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Leviev
Leviev (Bulgarian or Russian: Левиев) is a Slavic masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Levieva. It is a Russification of the Jewish surname "Levi." It may refer to * Lev Avnerovich Leviev, (born 1956), Bukharian Jewish businessman * Lev Binzumovich Leviev, (born 1984), Russian–Israeli Internet entrepreneur and investor * Simon Leviev (born 1990), Israeli conman *Margarita Levieva (born 1980), Russian-American actress *Milcho Leviev (1937–2019), Bulgarian Jewish composer, arranger and jazz performer *Yoan Leviev Yoan Isakov Leviev ( bg, Йоан Левиев) (October 31, 1934 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria – March 11, 1994 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian artist, painter, and creator of monumental artworks such as large-scale mosaics and murals. Leviev wa ... (1934–1994), Bulgarian artist {{surname Russian-language surnames Russian-Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Avnerovich Leviev
Lev (Levi) Leviev (born July 30, 1956) is an Israeli diamond magnate, investor and philanthropist. Leviev was the Chairman and majority shareholder of Africa Israel Investments, a diversified conglomerate, between 1997-2018. Leviev lived in Israel between 1971-2007 and moved to reside in London. He is a noted philanthropist for Chabad Lubavitch causes in Eastern Europe and Israel. In 2018, Leviev had a net worth of US$1 billion according to Forbes. Early life Leviev was born in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR in 1956. His family moved to Israel in 1971 where he lived until 2007 when he moved to London. As of 2018, he lives in Russia. His parents, Avner and Chana Leviev, were prominent members of the Bukharian Jewish community, and Leviev is a practicing Orthodox Jew. He is a supporter of the Chabad movement, but as a Bukharan Jew he was brought up in the Bukharan liturgy. In 1971, when he was fifteen, his family emigrated from Uzbekistan to Israel. Alisher Usmanov's father was the prose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Leviev
Simon Leviev ( he, סיימון לבייב; born Shimon Yehuda Hayut, 27 September 1990) is an Israeli conman convicted of theft, forgery and fraud. According to ''The Times of Israel'', between 2017 and 2019 he conned an estimated $10 million from victims across Europe in a Ponzi scheme. His criminal activity became widely known in 2019 after the publication of an article titled "The Tinder Swindler" by investigative journalists from the Norwegian tabloid ''Verdens Gang'', with the support of Israeli journalist Uri Blau, and later with the release of the 2022 Netflix documentary of the same name. In 2015, Leviev was sentenced to two years in prison in Finland, and in 2019 to 15 months in prison in Israel. As of 2019, he is still wanted in several countries for fraud. Early life Leviev was born Shimon Yehuda Hayut ( he, שמעון יהודה חיות) in 1990 in Ramat Elchanan, Bnei Brak, Israel. His father is Yohanan Hayut, the chief rabbi of El Al airlines. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Binzumovich Leviev
Lev Binzumovich Leviev (born June 22, 1984) is an Israeli-Russian entrepreneur and investor, founder of international venture capital firm LVL1, co-founder of Russia's largest social network ''VK.com'' (originally ''VKontakte'') and the '' Selectel'' data center network. Early life and education Leviev was born in Volgograd. He attended the American school in Herzliya, Israel, where he met his future business partner Vyacheslav Mirilashvili. In 2006, he earned a bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and Accounting at McGill University in Canada, where he graduated with honors. He is married. Early career VK.com In 2006, he co-founded ''VK.com'' with his friends, Yitzchak Mirilashvili and Pavel Durov. Leviev and Vyacheslav invested tens of thousands of dollars in the project. The money was borrowed from Mirilashvili-Sr. Leviev's share was 10%. From the moment of founding the company until 2012, he was the Chief Operating Officer of VK.com. Yuri Milner's ''Digital Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Levieva
Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva (russian: Маргари́та Влади́мировна Леви́ева; born 9 February 1980) is a Russian-American actress. Early life Levieva was born in then Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), into a family of Russian-Jewish descent. Both of her grandmothers, as children, survived the siege of Leningrad. From the age of three she began to engage in rhythmic gymnastics. Levieva emigrated to the United States at age 11 with her mother and twin brother Michael, and settled in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Though she was accepted into Laguardia High School to study dance, she instead attended public high school in Secaucus, New Jersey. In addition to working full-time as a fashion buyer, Levieva graduated a year early from New York University with a double major in economics and psychology and minors in philosophy, sociology, and Russian history. Levieva went on to complete the Meisner Acting Program at the William Esper Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoan Leviev
Yoan Isakov Leviev ( bg, Йоан Левиев) (October 31, 1934 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria – March 11, 1994 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian artist, painter, and creator of monumental artworks such as large-scale mosaics and murals. Leviev was a member of the innovative Plovdiv School of the 1960s - a group which also included Encho Pironkov, George Bozhilov, Dimitar Kirov, Kolyo Vitkowski and Hristo Stefanov, known as the "April Generation". Leviev's work encompasses the fields of easel and monumental painting, mural paintings, decorative panels and mosaics. From 1970 onwards, he held numerous solo exhibitions in Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna and abroad, including in Warsaw, Prague and Los Angeles. He completed school in 1952 at the Iliyana Dimitrova School in Plovdiv. In 1958 he graduated in monumental and decorative painting at the National Art Academy in Sofia in the class of Professor Georgi Bogdanov. From 1960 onwards, he regularly took part in exhibitions in Plovdiv and colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milcho Leviev
Milcho Leviev ( bg, Милчо Левиев ; December 19, 1937 – October 12, 2019) was a Bulgarian composer, arranger, and jazz pianist. Career Leviev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and graduated from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music in 1960 majoring in composition under Pancho Vladigerov and in piano under Andrei Stoyanov. His professional development as a composer began at the Drama Theatre in Plovdiv. He was appointed conductor of the big band of Bulgarian National Radio after Emil Georgiev left office (1962–66). His ideas were innovative in the orchestra; pieces like ''Studia'', ''Blues in 9'' or ''Anti-waltz'' combined folklore and jazz. From 1963 to 1968, he worked as soloist and conductor of the Sofia and Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1965, embracing the idea of the writer Radoy Ralin, he founded Jazz Focus '65 with which he toured until 1970, achieving success for Bulgarian jazz and winning prizes at jazz festivals in Montreux, Sofia, and Prague. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian-language Surnames
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
