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Anna Podkopaeva
Anna Nicolaevna Podkopaeva (''russian: А́нна Никола́евна Подкопаева'', born 16 April 1990 in Ulyanovsk, née Malova (''russian: Мало́ва'')) is a Russian volleyball player. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the Volleyball at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Women's tournament, 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, the Montreux Volley Masters (in 2013 Montreux Volley Masters, 2013, 2014 Montreux Volley Masters, 2014), the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2013, 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2014, 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2015, 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2016), the Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Championships (in 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2013, 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2015), the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy, the 2015 FIVB Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population: The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed after his death in 1924; and of Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government which Lenin overthrew during the October Revolution of 1917. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin, and for painters such as Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov. UNESCO has designated Ulyanovsk as a City of Literature since 2015. History Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" (alternatively "Sinbirsk") was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River. The fort was meant to protect the eastern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia from the nomadic tribes and to establish a permanent royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
