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Savva (given Name)
Savva ( el, Σάββα, translit=Sávva, russian: Савва) is a name of Greek origin derived from Aramaic סָבָא ''sāḇā'' meaning 'wise'. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Savva Chevakinsky (1709 – after 1774), Russian architect *Savva Georgiou (1933–1992), Cypriot football striker * Savva Kulish (1936–2001), Soviet film director and screenwriter *Savva Lika (born 1970), Greek javelin thrower *Savva Mamontov (1841–1918), Russian industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur, and patron of the arts * Savva Morozov (1862–1905), Russian businessman and philanthropist * Savva Yamshchikov (1938–2009), a leading expert on Russian provincial art Surname *Amber Savva (born 1993), British actress *Anna Savva, British actress *Nick Savva (born 1934), British greyhound trainer *Niki Savva, Cypriot-born Australian journalist, author *Savvas Savva (born 1958), Cypriot composer, musicologist and pianist See also * village in Mordovia, Russia *Sabbas *Sava (name) S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in the ancient region of Syria. For over three thousand years, It is a sub-group of the Semitic languages. Aramaic varieties served as a language of public life and administration of ancient kingdoms and empires and also as a language of divine worship and religious study. Several modern varieties, namely the Neo-Aramaic languages, are still spoken in the present-day. The Aramaic languages belong to the Northwest group of the Semitic language family, which also includes the Canaanite languages such as Hebrew, Edomite, Moabite, and Phoenician, as well as Amorite and Ugaritic. Aramaic languages are written in the Aramaic alphabet, a descendant of the Phoenician alphabet, and the most prominent alphabet variant is the Syriac alphabet. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Chevakinsky
Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky (russian: Савва Иванович Чевакинский; 1709 – aft. 1774) was a Russian architect of the Baroque school. He worked in Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo. Chevakinsky was born into a noble family in the village of Veshki in the Novotorzhsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate. In 1729 he entered the Naval Academy in Saint Petersburg, from whence he was assigned to the Izmaylovsky Life Guards Regiment in 1734. At the request of the Admiralty Board he was discharged for unauthorized absence from the Academy and apprenticed to the architectural company of , under whose direction he worked for seven years. In 1739 Chevakinsky began his independent career. From 1741 to 1767 he was chief architect for the Admiralty Board. From 1745 to 1760 he was an architect at Tsarskoye Selo, supervising the reconstruction of the Catherine Palace and surrounding Catherine Park. Here Chevakinsky erected two buildings (a church and a hall) connected by galleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Georgiou
Georgios Savva ( el, Γεώργιος Σάββα; 22 October 1933 – 9 August 1992) was a Cypriot football striker and was the first foreign footballer ever to play professionally in Israel. He was also the first ever Greek Cypriot that played in a football championship outside Cyprus. Georgios comes from a working class Greek background mixed with Jewish heritage from one of his grandfathers. He played football during the 1950s and he was one of the best ever Cypriot footballers. Sometimes he could play even as a defender. He began playing football for APOEL youth team in 1949 and one year later he became a member of the senior squad. Scoring two goals for his team in the Cypriot Cup final in 1951 against EPA Larnaca, APOEL won the final 7-0 (a record in a Cypriot Cup final until today) and he won the first trophy in his career. In 1952, he helped his team to win the Cypriot Championship and then, as the first professional Cypriot player he played football in England with Bris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Kulish
Savva Yakovlevich Kulish (russian: Са́вва Я́ковлевич Кули́ш; 17 October 1936 – 9 June 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1994. His 1979 film ''Takeoff'' won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded with the People's Artist of Russia in 1995.Указ Президента РФ от 19 октября 1995 г. N 1062 «О присвоении почётных званий Российской Федерации» Selected filmography * '' |
Savva Lika
Savva Lika ( el, Σάββα Λίκα, sq, Vojsava Lika born 27 June 1970) is a Greek retired javelin thrower. Life and athletic competitions Savva Lika was born Vojsava Lika in Krujë District, Albania, the daughter of ethnic Albanian parents. She is of the Albanian Orthodox faith. She represented Albania prior to 2002. On October 11, 1987, under trained from coach Enver Mysja at only 17, she became champion of Albania and set a new national record of javelin throw with 53.30m. She migrated to Greece in 1997. Her personal best throw is 63.13 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships, August 2007 in Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ..., Japan in which she took the 5th place. She retired after the Hellenic Championship in 2014. Honours References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Mamontov
Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (russian: Са́вва Ива́нович Ма́монтов, ; 3 October 1841 (15 October N.S.), Yalutorovsk – 6 April 1918, Moscow) was a Russian industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur and patron of the arts. Business career He was a son of the wealthy merchant and industrialist Ivan Feodorovich Mamontov and Maria Tikhonovna (Lakhitina). In 1841, the family moved to Moscow. From 1852, he studied in St. Petersburg, and later at the Moscow University. In 1862 his father sent him to Baku to engage in business with the elder Mamontov's Trans-Caspian Trade Partnership. In 1864, Savva visited Italy where he began to take lessons in singing. There he was introduced to the daughter of Moscow merchant Grigory Sapozhnikov, 17-year-old Elizabeth, who subsequently became his wife. The wedding took place in 1865 at the Kireevo estate, near Khimki, just northwest of Moscow. Upon his father's death in 1869, he succeeded to his share in the Moscow-Yaroslavl Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Morozov
Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (russian: link=no, Са́вва Тимофе́евич Моро́зов, , Orekhovo-Zuevo, Bogorodsky Uyezd Moskovskaya Guberniya, Russian Empire – , Cannes, France) was a Russian textile magnate and philanthropist. Established by Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (1770–1862), the Morozov family was the fifth-richest in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. Biography Savva Timofeyevich Morozov came from an Old Believer merchant family which held the hereditary civil rank of honorary citizens (russian: Почётные граждане). This gave him freedom from conscription, freedom from corporal punishment, and freedom from taxation (russian: Подушный оклад). He grew up at the Morozov house at Trehsvyatitelskaya Lane 1-3c1 (russian: Большой Трёхсвятительский переулок) on Ivanovo Hill (russian: Ивановская горка) in the White City (russian: Белый город), now th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savva Yamshchikov
Savva (Savely) Vasilyevich Yamshchikov (russian: Са́вва (Саве́лий) Васи́льевич Ямщико́в; October 8, 1938 – July 19, 2009) was a leading expert on Russian provincial art, particularly medieval icon painting and portrait painting of the 18th and 19th centuries. Yamschikov graduated from the Moscow University and worked at the All-Russian Art Restoration Center in Moscow. He went from one province to another in order to find medieval icons that required cleansing. Yamshchikov curated over 300 art exhibitions and first brought to light a number of provincial portraits from Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Kostroma. It was he who rediscovered such forgotten artists as Grigory Ostrovsky, Dmitry Korenev, and Nikolay Mylnikov. He also advised Andrei Tarkovsky on the production of '' Andrei Rublev'' and Sergey Bondarchuk on the production of '' Boris Godunov''. Yamshchikov spent much of his later life in Pskov, helping preserve medieval architecture of the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Savva
Amber Zoe Savva (born 1993) is a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Serena in the 2007 film ''Fishtales''. Filmography * ''The Bill'' (2005, 1 episode) Sanura Azmi * ''Fishtales ''Fishtales'' is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Alki David and Michael Greenspan, and starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook about a widowed father who falls in love with a mermaid. The film was released theatrically in the UK on 24 August 2 ...'' (2007) as Serena Bradley External links * British actresses 1993 births Living people {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Savva
Anna Savva is an actress who has appeared in many British TV shows since 1985. Anna plays series regular, Lugaretzia, across all four series of Simon Nye's ''The Durrells'' in 2016 She originated the role of Martha in the world-premiere of Howard Brenton's JUDE at The Hampstead Theatre. She has had roles in ''Minder'', EastEnders, ''Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who ...'' and ''Planespotting''. She also helped puppeteer "Audrey II" in '' Little Shop of Horrors''. References External links * British television actresses British soap opera actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{UK-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Savva
Nicolas Savva known as Nick Savva is a greyhound trainer and breeder. He is a four times winner of the English Greyhound Derby and is regarded as Britain's most successful breeder, along with his late wife Natalie Savva (1935–2019) who also held the kennels training licence at one time. Early life Savva was born in 1934 in Cyprus and left the island country for London where he gained work in an engineering factory and then a restaurant. He started attending race meetings at Harringay Stadium in 1952 and started a dressmaking business. He met Natalie Drew in 1957 and they married in 1961 before selling his dressmaking business and buying a kennels. Career Nick and Natalie started training and breeding greyhounds and became increasingly successful. Many of the greyhounds bred at their Westmead Kennels base were given a name with the Westmead prefix and in 1972 the kennel gained their first major success with Westmead Lane after winning the Cesarewitch (greyhounds), Cesarewitch. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niki Savva
Niki Savva is an Australian journalist, author, and former senior adviser to prime minister John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello. Early life Savva was born in the village of Choli, Cyprus. Her father Andreas emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1951 and she followed with her mother Elpiniki and brother Steven several years later. She grew up in Doveton, an outer suburb of Melbourne. She attended Doveton Primary and Doveton High School where she was a prefect. Career and personal life Savva started work as a journalist at the ''Dandenong Journal'', before moving to ''The Australian'' newspaper. In her early twenties, she moved to Canberra to work as a correspondent in the Canberra press gallery, for ''The Australian'' and later for the ''Herald Sun'' and ''The Age''. She also worked as the Washington correspondent for News Limited. The illness and death of her sister Christina at 43 caused Savva to reconsider her career in journalism in 1997, and she accepted a job offer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
