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Valery Kovalev
Valery Kovalyov (russian: Валерий Валерьевич Ковалёв, 24 April 1970 - 31 December 2021, Moscow, Russia) — Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Wikipedian. Kovalyov was a Russian entrepreneur, founder and owner of one of the largest Russian online stores - Holodilnik.ru. According to Forbes in 2014, the company, headed by Valery Kovalyov, was in sixth place among online stores in Russia with revenues of $310 million. He also wrote "a huge number of high-quality articles" for the Russian Wikipedia (according the executive director of Wikimedia RU Stanislav Kozlovsky). Early biography Valery Kovalyov was born on April 24, 1970, in the city of Neuruppin (East Germany, GDR) into the family of the Soviet military Test pilot Valery Ivanovich Kovalyov (born 1946), who served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Western Group of Forces. In connection with the father's service, the family moved many times within the USSR - from Komsomolsk-on-Amur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
