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Igor Farkhutdinov
Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov (russian: Игорь Павлович Фархутдинов; April 16, 1950 – August 20, 2003) was governor of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia during 1995–2003. Biography Igor Farkhutdinov was born in 1950 in Novosibirsk to a Russian mother and Tatar father. His maternal grandfather participated in the Russo-Japanese War on Sakhalin island. In 1972 Igor graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute (now part of the Siberian Federal University) as engineer-economist. He played for the rugby team "Polytechnic" (now Krasny Yar). For the next five years he worked at Tymovskoye power plant, Sakhalin Oblast. From 1977 to 1985 Farkhutdinov was working in Tymovsky District committee, then Sakhalin Oblast committee of Komsomol, instructor of the Communist Party regional committee. From 1985 to 1991 he was the head of Nevelsk. Until August 1991, he was member of the Communist Party. From 31 December 1991 to 24 April 1995 — Chairman of the Yuzhno-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Krasnoyarov
Yevgeny Valeryevich Krasnoyarov (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Краснояров; born 1972), known as The Ripper of Tajiks (russian: Потрошитель таджиков), is a Russian serial killer and Neo-Nazi who murdered six people and harmed eight others in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, from 2006 to 2016. Most of the killings were committed on ethnic grounds, with him claiming that he wanted to rid the country of foreign drug dealers. For his crimes, Krasnoyarov was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early life Yevgeny Krasnoyarov was born in 1972 in Chita, Chita Oblast. Little is known about his childhood, but by the 1990s, he was involved with several criminal gangs in the Transbaikal region. He eventually defected to a gang run by businessman Valery Torgaev, for whom he worked as a bodyguard until the latter died in an accident during the mid-2000s. Following Torgaev's death, Krasnoyarov ascended the ranks and quickly garnered a reputation for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tymovskoye
Tymovskoye (russian: Ты́мовское) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tymovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island on the right bank of the Tym River, about north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: History The original Nivkh name of the Tymy river comes from the words Tymy (smoke), which means a depression at the bottom of the river where fish spawns, and "and" is the river. Therefore, the name of the river can be translated as "spawning river." In 1880 Derbinskoye (the original name of Tymovskoye) settlement for exiled convicts was founded, named after warden Derbin, who was killed by a prisoner for his cruel treatment. The writer Anton Chekhov visited Derbinskoye in 1890 during his travel through Sakhalin and described it in his book, ''Sakhalin Island''. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the area around Derbinskoye was occupied by Japanese troops, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizovo Airport
Elizovo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Елизово) , also known as Yelizovo Airport or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is located in the Russian Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai. Its main runway is long. Military operating unit The base is home to the 175th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron, 317th Independent Composite Antisubmarine Aviation Regiment, Independent Unmanned Aerial vehicle Squadron and the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment which are all part of the 7060th Order of Labour Red Banner Naval Aviation Air Base. The 888th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed from March 1942. It was deployed in Yelizovo and Ozerny until October 1945 flying the Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft. After the war, it flew to the Baikovo airfield (formerly Japanese Kataoka). The regiment was disbanded as a result of reductions in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1958. The main military operating unit is the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to its most common role as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed gunship, and reconnaissance platform. Along with the related, more powerful Mil Mi-17, the Mi-8 is among the world's most-produced helicopters, used by over 50 countries. As of 2015, when combined the two helicopters are the third most common operational military aircraft in the world. Design and development Mikhail Mil originally approached the Soviet government with a proposal to design an all-new two-engined turbine helicopter in 1959 after the success of the Mil Mi-4 and the emergence and effectiveness of turbines used in the Mil Mi-6. After design and development, the Mi-8 was subsequently introduced into the Soviet Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakhalin-2
The Sakhalin-2 (russian: Сахалин-2) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, and associated infrastructure onshore. The project is managed and operated by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy). Sakhalin-2 includes the first liquefied natural gas plant in Russia. The development is situated in areas previously little touched by human activity, causing various groups to criticize the development activities and the impact they have on the local environment. History The original consortium, was a joint venture between Marathon Oil, McDermott, and Mitsubishi. They won a tender from the Russian Government in 1992. Later that year Royal Dutch Shell joined the joint venture. In 1994 the JV incorporated in Bermuda to form Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. Sakhalin Energy, led by Marat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakhalin-1
The Sakhalin-I (russian: Сахалин-1) project, a sister project to Sakhalin-II, is a consortium for production of oil and gas on Sakhalin, Sakhalin Island and immediately offshore. It operates three natural gas field, fields in the Okhotsk Sea: Chayvo, Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi."Sakhalin-1: A New Frontier" - PennWell Custom Publishing (c/o of ExxonMobil) In 1996, the consortium completed a production-sharing agreement between the Sakhalin-I consortium, the Russian Federation and the Sakhalin government. The consortium was managed and operated by Exxon Neftegas Limited (ENL), a unit of ExxonMobil, until Exxon's withdrawal in March 2022 following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government froze Exxon's investment in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Russian Gubernatorial Elections
Gubernatorial elections in 2000 took place in 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Four years after the campaign of 1996 nearly a half of 89 governors' seats were contested again. In January, the second rounds of the December 1999 elections took place in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tver Oblasts. In seven regions, the elections were moved to the federal election day on 26 March 2000 due to cost reasons. In October 2000, the last parliamentary republic in the Russian Federation, Udmurtia Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт ..., elected its first president. Race summary Literature * Notes References {{Russian elections Gubernatorial elections in Russia 2000 elections in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Russian Gubernatorial Elections
Gubernatorial elections in 1996 took place in 53 regions of the Russian Federation. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev as well as mayors of Moscow and Saint Petersburg Yury Luzhkov and Anatoly Sobchak (all three elected in 1991) went to the re-election, while other regions held their first gubernatorial elections that year. All these campaigns were held after the 1996 Russian presidential election. Background In August 1996, two coalitions were presented, which formally became the main participants in the widespread elections. Our Home – Russia, Democratic Choice of Russia, Party of Russian Unity and Accord and 16 other parties and movements loyal to re-elected Boris Yeltsin were united through representation in the All-Russian Coordination Council (OKS). It was opposed by the People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) associated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and its allies. Former Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Filatov was appointed the head of OKS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast
Neftegorsk (), formerly Vostok (, lit. ''east'') before 1970, is a ghost town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Building The city was built in 1963. It was an urban-type oil-mining settlement, with its name meaning "Oil Town". Construction Minister Yefim Basin decided not to rebuild it after its destruction. Destruction It was devastated on May 28, 1995 by an earthquake, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, killing 2,040 people out of a total population of 3,197. An oil-producing town in northern Sakhalin, all buildings in Neftegorsk suffered extensive damage and many were completely destroyed, as they had been built with low quality concrete and were not designed to withstand seismic activity. The majority of the victims were killed by the rubble of their apartment buildings collapsing. Neftegorsk was almost totally flattened, and it was decided not to be rebuilt, instead a memorial was constructed in the area. Many survivors were relocated to other towns in Sakhalin such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Neftegorsk Earthquake
__NOTOC__ The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake occurred on 28 May at on northern Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. It was the most destructive earthquake known within the current territory of Russia, with a magnitude of and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent'') that devastated the oil town of Neftegorsk, where 1,989 of its 3,977 citizens were killed, and another 750 injured. 90% of the victims were killed by the collapse of 17 five-story residential buildings. While Western media generally attributed the collapses to allegedly poor construction and shoddy materials of Soviet-era construction, a geotechnical study faulted a failure to accommodate the possibility of soil liquefaction in an area that was considered "practically aseismic". The Belgian Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters' EM-DAT database places the total damage at $64.1 million, while the United States' National Geophysical Data Center assesses the damage at $300 million. This quake wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Of Administration
Head of Administration (russian: Глава администрации, ''Glava administratsii'') is the one of the official titles for appointed or elected head of a local government in Russian Federation. In many Federal Districts, regions and cities, the position as Head of Administration is the equivalent to that of the Mayor, Governor, or the Head of local government. History The post of head of the administration of a region was established in August 1991 by President Boris Yeltsin. The heads of administrations replaced the Soviet-era ''chairmen of the executive committees of the councils of people's deputies''. The first of them was the head of the Krasnodar Krai Administration Vasily Dyakonov on August 23, 1991. In 1991–93, the heads of the regional administrations were nominated by the President of Russia, and approved by the regional legislature. In 1994–96, heads of administrations were appointed by the President of Russia on the recommendation of the Prime Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevelsk
Nevelsk (russian: Не́вельск; ja, 本斗, ''Honto'') is a port town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History The first Russian settlers founded a village on the present site of Nevelsk in 1789. The region was the site of a struggle for control between the Russians and Japanese. After the Treaty of Shimoda officially transferred the southern Kuril Islands to Japan in 1855, the settlement was placed under joint Russian-Japanese administration under the name Honto it comes from the Ainu language. Honto reverted to complete Russian administration in 1875, as the Treaty of Saint Petersburg gave control of all the Kuril Islands to Japan, in exchange for complete Russian sovereignty over the island of Sakhalin. It then returned to Japanese rule in 1905, after the Treaty of Portsmouth ceded south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
