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Georg Vinogradov
Georg Vinogradov (18 April 1915 – 12 January 2011) was a Russian-born Estonian basketball player. Vinigradov was born in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk, Russia. After emigrating with his family to Estonia, Vinogradov attended schools in Tallinn; he graduated from the Russian Gymnasium in 1933 then enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1935 to study economics. He began playing basketball under coaches Alexei Selenoi and Herbert Niiler. He competed mainly on the Russ and ÜENÜTO teams, and from 1936 until 1939, on the Estonia men's national basketball team. He was a member of the Estonian team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin but did not play in any games. Vinogradov won 5th place at the EuroBasket, European Basketball Championship in 1939, won a silver medal and bronze medal in 1937 at the World Student Games, and silver medal in volleyball in 1939. He was a member of the board of the Estonian Handball Association in 1944. Following the Soviet occupation of the Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg
Pavlovsk (russian: Па́вловск "he townof Pavel" after Emperor Pavel (Paul) of Russia) is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District in the suburban part of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located south from St. Petersburg proper and about southeast from Pushkin. Population: Known since the late 18th century, when Saint Petersburg was the capital of Russian Empire, as a countryside residence of Russian royal family commissioned creation of the town's landmark -palace with a large park, now parts of its federal museum reserve. The town developed around the Pavlovsk Palace, a major residence of the Russian imperial family. Between 1918 and 1944, its official name was Slutsk, after the revolutionary Vera Slutskaya, and then was changed back to Pavlovsk. Pavlovsk is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments". History Fortress A wooden fortress was built by Russians on the place of Pav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
