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Debut Prize
The Debut Prize is an award for young authors of literary works in the Russian language. Established in 2000 by the International Pokolenie (Generation) Foundation, the prize is awarded annually in five to seven categories reflecting the major fiction genres. In 2012, the Debut Prize winners toured the eastern USA"In Russia, at long last, notes from aboveground" ''The Washington Post''. and participated in the Festival of Russian Arts in New York. History The Debut Prize was first awarded in 2000, with financial support from Andrei Skoch. At that time the maximum ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruble
The ruble (American English) or rouble (Commonwealth English) (; rus, рубль, p=rublʲ) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia. Historically, it was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union. , currencies named ''ruble'' in circulation include the Belarusian ruble (BYN, Rbl) in Belarus and the Russian ruble (RUB, ₽) in Russia. Additionally, the Transnistrian ruble is used in Transnistria, an unrecognized breakaway province of Moldova. These currencies are subdivided into one hundred Kopek, kopeks. No kopek is currently formally subdivided, although denga, ''denga'' (½ kopek) and polushka, ''polushka'' (½ denga, thus ¼ kopek) were minted until the 19th century. Historically, the grivna, ruble and denga were used in Russia as measurements of weight. In 1704, as a result of monetary reforms by Peter the Great, the ruble became the first Decimalisation, decimal currency. The silver ruble was used until 1897 and the gold ruble was used until 1917. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Literary Awards
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') * Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages * Russian alphabet * Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series *Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace *Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koshkin
Koshkin is a Russian surname, which means "cat" or cat owner", from the Russian word ''koshka'' or "cat".Mikheev, Alexey"What Russian Surnames Mean" ''Russia & India Report'', Moscow, 25 May 2014. Retrieved on 7 January 2016. An alternative spelling is Koshkyn, and a name with the same meaning is Kotov. The name Koshkin may refer to: * Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Koshkin (born 1941), Russian football player * Aleksandr Koshkyn (1959– 2012), Russian boxer * Dmitriy Koshkin (born 1986), Kazakh skier *Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin (died 1427), Russian nobleman * Mikhail Koshkin (1898–1940), Russia tank designer * Nikita Koshkin (born 1956), Russian classical guitarist and composer *Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin (died 1461) was a boyar at the court of Vasili II. He was a male-line forefather of the Romanov family, and the first Romanov Tsar, Michael I of Russia, was his agnatic descendant. Koshkin was the son of Ivan Fyodorovich ... (died 1461), Russian nobleman Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady Babchenko
Arkady Arkadyevich Babchenko (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Бабченко; born 18 March 1977) is a Russian print and television journalist. From 1995, Babchenko served in the communication corps in the North Caucasus while participating in the First Chechen War. He later volunteered for six months during the Second Chechen War. After leaving the army in 2000 he worked as a war correspondent for more than a decade. Since 2017 he has worked as a presenter for the (Kyiv based) TV channel ATR. In 2006 he published the book ''One Soldier's War,'' about his experiences in Chechnya. It was reported on 29 May 2018 that Babchenko had been shot dead in his home in Kyiv, Ukraine. The next day, he appeared in person at a press conference with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The SBU said it staged Babchenko's murder in order to arrest Ukrainian assassins (allegedly recruited by Russian security services operatives) who were actually planning on carrying out the as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Ganieva
Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived in Gunib and later attended school in Makhachkala. In 2002 she moved back to Moscow and graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. She works as a literary critic for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily. In 2009, she was awarded the Debut Prize for her debut novel ''Salaam, Dalgat!'', published under the male pseudonym Gulla Khirachev. Her identity as the author was only discovered at the award ceremony. The novel describes the everyday life of Dagestani youth in the cities and shows the decay of traditional life and their difficult relations with Islam, the traditional religion of Dagestanis. The characters use the "Dagestani Russian", a pidgin version of Russian, to communicate, the first instance when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daugavpils
Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the city north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region of Latgale, and those to the south lie in Selonia. It is the second-largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some to its north-west. Daugavpils is located relatively close to Belarus and Lithuania (distances of and respectively), and some from the Latvian border with Russia. Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre and was an historically important garrison city lying approximately midway between Riga and Minsk, and between Warsaw and Saint Petersburg. Daugavpils, then Dyneburg, was the capital of Polish Livonia while in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the first partition of Poland in 1772, the city became par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egorov
Yegorov (russian: Егоров), or Yegorova (feminine; Егорова), is a common Russian last name that is derived from the male given name Yegor and literally means ''Yegor's''. It may refer to: * Aleksey Yegorov (b. 1975), Kazakhstani-Russian swimmer * Alexander Ilyich Yegorov (1883-1939), Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union * Alexander Valentinovich Yegorov, Russian diplomat and ambassador * Alexei Yegorov (other), multiple people * Anatoly Yegorov (1920-1997), Soviet philosopher * Boris Yegorov (1892-1972), Soviet neurosurgeon and academician * Boris Yegorov (1937-1994), Soviet cosmonaut * Daniil Yegorov (b. 1975), Russian economist * Dimitri Egorov (1869-1931), Russian mathematician * Dmitry Yegorov (1878-1931), Russian historian * Georgiy Yegorov (1918-2008), Soviet Admiral of the Fleet * Igor Yegorov (b. 1958), Ukrainian economist * Igor Egorov (1968-), Russian football referee * Lubov Egorova, (1880-1972), Russian dancer and teacher. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim
Vadim ( Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vaditi'' (russian: вадити), meaning ''to blame''. Its long version, Vadimir, is now obsolete. Dictionary of Russian Names This given name is highly popular in (as Vadim), (as Vadym), |
Vladimir Lorchenkov
Vladimir Lorchenkov (born 1979) is a Moldavian writer of Russian origin. He was born in Chisinau to a Soviet army officer father. His childhood took him all across the Communist world. Returning to Moldova, he studied journalism and worked for a decade as a crime reporter. He has published a dozen books, among them ''The Good Life Elsewhere'' which has been translated into English by Ross Ufberg. He has won numerous prizes for his work including the 2003 Debut Prize and the 2008 Russia Prize. He currently lives in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ..., in the city of Montreal, where he works as a librarian and loader. https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/27529678.html References 1979 births Living people Moldovan male writers Writers from Chișinău ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Sigarev
Vassily Vladimirovich Sigarev (russian: Васи́лий Владимирович Си́гарев, born 11 January 1977, Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian playwright, screenwriter and film director. His plays ''Plasticine'', ''Black Milk'' and ''Ladybird'' were first produced in the West by the Royal Court Theatre, in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. In 2002, Sigarev was named the winner of the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright given out by the Evening Standard for ''Plasticine''. Biography Sigarev was born in 1977, in Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a small town north of Yekaterinburg, into a working-class family. He studied at the Nizhny Tagil Pedagogical Institute and graduated from the Yekaterinburg Theatre Institute where he studied under Nikolay Kolyada. Theater The subject matter of Sigarev's plays is the decay of post-Soviet Russia. ''Plasticine'' deals with child rape, ''Black Milk'' features a husband and wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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