|
Galina
Galina, Halyna, or Halina (russian: Галина; from Greek ''γαλήνη'' "Serenity") is an East Slavic feminine given name, also popular in Bulgaria and Slovenia during the period of Soviet influence. Galina is the standard transliteration from Russian. It is generally transliterated as Halyna from Ukrainian ( uk, Галина) and as Halina from Belarusian ( be, Галіна). The latter form is also frequently found in Poland. Nicknames include Galya (or Halya), Galka (or Halka), Gala, Galochka, and Galechka. In ancient Greek mythology, Galene was one of the Nereid mermaids, known as the goddess of calm seas. Two Christian female martyrs of this name are recognized by the Orthodox church: the first died in 252 (feast day March 10), the other one, the more famous Galene of Corinth, in 290 (feast day April 16). Given name Notable bearers of this name include: * Galina Antyufeyeva, Transnistrian politician and the wife of Vladimir Antyufeyev. * Alina Astafei known befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Kakovkina
Galina Kakovkina (russian: Каковкина Галина Александровна; born January 10, 1957, in Gorky (Nizhniy Novgorod)) is a Russian artist, a painter, representative of the Nizhny Novgorod underground, and one of the founders of the creative association of artists Cherny Prud (Black Pond). Creative activity Her creative biography began with regional exhibition in 1976. During the next several years she took part in many flat exhibitions of nonconformists. In 1987, at an exhibition in Moscow at VDNKh All-Russian Exhibition Centre one of Galina's works gained a medal. Soon some paintings were purchased by The Vladimir-Suzdal state historical, architectural and art museum-reserve. In 1987, Galina Kakovkina with friends established the creative association "Cherny Prud". In 1990, Galina Kakovkina took part in big projects "Drugoe pokolenie" ("Other generation") and "Drugoe pokolenie-2" ("Other generation-2"), that gathered the best artists from the Volga regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Efremenko
Galina Efremenko ( Maniachenko ( uk, Галина Єфременко (Маняченко): Halyna Yefremenko (Manyachenko); born 23 December 1980) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She competed as Galina Maniachenko from 1993 until 2005 when she began competing under her married name, Efremenko. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 Cup of Russia, gold medals at the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2003 Karl Schäfer Memorial, 2000 and 2003 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and three Ukrainian national titles. She competed twice at the Winter Olympics, placing 12th in 2002. Her highest placement at the European Championships was 4th in 2002. Career For most of her career, she competed under her birth name, Galina Maniachenko. In the early 1990s, she competed in pair skating with Evgeni Zhigurski, coached by Nina Mozer. The pair won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships. However, in 1995 she was severely injured after her partner's blade hit her face while they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Chistyakova
Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова, sk, Galina Čisťaková; born 26 July 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989. Biography Born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR, Chistyakova trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women. More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Brezhneva
Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva (russian: Галина Леонидовна Брежнева, link=no; 18 April 1929 – 30 June 1998) was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva. Life and death Galina Brezhneva was born on 18 April 1929 in Sverdlovsk. As a teenager, she refused to become a member of the Komsomol; later, she refused to study for an academic degree. She married for the first time to circus artist Yevgeny Timofeyevich Milaev (1910–1983) in 1951. He had twin children, Alexander "Sasha" and Natalya "Natasha" (born 1948) from his first marriage to Natalya Yurchenko who died from blood poisoning during childbirth. They had one daughter, Viktoria Yevgenyevna Milaeva (1952–2018). She was married briefly to Igor Kio, a union that lasted only nine days. By 1971, her father Leonid Brezhnev had become displeased with the way things were going in Galina's life. He wanted to arrange a marriage for her, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Korchuganova
Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova (russian: link=no, Галина Гавриловна Корчуганова; 22 March 1935 – 18 January 2004) was a Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion. After graduating from studies in aviation technology in 1959, Korchuganova made a name for herself as a pilot in aerobatics competitions, becoming the first women's world aerobatics champion in 1966. She subsequently trained as a test pilot, going on to set 42 world flight records and flying more than 20 types of aircraft. By the end of her flight career in 1984, she had accumulated more than 4000 hours of flight time, including 1500 hours as a test pilot. In 1992, Korchuganova founded Aviatrissa, the first Russian aviation club for women. She served as its president and increased its membership from 13 to 550, helping to organize aviation forums that brought pilots together from all over the world. She was posthumously inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Bukharina
Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of India, at NIS, Patiala. Personal life Galina was born at Voronezh, Russia during Soviet era. In 1989 she moved to the US seeking better medical treatment for her daughter, who was suffering from cancer. She became a US citizen. She initially worked as an elder care aide and house cleaner. She has three grandchildren. Career Athlete Bukharina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metres. She won the bronze medal with her teammates Lyudmila Zharkova, Vera Popkova and Lyudmila Samotyosova. She participated at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Coach She started coaching in the Soviet Union, and worked with the national setup for about 17 years. “I’ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Grzhibovskaya
Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar or Hrzhybovska ( uk, Галина Владиславівна Кухар (Гржибовська)), née Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (russian: Галина Владиславовна Гржибовская; born 12 July 1951) is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and former competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1968 Soviet champion and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Personal life Kukhar was born on 12 July 1951 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, as Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (Ukrainian: Halyna Vladyslavivna Hrzhybovska). She married the chief engineer of the Kiev Ballet on Ice, Heorhiy Kukhar, and settled in Kiev, Ukraine. Career Grzhibovskaya was taught by Svetlana Mozer (mother of Nina Mozer) in a large children's group in Moscow until Tatiana Tolmacheva took the young skater in her own group. In the 1967–68 season, Grzhibovskaya won the Soviet national ladies' title and placed 12th at the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Kulakova
Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (russian: Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 29 April 1942) is a Soviet former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times ''Champion of the USSR'' between 1969 and 1981. For her achievements she was awarded Order of Lenin and ''Badge of Honor''. She was also awarded the silver ''Olympic Order'' in 1984 by the International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch. Galina Kulakova ended her sports career in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Eguiazarova
Galina Eguiazarova (russian: Галина Егиазарова, also latinized ''Yegiazarova'') is a Russian pianist and professor. Biography Galina Eguiazarova was born in Russia. She studied at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoty, where she was a disciple of Alexander Goldenweiser. Since 1961 she has devoted herself to teaching, first in Moscow — at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and later in Madrid — at the Reina Sofía School of Music (''Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía''). She was the teacher of Maria Stembolskaya, Radu Lupu, Yelena Eckemoff, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Marina Tchebourkina, Alexey Shmitov, Arcadi Volodos, Juan Pérez Floristán, Luis Fernando Pérez, Martín García García, Chih-Han Liu, and Pierre Delignies Calderón. In 1993 she moved to Madrid to serve as a teaching assistant of Dimitri Bashkirov at the Reina Sofía School of Music The Reina Sofía School of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Dodon
Galina Dodon (Russian: Галина Додон; born 12 February 1977) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. Biography She was born on 12 February 1977 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 .... She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999, the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel. Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova. She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012. Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media. Galina and Igor Dodon have three children: Bog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Gorokhova
Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ... retired fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, as well as a nine-time world gold medalist. She is also the coach of the Russian Olympic fencing team. She is a laureate of the national sports award of the Ministry of Sport of Russia, in the nomination "Epoch in Sport". References 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Honoured Coaches of Russia Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Merited Coaches of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Kopernak
Galina Kopernak (March 22, 1902 – July 11, 1985) was a Russian theater actress who appeared on Broadway in the 1920s. She may have been originally from Shanghai. She came to the United States from Moscow. Stage career Kopernak performed at the Belmont Theater in New York City with Vera Smirnova, in April 1921. She was in the cast of ''Montmartre'' in February 1922. The production was adapted by Benjamin Glazer from the writing of Pierre Frondale. It was promised to New York a number of times before it was staged at the Belmont. Kopernak was joined by Helen Lowell, Helen Ware, and Mabel Frenyear among the players. As a newcomer, in the role of ''Marie-Claire'', she is mentioned in a review by Alexander Woollcott. He remarked, ''she has style and talent and a considerable fascination, and when she is advised not to attempt certain emotional explosions, which are beyond her, she will do well.'' Her next appearance was with Arnold Daly in ''The Farewell Supper'' at the Palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Galina")
