to Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ... and became assistant director of Baranowski, Kieślowski and Polański. His 2004 film '' The Last Soviet Movie'' was selected for the European Film Award. Films *'' The Last Soviet Movie'' (2003) *'' Gagarin's Dead'' (1991) - a short documentary *'' Brezhniev's Foot'' (1990) - short *'' Stalin's Fist'' (1989) - short *'' Che Che Che'' (1988) - short External links * 1967 births Living people Film people from Riga Latvian film directors Latvian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Obižajevs
Aleksandrs Obižajevs (born 16 September 1959) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Latvia. His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in July 1987 in Bryansk. His result of 5.74 metres in 1983 placed him second on the top performers list during the indoor season that year, behind American Billy Olson. He competed for Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Achievements References External links * Aleksandrs Obižajevsat the ''Latvijas Vieglatlētikas Savienība'' * * * 1959 births Living people Latvian male pole vaulters Soviet male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs
Aleksandrs Ņiživijs (born September 16, 1976) is a former Latvian professional ice hockey player. His last club was Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was also a regular Latvia national ice hockey team player. International play He was named to the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tourname .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nizivijs, Aleksandrs 1976 births Living people Dinamo Riga players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HC Dynamo Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Leimanis
Aleksandrs Leimanis (17 October 1913, in the village Gabrilovo, Smolensk Governorate – 17 June 1990 in Riga) was a Latvian film director. His film work spanned the Soviet period, during which he directed over 15 films, including the cult classics ''The Devil's Servants'' and the sequel ''The Devil's Servants in the Devil's Mill ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...''. tvnet.lv References 1913 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Laime
Aleksandrs Laime ( es, Alejandro Laime, en, Alexander Laime) was a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls, located in Venezuela, by foot. He also established, together with Charles Baughan, the tourist camp of Canaima, created solely for the purpose of bringing tourists to Angel Falls. Early life Aleksandrs Laime was born on July 9, 1911 in Riga. He grew up in Grīziņkalns neighborhood, and since early childhood was interested in adventure stories and shipping. At the age of 15, he learned basic principles of sailing in Ķīšezers. Together with some friends, they stole a sailboat and traveled to Liepāja. They planned to sail across the Baltic sea to Sweden, but due to a storm were washed ashore on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. At age 16, Laime went to Paris, from where he traveled by foot through France. In Marseilles, he boarded a merchant ship and traveled to Egypt, where he lived in Cairo for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Kulakovs
Aleksandrs Kulakovs (born 4 March 1956 in Dedinovo) is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for the biggest part of his career for Daugava Rīga. At the age of 15 Kulakovs was the first goalkeeper for Spartak Lukhovitsy. After having seen him play for the Russian SFSR team Konstantin Beskov offered Kulakovs to move to the reserves squad for FC Dynamo Moscow. In 1974, he moved to VEF Rīga in Latvia and won the Latvian championship in 1974 and 1975. In 1976, he moved to Daugava Rīga, the top club in Soviet Latvia which at the time played in the second division of Soviet football. In the first seasons he had to battle for his position on the field with Laimonis Laizāns and Rolands Žagars but soon he became the undisputed number one goalie for Daugava. From 1977 to 1989 he played in 330 for Daugava and was succeeded by Oļegs Karavajevs in the club. In 1991 with Forums Skonto Kulakovs won the Latvian league. Kulakovs also played in a one international game for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Kublinskis
Aleksandrs Kublinskis (11 September 1936 - 24 January 2018) was a Latvian composer. He is famous for the song " Noktirne" which is devoted to Riga, as well as over 200 other songs. Kublinskis used to co-operate with the Latvian group Eolika, the Moscow group "Akkord", as well as with Larisa Mondrus Larisa Izrailevna Mondrus ( lv, Larisa Mondrusa, russian: Лари́са Изра́илевна Мо́ндрус, german: Larissa Mondrus; born 15 November 1943) is a Soviet singer ( soprano), who was popular in the USSR in the 1960s. In 1973 she e ..., Muslim Magomayev, and other singers. External links * (in Russian) References 1936 births 2018 deaths Latvian composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Musicians from Riga 20th-century male musicians {{latvia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Koliņko
Aleksandrs Koliņko (born 18 June 1975) is a Latvian retired professional footballer who works as assistant manager and goalkeeping coach of Latvian Higher League club FK RFS. Club career Koliņko was born in Riga and started his career in 1994, playing for Skonto Riga reserve team Interskonto, which was renamed Skonto-Metāls in 1995. After two seasons in the reserve team Koliņko broke through to Skonto Riga first team in 1996. In 1997, Koliņko participated in the UEFA Champions League qualification match against FC Barcelona, but eventually he became a first eleven player just in 1999, after the retirement of Oļegs Karavajevs. Koliņko made his name in the football world during a spell at English club Crystal Palace, where his appearances were limited due to his inconsistent form. He joined the club in 2000 alongside his international teammate Andrejs Rubins. He could make brilliant saves one moment, but terrible blunders the next. Reportedly, he was disciplined by the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
