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Konstantinov
Konstantinov ( bg, Константинов, russian: Константинов) and Konstantinova (feminine; Константинова) is a common Slavic languages, Slavic surname that is derived from the baptismal name Konstantin and literally means ''Konstantin's''. People with this surname include: ;Male *Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), Bulgarian writer *Alexander Konstantinov (1895–1945), Soviet inventor and scientist in the field of radiophysics *Anatoly Konstantinov (1923–2006), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union *Boris Konstantinov (1910–1969), Soviet physicist, academician, and Hero of Socialist Labor *Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *Fyodor Konstantinov (1901–?), Soviet philosopher and academician *Julian Konstantinov (born 1966), Bulgarian operatic bass *Konstantin Konstantinov (1817 or 1819–1871), Russian scientist in the field of artillery, rocketry, instrument making, and automatics *Kosev Dimitr Konstantinov (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Konstantinov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Константинов; born March 19, 1967) is a Russians, Russian-Americans, American former professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for Soviet club HC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow. His career was ended in a limousine crash just six days after the Red Wings 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, 1997 Stanley Cup victory. Playing career Defection from the Soviet Union Konstantinov was drafted 221st overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, after impressing a Wings scout (sport), scout at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 1987 World Junior Championships, where a Punch-up in Piestany, brawl broke out in the Soviet Union–Canada game. Scout Neil Smith (ice hockey), Neil Smith remembers, "He was the only one of the Russians who fought back." Although the end of the Cold War was appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinov Kamen
Konstantinov ( bg, Константинов, russian: Константинов) and Konstantinova (feminine; Константинова) is a common Slavic surname that is derived from the baptismal name Konstantin and literally means ''Konstantin's''. People with this surname include: ;Male *Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), Bulgarian writer * Alexander Konstantinov (1895–1945), Soviet inventor and scientist in the field of radiophysics *Anatoly Konstantinov (1923–2006), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union * Boris Konstantinov (1910–1969), Soviet physicist, academician, and Hero of Socialist Labor *Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player * Fyodor Konstantinov (1901–?), Soviet philosopher and academician * Julian Konstantinov (born 1966), Bulgarian operatic bass * Konstantin Konstantinov (1817 or 1819–1871), Russian scientist in the field of artillery, rocketry, instrument making, and automatics * Kosev Dimitr Konstantinov (1904–1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Konstantinov
Mikhail Petrovich Konstantinov (russian: Михаил Петрович Константинов; – 30 May 1990) was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Konstantinov joined the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, becoming a junior commander at cavalry schools. A variety of positions at cavalry schools followed during the 1920s before Konstantinov served in command and staff positions with cavalry units in Central Asia in the 1930s. At the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa, he commanded a cavalry division in Belarus. Konstantinov's division was destroyed and he was severely wounded, fighting with partisans after he recovered. Flown back to Soviet lines in late 1942, he became commander of the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps in October 1943, which he led for the rest of the war. Made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the corps during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, Konstantinov continued in command of the corps after the end of the war. Postwar, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Konstantinov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Konstantinov (russian: Николай Николаевич Константинов; 2 January 1932 – 3 July 2021) was a leading Soviet and Russian mathematical educator and organizer of numerous mathematics competitions for high school students. He is best known as the creator of the system of math schools and math classes and as the creator and chief organizer of the Tournament of the Towns. For his work he was awarded the Paul Erdős award in 1992. Biography Konstantinov was born and grew up in Moscow, Soviet Union. He graduated from the Physics Department of the Moscow State University in 1954, and later received a Ph.D. in physics. In the 1950s, he started a math circle in Moscow University and since the 1960s in a number of Moscow high schools. He continued working with schools developing special classes with mathematics concentration and individual approach to learning. His students went on to win mathematics competitions on all levels and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Konstantinov
Konstantin Ivanovich Konstantinov (russian: Константин Иванович Константинов, 6 Аpril 1818 – 12 January 1871) was a Russian artillery officer and scientist in the fields of artillery, rocketry and instrument making. He completed his military career at the rank of Lieutenant General. Life He was an illegitimate son of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia and a French actress. Konstantinov graduated from Mikhailovskoye Artillery School in St. Petersburg in 1836. In 1844, he invented a device for measuring the flight speed of projectiles at any point of their trajectory. In 1847 Konstantinov created a ballistic rocket pendulum, which would allow to establish a law of changing rocket motion in time. With the help of this device, he was able to determine the influence of the form and design of a rocket on its ballistic characteristics, thereby laying the foundations for calculated rocket designs. In 1849 he was appointed commander of the Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Konstantinov
Julian Konstantinov (Bulgarian: Юлиян Константинов) (also Yuliyan Konstantinov) (born 1966) is a Bulgarian operatic bass particularly known for his interpretations of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, and the bel canto roles of Rossini and Donizetti. More recently he has become associated with the title role in Modest Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'', a role he has sung in numerous opera houses. Career Konstantinov studied opera under Assen Selimski at the Bulgarian Music Academy in Sofia from 1987 to 1993. He made his professional opera debut while still a student at the Sofia National Opera in a minor role in Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville''. He also appeared in a production of Stravinsky's ''The Rake's Progress'' while still a student. In 1993 he garnered wide attention when he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and he was soon cast is several major roles in opera houses throughout Europe. In 1995 he made his debuts with W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Konstantinova
Tamara Fyodorovna Konstantinova (; 7 November 1919 – 28 July 1999) was an Ilyushin Il-2 pilot and deputy squadron commander in the Red Army Air Force, Soviet Air Force during the Second World War. On 29 June 1945, she was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Her brother, Vladimir Konstantinov (pilot), Vladimir Konstantinov, was also a Hero of the Soviet Union. Civilian life Konstantinova was born on 7 November 1919 to a Russian peasant family in Tver Governorate of the RSFSR, but spent most of her childhood in the city of Kalinin where her family moved to in 1924. Having completed her ninth grade of school in 1936 she wanted to attend a technical school, but she could not afford to do so and had to take up a job as a literacy worker to support her family; her mother was very ill and her father, a World War I veteran, died of alcoholism in 1937. She went on to work as a schoolteacher and secretary, resulting in her being assigned to the village of Skopin in the Ry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleko Konstantinov
Aleko Konstantinov ( bg, Алеко Константинов) (1 January 1863 – 11 May 1897) ( NS: 13 January 1863 – 23 May 1897) was a Bulgarian writer, best known for his character Bay Ganyo, one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian fiction. Life and career Born to an affluent trader in the Danube River town of Svishtov, he attended the Faculty of Law of Odessa University (formerly the Imperial Novorossiya University), graduating in 1885. He worked as a lawyer in Sofia before embarking on a career as a writer. His first novel, organized as a collection of short stories, ''Bay Ganyo'' (translating to uncle Ganyo), describes the travels of an itinerant peddler of rose oil and rugs through Western Europe. Though impertinent and clumsy, Bay Ganyo proves to be ingenious and is considered by some scholars to be a mirror for a modernizing Bulgaria. The character is believed to be based on a Karlovo tradesman, Ganyo Somov. Konstantinov, a cosmopolitan traveler, was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plamen Konstantinov
Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and former head coach of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team., Personal life Konstantinov was born in Sofia; both his parents, Georgi and Eva née Doycheva, are former volleyball internationals and his older brother Julian Konstantinov is an opera singer. Like his father, he bears the nickname ''Gibona'' ("The Gibbon"). Career Konstantinov finished a sports school and started his career with Levski Sofia in 1986, where he remained until 1995; he spent some of the following season with Slavia Sofia and then moved to Italy to play for the Gioia del Colle team. In 1996–97, he was a member of Greek Aris VC and then of Turkish Halkbank Ankara (1997–99). From 1999 until 2004 he played in Greece for Orestiada, PAOK Thessaloniki V.C., I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinov (crater)
Konstantinov is a lunar impact crater that is located to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side of the Moon. To the west of Konstantinov is the smaller crater Nagaoka, and to the south-southeast is the small Van Gent. This is a moderately worn crater, particularly along the northeastern quadrant where multiple small craterlets lie along the inner wall. There is a pair of small craters on the interior floor along the eastern edge. At the northern end of the floor is a bright patch, most likely due to a recent impact. The crater was named by the IAU in 1970. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) Apollo Views |
Anatoly Konstantinov
Anatoly Ustinovich Konstantinov (russian: Анатолий Устинович Константинов; 12 June 1923 – 22 October 2006) was a senior military officer who served as commander of the Moscow Air Defence District from 1980 to 1987. During World War II, he was a fighter pilot and a flying ace for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Early life Konstantinov was born in 1923 into a working-class family of Russian ethnicity. He graduated from nine classes of high school and later joined a flying club. Military career In 1940, he was called up for military service on a Komsomol ticket to the Red Army. He graduated from the Tbilisi Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1941 and was assigned to 8th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment near Saratov. World War II Konstantinov took part in the battles at the Eastern Front from August 1941. He served as a pilot, flight commander and commander of a fighter squadron in the 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ina Konstantinova
Inessa (Ina) Alexandrovna Konstantinova (russian: Инесса (Ина) Александровна Константинова; 1924–1944) was a wartime Soviet diarist and partisan, killed as a 20-year-old during Nazi Germany's operations in the Soviet Union during World War II in 1944. Biography Born in the village of Kiverichi in Tver Oblast in 1924, Ina Konstantinova grew up near the northeastern Russian town of Kashin with her parents and sister.Holliday, Laurel. ''Why Do They Hate Me?: Young Lives Caught in War and Conflict''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. , . P. 88. She was a sixteen-year-old Komsomol member and student at the beginning of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
