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Ville Valo
Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the lead singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. Outside of HIM, Valo has collaborated with various other bands and artists during his career, including Agents, The 69 Eyes, and Apocalyptica. In 2020, Valo embarked on a solo career under the moniker VV. His debut album ''Neon Noir'' was released in 2023. Known for his deep, crooning, baritone voice, Valo was found to possess the eighth-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music by VVN Music. He is also the creator of the heartagram, HIM's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internal Troops Of Russia
The Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (VV; russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел (ВВ), ''Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del'') was a paramilitary force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from 1991 to 2016. The Internal Troops was a gendarmerie-like force that supported the Police of Russia, Russian police, dealt with crowd control during riots and internal conflicts, and guarded highly-important facilities such as nuclear power plants. The Internal Troops was involved in all conflicts and violent disturbances in modern Russia, including and First Chechen War, First and Second Chechen Wars, where it fell under direct military command during wartime and fulfilled missions of local defence and Rear Area, rear area security. The Internal Troops consisted of both Military volunteer, volunteers and conscripts which cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Interacting Galaxies
Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Interacting Galaxies are those included in the Atlas and Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies, by B.A. Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov, R.I. Noskova and V.P. Arkhipova. It was published by the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The atlas and catalogue contain 852 interacting systems. The first part published in 1959 contained 355 interacting galaxies numbered VV1 through VV355, and the second part published in the 1970s included those numbered VV356 through VV852. In 2001, an additional 1162 objects were added from the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies by Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov et al. These objects have numbers ranging from VV853 to VV2014. References External links The Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies by Vorontsov-Velyaminov- at Sternberg Astronomical Institute The Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Государственный астрономический институт имени Штернберга in Russian), also known as GAI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Affairs (political Party)
Public Affairs ( cs, Věci veřejné, VV, nicknamed ''véčkaři'') was a conservative-liberal political party in the Czech Republic. Its main platform was transparency and opposition to political corruption. It had 24 seats in the 2010–2013 Chamber of Deputies. The party was led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John, and later by Jiří Kohout. Besides opposing corruption, the party was fiscally conservative. It had a number of right-wing populist policies. The party was supportive of direct democracy – the members of the party could change the course of the party by Internet referendums – and was pro-European Union. Early years Founded in 2001, the party focused on local politics in Prague, particularly Prague 1, for most of its existence. In June 2009, Radek John was recruited as its chairman, and it emerged in late 2009 as a contender in the 2010 election, polling above the 5% threshold to win seats, and occasionally above KDU-ČSL an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerosvit Airlines
AeroSvit Airlines private stock company ( uk, italic=yes, Приватне акціонерне товариство «Авіакомпанія АероСвіт»), operating as AeroSvit — Ukrainian Airlines / АероСвіт, was a Ukrainian private airline. Its head office was on the grounds of the Boryspil International Airport in Boryspil. Aerosvit Ukrainian Airlines was a member of IATA and an IATA IOSA certified carrier. Its main base was the Boryspil Airport. The airline was established in March 1994 and started operations in April the same year with international flights from Kyiv in co-operation with Air Ukraine. , Aerosvit was the largest carrier in Ukraine. Bankruptcy procedures began in January 2013, and in February 2013, AeroSvit ceased operations. History Early years The airline was established on 25 March 1994, and started operations in that year with flights from Kyiv to Athens, Larnaca, Tel Aviv, Odesa and Thessaloniki in co-operation with Air Ukra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vopli Vidopliassova
Vopli Vidopliassova ( uk, Воплі Відоплясова ), also shortened to VV (), is a Ukrainian rock band. It was created in 1986 in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine). The leader of the band is singer Oleh Skrypka. Vopli Vidopliasova are the founders of Ukrainian rock-n-roll style and neo-ethnic rock. They first sang Ukrainian rock outside Ukraine. Their influences include folk, patriotic songs, punk, hard rock, heavy metal and, most recently, electronic music. Their song ''Den Narodzhennia'' is featured in the Russian crime films ''Brother (1997 film), Brother'' and ''Brother 2'' by director Aleksei Balabanov. Band member Oleh Skrypka has also produced several solo albums. In 2009, their record label, Kraina Mriy, released all their albums for free as a Christmas present. A lot of their early material (1986-1996) is in Drop C tuning. History The band was formed in 1986 by guitarist Yuri Zdorenko and bassist Oleksandr Pipa, who had p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V (other)
V is a letter. V may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media People and fictional characters * V, a character of ''Devil May Cry'' *V. Balakumaran (Tamil activist), a top leader of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) in Sri Lanka * V (character), the protagonist of the comic book and film ''V for Vendetta'' * V, the narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''The Real Life of Sebastian Knight'' * V, the protagonist of the video game ''Cyberpunk 2077'' Film and television * ''V'' (franchise), a science fiction franchise ** ''V'' (1983 miniseries) *** ''V'' (2009 TV series), a remake ** '' V: The Final Battle'', 1984 ** ''V'' (1984 TV series) * V (TV network), now Noovo, in Québec, Canada * V (Australian TV channel), or * Channel in Asia * ''V'' (2020 film), an Indian Telugu action thriller * ''V'' (2021 film), an Indian Tamil horror drama Gaming * ''V'' (video game), based on the 1984 TV series Literature * "V" (poem), by Tony Harrison, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Mosshart
Alison Nicole Mosshart (born November 23, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, artist, and the lead vocalist for the rock bands The Kills and The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock band Discount which disbanded in 2000. She then co-founded the Kills with British guitarist Jamie Hince (formerly of Scarfo and Blyth Power) in 2000 in London. In The Kills' first album, Mosshart was known by her stage name "VV" and Hince was known as "Hotel". In early 2009, she joined the supergroup The Dead Weather, formed by Jack White, along with Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. In that band, her stage name is "Baby Ruthless." Musical career Discount Mosshart formed pop-punk band Discount (for which she was the singer) at the age of 17 with skateboarding friends in Vero Beach, Florida. The band recorded their first album, ''Ataxia's Alright Tonight'' when the band members were still in high school, and began touring aggressively throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Vibo Valentia
The province of Vibo Valentia ( it, provincia di Vibo Valentia; Vibonese: ) is a province in the Calabria region of southern Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro. Its capital is the city of Vibo Valentia and its vehicle licence plate code is VV. The province has an area of (7.6% of the total surface of Calabria), and a total population of 168,894 (ISTAT 2005); the city Vibo Valentia has a population of 35,405. There are 50 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune'') in the province, see list of communes of the Province of Vibo Valentia. It was first settled by Italic tribe the Sicels and Vibo Valentia was established as a city in the 6th or 7th century, known as Hipponion by the Greeks of Messina and Reggio. Following this, the city was later recolonised by people from town Locri in the region of Calabria. Dionysius I of Syracuse had the city of Hipponion destroyed, and authority of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double V Campaign
The Double V campaign was a slogan and drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The Double V refers to the "V for victory" sign prominently displayed by countries fighting "for victory over aggression, slavery, and tyranny," but adopts a second "V" to represent the double victory for African Americans fighting for freedom overseas and at home. The campaign first appeared in the African-American newspaper ''Pittsburgh Courier'' on February 7, 1942. Being the largest circulated black newspaper with around 350,000 copies circulated during the war; hence other black newspapers followed suit including the Chicago Defender and the Amsterdam Star News in embracing the motto and symbol of Double V. The slogan was prompted by a response to the letter, "Should I Sacrifice to Live 'Half American? written by 26-year-old reader James G. Thompson. It was also in a response to Franklin D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V De V (other) , a Spanish rap music crew
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V de V may refer to: * ''V de V'' (''Vêtements de Vacance''), a sportswear fashion brand by Michèle Rosier * V de V Sports, a motor racing organisation owned by Eric Van de Vyver ** V de V Challenge Monoplace, a single-seater racing series See also * * V (other) * VV (other) * Violadores del Verso Violadores del Verso ( es, Lyrical Molesters or Verse Rapists), also known as Doble V, are a rap music crew from Zaragoza, Spain. They used the name Doble V but were forced to return to their original long name due to legal issues (''Doble V'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V&V (other)
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V&V may refer to: * verification and validation, in engineering and quality management systems ** software verification and validation * ''Victor and Valentino'', animated television series See also * IV&V * VV (other) VV, V V, or v. v. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Vopli Vidopliassova, or VV, a Ukrainian rock band * Vicarious Visions, a video game company * V/V, a secondary chord in music * V.V., a character in ''Code Geass'' People * Alison Mossh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
