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Medvedev At Okno July 2009
Medvedev (russian: Медве́дев) and female Medvedeva (Медве́дева), from Russian ''medved’'' (медве́дь), meaning the animal "bear", are Slavic surnames. Notable bearers of the name include: Medvedev (male form): *Alexander Medvedev (born 1955), Russian business manager * Alexander Medvedev (ice hockey) (born 1979), Russian ice hockey player *Aleksei Medvedev (other) – several people *Andriy Medvedev (born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player *Daniil Medvedev (born 1996), Russian tennis player *Danila Medvedev (born 1980), Russian futurologist, business manager *Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Russian Politician, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, former President of Russia *Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) (1898–1954), Russian partisan leader in World War II *Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defenseman *Grigory Medvedev, Soviet sprint canoeist *Hennadiy Medvedyev (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer * Ilya Medvedev (born 1983), Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Medvedev
Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev (russian: Александр Иванович Медведев, ) (born 14 August 1955 in Shakhtyorsk, Sakhalin Oblast) is the current Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom and since February 2019 he is the director general and president of the football club Zenit, Saint Petersburg. Medvedev also served as Director-General of Gazprom's export arm Gazprom Export from 2006 until 2014. He is a member of the Coordination Committee of RosUkrEnergo and a member of the shareholders' committee of Nord Stream AG, and was the first president of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), serving from 2008 until his resignation in 2014. Background In 1978, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. From 1978 to 1989 he worked at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. In 1989–1991 he was a director of the Soviet owned Donau Bank AG in Vienna and a managing director of bank's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Medvedev
Vladimir Timofeyevich Medvedev (russian: Владимир Тимофеевич Медведев, born 22 August 1937) is a retired Soviet KGB general and bodyguard who was responsible for personal security of Soviet leaders including Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev. Biography Medvedev was born at Popovo in Moscow Oblast into a family of four siblings. His father, Timofei Fyodorovich, was a carpenter and fought in World War II with an artillery unit, while his mother, Evdokiya Fyodorovna, worked at a factory and raised the children. In the late 1950s he served in the military as an aerial radio operator with the Baltic Air Force and then worked as a metalworker. In 1962 he was invited to train as a security officer with the KGB. He agreed mostly for financial reasons, as he was already married, and the new salary almost doubled that at a factory. During the next five years Medvedev trained with the KGB, guarded a top-secret installation, and received a university degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Medvedeva
Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a competitive Russian Figure skating, figure skater. She is a two-time Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Olympic silver medalist (Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles, 2018 ladies' singles, Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 team event), a two-time world champion (2016 World Figure Skating Championships, 2016, 2017 World Figure Skating Championships, 2017), a two-time European champion (2016 European Figure Skating Championships, 2016, 2017 European Figure Skating Championships, 2017), a two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final champion (2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2015, 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2016), a two-time Russian national champion (2016 Russian Figure Skati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva (russian: Евге́ния Влади́мировна Медве́дева-Арбу́зова; born 4 July 1976 in Kondopoga, Karelian ASSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won two medals at Turin in 2006 with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit. Medvedeva-Arbuzova also won two silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (30 km: 2009, 4 × 5 km relay: 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...). Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games * 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) World Championships * 2 meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)
Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva ( uk, Наталія Олегівна Медведєвa, Nataliya Olehivna Medvedyeva, russian: Наталья Олеговна Медведева, Natalya Olegovna Medvedeva; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional tennis player. Career She played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Linz in 1992, and Prague and Essen in 1993. In Essen, she beat Conchita Martínez, Arantrxa Sánchez, and Anke Huber. She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Natalia Zvereva. She reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles: twice, with Leila Meskhi, in 1990, at the Australian and U.S. Opens. She did it twice again in 1994, with Larisa Savchenko, at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships. Medvedeva competed 16 times for the Ukraine Fed Cup team, with an 8–8 win–loss record. She came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Medvedeva
Yelena Medvedeva (russian: Елена Медведева, born 21 November 1965) is a retired Soviet rowing coxswain who won a silver medal in the eights at the 1991 World Championships. Next year her team finished fourth in this event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References 1965 births Living people Olympic rowers of the Unified Team Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Soviet female rowers Coxswains (rowing) World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union {{USSR-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Medvedeva
Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (russian: Светлана Владимировна Медведева, ; née Linnik, ; born 15 March 1965) is a Russian economist who was the First Lady of Russia from 2008 to 2012. She is married to the former prime minister and president, Dmitry Medvedev. Early years Svetlana Linnik was born into a military family in Kronstadt, a town administered by Leningrad. Medvedeva was the youngest child in her family. Medvedeva was active in extracurricular activities in school, and took an active part in school-held KVNs, spectacles, performances and other events. Medvedeva met her future husband in Middle School #305, in , near Leningrad. In 1987, Medvedeva began studying at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance. In her first year at the university, Medvedeva switched to taking evening courses and started working full-time. The Medvedevs married in 1993, after they had completed their studies. In 1995, Medvedeva gave bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nijolė Medvedeva
Nijolė Medvedeva (née Bluškytė; 21 October 1960 or 20 June 1960.) is a retired Lithuanian long jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1985 World Indoor Championships. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and made 4th, but was disqualified for a doping-rule violation.Ian Buchanan and Bill Mallon: Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement, page 371 Medvedeva has her personal best at 7.14 m (1988). She also competed in sprint running events at the national level. In 1987 Medvedeva graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Švietimo akademija or VDU ŠA) – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located i ... and then until 1989 worked as an instructor at the Dynamo sportclub. Since 1990s she worked in business. References External links IAAF ProfileResults attilastopaja.org Results a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Medvedeva (singer)
Nataliya Georgiyevna Medvedeva (russian: Наталия Георгиевна Медведева, 14 July 1958, Leningrad – 3 February 2003, Moscow) was a Russian poet, writer, singer, and frontwoman of the hard rock bands Tribunal Natalii Medvedevoy and NATO. Career At the age of 17, Medvedeva moved to Los Angeles where she found work as a model, posing for ''Playboy'' and for the cover of The Cars' self-titled debut album in 1978, photographed by Elliot Gilbert. She was married to Eduard Limonov, a controversial Russian writer and later leader of the National Bolshevik Party, whom she met in 1982 in Los Angeles. Her LA period is depicted in her novel ''Hotel California'' (1989). In 1982, Medvedeva moved to Paris and became a piano bar singer. She wrote poetry, essays for French magazines, and published two novels in 1985 and 1987. In 1989 she participated in a collective poetry project, ''The Last 16 December 1989'', together with poets Oleg Prokofiev and Anton Koslov Mayr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Medvedeva
Katya Ivanovna Medvedeva (russian: Екатери́на Ива́новна Медве́дева ''Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva''; born 1937) is a Russian naïve painter. Biography Yekaterina (Katya) Medvedeva was born January 10, 1937 in the village Golubino of Novooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast into a peasant family. Her parents died of starvation in 1947, when she was nine years old, and she was brought up in the Shusha's orphanage of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region Azerbaijan SSR. In her life, she worked at many different jobs, including: a waitress, postwoman, weaver, teacher, costume designer. In 1976 (aged 39), by chance, she observed a painting class in an arts studio and decided to paint herself, with prolific output. Her paintings were soon recognised by art critics and she began to have exhibitions. Her works are now in public and private collections. Exhibitions Moscow, Kislovodsk, Belgorod, St. Petersburg, Cheboksary, Aged Ladoga, New Osko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Medvedeva (actress)
Natalya Pavlovna Medvedeva (russian: Наталья Павловна Медведева, 18 December 1915 – 12 August 2007) was a Russian film and stage actress. Medvedeva's mother was an actress, whereas her father, Pavel Nikolaevich Medvedev, was a literary scholar and President of St. Petersburg Union of Writers; he was executed in 1938 and rehabilitated in 1957. Medvedeva studied acting at the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (1939–1943). She was already married by then, and when her husband was sent to Sverdlovsk, she followed him there and in 1943–1944 acted at the Sverdlovsk drama theater. Next year the family moved to Moscow, where Medveva worked in drama theaters and since 1952 acted in films and TV series. She retired in 1979 and focused on raising her daughter Galina. Filmography *''Prestuplenie'' (1976) – school director Lidiya Dorokhina *''Dom i khozyain'' (1967) – Zina *''Lyudi i zveri'' (1962) – Valentina Pavlova *''Chelovek menyaet kozhu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhores Medvedev
Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (russian: Жоре́с Алекса́ндрович Медве́дев; 14 November 1925 – 15 November 2018) was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medvedev. Biography Early life and education Zhores Medvedev and his twin brother Roy were born on 14 November 1925 in Tbilisi, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR. Their mother Yulia (''nee'' Reiman), was a cellist, and their father, Alexander Medvedev, was a philosopher in a military academy in Leningrad. Steele, Jonathan (23 November 2018)"Zhores Medvedev obituary" ''The Guardian''. Zhores, named after French socialist leader Jean Jaurès (his twin was named after Indian revolutionary M. N. Roy), was drafted into the Red Army in 1943, but was soon discharged after being seriously wounded in a battle on the Taman Peninsula. He then began his studies in biology at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in Moscow. In December 1950, Zhores was awarded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
