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Kirill
Kirill is a male given name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kyrios) "lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Kyrill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyryl, Kiril, Kyrylo, Kiro. Kirill may refer to: People *Kirill I of Moscow (born 1946), Russian Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia *Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia *Kirill Alekseenko (born 1997), Russian chess grandmaster *Kirill Aleshin (born 1997), Russian ice dancer *Kirill Alexeyev (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *Kirill Bichutsky (born 1984), American photographer, businessman *Kirill Dmitriev (born 1975), Russian businessman *Kirill Eskov (born 1956), Russian writer *Kirill Florensky (1915–1982), Russian geochemist and planetologist *Kirill Formanchuk, Russian activist for motorists' rights * Kirill Gerasimov (born 1971), Russian poker player *Kirill Gerstein (born 1979), Russian pianist *Kirill Gevorgian (born 1953), Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill I Of Moscow
Kirill or Cyril (russian: link=Russian, Кирилл, chu, , secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, russian: link=no, Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009. Prior to becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad beginning on 26 December 1984, and also Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod beginning in 1989. A close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Kirill has described Putin’s rule as "a miracle of God." According to Putin, Kirill's father baptized him. During his tenure as Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Kirill has brought the Russian Orthodox Church closer to the Russian state. Kirill's relationship with Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Of Russia
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (russian: Кирилл Владимирович Романов; ''Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov''; – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last tsar. He was also the uncle of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and great-uncle of Prince Michael of Kent. Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Russian navy serving for 20 years in the Naval Guards. He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship at Port Arthur in April 1904. In 1905, he married his paternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who both defied Nicholas II by not obtaining his consent. They had two daughters and settled in Paris before they were allowed to visit Russia in 1909. In 1910 they moved to Russia. In World War I, Grand Duke Kirill was appointed Commander of the Naval Depot o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Khaliavin
Kirill Leonidovich Khaliavin ( rus, Кирилл Леонидович Халявин, p=kʲɪˈrʲil lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ xɐˈlʲavʲɪn; born 21 November 1990) is a Russian-Spanish retired ice dancer. Emerging on the international scene competing for Russia with Ksenia Monko, his future wife, Khaliavin became the 2011 World Junior champion, a two-time (2009, 2010) Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2015 Russian national silver medalist. Following Monko's retirement, Khaliavin formed a new partnership with Spanish ice dancer Sara Hurtado. With Hurtado he was the 2018 Rostelecom Cup silver medalist and 2017 & 2019 Spanish national champion. The two placed twelfth at the 2018 Winter Olympics and were the first Spanish ice dancers to stand on a Grand Prix podium. Personal life Kirill Leonidovich Khaliavin was born 21 November 1990 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast. He married Ksenia Monko in Moscow in late May 2017. He became a Spanish citizen in July 2017. Monko and Khalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Kaprizov
Kirill Olegovich Kaprizov (russian: Кирилл Олегович Капризов; born 26 April 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Before joining the Wild, Kaprizov played for Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kaprizov won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 2021, becoming the first Wild player to win the award. He is also known to fans by the nickname “Dolla Dolla Bill” and "Kirill the Thrill". Early life Kaprizov grew up in a small village about 60 miles (96.56 kilometers) outside Novokuznetsk, Russia. He began playing hockey at age four, traveling daily between his village and downtown Novokuzentsk for practice, before eventually moving to the city to further his hockey career. Kaprizov played in the Metallurg Novokuznetsk hockey school from a young age, progressing to the Kuznetskie Medvedi junior team befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Aleshin
Kirill Pavlovich Aleshin (russian: Кирилл Павлович Алёшин; born 24 April 1997) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Anastasia Skoptsova, he was the 2020 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, and 2021 Russian national bronze medalist. Earlier in their career, they won gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships and 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, as well as bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Early life Kirill Pavlovich Aleshin was born on 24 April 1997 in Omsk, Russia. Career Early years Aleshin began learning to skate in 2004. As a child, he was taught by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk. From 2009–2010 to 2011–2012, he skated with Evgenia Cherpakova in Saint Petersburg. Beginning of partnership with Skoptsova Aleshin teamed up with Anastasia Skoptsova after she contacted him through a Russian partner search. They began competing together in October 2013. They qualified to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Dmitriev
Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev (russian: Кирилл Александрович Дмитриев; born 12 April 1975) is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), a $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Russian government to co-invest in the Russian economy. His wife Natalia Popova, a deputy director of the NGO ''Innopraktika Foundation'', works for and is a very close friend of Putin's younger daughter Katerina Tikhonova. In February 2022, both Kirill Dmitriev and RDIF were sanctioned by the United States Treasury, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Under Mr. Dmitriev's leadership RDIF claims to be the first state owned Russian company to call for diplomatic solution and peace in Ukraine. Early life Kirill Dmitriev was born in 1975 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Kirill Dmitriev was one of the first Russian exchange students from Ukraine who came to a host family in New Hampshire in 1990. When Dmitriev was 14, he was sent to live with fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Gerstein
Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based in Berlin. Between 2007-2017, he led piano classes at the Stuttgart Musik Hochschule. In 2018, he took up the post of Professor of Piano at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin in addition to the Kronberg Academy’s Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Artists. Early life and education Gerstein was born in Voronezh in the former Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family and began playing the piano at the age of two. At the age of 12, he won his first competition - the International Bach Competition in Gorzów, Poland. Though he formally studied classical piano, he also learned to play jazz by listening to his parents' record collection. At the age of 14, he met jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton at a festival in St. Petersbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Karabits
Kyrylo Karabych ( uk, Кирило Карабиць); born 26 December 1976) is a Ukrainian conductor. Biography Early Life Karabits' father was the conductor and composer Ivan Karabyts. Karabits was born in Kyiv (then in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union). In his youth, Karabits studied piano, musicology and composition developing an interest in conducting at age 13. His early teachers included Tatiana Kozlova. In Kyiv, he studied at the Lysenko Music School, and later at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy. In 1995, he began studies at the Vienna Musikhochschule and earned a diploma in orchestral conducting after five years of study. He also attended the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, where he was a pupil of Helmuth Rilling and Peter Gülke. He has done scholarly work on the musical archive of the Berliner Singakademie, such as transcribing the 1784 ''Johannes Passion'' of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, which was thought to be lost. Career Karabits made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Bichutsky
Kirill Bichutsky (also known as ''The Slut Whisperer'' or ''Kirill Was Here'') is a Russian-born American photographer, event organizer and entrepreneur based in New York City. Early life Kirill Bichutsky was born in Moscow, then part of the Russian SFSR. When he was 2 years old, his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Roxbury, New Jersey. Growing up, Bichutsky wanted to be a Disney animator. Bichutsky graduated from high school in 2002, and was awarded a full scholarship to William Paterson University. He later dropped out. Career After being introduced to nightclubs by a DJ, Bichutsky began taking photographs at parties and nightclubs. The photography often consisted of nude or scantily clad women at the parties. Bichutsky began to be hired by venues to host, and/or use his name and likeness to promote an evening event. In 2015, Bichutsky was featured on the Showtime series 3AM. In 2018, Bichutsky was featured in the Netflix documentary film The American Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Alekseenko
Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Алексеенко; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian chess grandmaster. Personal life Alekseenko was born in Vyborg, and moved to Saint Petersburg as a child. His father was a soldier and his mother was a teacher. Alekseenko is a student at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Alekseenko signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Chess career Early career Alekseenko's grandfather was a chess enthusiast and taught Alekseenko the rules of the game when he was four years old. Aside from his grandfather, no one in his family played chess. At the age of seven, Alekseenko played his first tournament, the St. Petersburg U8 Championship. At the European Youth Chess Championship, he was the U10 champion in 2007, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Gurov
Kirill Gurov (6 March 1918 – 29 September 1994) was a Soviet Russian theoretical physicist working in the field of physical kinetics. Gurov was born in Moscow, Russia, in the family of a military officer. In 1936, he was accepted without examinations to the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in Moscow State University (MSU) and graduated from MSU in 1941, earning a Diploma with Honour. In 1944, he started to work in MSU as a PhD student, under the supervision of Nikolay Bogolyubov, on problems of kinetic theory of quantum systems. From 1954, and for the rest of his life, Kirill Gurov worked at the A. A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material ScienceIMMS. Research Kirill Gurov and Nikolay Bogolyubov obtained kinetic equations for quantum systems by developing the method of quantum BBGKY hierarchy. At the IMMS, Kirill Gurov worked on analysis of the diffusion processes and the corresponding phase transitions in alloy An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Eskov
Kirill Yuryevich Eskov (russian: Кири́лл Ю́рьевич Есько́в; born 16 September 1956) is a Russian writer, biologist and paleontologist. As an author he is known for '' The Gospel of Afranius'' in which he presents an atheistic interpretation of the events of the Gospel, and ''The Last Ringbearer'' in which he retells J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' from a Mordorian point of view. Career In biology Eskov graduated from the Department of Biology of Moscow State University in 1979. In 1986 he defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Biological Sciences at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the theme being "Spiders of Northern Siberia (horology analysis)". His main scientific interests as a biologist focus on the spiders of Siberia and the Russian Far East and, as a paleontologist, on the Paleozoic and Cenozoic eras. he is the Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Arthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
