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Călin Torsan
Călin is a Romanian masculine given name and surname of probable Slavic origin meaning ''guelder rose''. It is similar to the Ukrainian and Russian Kalyna. But it may be related to the Greek name Kalinikos meaning ''fair or beautiful victor''. It may refer to: * Călin Alupi (1906–1988), Romanian painter * Călin Dan (born 1955), Romanian artist, theorist and curator * Călin Matei (born 1966), Romanian politician * Călin Moldovan (born 1981), Romanian football player * Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952), Romanian politician * Călin Peter Netzer (born 1975), German-Romanian film director * Cristian Călin Panin (born 1978), Romanian football player * Ottoi Călin (1886–1917), Romanian physician, journalist and socialist militant of Jewish descent See also * Călinescu (surname) * Călinești (other) * Călinești River (other) * Călina (given name) Prundeni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of four vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, mainly inhabiting Central and Eastern Europe, and the Balkans to the west; and Siberia to the east. A large Slavic minority is also scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, while a substantial Slavic diaspora is found throughout the Americas, as a result of immigration. Present-day Slavs are classified into East Slavs (chiefly Belarusians, Russians, Rusyns, and Ukrainians), West Slavs (chiefly Czechs, Kashubians, Poles, Slovaks and Sorbs) and South Slavs (chiefly Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs and Slovenes). The vast majority of Slavs are traditionally Christians. However, modern Slavic nations and ethnic groups are considerably diverse both genetically and culturally, and relations between them â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelder Rose
''Viburnum opulus'', the guelder-rose or guelder rose () is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae) native to Europe, northern Africa and central Asia. Description ''Viburnum opulus'' is a deciduous shrub growing to tall. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins; they are superficially similar to the leaves of some maples, most easily distinguished by their somewhat wrinkled surface with impressed leaf venation. The leaf buds are green, with valvate bud scales. The hermaphrodite flowers are white, produced in corymbs in diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers 1.5–2 cm in diameter with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small (5 mm), fertile flowers; the flowers are produced in early summer, and pollinated by insects. The fruit is a globose bright red drupe 7–10 mm diameter, containing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callinicus IV Of Constantinople
Callinicus IV ( el, ), born Constantine Mavrikios ( el, ), (1713 – 1791) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for a few months in 1757 and a writer and scholar. Callinicus IV is sometime numbered as Callinicus III because his predecessor Callinicus, who was elected in 1726 but died before being enthroned, is sometimes not counted amongst the patriarchs. Life Constantine Mavrikios (Callinicus is his religious name) was born in Zagora, Greece in 1713 and in 1728 he moved to Istanbul. In 1740, he was ordained a deacon and on 28 August 1741 he was appointed Great Protosyncellus of the Patriarchate. On 23 September 1743, he was appointed the Metropolitan Bishop of Proilavo (i.e. Brăila, in Romania), a position he kept till 1748 when he returned to Istanbul. His years in Istanbul were marked by the polemic debate in the Orthodox community about whether converts the Roman Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Churches needed to be re-baptised. These communities were particularly n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Alupi
Calin Alupi (1906–1980) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, cited along with Corneliu Baba or Alexandru Ciucurencu Alexandru Ciucurencu (; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Born in Tulcea, he studied from 1921 to 1926 at the National School of Fine Arts in Bu ... as one of the greatest painters of the period amongst his countrymen. The ''Sinceritate'' Exhibition: from March 10–27, 2010, the City Hall of the fghd district of Paris (Mairie du Vème arrondissement) hosts the first large exhibition of Călin Alupi in France, with about 100 paintings presented. External linksExtensive Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Dan
Călin Dan (born 1955 in Arad, Romania) is a Romanian artist, theorist and curator based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Member of the subREAL artist duo together with Josif Kiraly. As a curator, Călin Dan has produced numerous exhibitions and was appointed director of the Soros Foundation's Center for Contemporary Art in Bucharest in 1992. References External linksEmotional Architecture [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Matei
Călin-Vasile-Andrei Matei (born April 7, 1966) is a Romanian politician. In 1990, Matei graduated from Baia Mare's North University, where he studied mining. He served on the Maramureș County Council from 1990 to 2012. He was vice president of the council from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2008 to 2012, serving as president from 1995 to 1996.Curriculum vitae at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site In 2012, as a candidate of the (PSD), he was elected to a Maramureș seat in the |
Călin Cristian Moldovan
Călin Cristian Moldovan (born 10 July 1981) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o .... External links * * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Cluj-Napoca Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Rapid București players FC Universitatea Cluj players CSM Alexandria footballers CSM Câmpia Turzii players CF Liberty Oradea players Romanian football managers {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), two positions he assumed in 2004. He previously served as the President of the Senate, the second position in the Romanian state, from 10 March 2014 until he resigned on 2 September 2019, having previously resigned from his own party, the PNL, and then becoming an independent senator. In July 2014, he established the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) which later merged with the Conservative Party (PC) in order to form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE). Personal life Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu was born in Bucharest. His mother, Alexandrina Louiza, was of Greek ancestry–her mother was fully Greek while her father was half-Romanian, half-Greek. He has been married f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Peter Netzer
Călin Peter Netzer (; born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Born in Petroșani to a family of Romanian and German origins, Netzer emigrated with his family to West Germany in 1983. In 1994, he returned to Romania in order to study film direction at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. His first feature film, ''Maria'' (2003), won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival, among other prizes at this and other film festivals. ''Poziția copilului'' ('' Child's Pose'', 2013), his third feature film, won him the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Panin
Cristian Călin Panin (born 9 June 1978) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a right back or left back. He is currently the team manager at CFR Cluj. Club career Cristan Panin was born on 9 June 1978 in Arad, Romania, beginning his senior career in 1997 at local club UTA in Liga II, helping the team promote to Liga I in the 2001–02 season, a competition in which he made his debut on 18 August 2002 under coach Ionuț Popa in a 2–1 loss against Național București. By the end of the season ''The Old Lady'' finished on the 16th place, relegating back Liga II where he spent one more season, before leaving after coach Ilie Stan wanted to bring new players at the club. During the summer of 2004 he moved to newly Liga I promoted team, CFR Cluj where he played 9 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup when the team reached the final. In the 2007–08 season he helped CFR win The Double, these being the first trophies in the club's history, being used by coach Ioan Andone in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoi Călin
Ottoi Călin (March 1886 – 1 April 1917) was a Romanian physician, journalist and socialist militant, considered one of the theoreticians of the Romanian workers' movement during the early 20th century. Early life and education Călin was born in a poor Jewish family in Iași, in north-eastern Romania. After finishing high school, he obtained a medical degree from the local university. During his teen years, along with other young students, he frequented the ''Circle of Social Studies'' organized by socialists Leon Ghelerter and Max Vexler. The ''Circle'', the main left-wing association in Moldavia at the time, played a major role in shaping future leaders of the Romanian socialist movement, such as Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor and Ilie Moscovici. Beside participating in the ''Circle'', Călin lectured on natural and social sciences for a local adult school. Beginning with 1908, he published regularly in the '' Viitorul Social'' magazine, with his articles targeting primarily theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călinescu (surname)
Călinescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armand Călinescu (1893–1939), Romanian economist, politician and assassinated Prime Minister *George Călinescu (1899–1965), Romanian literary critic, writer and journalist *Matei Călinescu (1934–2009), Romanian literary critic *Paul Călinescu Paul Călinescu (23 August 1902 – 25 March 2000) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1934 and 1964. Selected filmography * '' Floarea reginei'' (1946) * ''Titanic Waltz ''Titanic Waltz'' (Romanian: ... (1902–2000), Romanian film director * Max Călinescu (born 2003), Canadian voice actor See also * Călin (given name) * CălineÈ™ti (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Calinescu Romanian-language surnames Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
