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Kovalchuk
Kovalchuk ( Ukrainian and Russian: Ковальчук), Kavalchuk ( be, Кавальчук), Kowalczuk ( Polish), Covalciuc (Moldovan/Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk (in the North American diaspora), is a common East Slavic surname (one of the most popular in Ukraine). The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus. ''Koval'' (Коваль) literally translates as '' forge'' or ''blacksmith''. The suffix ''-chuk'' denoted either a son of, or an apprentice to a blacksmith. It is somewhat similar in commonality to English surname Smith. It is also cognate with very popular Polish surnames Kowalczyk and Kowalski. In East Slavic languages, the correct pronunciation is ko-vahl-CHOOK. Among Ukrainian Canadians, the pronunciation ko-WAL-chuk is more common. People Kovalchuk * Andrey Kovalchuk (born 1959), Russian sculptor * Andriy Kovalchuk (born 1972), Ukrainian general * Anna Kovalchuk (born 1977), Russian actress * Boris Kovalchuk (born 1977), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, SKA Saint Petersburg, and Avangard Omsk in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kovalchuk developed in the youth system of Spartak Moscow, joining their senior team in the Vysshaya Liga in 1999. After two seasons with Spartak, he joined the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL, who selected him first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After eight seasons with the Thrashers, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in 2010, with whom he signed a 15-year, $100 million contract, after a 17-year, $102 million deal was rejected by the NHL. In 2013, he left the NHL to return to Russia, j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Kovalchuk
Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk (russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Ковальчу́к; born 25 July 1951) is a Russian billionaire businessman and financier who is "reputed to be Vladimir Putin's personal banker". The Panama Papers leak revealed that Kovalchuk had transferred at least $1 billion to an offshore entity. Kovalchuk is a close friend of Putin: he hosted the wedding of Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova to Kirill Shamalov at his ski resort, Igora, in 2013. According to journalist Mikhail Zygar, Kovalchuk could probably be called Number 2 in today's Russia. While self-isolating from COVID-19 in 2020, Putin spent much time with Kovalchuk, and they share the view that the only important factor is to restore Russian greatness. Life From 1987 to 1991, he was the first deputy director of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute. In 1992, Kovalchuk was a founder of the STREAM Corporation (russian: ЗАО "Корпорация "СТРИМ"). Kovalchuk is very closel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Kovalchuk
Major-General Andriy Trokhymovych Kovalchuk ( uk, Андрій Трохимович Ковальчук; born 28 April 1974) is a Ukrainian military officer. He graduated from a military academy in 1997 and joined the Ukrainian army. He served in Ukraine and on deployment as a peacekeeper to the United Nations missions in Kosovo, Liberia and the Côte d'Ivoire. During the War in Donbas from 2014 to 2022, Kovalchuk took part in successful operations to liberate settlements in Donetsk Oblast before assaulting the Luhansk International Airport. Despite being wounded he captured the airport and held it for almost two months. Kovalchuk afterwards served with airborne troops and recommended the replacement of their Soviet-style uniform. On 24 August 2016, the same day uniform reforms were implemented, he was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. In 2018 Kovalchuk studied for a Master of Public Administration degree at the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Kovalchuk
Viktoria Kovalchuk (26 January 1954 – 4 April 2021) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, illustrator, designer, and writer. Biography Born in 1954 in Kovel, Volyn region to an official and a doctor, Victoria Kovalchuk was interested in painting and writing since childhood and attended various art clubs and an evening art school. In school Kovalchuk took part in and won different regional and national literary contests. She has written a lot of fairy tales and short stories. Her articles on art and society are often published in Ukrainian newspapers. During 1972-1978, Kovalchuk was studying at the Ukrainian Polygraph Institute. Upon graduating she worked as a head of book design department of the Ukrainian Polygraph Institute, the head of design at the publishing house The Highest School, the design editor of ''Bricklager'' publishing house, and a lecturer at the Ukrainian Design Academy. Kovalchuk was an independent artist, who painted paintings and illustrated books. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Kovalchuk
Anna Leonidovna Kovalchuk (russian: Анна Леонидовна Ковальчук; born 15 June 1977) is a Russian actress. The winner of the prize for the presentation of the image of "good character" in the international legal Festival "Law and Society" for the title role in the television series '' Secrets of Investigation''. Biography Anna Kovalchuk was born on 15 June 1977, in Neustrelitz (GDR), into a family of hereditary teachers. Anna's mother managed a kindergarten, her father was in the military, and her grandfather was the principal. Anna has an older brother named Pavel. During her school days, Kovalchuk lived in Leningrad. The future actress also spent parts of her childhood in Yerevan and Moscow. At school the exact sciences, in particular mathematics, were her favorite subjects. Upon termination of secondary school, Kovalchuk intended to enroll in the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute toward a career in cybernetics. But after a time, she instead chose an acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petro Kovalchuk
Petro Kovalchuk ( uk, Петро Ярославович Ковальчук; born 28 May 1984) is a professional Ukrainian football defender. Career Club In July 2007, Kovalchuk joined Kryvbas from Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk. Kovalchuk also played then for Dniester Ovidiopol and FC Lviv. On 1 February 2011, Kovalchuk signed a 1.5-year deal with Chornomorets. In March 2015, Kovalchuk moved to Tajikistan, signing for Tajikistan Higher League Champions FC Istiklol, leaving the club after his contract expired in January 2017. In January 2017 he signed a contract with Maldivian football Club Green Streets, along with another two Ukrainian footballers. He made his debut for CGS in a match against Victory Sports Club on 25 February 2017. Career statistics Club Honors ;Istiklol * Tajikistan Higher League (2): 2015, 2016 * Tajikistan Cup (2): 2015, 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Kovalchuk
Mikhail Valentinovich Kovalchuk (russian: Михаил Валентинович Ковальчук; born September 21, 1946 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian physicist and official. He is a brother of Yury Kovalchuk, known as "Vladimir Putin, Putin's personal banker". Political activity Since May 26, 2000 Mikhail Kovalchuk has been a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in physics. Since 2001 he has been the Scientific Secretary of the Council for Science and High Technologies attached to the Russian President, President of the Russian Federation. Since February 2005 he has been the Director of the Kurchatov Institute. In June 2007 by a decision of the RAS Presidium Mikhail Kovalchuk was appointed acting vice-president of the Academy for nanotechnology. As the Academy Charter stipulates that only full members are eligible for vice-presidency, Kovalchuk, being a corresponding member, can only be acting vice-president, unless the Charter is modifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrylo Kovalchuk
Kyrylo Kovalchuk ( uk, Кирило Сергійович Ковальчук; ro, Chiril Covalciuc; born 11 June 1986) is a Moldovan-Ukrainian former professional footballer. Career Kovalchuk made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Tom Tomsk on 19 July 2009 in a game against FC Khimki. In February 2017, Kovalchuk signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side Ordabasy. Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...n Serghei Covalciuc, also a footballer who played for Chornomorets, is his elder brother. References External links * * *Kyrylo Kovalchuk İdmanda kskhaber.com, 23 January 2016 1986 births Living people Moldovan footballers Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Moldova Expatriate footballers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Kovalchuk
Andrey Nikolayevich Kovalchuk (russian: link=no, Андрей Николаевич Ковальчук; b. 7 September 1959 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian sculptor. He holds the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation (awarded in 2003) and is the winner of the Moscow City Hall Prize for Literature and the Arts (1999) and the Russian Federation Government Prize for Culture (2005). Kovalchuks works embody his deep interest in Russian history. Among his many sculptural compositions are monuments to Peter the Great in Astrakhan, Admiral Fyodor Ushakov (1745–1817) in Moscow, and the outstanding poet and diplomat Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873) in Bryansk and Munich. Kovalchuk commemorated the feats of soldiers in the German-Soviet War in a multi-figure composition, "Soldier-Road Workers" in Moscow Region. His memorial " To the Victims of Chernobyl" is charged with emotion. One of the sculptor''s most recent works, a monument to the pilots of the Normandy-Neman Sq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Petrovich Kovalchuk
Sergey Petrovich Kovalchuk ( be, Сяргей Пятровіч Кавальчук; born 16 December 1973) is a Belarusian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... coach and a former player. Since 2005, he has worked for Dinamo Brest in various coaching positions. References External links Profile at Dinamo Brest website 1973 births Living people Belarusian footballers Belarusian football managers FC Dynamo Brest players FC Kobrin players FC Dynamo Brest managers Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Brest, Belarus {{Belarus-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Kovalchuk
Tatiana Kovalchuk (born 24 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Biography Kovalchuk was 16 years of age when she began playing Fed Cup tennis for Ukraine in 1996. In the same year she started on the ITF circuit and had her first tournament win at that season's $10,000 ITF event in Donetsk. She had a win over Anastasia Myskina in the qualifying draw of a tournament on the ITF circuit in 1998. Her biggest title came in 1999, the $25,000 ITF tournament in Reggio Calabria. In 2000 she competed in the main draw of WTA Tour tournaments at Antwerp and Tashkent, both in the singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles at both events but was a doubles quarter-finalist in Antwerp's Belgian Open. Most notably she competed in the main draw of the women's singles at the 2000 French Open. She made it through the qualifying competition by beating Yuka Yoshida, Conchita Martínez Granados and Gréta Arn, then lost to Anne Kremer in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Kovalchuk
Olga Kovalchuk is a Ukrainian Paralympic sport shooter. She represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 event in 2016. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian female sport shooters Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Paralympic medalists in shooting Paralympic shooters of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
