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Voskresenskoye Settlement
Voskresensky (russian: Воскресенский; masculine), Voskresenskaya (; feminine), or Voskresenskoye (; neuter) may refer to: People * Alexander Voskresensky (1809–1880), Russian chemist *Vasily Voskresensky (1880–1951), Russian ballet impresario, better known as Wassily de Basil * Leonid A. Voskresenskiy (1913–1965), Soviet rocket engineer and launch director for Sputnik * Mikhail Voskresensky (1935– ), Russian Pianist * Yury Voskresensky (1977– ), Belarusian politician and businessman Places * Voskresensky District, several districts in Russia * Voskresensky (inhabited locality) (''Voskresenskaya'', ''Voskresenskoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia * Voskresenskoye Settlement, a municipal formation in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia Other * Voskresensky Gate, the only existing gate in Kitai-gorod, Moscow, Russia * Voskresenskiy, lunar impact crater named after Leonid A. Voskresenskiy See also *Voskresens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Voskresensky
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/ Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassily De Basil
Vassily Grigorievich Voskresensky (16 September 1888 – 27 July 1951), usually referred to as Colonel Wassily de Basil, was a Russian ballet impresario. De Basil was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1888 (his year of birth is given alternately as 1880 or 1886). He retired from the Russian Imperial Army as a colonel in the Cossack army, fighting in Baku against the Turkish and German forces and was awarded the Order of St. George by his General, Lazar Fedorovich Bicherakhov, himself referred to as the "last soldier of the Empire" by writer, Vlad Olgin. Basil was demobilised from the army in 1919 and worked as a truck driver in Paris before launching himself as a ballet impresario with his first small ballet touring company in 1921. Hiving off the success of Diaghilev, by 1923 Wassily was doing well enough to hire Olga Smimova and Nikolay Tripolitov as his principal dancers on small tours in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It was at this point he adopted a "stage name" Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy
Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresensky (russian: Леонид Александрович Воскресенский; 14 June 1913 – 14 December 1965) was a Soviet rocket engineer and long-time associate of Chief Designer Sergei Korolev. He served as launch director for Sputnik and for the first manned space flight, Vostok 1. The lunar crater Voskresenskiy is named in his honor. Biography Voskresensky was born on 14 June 1913 in the town of Pavlovsky Posad. His mother was Yekaterina Sokolov (1880-1956); his father, Alexander Voskresensky (1875-1950), was a priest at St. Nicholas Church in Pavlovsky Posad and later was the senior priest at the Church of St. John the Warrior in Moscow. From 1929 to 1936 he worked as an electrician while also studying at Moscow Power Engineering Institute. In 1936 he was drafted into the army, where he served as an engineer. In 1945, he was sent to Germany with a team that was trying to identify engineers and German rocket equipment, such as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Voskresensky
Mikhail Voskresensky (; born 1935) is a Russian pianist who left Russia for the United States in 2022 protesting against Russian invasion of Ukraine. Training Mikhail Voskresensky is known internationally as a pianist in the great Romantic tradition. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1958, where he studied under Ilya Klyachko, Boris Zemliansky, Yakov Milstein, Lev Oborin (piano) and Leonid Roizman (organ). As student of the famous Lev Oborin, the winner of the First International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927, Voskresensky was influenced by his teacher's refined taste and romanticism in his deployment of pianistic sonorities. His playing shows a thorough command of contrasting musical colors, never disharmonious, and a legato technique drawing forth a singing voice from the instrument. Some early reviews convey an impression of his technique: "The pianist reaches down to the great depths of music. His playing is poetic... It has a filigree quality in the right plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Voskresensky
Yury Voskresensky (Yuri Vaskrasenski, be, Юрый Валер'евіч Васкрасенскі, russian: Юрий Валерьевич Воскресенский; born 24 February 1977, Minsk) is a Belarusian politician from pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus and businessman closely collaborating with the regime of Lukashenko. In 2020, he organized a "Round table of democratic forces" intended to become a dialogue platform, but all major opposition figures refused to collaborate with him. Voskresensky is sometimes accused of working for the Belarusian KGB. Early life Voskresensky graduated from the Institute of parliamentarism and entrepreneurship and Belarusian State University. He was an activist of the youth branch ( Komsomol) of Party of Communists (PCB) in early 1990s. In 1996, he moved to the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB). In 2008, he participated in parliamentary elections in the 106th precinct as a CPB representative against former PCB leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voskresensky District
Voskresensky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "''voskreseniye''" (resurrection). * Voskresensky District, Moscow Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Moscow Oblast * Voskresensky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast * Voskresensky District, Saratov Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Saratov Oblast See also * Voskresensky (other) *Voskresensk Voskresensk (russian: Воскресенск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, a town in Voskresensky District of Moscow Oblast ;Rural localities * Voskresens ... References {{SIA, Russian districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voskresensky (inhabited Locality)
Voskresensky (russian: Воскресе́нский; masculine), Voskresenskaya (; feminine), or Voskresenskoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Republic of Bashkortostan As of 2010, three rural localities in the Republic of Bashkortostan bear this name: * Voskresenskoye, Kugarchinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Zarechensky Selsoviet of Kugarchinsky District * Voskresenskoye, Meleuzovsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a '' selo'' in Voskresensky Selsoviet of Meleuzovsky District * Voskresenskoye, Zilairsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a ''selo'' in Yuldybayevsky Selsoviet of Zilairsky District Bryansk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Bryansk Oblast bears this name: * Voskresensky, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Mylinsky Selsoviet of Karachevsky District Chelyabinsk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Chelyabinsk Oblast bears this name: * Voskresenskoye, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Tyub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voskresenskoye Settlement
Voskresensky (russian: Воскресенский; masculine), Voskresenskaya (; feminine), or Voskresenskoye (; neuter) may refer to: People * Alexander Voskresensky (1809–1880), Russian chemist *Vasily Voskresensky (1880–1951), Russian ballet impresario, better known as Wassily de Basil * Leonid A. Voskresenskiy (1913–1965), Soviet rocket engineer and launch director for Sputnik * Mikhail Voskresensky (1935– ), Russian Pianist * Yury Voskresensky (1977– ), Belarusian politician and businessman Places * Voskresensky District, several districts in Russia * Voskresensky (inhabited locality) (''Voskresenskaya'', ''Voskresenskoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia * Voskresenskoye Settlement, a municipal formation in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia Other * Voskresensky Gate, the only existing gate in Kitai-gorod, Moscow, Russia * Voskresenskiy, lunar impact crater named after Leonid A. Voskresenskiy See also *Voskresens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug
Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug (russian: Новомосковский административный округ), is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow. The okrug was created on July 1, 2012. The administrative center of Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug is the town of Moskovsky. Territorial organisation At the time of formation it included the following 11 settlements, which previously belonged to Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts of Moscow Oblast: * Moskovsky Settlement * Shcherbinka Settlement * Kokoshkino Settlement * Desyonovskoye Settlement * Filimonkovskoye Settlement * Marushkinskoye Settlement * Mosrentgen Settlement * Ryazanovskoye Settlement * Sosenskoye Settlement * Vnukovskoye Settlement * Voskresenskoye Settlement Voskresensky (russian: Воскресенский; masculine), Voskresenskaya (; feminine), or Voskresenskoye (; neuter) may refer to: People *Alexander Voskresensky (1809–1880), Russian chemist *Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iberian Gate And Chapel
Resurrection Gate ( rus, Воскресенские ворота ''Voskresenskie vorota'', also called Иверские ворота ''Iverskie vorota'', or Iberian Gate) is the only existing gate of the Kitai-gorod in Moscow. It connects the north-western end of Red Square with Manege Square and gives its name to nearby Voskresenskaya Square (Resurrection Square). The gate adjoins the ornate building of the Moscow City Hall to the east and the State Historical Museum to the west. Just in front of the chapel is a bronze plaque marking kilometre zero of the Russian highway system. Resurrection Gate The first stone gate leading to Red Square was erected in 1535, when the Kitai-gorod wall was being reconstructed in brick. When the structure was rebuilt in 1680, the double passage was surmounted with two-storey chambers crowned by two octagonal hipped roofs similar to the Kremlin towers. An Icon of the Resurrection was placed on the gate facing towards Red Square, from which the gate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voskresenskiy (crater)
Voskresenskiy is a lunar impact crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon. Due to its position, this crater is viewed edge-on, limiting the amount of detail that can be viewed. The visibility of this formation is also affected by libration, so that at times this crater is hidden from sight, while at other times it can be more readily viewed. The crater is located to the southeast of the walled plains Röntgen and Lorentz. To the south-southwest lies the crater Bartels, and slightly farther to the east is the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. The outer edge of this crater is only slightly worn, and the edge is still well-defined with only a few tiny craterlets lying along the southwestern rim. A small crater is attached to the exterior edge of the rim to the southeast. The inner wall has a shelf or terrace along the northern and western sides. The dark interior floor has been resurfaced by basaltic lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock (mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voskresensk
Voskresensk (russian: Воскресенск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, a town in Voskresensky District of Moscow Oblast ;Rural localities * Voskresensk, Kaluga Oblast, a '' selo'' in Kirovsky District of Kaluga Oblast * Voskresensk, Perm Krai, a ''selo'' in Karagaysky District of Perm Krai Renamed localities *Voskresensk, the name of the town of Istra, Moscow Oblast before 1930 Alternative names *Voskresensk, alternative name of Voskresenovka, a '' selo'' in Voskresenovsky Selsoviet of Limansky District in Astrakhan Oblast; *Voskresensk, alternative name of Voskresenskoye, a village in Khvalovskoye Settlement Municipal Formation of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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