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Yagoda Kanal Moskva Volga
Yagoda is a Russian surname meaning "berry". However, there is a change in stress and thus pronunciation—the surname is stressed Яго́да, and the word for "berry" is я́года. It also may be a Russian version of the name Yehuda ( Judah). Notable people with the surname include: *Genrikh Yagoda (1891–1938), Soviet state security official *Ben Yagoda (born 1954), American professor of journalism * Myroslav Yagoda (1957–2018), Ukrainian artist See also *Jagoda Jagoda is a gender-neutral surname and feminine given name. Especially common in Poland and Croatia, it means "berry" or "strawberry" in Slavic languages. Other forms include Jahoda (Czech and Slovak), Yahoda (Ukrainian), and Yagoda (Russian). ... * Yagoda, Sri Lanka, town in Sri Lanka {{surname, Yagoda Russian-language surnames Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judah (surname)
Judah is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ben Judah (born 1988), British journalist and author * Gerry Judah (born 1951), British artist and designer * Henry M. Judah (1821–1866), American soldier * Marietta Judah (1812–1883), American stage actress * Theodore Judah (1826–1863), American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad * Tim Judah (born 1962), British historian and journalist * Yoel Judah (born 1956), American kickboxer, boxer and trainer; 3-times world champion * Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles between 2000 and 2004 ... "Super" (born 1977), American welterweight boxer; world junior champion and world champion {{surname, Judah Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genrikh Yagoda
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda ( rus, Ге́нрих Григо́рьевич Яго́да, Genrikh Grigor'yevich Yagoda, born Yenokh Gershevich Iyeguda; 7 November 1891 – 15 March 1938) was a Soviet secret police official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's security and intelligence agency, from 1934 to 1936. Appointed by Joseph Stalin, Yagoda supervised arrests, show trials, and executions of the Old Bolsheviks Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, climactic events of the Great Purge. Yagoda also supervised construction of the White Sea–Baltic Canal with Naftaly Frenkel, using penal labor from the GULAG system, during which 12,000–25,000 laborers died. Like many Soviet NKVD officers who conducted political repression, Yagoda himself ultimately became a victim of the Purge. He was demoted from the directorship of the NKVD in favor of Nikolai Yezhov in 1936 and arrested in 1937. Charged with crimes of wrecking, espionage, Trotskyism and conspiracy, Yagoda was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda (born 22 February 1954) is an American writer and educator. He is a professor of journalism and English at the University of Delaware. Early life Born in New York City to Louis Yagoda (1909-1990), a labor mediator and arbitrator with the New York State Mediation Board, visiting lecturer at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a former organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and Harriet (née Lewis), he grew up in New Rochelle, New York. He entered Yale University to study English in 1971 and graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of arts. He later earned an M.A. in American civilization at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1991. Career He became a freelance journalist for publications such as ''The New Leader'', ''The New York Times'', ''Newsweek'', and ''Rolling Stone''. He has published a number of books including ''About Town:'' The New Yorker ''and the World it Made''. Besides his work as a journalism and English pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myroslav Yagoda
Myroslav Yahoda, sometime transliterated as Yagoda ( uk, Мирослав Якович Я́года; 23 August 1957 – 11 March 2018) was a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, poet, novelist, playwright and set designer. The "Ukrainian Goya" – with true integrity in his diverse art – was a prominent figure in the Ukrainian underground art scene. Biography Born to a peasant family, he graduated from school in the village of Girnyk in the Lviv Oblast. After school he studied at the Chervonograd Mining College (even though he never graduated), and in 1975–1977 served in the Soviet army. In 1980 he came to Lviv, and in 1981–1987 studied in the Ukrainian Institute of Printing (specialization in Graphics Arts), while also painting village churches for a living. He gradually entered the Lviv art scene, but remained on the sidelines with his rather secluded life. He participated in exhibitions and art events in Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, but mostly abroad – in Poland, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagoda
Jagoda is a gender-neutral surname and feminine given name. Especially common in Poland and Croatia, it means "berry" or "strawberry" in Slavic languages. Other forms include Jahoda (Czech and Slovak), Yahoda (Ukrainian), and Yagoda (Russian). As a surname * Andy S. Jagoda, American medical academic * Dhamma Jagoda (1941–1988), Indian dramatist * Flory Jagoda (1923–2021), American guitarist * Marcin Jagoda (born 1980), American volleyball player * Wojciech Jagoda (born 1962), Polish footballer As a given name * Jagoda Buić (born 1930), Croatian visual artist * Jagoda Kaloper (1947–2016), Croatian painter * Jagoda Kibil (born 1999), Polish Paralympic athlete * Jagoda Marinić (born 1977), German author * Jagoda Pike, Canadian business executive of Croatian origin * Jagoda Stach (born 1983), Polish child actress * Jagoda Szmytka (born 1982), Polish composer * Jagoda Truhelka (1864–1957), Yugoslav writer and pedagogist See also * * Yagoda Yagoda is a Russian surname mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagoda, Sri Lanka
Yagoda ( si, යාගොඩ) is a small town situated approximately from Gampaha and to the north-east of Colombo. It falls within the Gampaha Electorate. Transport Yagoda is the 14th railway station from Colombo Fort on the Main Line, which links Colombo and Kandy. Notable individuals * Maithripala Sirisena (7th President of Sri Lanka The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of t ...) - birthplace References {{Reflist Populated places in Gampaha District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian-language Surnames
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
