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Viktors Ellers
Viktors is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English given name Victor and may refer to: *Viktors Arājs (1910–1988), Latvian collaborator and Nazi SS officer *Viktors Alksnis (born 1950), Russian-born Latvian politician and former Soviet Air Force colonel *Viktors Bertholds (1921–2009) Latvian who was one of the last native speakers of the Livonian language * Viktors Bļinovs (born 1981), Latvian ice hockey forward * Viktors Dobrecovs (born 1977), Latvian football striker and manager * Viktors Eglītis (1877–1945), Latvian writer and art theorist *Viktors Hatuļevs (1955–1994), Latvian ice hockey defenseman and left winger * Viktors Ignatjevs (born 1970), Latvian ice hockey player *Viktors Lācis (born 1977), Latvian middle-distance runner *Viktors Lukaševičs (born 1972), Latvian footballer * Viktors Morozs (born 1980), Latvian football midfielder *Viktors Ņesterenko Viktors Ņesterenko (born 3 May 1954) is a Latvian football coach and former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Ignatjevs
Viktors Ignatjevs (born April 26, 1970 in Riga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian former ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Currently Ignatjevs works as the assistant coach in Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League. He has a wife Lena and three daughters: Lisa, Kristina, and Sonja. Lisa and Kristina were born in the United States. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International External links * 1970 births Living people Denver Grizzlies players Dinamo Riga players EHC Black Wings Linz players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HC Spartak Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Kansas City Blades players Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Latvian ice hockey coaches Latvian ice hockey defencemen Latvian sports coaches Leksands IF players Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players Nürnberg Ice Tigers players Oklahoma City Blazers (1992–2009) players Olympic ice ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Ščerbatihs
Viktors Ščerbatihs (born 6 October 1974 in Dobele) is a former Latvian weightlifter and politician and a three-time Olympian for his native country. He is 181 cm tall. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the over 105 kg weight category, with the total result of 455 kg (205 kg in snatch and 250 kg in clean and jerk). He has also won three bronze medals in the World Championships (in 1997, 1998 and 2003), gold in 2007 and several medals in the European Championships (bronze in 1997, 1999 and 2000, gold in 2001, silver in 2004, and four consecutive gold medals in 2005–2008). He started his political career with Latvian Farmers' Union in 2006 and was elected to parliament. He became world champion in 2007. At the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Pupols
Viktors Pūpols (born July 31, 1934) is an American chess master. Known by many local players as "Uncle Vik," he frequently plays at the Tacoma Chess Club. He was the Club Champion in 1955, and some of his games can be viewed online at the club's website. Pupols is currently married to Deborah Petzal-Pupols. Notable games In 1955, Pupols played in the U.S. Junior Championship Open in Lincoln, Nebraska, won by Charles Kalme. Pupols beat young Bobby Fischer with a Latvian Gambit. This is one of only two games that Fischer ever lost on time (see time control). Fischer became the world's youngest grandmaster three years later. He first played in the Washington State Championship tournament in 1954. He has played in most of the tournaments since, winning outright in 1961, 1974, and 1989, and tying for first in 1978. He won the tournament in 1964, but Gerald Ronning took the title in a match. In 1975, he tied for 6th-11th in Vancouver (Paul Keres won, shortly before his death). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Ņesterenko
Viktors Ņesterenko (born 3 May 1954) is a Latvian football coach and former player. Career Playing career Ņesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 1971 Ņesterenko was invited to move to Riga, Latvia, for studies. In 1971, Ņesterenko joined Elektrons Rīga and played for the youth squad of Daugava Rīga. He spent the entire 1972 season in the Latvian league with Elektrons, but in 1973 when Daugava Rīga was in a desperate need for a scoring forward, Ņesterenko was offered a position with Daugava. In the first season, he made 5 appearances and scored 5 goals. His best season with Daugava was in 1975 when the club qualified for the first Soviet league, but in 1976 Ņesterenko was injured for a big part of the season. Ņesterenko tried to secure a position in Kolos Nikopol but that didn't bring him much success. In 1978 and 1979 he played with Zvejnieks Liepāja, and for half a season he played with Spartak Kost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Morozs
Viktors Morozs (born 30 July 1980) is a Latvian football coach and former player (midfielder). He is currently the manager of Latvian Higher League side, RFS. Club career Morozs started his career in Valmiera. Between 2001 and 2008 he played in 122 matches for Skonto Riga and scored 15 goals. On 3 August 2008 he signed for two years with Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia. In summer 2010 he was released from the team, and after a 2 months long period of being in a free agent's status, he signed a single-year contract with Atromitos Yeroskipou, playing in the Cypriot Second Division. In 2011 Morozs moved to the Cypriot Second Division club PAEEK. Before the start of the 2012 season he returned to Latvia, joining the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala. As the club's captain, during 2 seasons Morozs played 37 league matches and scored 5 goals. In July 2013 he was released. In August 2013 Morozs joined the Belarusian Premier League club Naftan Novopolotsk. In March 2014 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Lukaševičs
Viktors Lukaševičs (born 17 March 1972) is a former Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...n footballer. External links * 1972 births Living people Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers Association football defenders {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Lācis
Viktors Lācis (born 28 November 1977) is a Latvian retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships. He later also competed in the 400 metres hurdles. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 21.75 (+1.5 m/s, Wichita 2002) *400 metres – 46.56 (Terre Haute 2001) *800 metres – 1:46.07 (Riga 1997) *1500 metres – 3:58.38 (Malmö 1998) *400 metres hurdles – 49.60 (Eugene 2002) NR Indoor *400 metres – 47.94 (Lincoln 2002) *800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... – 1:49.50 (Cedar Falls 1999) References All-Athletics profile 1977 births Living people Latvian male middle-distance runners Latvian male hurdlers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Hatuļevs
Viktors Hatuļevs (russian: Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Ха́тулев, ''Viktor Viktorovich Khatulev''; 17 February 1955 – 7 October 1994) was a Soviet Latvian ice hockey defenseman and left winger who played for Dinamo Riga in the Soviet Hockey League. He was the first Soviet player drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Amateur Draft but never played for a North American team. Playing career Hatuļevs played for Dinamo Riga in the 1970s. In Latvia, then a part of the USSR, ice hockey was the number one sport. Riga's Dinamo, under Viktor Tikhonov, rocketed into the big league and competed with Moscow teams as an equal. Hatuļevs played in the first World Junior Championships in Leningrad and second World Junior Championships in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. The two unofficial tournaments helped set the stage for the first official World Juniors in 1977. He was the best player in the World Youth hockey championship in 1974/75, and in 1973/74 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian ( ), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population use it as their primary language at home, however excluding the Latgale Region it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian, an extinct Baltic language); however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Eglītis
Viktors Eglītis (15 April 1877 – 20 April 1945) was a Latvian writer and art theorist. He was a leading figure in the Latvian decadent movement and an introducer of modernist poetics. Early life Viktors Eglītis was born in Sarkaņi Parish on 15 April 1877. After dropping out of an Orthodox Christian seminary in Vitebsk, Eglītis studied drawing in Penza and enrolled at Maria Tenisheva's art studio in Saint Petersburg. There he became acquainted with the ideas of the Russian Silver Age and several of its prominent figures. Literary career Back in Latvia, he adapted the ideas of Russian symbolism for Latvian literature and art theory. In 1902, he used the term "decadence" to designate his writings. In various articles, he laid out his poetics which were opposed to moral schemes, abstraction and realism, and instead promoted artistic individualism. He was well received by a number of young writers, who along with Eglītis wanted to refocus the language of poetry, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktors Dobrecovs
Viktors Dobrecovs (born 9 January 1977) is a football manager and former Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...n football striker. Honours * Virsliga Top Scorer (4): :* 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005 References * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Liepāja Latvian footballers Latvian football managers Latvian Higher League players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FC TVMK players Latvia international footballers FC Daugava players Expatriate footballers in Estonia Latvian expatriate footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Association football forwards {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
