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Kipiani
Kipiani ( ka, ყიფიანი) is a Georgian noble family, formerly a princely one (''tavadi'' or house dates as back as the 7th century). "Kipi"(Georgian: ყიფი) means proud. Notable ones : * David Kipiani (1951–2001), Soviet and Georgian footballer and coach * Dimitri Kipiani (1814–1887), Georgian publicist, writer, translator, leader of liberal nobility * Georgi Kipiani (born 1978), Georgian footballer and coach * Nikolai Kipiani (born 1997), Russian footballer * Tornike Kipiani (born 1987), Georgian singer * Vakhtang Kipiani Vakhtang Kipiani ( ka, ვახტანგ ყიფიანი, uk, Вахтанг Кіпіані; born April 1, 1971) is a Ukrainian journalist, historian, and opinion journalist the most famous for his book "The Case of Vasyl Stus" tha ... (born 1971), Ukrainian opinion journalist and historian {{surname Georgian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kipiani
David Kipiani ( ka, დავით ყიფიანი; 18 November 1951 – 17 September 2001) was a Georgian football midfielder and manager. Kipiani principally played as a playmaker and is considered one of Georgia's greatest players. He was known for his elegant style of play, dribbling ability and passing range. Playing career Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He started playing for the 35th School during the early stages of his career. Kipiani was invited to play for Dinamo Tbilisi in 1967. Due to injuries, he was only able to participate in a single appearances for two season. So, Kipiani went to play for another Tbilisi-based club, Locomotive Tbilisi. After a successful season with Locomotive, Kipiani was invited back to play for Dinamo again by Gavril Kachalin. Meanwhile, while playing for Locomotive, Kipiani worked with his future manager Nodar Akhalkatsi, under whose managing he later became one of the key figures of Dinamo Tbilisi, which were am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornike Kipiani
Tornike Kipiani ( ka, თორნიკე ყიფიანი; born 11 December 1987) is a Georgian singer. Kipiani started his musical career at the age of 19, forming the band ''The Circular Corner''. In 2012, he auditioned for the Georgian talent show ''Magtifan'' on Maestro (TV channel), Maestro, placing in the top five of the competition. Kipiani also won the first season of ''X Factor Georgia'' in 2014, mentored by Tamta. He entered the selection process for Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "You Are My Sunshine", sung with Giorgi Bolotashvili. The song finished 23rd out of the 25 entries in the national final. However he was selected to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 after winning ''Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Georgian Idol''. He was to perform in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the song "Take Me as I Am (Tornike Kipiani song), Take Me as I Am", however the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Kipiani
Prince Dimitri Ivanes dze Kipiani ( ka, დიმიტრი ყიფიანი alternatively spelled as Qipiani) (April 14, 1814 – October 24, 1887) was a Georgian statesman, publicist, writer and translator. A leader of Georgia's liberal nobility, he was known for his work in support of the Georgian culture and society, a cause that led to his 1886 exile and murder at the hands of Russian Imperial authorities. In 2007 he was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as a saint. Early life and liberal activities He was born to a noble family in the village of Mereti near Gori, Georgia, then part of Imperial Russia. Having graduated from the Tiflis School of Nobility in 1830, he then worked there as a teacher. Following the collapse of the 1832 Georgian plot against the Russian rule, to which Kipiani was a participant, he was deported to Vologda, where he briefly worked for the local governor's chancellery. Allowed to return to Georgia in 1837, he entered the civil service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vakhtang Kipiani
Vakhtang Kipiani ( ka, ვახტანგ ყიფიანი, uk, Вахтанг Кіпіані; born April 1, 1971) is a Ukrainian journalist, historian, and opinion journalist the most famous for his book "The Case of Vasyl Stus" that won the first place in the "List of 30 iconic books of Ukrainian Independence" compiled by Ukrainian Book Institute and Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine with help of voting of qualified voters in 2021. He is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Istorychna Pravda (from September 2010), the head of the Museum-Archive of the Press and lecturer in Ukrainian Catholic University and in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He is a recipient of Shevchenko National Prize in journalism and a Honored Journalist of Ukraine (from 2005). Biography Vakhtang Kipiani was born in 1971 in Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of Soviet Union). He graduated from the V.О. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv. He was a partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Kipiani
Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani (russian: Николай Зурабович Кипиани; born 25 January 1997) is a Russian football player of Georgian descent. He plays as forward for Armenian club Ararat-Armenia. Club career On 25 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. On 11 February 2020, he joined Rotor Volgograd on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 21 June 2020, he re-signed with Rotor on a permanent basis. On 6 September 2023, Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ... club Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Kipiani from Dinamo Batumi. Club statistics References External links * * 1997 births Footballers from Tbilisi Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Kipiani
George Kipiani ( ka, გიორგი ყიფიანი; born 12 August 1978) is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the coach of Georgia national under-19 football team The Georgia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation The Georgian Football Federation ( GFF; ka, საქართველოს ფეხბუ .... External links * haaretz.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kipiani, George 1978 births Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia FC Metalurgi Rustavi managers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Latvia Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Living people Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, United States, and European Union. Georgians arose from Colchian and Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians. Located in the Caucasus, on the continental crossroads of Europe and Asia, the High Middle Ages saw Georgian people form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Family
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., Order of precedence, precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically Hereditary title, hereditary and Patrilinearity, patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "the one who takes the first lace/position), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the '' princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavadi
''Tavadi'' ( ka, თავადი, "prince", lit. "head/chief" [man], from ka, თავი ''tavi'', "head", with the prefix of agent ''-di'') was a feudal title in Georgia (country), Georgia first applied in the Late Middle Ages usually translated in English language, English as Prince (most commonly) and Duke (less commonly). The title was designated for dynastic princes who were heads of families, akin to mtavari who had a higher standing. The tavadis were subordinates and vassals of the kings, Queen regnant, queens, mtavaris and batonishvilis but had administrative, judicial and tax immunities in their dominions and had their own military forces. The lower noble feudal class of Georgia had the title of aznauri who were subordinates of tavadis. See also *List of Georgian princely families *Court officials of the Kingdom of Georgia References *Jamburia G. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 4, p. 561-562, Tbilisi, 1979 Social history of Georgia (country) Nobilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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