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Nikonov Chronicles
Nikonov (russian: Никонов) and Nikonova (russian: Никонова) are masculine and feminine forms of a common Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Nikonov (1893–1937), a Soviet military leader. *Gennadiy Nikonov (1950–2003), a Russian gun engineer. *Vadim Nikonov (b. 1948), a Soviet football player and coach. *Vyacheslav Nikonov (b. 1956), a Russian political scientist. *Yevgeny Nikonov (1920–1941), a Russian war hero. *Angelina Nikonova (b. 1976), a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer. *Elena Nikonova, a Russian pair skater. *Matrona Nikonova (1881–1952), a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. *Ry Nikonova (1942–2014), Russian artist, poet, and writer. *Valentina Nikonova (b. 1952), a Soviet fencer. *Yevgeniya Nikonova Yevgeniya Viktorovna Nikonova (russian: Евгения Викторовна Никонова; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Slavic Naming Customs
Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser extent in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. It is named after the East Slavic languages group that the Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian languages belong to. They are also found occasionally in the Balkans among older generations. Given names Eastern Slavic parents select a given name for a newborn child. Most first names in East Slavic languages originate from two sources: * Eastern Orthodox Church tradition * Slavic names, native pre-Christian Slavic lexicons Almost all first names are single. Doubled first names (as in, for example, French name, French, like ''Jean-Luc'') are very rare and are from foreign influence. Most doubled first names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nikonov
Alexander Matveevich Nikonov (Russian: Александр Матвеевич Никонов; 31 August 1893 – 26 October 1937) was a Soviet komdiv (division commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in February 1917 and serving in the Red Army durimg the subsequent Civil War. Novikov was an acting head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army in 1937. He was executed during the Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General .... Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikonov, Alex 1893 births 1937 deaths Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet komdivs Great Purge victims from Russia People executed by the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennadiy Nikonov
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Nikonov (russian: Геннадий Николаевич Никонов; August 11, 1950 – May 14, 2003) was a Russian gun engineer. His most famous accomplishments were probably as the designer of the AN-94 assault rifle, and the "straight-back bolt." Nikonov held 44 Copyright Certificates, and was awarded the titles of "The Best Designer of the Company" and "The Best Designer of the Ministry." In memory of the outstanding designer, a memorial plaque on the building design and weapons center of "Izhmash" (2003), and at the place of his burial (2007). Early life and education Nikonov was born in Izhevsk. His father and mother were employed at Izhmash, a Soviet arms factory. His father was a mechanic. Nikonov graduated from technical school in 1968. At Izhmash, he took evening classes. In 1975 he graduated from the Izhevsk Mechanical Institute certified as a gun engineer. Design career He started work at Izhmash in the Department of the Chief Arms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Nikonov
Vadim Stanislavovich Nikonov (russian: Вадим Станиславович Никонов; born 9 August 1948) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. Honours * Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1972. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1974. International career Nikonov made his debut for USSR on March 28, 1973 in a friendly against Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo .... External links *Profile 1948 births Living people Russian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Fakel Voronezh players PFC CSKA Moscow players Footballers from Moscow Russian football managers FC Moscow managers Russian Premier League managers Men's association footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Nikonov (; born 5 June 1956) is a Russian political scientist. He is a grandson of Vyacheslav Molotov, prominent Bolshevik and Soviet foreign minister under Joseph Stalin, whom he was named after, and Polina Zhemchuzhina, a Soviet politician. Nikonov graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University in 1978 and has been studying the history of the Republican Party in the United States after World War II. He has been involved in Soviet and Russian politics since the 1970s, first as a local Komsomol leader, later in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and as a member of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin's staff. In 1993, Nikonov was elected to the State Duma. In 2005, he published an early biography of Molotov (in Russian). As a biographer of his own grandfather, Nikonov cannot be regarded as an objective source, and he personally recognized this fact in the interview. In the same interview, Nikonov stated to be proud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Nikonov
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Nikonov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Ни́конов; 18 December 1920 – 19 August 1941, in Harku, Estonia) was a Russian sailor during the Soviet defense of Estonia in 1941. He is a holder of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's highest award. Life and death Nikonov was born on 18 December 1920 into an ethnically Russian peasant family in the village of Vasilyevka in what is now Stavropolsky District of Samara Oblast. He joined the navy in 1939 and served as a torpedo electrician on the destroyer leader ''Minsk'' attached to the Soviet Baltic Fleet. Following the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union, Nikonov and many other Baltic Fleet sailors were deployed as emergency naval infantry. Nikonov fought in the defense of Tallinn (5–28 August 1941), the main base of the Baltic Fleet. According to Soviet official version while engaged in reconnaissance near the town of Keila on 19 August he was seriously wounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Nikonova
Angelina Nikonova (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer. Biography Angelina Nikonova was born in Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood. However, the situation with national film production in Russia is complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as film directors are rarely trusted’.Film School of MacGaffiInterview with Angelina Nikonova March 19, 2013. Moreover, Russian viewer is reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood production, than a film made in Russia. However, Angelina did not give up on her dream. She applied to All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (aka VGIK). However, as she claims later, it was easier to immigrate to USA than to get accepted in VGIK. In 2001 she graduated from New York School of Visual Arts, with major in Film and Video. Career In 2011 Angelina Nikonova and her partner Olga Dihovichnaya s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Nikonova
Elena Olegovna Nikonova (russian: Елена Олеговна Никонова), married surname: Prudsky, is a Russian former pair skater. With her skating partner, Nikolai Apter, she won silver at three senior international competitions – 1991 Skate America, 1991 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, and 1990 Skate Electric. As juniors, they won the gold medal at the 1988 Blue Swords. Nikonova was born in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg). As of 2017, she is a figure skating coach based in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikonova, Elena Olegovna 1970s births Russian female pair skaters Soviet female pair skaters Living people Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg Soviet emigrants to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrona Nikonova
Matrona Dmitrievna Nikonova (russian: Блаженная Матро́на Дими́триевна Ни́конова (Московская) lazhennaya Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Moskovskaya)}; 1881/1885 – 2 May 1952) is a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church who is said to have had the gifts of prophecy, spiritual vision, and healing from early childhood. Early life Matrona was born to Dmitry and Natalia Nikonov in the village of Sebino in Tula Province.''Blessed Matrona, Pravmir Portal, May 2009, in Russian'' She was the fourth child in the family. Her struggling parents planned to place her in an orphanage after her birth but her mother changed her mind after she had a dream, in which she saw that a white bird of divine beauty, with empty eye sockets, landed on her breast. When Matrona was born, she was blind, with eyelids closed over empty eye sockets. Her mother took this as a heavenly sign. According to legend, by the time she was eight, she had revealed prophe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ry Nikonova
Anna Aleksandrovna Tarshis (russian: Анна Александровна Таршис; 25 June 1942 – 10 March 2014), better known as Ry Nikonova (russian: Ры Никонова) or Rea Nikonova, was a Russian artist, poet, and writer. Many of her artworks are held in private and public collections throughout the world. Nikonova was a main theoretical thinker behind Transfurism movement as well as a prominent figure in mail art history. Her literary and visual works were published in Russia, Spain, US, and other countries. She was an editor of samizdat magazines Transponans and Double. She founded "Uktuss School" art movement in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Biography Early life RyNikonova was born Anna Aleksandrovna Tarshis on 25 June 1942 in Yeysk, which was occupied by Nazi Germany at the time. She was born into a very artistic family who saw playing piano, singing, and composing music as normal after-work entertainment. She graduated from Yekaterinburg Music College in 1961, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Nikonova
Valentina Nikonova (russian: Валентина Геннадьевна Никонова; born 5 March 1952) is a Soviet fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1952 births Living people Russian female foil fencers Soviet female foil fencers Olympic fencers of the Soviet Union Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Kazan Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade {{USSR-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Nikonova
Yevgeniya Viktorovna Nikonova (russian: Евгения Викторовна Никонова; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1970 births Living people Russian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Russia Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Soviet women's basketball players {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
