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Avdonin
Avdonin (russian: Авдонин; masculine) or Adonina (russian: Авдонина; feminine) is a Russian last name.Fedosyukentry on "Авдонин" Variants of this last name include Avdokhin/Avdokhina (/), Avdoshin/Avdoshina (/), Avdyunin/Avdyunina (/), and Avdyushin/Avdyushina (/). They all derive from the Russian given names Avdey (or its rare form Avdon) (male)—meaning ''servant'', ''servile''—and Yevdokiya (or its form Avdotya) (female)—meaning ''benevolence'', ''acceptance'', ''goodwill''. ;People with the last name *Alexander Avdonin (b. 1932), the first known person to start exhuming the grave of the murdered royal Romanov family *Juri Avdonin, Estonian association football player for Tartu JK Welco Elekter * Tatiana Avdonina, Belarusian water skier, 2000 trick cable ski champion *Yelena Avdonina, librarian, casualty of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis ;Fictional characters *Avdonina, a character from the 1991 movie ''Khishchniki''; played by Svetlana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Avdonin
Alexander Nikolayevich Avdonin (russian: Александр Николаевич Авдонин; born 10 June 1932) is a Russian who was the first known person, in 1979, to begin exhuming the grave of the seven murdered Romanovs and four members of their household. He was born in Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union, where the Romanovs were murdered in 1918. Legend of the Romanovs' murderer The imperial Romanov family (former Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, and their loyal retainers Dr. Evgeny Botkin, Anna Demidova, Ivan Kharitonov and Alexei Trupp) were murdered en masse in a ground-floor room of their final place of imprisonment, Yekaterinburg’s Ipatiev House, by Bolshevik gunfire, bayonets, and blows in July 1918, and their bodies allegedly buried in the Siberian Koptyaki forest, a few miles from Yekaterinburg, near a spot historically known as the Four Brothers, that night. This was the legend, known to many loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Romanov
The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to the First Tsar of Russia, Ivan the Terrible. The house became '' boyars'' (the highest rank in Russian nobility'')'' of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and later of the Tsardom of Russia under the reigning Rurik dynasty, which became extinct upon the death of Tsar Feodor I in 1598. The Time of Troubles, caused by the resulting succession crisis, saw several pretenders and imposters ( False Dmitris) fight for the crown during the Polish–Muscovite War of 1605–1618. On 21 February 1613, a ''Zemsky Sobor'' elected Michael Romanov as Tsar of Russia, establishing the Romanovs as Russia's second reigning dynasty. Michael's grandson Peter I, who established the Russian Empire in 1721, transformed the country into a great power through a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avdyunin
Avdyunin (russian: Авдюнин; masculine) or Avdyunina (; feminine) is a Russian last name, a variant of Avdonin Avdonin (russian: Авдонин; masculine) or Adonina (russian: Авдонина; feminine) is a Russian last name.Fedosyukentry on "Авдонин" Variants of this last name include Avdokhin/Avdokhina (/), Avdoshin/Avdoshina (/), Avdyunin/Avdyun ....Fedosyukentry on "Авдонин" The following people bear this last name: *T. Avdyunina, Soviet badminton player, winner in the women's doubles at the 1964 USSR National Badminton Championship References Notes Sources *Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (''Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary''). Москва, 2006. {{Surname __NOTOC__ Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avdey
Avdey (russian: Авде́й) is an uncommonNikonov, p. 96 Russian male first name.Superanskaya p. 21 The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity in the form of Avdiy ( or Superanskaya p. 31), but in the colloquial usage it transformed into "Avdey". "Avdiy" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Audiy (). The name derives either from the Biblical Hebrew ''obadyā'' (''abdiyāhu''), meaning ''god's slave'', ''god's servant'', or from Greek ''audēis'', meaning ''sonorous'', ''melodious''—from the Biblical prophet Obadiah. The diminutives of "Avdey" include Ava () and Deya (), as well as Avdeyka (), Avdya (), Avda (), Avdyukha (), Avdyusha (), Avdasha (), Avdyunya (), Avdusya (), Avdyusya (), and Adya ().Petrovsky, p. 32 The patronymics derived from "Avdey" are "" (''Avdeyevich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Avdeich''), and "" (''Avdeyevna''; feminine). Last names Avdon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu JK Welco Elekter
Tartu Jalgpalliklubi Welco is a semi-professional football club based in Tartu, Estonia. The club was founded in 2008 when group of university students decided to participate in IV liiga South, which is 6th and also the lowest tier of Estonian football pyramid. The first team of JK Welco currently plays in Esiliiga, after the promotion to the higher level through play-offs in 2016. Club also have reserve team in II Liiga and men and women amateur teams in lower tiers of Estonian football pyramid. The club is famous for their supporter group ''Electric Legion'' which is one of the biggest and most vocal supporter groups in Estonian club football scene. History Prologue History of the club begins a year before the official founding of Tartu JK Welco Elekter when group of football enthusiasts, led by charismatic first captain of the team and ''eternal head coach'' Mirko Kikkamägi, gathered under the name JK Masuudinaine to compete in local Tartu football championship in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Water Skiing Champions ...
List of Water Ski World Championships champions. Results List of Ski Racing World champions List of Cable Ski World champions - Men & Women See also * Water skiing * List of Water Skiing European Champions * List of Water Skiing Under-21 European Champions * List of Water Skiing Under-17 European Champions References {{Reflist Male professional water skiers Water Ski World Championships Water Ski World Championships The Water Ski World Championships is a bi-annual water ski competition that has taken place since 1949. Held near the end of the competition season, the World Championships are one of the sport's oldest major championships along with the Masters W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beslan School Hostage Crisis
The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) was a terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004, lasted three days, involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children) and ended with the deaths of 333 people, 186 of them children, as well as 31 of the attackers. It is considered to be the deadliest school shooting in history. The crisis began when a group of armed Chechen terrorists occupied School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia (an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia) on 1 September 2004. The hostage-takers were members of the Riyad-us Saliheen, sent by the Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who demanded Russian withdrawal from and recognition of the independence of Chechnya. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces stormed the building. The event had security and political repercussions in Russia, leading to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Svetlana Vladimirovna Nemolyaeva (russian: link=no, Светлана Владимировна Немоляева; born 18 April 1937, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress of film and theatre. She is the widow of Alexander Lazarev.(29 July 2012)Светлана Немоляева: «Пережить смерть Саши в одиночестве я бы не смогла» '' Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (in Russian) Biography Svetlana Nemolyaeva was born in Moscow in 1937. Her father Vladimir Viktorovich Nemolyaev (1902-1987) was a film director, her mother Valentina Lvovna Nemolyaeva (née Ladygina, 1907-1988), a sound engineer at the film studio. Among the family friends were renowned Soviet actors Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Mikhail Zharov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, a star circus comic Rumyantsev. Parents were often filming their little daughter in mass scenes; Nemolyaeva's first feature film was Konstantin Yudin's ''Twins'' (1945), starring Tselikovskaya and Zharov, where the 8-year old p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevdokiya
''Yevdokiya'' (russian: Евдокия) is a 1961 Soviet melodrama film directed by Tatyana Lioznova. Plot The film tells about the worker Yevdokim and his wife Yevdokiya, who live in a small town in the province and raise foster children. Their life is full of bright passions and moments. Cast * Lyudmila Khityaeva as Yevdokiya * Nikolai Lebedev (actor), Nikolai Lebedev as Yevdokim * Alevtina Rumyantseva as Natalia ** Lyuba Basova as Natalia in childhood ** Olga Narovchatova as Natalia in youth * Vladimir Ivashov as Pavel Chernyshev * Yevgeni Anufriyev as Andrey * Aleksandr Barsov * Vera Altayskaya as Anna Shkapidar * Valentin Zubkov as Porokhin * Ivan Ryzhov as Ivan Yegorovich Shestyorkin References External links * {{Tatyana Lioznova 1961 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet romantic drama films Gorky Film Studio films Films directed by Tatyana Lioznova Soviet black-and-white films Films based on novellas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avdotya
Avdotya (russian: Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church. It is shared by the following people: *Avdotya Chernysheva (1693–1747), Russian noble and lady in waiting *Avdotia Istomina (''Avdotya Istomina'') (1799–1848), Russian ballerina *Avdotya Mikhaylova (1746–1807), Russian stage actress and opera singer *Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), Russian writer *Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel '' Crime and Punishment'' *Avdotya Timofeyeva ( 1739), Russian ballerina See also *Eudoxia (name) Eudoxia ( grc, Εὐδοξία, ''Eudoxía''), Eudokia (, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in Greek. The Slavic forms o ... - covers all people, places, ships etc. named either Eudoxia or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benevolence
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Benevolence or Benevolent may refer to: * Benevolent (band) * Benevolence (phrenology), a faculty in the discredited theory of phrenology * "Benevolent" (song), a song by Tory Lanez * Benevolence (tax), a forced loan imposed by English kings from the 14th to 17th centuries * USS ''Benevolence'' (AH-13), a ''Haven''-class hospital ship * Benevolence, Georgia, a community in the United States See also * Altruism * Good and evil * Mettā, benevolence in Buddhism * Omnibenevolence * Ren (Confucianism) ''Ren'' (, meaning "co-humanity" or "humaneness") is the Confucian virtue denoting the good quality of a virtuous human when being altruistic. ''Ren'' is exemplified by a normal adult's protective feelings for children. It is considered the ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
