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Volga (other)
The Volga is a river of Russia. Volga may also refer to: Places ;Russia *Volga Delta, the delta of the Volga River *Volga economic region *Volga Federal District *Volga Region, an historical region * Volga, Russia, several rural localities in Russia ;United States *Volga, Indiana, an unincorporated town *Volga, Iowa, a city *Volga Township, Clayton County, Iowa * Volga, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Volga, South Dakota, a city * Volga, Texas, an unincorporated community *Volga, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Volga River (Iowa), a river ;Other * 1149 Volga, an asteroid In business *Volga (automobile), a Russian brand * Volga (finance), in quantitative finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing formula versus volatility *Air Volga, a former airline headquartered in Moscow * VoLGA Forum, an organisation of telecommunication vendors and operators In sports and games *FC Volga Ulyanovsk *Volga Ulyanovsk Bandy Club *Volga Gambit, original name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of «Река Волга» , Russian State Water Registry which is more than twice the size of Ukraine. It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge (hydrology), discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the Rivers in Russia, national river of Russia. The hypothetical old Russian state, the Rus' Khaganate, arose along the Volga . Historically, the river served as an important meeting place of various Eurasian civilizations. The river flows in Russia through forests, Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Volga
LCC Air Volga (russian: ООО «Авиакомпания Во́лга») was an airline headquartered in Volgograd, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights and holiday charters from its base at Volgograd International Airport. History When Aeroflot was dissolved in 1992, its Volgograd-based division became an independent company known as Volga Airlines, having inherited a number of Soviet aircraft. The airline was renamed Volga Aviaexpress (russian: ООО «Волга Авиа-экспресс») in 1998, and again Air Volga on 14 November 2008. In February 2009, the Bombardier CRJ200 became the first Western-built aircraft to be operated by Air Volga. After the initial two 50-seat Bombardier aircraft joined the fleet, another four arrived in November of that year. On 1 April 2010, Air Volga declared bankruptcy, and all flight operations were stopped. Its assets and brand name was acquired by RusLine, along with the route network and CRJ200 fleet. The ''Air Volga'' nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Germans
The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), russian: поволжские немцы, povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions and churches (Lutheran, Reformed, Catholics, Moravians and Mennonites). In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Volga Germans emigrated to United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. During the Great Purge of 1936 to 1938, the Soviet government began targeting ethnic groups who were part of the intellectual class such as the Volga Germans, who were then subjected to forced deportation and extreme repression, some tens of thousands were also killed during the massacres in Belarus. They were deported eastward, which caused many thousands of deaths. Finally, in 1941, by order of Stalin, all et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga-Volga
''Volga-Volga'' (russian: Волга-Волга) is a Soviet musical comedy directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, released on April 24, 1938. It centres on a group of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to perform in a talent contest called the Moscow Musical Olympiad. Most of the action takes place on a steamboat travelling on the Volga River. The lead roles were played by Alexandrov's wife, Lyubov Orlova, and Igor Ilyinsky. According to Orlova, the name of the film is taken from a popular Russian folk song, '' Stenka Razin'', that Alexandrov sang while rowing with Charlie Chaplin in San Francisco Bay. Chaplin jokingly suggested the words as a title for a movie, but Alexandrov took it seriously and named his new film ''Volga-Volga''. The feature was said to be Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin's favourite film. Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs says that in the pre-World War II period Stalin laughed at him since he resembled a character from the film. The film is a glorification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Volga (1928 Film)
''Volga Volga'' (german: Wolga Wolga) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Lillian Hall-Davis, and Boris de Fast. It was one of several Russian-themed films that exiled producer Joseph N. Ermolieff made in Munich during the 1920s. Interiors were shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Wolin . The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew, Max Heilbronner and Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal .... It was distributed in the United States by Kinematrade Inc. in 1933 with dubbed English narration and dialogue, written by Alexander Bakshy, added. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films 1920s historical drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrule Warriors
''Hyrule Warriors'' is a hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja for the Wii U video game console. The game is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo and Nintendo, mixing settings and characters from Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' with the gameplay of Koei's ''Dynasty Warriors'' series. ''Hyrule Warriors'' was released in Japan in August 2014, and worldwide the following month. It became one of the List of best-selling Wii U video games, best-selling games on the Wii U. An updated Porting#Porting of video games, port, ''Hyrule Warriors Legends'', was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in January 2016 and worldwide in March of the same year. A second enhanced port, ''Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition'', was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2018. A successor, ''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'', was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch in November 2020. Gameplay ''Hyrule Warriors'' mixes the hack and slash gameplay of Koei Tecmo's ''Dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga (rocket Stage)
Volga, GRAU index 14S46, also designated 141KS, is a rocket upper stage designed in Russia. It is used with the Soyuz-2.1a and Soyuz-2-1v rockets to insert payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. It is derived from the propulsion module of the Yantar spy satellite A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications. The ...s. It is closely related to the retired Ikar upper stage. References Expendable space launch systems Rocket stages Space launch vehicles of Russia {{Rocket-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M7 Highway (Russia)
The Russian Route M7 (also known as the ''Volga Highway'') is a major trunk road running from Moscow through Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan in Tatarstan and Ufa in Bashkortostan. It generally follows the route of the historic Vladimirka road and, to a large extent, forms part of the European route E22. The section from Yelabuga to Ufa is also part of European route E017. Major junctions Route : 0 km — Moscow Ring Road : 35 km — Elektrostal and Noginsk : 65 km — Malaya Dubna near Orekhovo-Zuyevo : ''Vladimir Oblast'' : 81 km — Pokrov : 130 km — Lakinsk : 158 km — Yuryevets : 162 km — Vladimir : 225 km — a branch to Kovrov : 273 km — Vyazniki : 313 km — Gorokhovets : ''Nizhny Novgorod Oblast'' : 397 km — crossing the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod (over the Myza Bridge) : 430 km — Kstovo : 463 km — Rabotki : 491 km — Lyskovo : 544 km — Vorotynets : ''Chuvash Republic'' : 634 km — crossing the Vyatka Highway in Cheboksary : 679 km — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 June 2006 Forest Gate Raid
The Forest Gate raid was a Metropolitan Police operation on 2 June 2006. It resulted in the arrest of two men at their east London homes in Forest Gate by police acting on what they described as "specific intelligence" that they might be terrorists in possession of a chemical bomb. One of the men was shot during the raid. No explosive devices were found during the raid, nor was there any evidence of terrorist activity. The men were released without charge. Mohammed Abdul Kahar was again cleared, after 44 indecent images of children had been found on a computer's hard drive, an external hard drive, and a mobile phone recovered during the raid. No charges were filed, as: "The prosecution was not satisfied that Mr Kahar had the necessary computer expertise to enable him ... to transfer the images to the Nokia phone." Subsequent inquiries cleared the officers involved of any "criminal or disciplinary offence". Metropolitan Police apologised for the raid. The apology was welcomed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Radar
Baranavichy Radar Station (russian: Узел «Барановичи») (sometimes wrongly named GantsavichyThe names vary as the station may be wrongly named after the nearby town of Hantsavichy, but with different transliterations depending on whether we consider the name to be Russian or Belarusian. The character Г is a G in Russian and an H in Belarusian. Using the BGN/PCGN Romanisation standard the Belarusian name Га́нцавічы would be written as Hantsavichy and using Wikipedia's Russian Romanisation standard the Russian name Ганцевичи would be written as Gantsevichi) is a 70M6 Volga-type radar near Hantsavichy (48 km from Baranavichy in Belarus). It is an early warning radar, which is run by the Russian Space Forces. It is designed to identify launches of ballistic missiles from western Europe and can also track some artificial satellites, partly replacing the demolished radar station at Skrunda in Latvia. History The Volga was developed by NIIDAR fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Class Motorship
The ''Volga'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It is named after the first ship in the class ''Volga'', which in her turn was named after Volga River. Three deck cruise ships built by Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard in Korneuburg, Austria in 1970. River cruise ships of the Austrian project Q-031 Overview See also * List of river cruise ships * Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship * Rossiya-class motorship (1952) * Rossiya-class motorship (1973) * Anton Chekhov-class motorship * Vladimir Ilyich-class motorship * Rodina-class motorship * Baykal-class motorship * Sergey Yesenin-class motorship * Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya-class motorship * Yerofey Khabarov-class motorship * Dunay-class motorship * Amur-class motorship * Dmitriy Furmanov-class motorship ''Dmitriy Furmanov'' class is a class of List of Russian river passenger ships, Russian river passenger ships, project 302, 302M, 302MK / German name BiFa129M. The class is named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benko Gambit
The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: :1. d4 Nf6 :2. c4 c5 :3. d5 b5 Black sacrifices a pawn for enduring pressure. White can accept or decline the gambit pawn. The ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'' has three codes for the Benko Gambit: * A57 3...b5 * A58 3...b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 * A59 3...b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Origin and predecessors The idea of sacrificing a pawn with ...b5 and ...a6 is quite old. Karel Opočenský applied the idea against, among others, Gideon Ståhlberg at Poděbrady 1936, Paul Keres at Pärnu 1937, Erich Eliskases at Prague 1937, and Theo van Scheltinga at the Buenos Aires Chess Olympiad 1939. Later, the game Mark Taimanov–David Bronstein at the Candidates Tournament, Zürich 1953, drew attention. Most of these games began as a King's Indian, with Black only later playing ...c5 and ...b5. Possibly the first game using the now-standard 1.d4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
