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Tatyana Kurochkina
Tatyana Kurochkina (née Matsuta, born 15 September 1967) is a Belarusian former 400m hurdler. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she finished seventh in the final in a lifetime best of 54.39 secs. She went on to represent Belarus at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... International competitions References 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Grodno Soviet female hurdlers Belarusian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrodna
Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish border and 30 km (19 mi) away from Lithuania. In 2019 the city had 373,547 inhabitants. Grodno is the capital of Grodno Region and Grodno District. Alternative names In Belarusian Classical Orthography (Taraškievica) the city is named as (Horadnia). In Latin it was also known as (), in Polish as , in Lithuanian as , in Latvian as , in German as , and in Yiddish as (Grodne). History The modern city of Gordno originated as a small fortress and a fortified trading outpost maintained by the Rurikid princes on the border with the lands of the Baltic tribal union of the Yotvingians. The first reference to Grodno dates to 1005.word The official foundation year is 1127. In this year Grodno was mentioned in the Primary Chronicle as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
