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Khovanskoye Cemetery
Khovanskoye Cemetery (russian: Хованское кладбище), also known as Nikolo-Khovanskoye Cemetery (Николо-Хованское кладбище), is a large and expanding cemetery servicing Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast, beyond the Moscow Ring Road, at the 21st kilometre mark of the Kiev Highway by the Mosrentgen and Nikolo-Khovanskoye settlements. Khovanskoye Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Europe, covering more than It is divided into three smaller parts: Khovanskoye Central Cemetery, which was established in 1972 and covers , Khovanskoye Northern Cemetery, founded in 1978 and covering , and Khovanskoye Western Cemetery, which was established in 1992 and covers . A Russian Orthodox chapel, which has been visited by Patriarch Alexius II, is located on the cemetery's grounds. A crematorium was built in 1988 for those wishing to use this service. On 14 May 2016 three Tajik migrant workers died in the cemetery dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Orthodox Cemeteries
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Christianity In Moscow
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Ancient Carthage, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite significant initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, after the Fall of Jerusal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries In Moscow Oblast
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslana Korshunova
Ruslana Sergeyevna Korshunova (russian: Руслана Серге́евна Коршунова; 2 July 1987 – 28 June 2008) was a Russian-Kazakhstani model. She established herself as a rising figure in the fashion industry by posing for magazines including ''Vogue'' and designers such as Vera Wang and Nina Ricci. Korshunova's unexpected death, under unexplained circumstances, became a longtime controversial subject of international attention. Early life and career Ruslana Korshunova was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR. Her father, Sergey Korshunov, died in 1992 when she was 5 years old. Her mother Valentina ( née Kutenkova) and her elder brother Ruslan live in Kazakhstan. With different degrees of fluency she spoke Russian, Kazakh, English and German. She was discovered in 2003, when ''All Asia'' magazine printed a story on Almaty's local German language club, which Korshunova was then attending. Her photograph, which was featured in the article, caught the attention of Debbie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Safronov
Ivan Ivanovich Safronov (russian: Иван Иванович Сафронов) (16 January 1956 – 2 March 2007) was a Russian journalist and columnist who covered military affairs for the daily newspaper ''Kommersant''. He died after falling from the fifth floor of his Moscow apartment building. His apartment was on the third floor. There are speculations that he may have been killed for his critical reporting: the Taganka District prosecutor's office in Moscow initiated a criminal investigation into Safronov's death, and in September 2007, officially ruled his death a suicide.Prosecutors rule the case a suicide , 12 September 2007 His son [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Kosykh
Viktor Ivanovich Kosykh (russian: Виктор Иванович Косых; January 27, 1950 – December 22, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema actor. He is probably best known for the role of Danko Schusya in the famous film ''The Elusive Avengers'' and in its sequels, '' The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' and ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers''. He is buried at the Khovanskoye Cemetery. Partial filmography * '' Welcome, or No Trespassing'' (russian: Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён, 1964) as Kostya Inochkin * '' Father of a Soldier'' (Отец солдата, 1964) as Vasya * '' They're Calling, Open the Door'' (Звонят, откройте дверь, 1966) as Genka Dresvyannikov * ''The Elusive Avengers'' (Неуловимые мстители, 1967) as Danka Shchus * '' The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (Новые приключения Не ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Khomich
Alexei Petrovich Khomich (russian: Алексей Петрович Хомич; 14 March 1920 – 30 May 1980), nicknamed the Tiger, was a Soviet goalkeeper of the 1950s. Club career During his career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Dinamo Minsk. He came to international prominence following Dynamo Moscow's tour of Great Britain in 1945 when his outstanding bravery led to him receiving the nickname "Tiger". He was noted for his excellent reflexes and energetic style. With Dynamo Moscow he won Soviet Championships in 1945 and 1949, while he was also a runner up on four other occasions. He was also remembered as a mentor to the great Lev Yashin in the early part of Yashin's career with Dynamo Moscow. After retiring as a player, Khomich became sports photographer, working with ''Sovetsky Sport'' and '' Soviet Football''. Honours Dinamo Moscow * Soviet Top League ** Champions: 1945, 1949 ** Runners-up: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950 * Soviet Cup ** Runners-up: 1945, 1949 Dinamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Delaunay
Boris Nikolayevich Delaunay or Delone (russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Делоне́; 15 March 1890 – 17 July 1980) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, mountain climber, and the father of physicist, Nikolai Borisovich Delone. The spelling ''Delone'' is a straightforward transliteration from Cyrillic he often used in later publications, while ''Delaunay'' is the French version he used in the early French and German publications. Biography Boris Delone got his surname from his ancestor French Army officer de Launay, who was captured in Russia during Napoleon's invasion of 1812. De Launay was a nephew of the Bastille governor marquis de Launay. He married a woman from the Tukhachevsky noble family and stayed in Russia. When Boris was a young boy his family spent summers in the Alps where he learned mountain climbing. By 1913, he became one of the top three Russian mountain climbers. After the Russian Revolution, he climbed mountains in the Caucasus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Bystrolyotov
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bystrolyotov (January 4, 1901 – May 3, 1975) (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Быстролётов) was a Soviet Russian intelligence officer, a polyglot, a writer and a Gulag prisoner. One of the most outstanding Soviet undercover operatives, Bystrolyotov acted in Western Europe in the period between the great wars, recruiting and controlling several important agents in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. His greatest achievement was breaking into the British Foreign Office files years before Kim Philby, as well as procuring diplomatic ciphers of scores of European countries. Despite his personal courage and heroism, he fell victim of Joseph Stalin's purges of the 1930s. Arrested by the NKVD on drummed up charges, he was tortured severely. While serving his term, he spent over 16 years in various Gulag camps. There, at great risk to himself, he wrote and smuggled to the outside world his memoirs, an indictment of Communist Party of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskra Babich
Iskra Leonidovna Babich (russian: И́скра Леони́довна Ба́бич; 10 January 1932 – 5 August 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Her 1981 film ''Muzhiki!'' was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention. Filmography * '':ru:Пастух (фильм), Pastukh'' (1957) * '':ru:Первое свидание (фильм), First Date'' (1960) * '':ru:Половодье (фильм, 1962), High Water'' (1962) * ''Muzhiki!'' (1981) * ''Forgive Me, Alyosha'' (1983) Awards *Muzhiki! ** Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1981) **Prize at Film Festivals in West Berlin and Vancouver ** The Best Film in 1982 in a poll of the magazine ''Soviet Screen'' Personal life She was married to actor Afanasi Kochetkov (1930–2004). She died of cancer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
