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Petr Nakonechnyi
Petro Nakonechnyi (; born 1982) is a Ukrainian welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of the Captain Odesa gym in Odesa. He is the K-1 MAX Ukraine 2006 and K-1 Europe MAX 2008 in Poland Champion. Biography and career After making his name by winning numerous national and world Muay Thai titles, Nakonechnyi entered the K-1 promotion at '' K-1 East Europe MAX 2006'' in March 2006 in Lithuania, where he defeated Belarusian fighter Vasily Shish. On November 24, 2006, he entered the 8-man Grand Prix at '' K-1 MAX Ukraine 2006'' and won the tournament by defeating Dmitry Konstantinov, Aleksander Medvedev and Artem Sheglov. In March the following year, he was invited to take part in the Grand Prix at '' K-1 East Europe MAX 2007'' in Ukraine but was eliminated by Jurij Boreiko in the quarter-finals. He bounced back at '' K-1 Europe MAX 2008 in Poland'' in April 2008, however, as he advanced past Andrei Buda and Yury Harbachiov before defeating Michał Głogowski in the tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainians
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christians. While under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, and then Austria-Hungary, the East Slavic population who lived in the territories of modern-day Ukraine were historically known as Ruthenians, referring to the territory of Ruthenia, and to distinguish them with the Ukrainians living under the Russian Empire, who were known as Little Russians, named after the territory of Little Russia. Cossacks#Ukrainian Cossacks, Cossack heritage is especially emphasized, for example in the Shche ne vmerla Ukraina, Ukrainian national anthem. Ethnonym The ethnonym ''Ukrainians'' came into wide use only in the 20th century after the territory of Ukraine obtained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaly Gurkov
Vitaly Hurkou ( be, Вiталь Рыгоравiч Гуркоў; born March 27, 1985), is a Belarusian Kickboxing weight classes, welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Minsk for Patriot Gym. He is a seven time Amateur sports, amateur Muay Thai world champion and is the K-1 World MAX 2010 East Europe champion currently competing in Kunlun Fight. He is also the singer of the rock band Brutto (band), Brutto. Amateur career Vitaly has been a prominent member of the Belarusian Muay Thai national team. He won his first international tournament in his teens, winning gold at the 2001 I.F.M.A. European Championships. He followed this up two years later aged just 17 by winning a gold medal in the 61 kg category at the 2003 I.A.M.T.F. World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Between 2004 and 2008 Vitaly would win four gold medals at the W.M.F. world championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) along with a gold medal at the 2004 W.K.P.F. World Championships and gold at the 2006 Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Konstantinov
Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ''Dēmētrios'' ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture. Short forms of the name from the 13th–14th centuries are Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc. (, etc.) St. Dimitri's Day The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 ld Style October 26 The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Medvedev
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Sheglov
Artem ( uk, Арте́м, Artém, ) is a common Ukrainian male given name. Many Russians named Artyom are known in English as Artem. (Artyom is spelled with the " ё" letter, giving a ending sound; however, it is commonly romanized as "e".) Artem is also used as a given name in Armenian with the variant Ardem in Western Armenian Artem may refer to: * Artem Vinicius Soares Dias, Braszilian soccer player *Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player *Artem Bobukh, Ukrainian association football player *Artem Borodulin, Russian figure skater * Artem Bulyansky, Russian ice hockey player * Artem Butenin, Ukrainian association football player *Artem Chigvintsev, Russian-American dancer *Artem Dolgopyat (born 1997), Israeli artistic gymnast *Artem Dzyuba, Russian professional footballer *Artem Fedetskiy, Ukrainian association football player * Artem Fedorchenko, Ukrainian association football player *Artem Gomelko, Belarusian association football player *Artem Grigoriev, Russian figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, after which its Ukrainian language name (Dnipro) it is named. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. The population of Dnipro is Archeological evidence suggests the site of the present city was settled by Cossack communities from at least 1524. The town, named Yekaterinoslav (''the glory of Catherine''), was established by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1787 as the administrative center of Novorossiya. From the end of the nineteenth century, the town attracted foreign capital and an international, multi-ethnic, workforce exploiting Kryvbas iron ore and Donbas coal. Renamed ''Dnipropetrovsk'' in 1926 after the Ukrainian Communist Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurij Boreiko
Jurij is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jurij Alschitz (born 1947), theatre director, theatre and acting theorist who has lived in Berlin since 1992 *Jurij Brězan (1916–2006), Sorbian writer *Jurij Cherednikov (born 1964), Ukrainian-American author and software engineer *Jurij Dalmatin (1547–1589), Slovene Lutheran minister, writer and translator *Jurij Fedynskyj (born 1975), Ukrainian-American folk singer, kobzar and bandurist *Jurij Gering, politician in Slovenia during the first half of the 16th century when it was under the Holy Roman Empire *Jurij Japelj, also known in German as Georg Japel (1744–1807), Slovene Jesuit priest, translator and philologist *Jurij Ambrož Kappus, politician of the 18th century in Slovenia, when the country was under the Holy Roman Empire *Jurij Koch (born 1936), Sorbian writer *Jurij Korenjak, Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed in the early 2000s *Jurij Lopatynsky (born 1906), Ukrainian activist, soldier, colonel in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Levin
Artem Valeryevich Levin (russian: Артё́м Вале́рьевич Ле́вин; born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the former Glory Middleweight Champion, as well as the former It's Showtime 77 MAX champion. He was ranked as a top ten middleweight by Combat Press between September 2014 and March 2022, peaking at #3. Career Early years He is the captain of Russian National Muaythai Team. He's become Chairman of the Athletes Commission at IFMA since 2012. Artem moved up to light heavyweight after the SportAccord Combat Games in 2010. The much-anticipated fight between Artem Levin and Simon Marcus was scheduled for the third time and set for December 21, 2012 in Ekaterinburg, Russia and then February 23, 2013, before eventually settling on March 15, 2013 at ''Lion Fight 9'' in Las Vegas with the inaugural Lion Fight Light Heavyweight Championship will be on the line. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Buda
Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *Andrei Alexandrescu, Romanian computer programmer *Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist *Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist *Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player *Andrej Babiš, Czech prime minister *Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician *Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist *Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman *Andrei Broder, Romanian-Israeli American computer scientist and engineer *Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist *Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter *Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist *Andrey Esionov, Russian painter *Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician *Andrei Gromyko (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Harbachiov
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri. The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky, Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as ''Gyurgi, Dyurgi''. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow. Ancient and medieval world (Listed chronologically) * Yuri Dolgorukiy or Yuri I Vladimirovich (c. 1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev * Yuri II of Vladimir (1189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a Warsaw metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises Districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and Financial centre, economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small Fishing village, fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Öberg
Marcus Öberg (born February 18, 1982) is a Swedish middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Malmö Muay Thai Gym in Malmö. He is former two time Swedish champion and K-1 Scandinavia MAX 2008 tournament winner. Titles * 2010 SportAccord Combat Games Silver medal -71 kg * 2008 K-1 Scandinavia MAX champion * 2008 Busan TAFISA World Games IFMA Amateur Muay Thai 71 kg bronze medal * 2008 Swedish IFMA Muay Thai champion 71 kg * 2006 Swedish IFMA Muay Thai champion 75 kg * 2006 Champions Fight Night 4- man tournament champion Fight record , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2011-03-12 , , Win , , align=left, Khalid Bourdif , , Fight Code: Dragon Series Round 2 , , Milan, Italy , , Decision , , 3 , , 3:00 , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2010-11-27 , , Loss , , align=left, Artur Kyshenko , , K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010 , , Stockholm, Sweden , , Decision , , 3 , , 3:00 , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2010-06-12 , , Win , , align=left, Faldir C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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