Skvirsky Uyezd,
Skvirsky may refer to: People *Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, American artist *Lev Skvirsky (1903–1990), Soviet military leader Other uses * Skvirsky Uyezd Skvirsky Uyezd (''Сквирский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Skvira (Skvyra). Demographics At the ...

Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York, New York. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum, among others. Working across video, performance, and photography, Aguilera Skvirsky addresses themes of migration, colonization, Latin American identity, and family history. Aguilera Skvirsky is best known for her performance video ''The Perilous Journey of María Rosa Palacios'' (2019). Early life and education Aguilera Skvirsky was born in Providence, RI to an Ecuadorian mother and a father of Eastern European Jewish descent. As a child, she lived between the Eastern United States and Guayaquil, Ecuador, where her mother was born. Skvirsky has said that the contrast between her memories of Ecuador and her life in the United States was central to her artistic practice. Aguilera Skvirsky received her Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Lev Skvirsky
Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky (russian: Лев Соломонович Сквирский; 15 September 1903 – 5 April 1990) was a Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general. In World War II, Skvirsky was appointed chief of staff for the 14th Army in Karelia in 1940 and for the entire Karelian Front in 1941-1943. He also commanded the 26th Army in 1943-1945. Biography Lev Skvirsky was born to a Jewish family in the village of Stepantsi near Cherkasy region in 1903. As a Red Army soldier in the Russian Civil War, he took part in the fighting against Anton Denikin's White Volunteer Army. Trained in infantry command at courses in Chernigov and Kiev during the 1920s, Skvirsky served as a platoon and company leader in Red Army infantry units. He joined the Soviet Union's All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1924. Skvirsky received staff officer and military academy positions in the 1930s, and graduated from Frunze Military Academy, where he also taught. Assigned to the L ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]