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Nikopol Offensive
Nikopol (derived from Greek ''Nicopolis'' (Νικόπολις), "City of Victory") may refer to: Places and regions * Nikopol, Ukraine ** Nikopol Raion, Ukraine ** FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol, a Ukrainian football club ** FC Nikopol, a Ukrainian football club ** Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant * Nikopol, Bulgaria ** Nikopol municipality, Bulgaria ** Battle of Nikopol ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopoli ** Nikopol Point, a coastal feature in the South Shetland Islands in the Antarctic, named after Nikopol, Bulgaria Entertainment and fiction * ''The Nikopol Trilogy'', a series of graphic novels by Enki Bilal ** Nikopol, the main character in the 2004 film ''Immortal Immortality is the ability to live forever, or eternal life. Immortal or Immortality may also refer to: Film * ''The Immortals'' (1995 film), an American crime film * ''Immortality'', an alternate title for the 1998 British film '' The Wisdom of ...'', based on the books ** '' Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals'', a W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol, Ukraine
Nikopol ( uk, Ні́кополь ; from grc, Νικόπολις, lit=City of Victory) is a city and municipality (hromada) in Nikopol District in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnipro River, about 63 km south-east of Kryvyi Rih and 48 km south-west of Zaporizhzhia. Population: In terms of population, Nikopol is the fourth biggest city in the Dniopropetrovsk Oblast as well as among the top 50 nationwide. Located on a cape by the Kakhovka reservoir, Nikopol is a powerful industrial city which has several pipe producing factories (known for the Interpipe corporation), steel rolling mills (such as the factory of ferroalloys) and others. Renamed by the Russian Empire into Slaviansk and later Nikopol, the city has a rich preceding history being in 1638–1652 the settlement of Mykytyn Rih ( en, "Nikita Bend"), the capital of Zaporizhian Sich. It was one of the main crossings over the Dnipro river. Encyclopedia Britannica description The 1911 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol Raion
Nikopol Raion ( uk, Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (''raion'') of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the administrative center in the city of Nikopol. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Nikopol Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Tomakivka Raion, Marhanets and Pokrov Municipalities, as well as the city of Nikopol, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Nikopol Raion. The area of the raion before expansion was (second largest among all the raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was The southern border of the raion is by the Kakhovka Reservoir by the Dnieper River. Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of eight hro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol (also referred as ''FC Elektrometalurg-NZF Nikopol '') is an amateur Ukrainian football club. The club is based in Nikopol, Ukraine and sponsored by the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF). Brief history Metalurh→Trubnik In 1962–1970 in Nikopol existed another team of masters that was called Metalurh and later ''Trubnyk''. Following the liquidation of the Soviet Class B competitions in 1971, Trubnyk was disbanded. Managers * 1958–1959 Morozov * 1962–1962 Hreber * 1968–1970 Yemets Kolos→Metalurh→Elektrometalurh The team was founded in 1950 as Kolos Nikopol Raion and in 1950–1970 competed in regional competitions of Volunteer Sport Society "Kolos" and the second group (tier) of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Championship. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Nikopol
FC Nikopol is a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk oblast and Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast before 2015. Another FC Nikopol has existed in Nikopol prior to relocation of FC Makiivvuhillya. History Makiyivvuhillya (Makeyevugol) It should be mentioned that previously Makiivvuhillya was represented by a team of the Bazhanov coal mine known as FC Shakhtar Makiivka. The current club was formed in Makiivka in 2009 and became professional in 2011 entering the Professional Football League of Ukraine and was based in Makiivka under the name FC Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka. The name of the club is associated Makiyivka's coal industry, since the city of Makiyivka is close proximity to the city of Donetsk. The football team was created out of the state mining enterprise ''Makiyivvuhillya'' in the summer of 2009 to participate in the Coal Industry Cup. In the finals of the Coal Industry Cup, a tournament which Makiyivka defeated SE "Dzerzhynskvuhillya." A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant is a producer of Manganese Ferroalloy and related material located in Ukraine. Background The plant is one of the largest global producers of manganese alloys, and is situated in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, close to large manganese ore deposits. The two main products of the plant are Ferromanganese (FeMn) and Ferrosilicomanganese (FeSiMn) Plant capacity is over 1 million metric tonnes of silicomanganese and 250,000 tonnes of high carbon ferromanganese, along with significant production capabilities in materials required for manganese production (fluxes). Additionally waste slag supplies the construction industry. The alloys are produced from manganese ore and coke in an electric arc furnace. Company history In 1958 the USSR council of ministers gave a decree for the construction of a manganese ferroalloy plant at Nikopol in Ukraine. Including the factory buildings a water supply and electricity supply had also to be built. By 1966 the factory wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol, Bulgaria
Nikopol ( bg, Никопол ; historically el, Νικόπολις, Nikópolis, la, Nicopolis, tr, Niğbolu) is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol Municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, downstream from the Danube’s confluence with the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley. History In Roman times, it was a village in the province of Moesia, first mentioned in 169. After the decline of the Roman Empire, the town turned out to be located at the northern border of the Byzantine Empire. In 1059, it was named ''Nicopolis'', Greek for "City of Victory". During most of the Middle Ages, it was part of the Bulgarian Empire from its foundation in 681. After the fall of Tarnovo in 1393, the last Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Shishman defended what remained of the Empire from the fortress of Nikopol, where he was captured after the town was conquered by the Ottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol Municipality
Nikopol Municipality ( bg, Община Никопол ) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in the northern part of Pleven Province, in northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol. The municipality embraces a territory of Nikopol at Guide-Bulgaria with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Its northern border is by the |
Battle Of Nikopol
The Battle of Nikopol, ''or Nicopolis'' ( Turkish: Niğbolu Muharebesi), was one of the early battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). As the Russian army crossed the Danube River, they approached the fortified city of Nikopol (Nicopolis). The Turkish high command sent Osman Pasha with the troops from Vidin to oppose the Russians' crossing of the Danube. Osman's intentions were to reinforce and defend Nikopol. However, the Russian IX Corps under General Nikolai Kridener reached the city and bombarded the garrison into submission before Osman could arrive. He instead fell back to Plevna. With the Nikopol garrison eliminated, the Russians were free to march on to Plevna. See also * Battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) * Siege of Plevna * Battle of Nicopolis The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied crusader army of Hungarian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, French, Burgundian, German, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nicopoli
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole northern part of Bulgaria. The seat of the episcopal see is in Rousse, although the diocese is named after Nicopolis ad Istrum. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See. The current bishop is Strahil Kavalenov. History Originally erected in 1789, the diocese has not experienced any name changes, nor jurisdictional alterations. Ordinaries *Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. (20 September 1805 Appointed – Jan 1814 Died) *Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. (27 May 1815 Appointed – 19 April 1822 Appointed, Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese) *Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni (23 September 1825 Appointed – ) *Angelo Parsi (30 July 1847 Appointed – ) *Antonius Jozef Pluym C.P. (15 September 1863 Appointed – 1 March 1870 Resigned) *Ignazio Paoli, C.P. (19 August 1870 Appointed – 27 April 1883 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bucuresti) *Ippolito Agos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikopol Point
Nikopol Point (Nos Nikopol \'nos ni-'ko-pol\) is an ice-free point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 650 m east-southeastwards into Bransfield Strait and linked by a spit to Vietor Rock to the south. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers who had dwellings at the foothills of nearby Sealer Hill. The feature is named after the town of Nikopol, Bulgaria. The Spanish facility Camp Byers, situated near Nikopol Point, operated in 2001/02 and subsequent seasons.Ivanov, LGeneral Geography and History of Livingston Island.In: ''Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis''. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28. Location The point is located at the west end of South Beaches, Byers Peninsula, 4.57 km east of Devils Point, 1.22 km east-southeast of Sealer Hill and 4.21 km west-southwest of Dometa Point. Maps Penínsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nikopol Trilogy
''The Nikopol Trilogy'' is a series of three science fiction graphic novels written in French by Yugoslavian-born Enki Bilal, published between 1980 and 1992. The original French titles of the series are '' La Foire aux immortels'' (1980), ''La Femme piège'' (1986), and '' Froid Équateur'' (1992), which in 1995 were collected together in a single volume entitled . The individual stories were translated into English and published by Humanoids Publishing under the titles ''Gods in Chaos'', ''The Woman Trap'', and ''Cold Equator''. In 1999, the trilogy was also published in English as a single volume, ''The Nikopol Trilogy''. The series is regarded as one of the most original science fiction comics which have revolutionised the conventions of comic art. The central plot of the trilogy, set in 2023 Paris, follows Alcide Nikopol who returns from a 30-year sentence spent orbiting the Earth under cryopreservation to find France under fascist rule following two nuclear wars. The books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal (2004 Film)
''Immortal'' ( French: ''Immortel, ad vitam'') is a 2004 English language French live-action and animated science fiction film co-written and directed by Enki Bilal and starring Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann and Charlotte Rampling. It is loosely based upon Bilal's comic book '' La Foire aux immortels'' (''The Carnival of Immortals''). ''Immortal'' was one of the first major films (along with '' Casshern'' and ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'') to be shot entirely on a " digital backlot", blending live actors with computer generated surroundings. The French video game studio Quantic Dream helped produce much of the cinematics. Plot In New York City, during the late 21st century, genetically altered humans live side by side with aliens and other beings, with the former lording over the latter and treating them as second class citizens. These beings have come to earth as refugees via the "inclusion zone", a mysterious vortex which appeared mysteriously one day, enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
