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Saint Petersburg HC
HC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: Гандбольный клуб «Зенит» ; previously was known as HC Neva) is a Russian handball team located in Saint Petersburg. Their home matches are played at the Yubileyny Sports Palace. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League. As the national medalist club competed in the EHF Champions League in 2010–2014. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions. History Origins In the 1950s, a handball team "Trud" was created at the Vulcan plant in Leningrad by the initiative of Nikolai Vishnyakov and Yuri Romanov. This team was the first in the history of Leningrad to receive the right to compete in the USSR championship, but it was not possible to achieve serious success, as the team was amateur and could not fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Jubilee Sports Palace (russian: спортивный комплекс «Юбилейный»), ''Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy''; also translated as Jubilee Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses more than 7,000 seats for ice hockey and basketball. The complex was completed in 1967, as a present from the Federation of Trade Unions, to the city of Saint Petersburg, on the 50th anniversary of Soviet power. The Palace hosts a wide variety of activities, including athletic training and competitions, conventions, festivals, and musical concerts. History The arena was originally opened in 1967. The arena was the long-time home venue of the Russian professional basketball club Spartak Saint Petersburg, hosting both the men's and women's team's games. The arena was used as one of the host venues of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. In more recent years, the Russian professional basketball club Zenit Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazprom
PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the largest publicly listed natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue. In the 2020 ''Forbes'' Global 2000, Gazprom was ranked as the 32nd largest public company in the world. The Gazprom name is a contraction of the Russian words ''gazovaya promyshlennost'' (, gas industry). In January 2022, Gazprom displaced Sberbank from the first place in the list of the largest companies in Russia by market capitalization. Gazprom is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, transport, distribution and marketing, and power generation. In 2018, Gazprom produced twelve percent of the global output of natural gas, producing 497.6 billion cubic meters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Petrov(handballer)
Aleksandr or Alexander Petrov may refer to: * Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess master * Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler) (1876–1941), Russian wrestler at the 1908 Olympic Greco-Roman super heavyweight competition * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1942), Russian international footballer *Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1972), Soviet international footballer * Aleksandr Petrov (basketball) (1939–2001), member of the silver-medal-winning Soviet Olympic basketball team in 1960 and 1964 * Alexander G. Petrov (born 1948), Bulgarian professor in physics * Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (born 1957), Russian animator famous for using paint-on-glass animation * Alexander Petrovich Petrov (born 1958), Russian politician * Alexander Petrov (born 1979), Russian spy, military doctor * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1984), Russian footballer * Aleksandr Petrov (long jumper) (born 1986), Russian athlete * Alexander Petrov (actor) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Arkatov
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname * Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian * Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s * Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian * Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur Solodovnikov
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Küregen''), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history, as well as one of the most brutal. Timur is also considered a great patron of art and architecture as he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, and Hafiz-i Abru and his reign introduced the Timurid Renaissance. Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana (in modern-day Uzbekistan) on 9 April 1336, Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. From that base, he led military campaigns across Western, South, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihar Chernikau
Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ''Ingvar'' or ''Yngvar''. Igor, the son of the Varangian chief Rurik) was left with Rurik's distant relative, first Grand Prince of Kiev Oleg, as a child. Igor after the death of Oleg replaced him on Kiev's throne.Melvin G. Wren "The Course of Russian History" Outside of the Slavic language sphere, the name has also become common in Brazil and Portugal, and in the Basque-speaking part of Spain. People Igor * Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945 * Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146) * Igor the Assassin, name given to one of the alleged assassins of Alexander Litvinenko * Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper *Igor Andreev (born 1983), Russian tennis player *Igor Angulo (born 1984), Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Kuznetsov (handballer)
Dmitri Kuznetsov may refer to: * Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1965) Dmitri Viktorovich Kuznetsov (russian: Дмитрий Викторович Кузнецов; born 28 August 1965) is an association football coach and a former player. During his club career he played for PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, RCD Espa ..., Russian football manager and former midfielder/defender * Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1972), Russian football midfielder * Dmitry Kuznetsov (politician) (born 1975), Russian politician * Husky (rapper) (born 1993), stage name of Russian rapper Dmitry Nikolayevich Kuznetsov {{human name disambiguation, Kuznetsov, Dmitri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Popov
Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment * ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine ** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition ** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition *Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio *''Maxim'', a fictional ship in the manga and anime series ''One Piece'' *Maxim, the hero of the video game '' Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals'' and its remake, '' Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'' Literature and language *A species of adage, aphorism, or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim * ''Maxims'' (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry *'' Maximes'' (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) Organizations *Mary Maxim, craft and needlework mail-order company in Canada * Maxim Brewery, brewing company in England *Maxim's Catering, chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong *Maxim Healthcare Services, medical staffing and home h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEK H
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K Athens. Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople after the 1919–22 Greco-Turkish war and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it is one of the three most successful clubs in Greece. While it fields teams in many sports under the umbrella of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK ( el, Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ; Erasitechnikί AEK) with A.E.K. Handball team to be the best Greek handball club in European achievements having obtained one EHF European Cup (in 2021) and having also reached to the finals (in 2018) and to the semi-finals (in 2019), AEK sports club is best known for its professional football team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RK Gračanica
RK Gračanica ( bs, Muški Rukometni Klub Gračanica, en, Men's Handball Club Gračanica) is a professional handball club from Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the EHF European Cup. History The club was founded in 1956, and started competing in 1958. Sponsorship naming The club has had several denominations through the years due to sponsorship: * Gračanica FERING (1998/99) * Gračanica INDEX (2001/02) Honours Domestic competitions *Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top handball league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league is operated by the Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is composed of 16 teams. The champion is seeded into the EHF ...: ** Winners (1): 2001 *First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – North: ** Winners (1): 2017/18 European record Recent seasons The recent season-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EHF European Cup
The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founded in 1993 as the EHF City Cup, it was renamed EHF Challenge Cup in 2000, and EHF European Cup from the 2020–21 season. History Before 2000, it was called EHF City Cup. Currently, the EHF coefficient rank decides which teams have access and in which stage they enter. Winners EHF City Cup EHF Challenge Cup EHF European Cup * The first leg was canceled due to the flooding in Serbia, and the final was disputed in only one game. * Both finals were held in Chalkida, Greece, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. Performances By teams By countries See also * EHF Champions League * EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
