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Shevchenko
Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ua , Шевченко), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word ''shvets'' ( uk, швець), " cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix ''-enko'', denoting descent. People Shevchenko * Alexander Shevchenko (other), multiple individuals * Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian feminist * Andrey Anatolyevich Shevchenko, Russian politician * Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian football player and manager * Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist and politician * Anna Shevchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier * Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani/Peruvian martial artist * Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat and defector * Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager * Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer * Daryna Shevch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklore, folklorist and ethnography, ethnographer.Taras Shevchenko in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970-1979 (in English) His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language, though this is different from the language of his poems. He also wrote some works in Russian (nine novellas, a diary, and an autobiography). Shevchenko is also known for his many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko (russian: Валентина Анатольевна Шевченко; born ) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai, Muay Thai fighter. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight (MMA), Flyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Women's Flyweight Championship, UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. As of August 1, 2021, she is ranked #2 in the List of current UFC fighters#Rankings, UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings. Early and personal life Shevchenko was born in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Kirghizia, USSR on March 7, 1988, to a Russians, Russo-Ukrainian people, Ukrainian family, but she has described herself as being "Russians, Russian" in a Russian interview and her native language is Russian language, Russian. Her family had Soviet Union, Soviet, and later Kyrgyzstan citizenship. Her mother Elena Shevchenko is the president of Kyrgyzstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politician. Shevchenko played as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea and the Ukraine national team. He was head coach of Serie A club Genoa. Shevchenko became the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine on the 17th of November 2022. Shevchenko is considered one of the most lethal strikers to ever play the game. He is ranked as the seventh top goalscorer in all European competitions with 67 goals. With a tally of 175 goals scored for Milan, he is the second most prolific player in the history of the club, and is also the all-time top scorer of the ''Derby della Madonnina'' (the derby between Milan and their local rivals Inter Milan) with 14 goals. Furthermore, he is the all-time top scorer for the Ukrainian national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Shevchenko
Ihor Anatoliyovych Shevchenko ( uk, Ігор Анатолійович Шевченко; born January 10, 1971, in Oleksandriia) is a Ukrainian lawyer and public figure. He was Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources from December 2014 until July 2015. Shevchenko was the founder and President of thUkrainian Bar Association(2002-2007). He also founded and led the leading Ukrainian law firm “Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners” from 1995 to 2008 (currently Asters). Education In September 1977 Shevchenko’s family moved to Kiev. In 1978-1988 Shevchenko attended Kyiv public school #206. In 1988 he enrolled into the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, where he studied in the faculty of professional sport, specializing in athletics. Having decided not to pursue a career as a professional athlete, in 1991 Shevchenko transferred to the History Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In September 1992, Shevchenko transferred to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonina Shevchenko
Antonina Shevchenko (russian: Антонина Анатольевна Шевченко; born ) is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist currently competing in the flyweight division of the UFC. She is the older sister of fellow UFC fighter and former UFC Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Muay Thai and kickboxing Between 2003 and 2017 Antonina Shevchenko participated in 40 professional kickboxing and muay thai fights, winning 39 and losing only one, to Yulia Voskoboynik. She won 4 gold medals and a single bronze and silver medal at the IFMA world championships, as well as a silver medal at the IFMA Royal World Cup. She is also the former WKC K1 and Muay Thai Champion, the former Phoenix FC Muay Thai Champion, and the former Lion Fight Muay Thai Champion with two title defenses. Mixed martial arts career Early career Antonina Shevchenko made her MMA debut in 2002 and compiled a 3–0 record before taking a twelve-year hiatus from the sport. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Shevchenko
Inna Shevchenko ( uk, Інна Шевченко) is a Ukrainian feminist activist and the leader of international women's movement FEMEN, which often demonstrates topless against what they perceive as manifestations of patriarchy, especially dictatorship, religion, and the sex industry. Shevchenko has a higher profile than the other members of the group. She was the leader of the three FEMEN activists reputedly kidnapped and threatened by the Belarus KGB in 2011. She achieved attention in Ukraine by cutting with a chainsaw and then bringing down a 4-metre high Christian cross in central Kyiv in 2012. In 2013, Shevchenko was granted asylum in France, and now continues her activism by leading FEMEN France from a training base she has established in Paris. In July 2013, Olivier Ciappa, who together with David Kawena designed a new French stamp depicting Marianne, stated on Twitter that Shevchenko had been the main inspiration for the depiction. Early life Inna Shevchenk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady Shevchenko
Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko ( uk, Аркадій Миколайович Шевченко, russian: Аркадий Николаевич Шевченко; October 11, 1930 – February 28, 1998) was a Soviet diplomat who was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West. Shevchenko joined the Soviet diplomatic service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a young man and rose through its ranks to become an advisor to Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. In 1973, he was appointed Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (USG). During his assignment at the UN headquarters, in New York City, Shevchenko began to pass Soviet secrets to the CIA because he could not objectively fulfill his mission of impartiality to the United Nations. In 1978, he cut his ties to the Soviet Union and defected to the United States, where he lived for the rest of his life. Early life and education Shevchenko was born in the town of Horlivka, in the east of Ukraine, and when he was five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Shevchenko
Sofia Antonovna Shevchenko (russian: Софья Антоновна Шевченко, born 14 December 2001) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With her skating partner, Igor Eremenko, she is the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. She has also won seven ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including gold medals at 2017 JGP Latvia and 2018 JGP Austria, and she has finished within the top five at the 2018 World Junior Championships. Personal life Sofia Antonovna Shevchenko was born on 14 December 2001 in Moscow, Russia. Career Early career Shevchenko began learning to skate in 2005. She was a single skater until 2013–2014 season. She then switched to ice dancing and teamed up with Igor Eremenko. They started to compete together in 2014–2015 season. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin. Shevchenko/Eremenko placed seventh at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships. 2015–2016 season Shevchenko/Eremenko rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Shevchenko
Christine Shevchenko ( uk, Крістіна Шевченко, born 1988) is a Ukrainian-American ballet dancer. She currently performs as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Early life Born in the Odessa, Ukraine, her father was a gymnast, and her mother was a dancer and actor. At age four, Shevchenko started training in rhythmic gymnastics at an Olympic Reserve School in Odessa, under the direction of Nina Vitrychenko. When she was eight, her family immigrated to Pennsylvania and enrolled her in The Rock School for Dance Education, under the direction of Bo and Stephanie Spassoff. Shevchenko danced the children's lead (Marie) in Pennsylvania Ballet's '' The Nutcracker'' for three years, and was featured in the NBC special, ''Degas and the Dance''. In 2003, Shevchenko became the youngest recipient of the Princess Grace Award, and she later won several awards at international competitions, including Youth America Grand Prix, USA International Ballet Competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Shevchenko
Olexandra Shevchenko ( uk, Олександра Шевченко) is a member of the Ukrainian radical feminist protest group FEMEN, which regularly demonstrates topless against manifestations of patriarchy, dictatorship, religion, and the sex industry. Early life Shevchenko was born and grew up in Khmelnytskyi (in Ukraine). FEMEN Anna Hutsol formed FEMEN in Kyiv on 10 April 2008, with her two friends from their hometown of Khmelnytskyi, Olexandra Shevchenko and Oksana Shachko. They initially protested about issues effecting women students, but rapidly moved on to demonstrating against the sexual exploitation of Ukrainian women. It was in late August 2009 that Oksana Shachko became the first member of the group to bare her breasts during a protest, but it was not until 2010 that this approach became the usual tactic in FEMEN demonstrations, justified on the grounds that without the media attention generated by topless protests their message would not be heard. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Shevchenko (politician)
Andriy Vitaliyovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Віталійович Шевченко) (born 10 June 1976) is the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada since September 2015 till August 2021. He is also a prominent Ukrainian journalist and civil activist and a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Background Shevchenko was born in the town of Hvizdets, near Kolomyia, in Ukraine (at that time - the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union), and spent his youth in Fastiv, near Kyiv. In 1999, he received his master's degree from the Institute of Journalism at Kyiv University; he also studied political science and economics at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Journalism Shevchenko has worked as a multi-media journalist since 1994 for the 1+1 TV Channel, Novyi Kanal, Radio Voice of America and others. Under the administration of President Kuchma, Shevchenko was one of the leaders of the journalists' movement against censorship. In 2002 he left Novyi Kanal under pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Shevchenko (other)
Serhiy Shevchenko or Serhii Shevchenko ( uk, Сергій Шевченко) may refer to: * Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born May 1960), Kyrgyz-Ukrainian footballer * Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born August 1960), Ukrainian footballer * Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born 1958), Soviet Ukrainian footballer and coach * Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born 1953), Soviet Ukrainian footballer and coach * Serhiy Shevchenko (diplomat) (born 1908), Soviet diplomat from Ukraine * Serhii Shevchenko , birth_date = , birth_place = Kramatorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union , death_date = , death_place = , occupation = Journalist, writer , nationality = Ukrainian , ethnicity = , citizenship = Ukraine , education ... (born 1960), Ukrainian writer and journalist See also * Shevchenko, a family name * {{hndis, Shevchenko, Serhiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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