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Yelizaveta Oleshkina
Yelizaveta is a Russian feminine given name, and is a cognate of Elizabeth. Notable people with the name include: *Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mikhaylovna of Russia (1826–1845), the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia *Yelizaveta Alekseyevna Tarakanova (1753–1775), pretender to the Russian throne *Yelizaveta Belogradskaya (1739 – c. 1764), a Russian Imperial Court opera singer *Yelizaveta Dementyeva (born 1928), Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s *Yelizaveta Kovalskaya (1851 or 1849–1943), Russian revolutionary, narodnik, and founding member of Black Repartition *Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova (born 1973), Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist *Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya (1845–1919), Russian mezzo-soprano *Yelizaveta Mironova, Soviet sniper during the Second World War *Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya Yelizaveta Yakovlevna Tarakhovskaya (russian: Елизаве́та Я́ковлевна Тарахо́вская; 1891–1968) was a Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth (given Name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew language, Hebrew name (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint. Occurrence in the Bible "Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheba, Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the Elizabeth (biblical figure), wife of the priest Zechariah (New Testament figure), Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens. Statistics The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. 'Elizabeth' was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. In the early 21st century, 'Elizabeth' has been among the top 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mikhaylovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (Moscow, 26 May 1826 – Wiesbaden, 28 January 1845) was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg who took the name ''Elena Pavlovna'' upon her conversion to the Orthodox faith. Through her father, Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, and a niece of both Russian emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I. Biography Elizabeth, nicknamed "Lili", was born in the Kremlin in Moscow and she was named after her aunt who had died earlier that month, the Empress Elizabeth, wife of Emperor Alexander I and a close friend of her mother. She grew up with her other siblings in the Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg. Elizabeth was said to be the prettiest among her sisters and, like her mother, Elena Pavlovna, she was graceful in manners and well-educated. By the end of 1843, Adolf, Duke of Nassau was visiting St. Petersburg and met Elizabeth for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelizaveta Alekseyevna Tarakanova
Princess Tarakanova (c. 1745 – ) was a pretender to the Russian throne. She styled herself, among other names, ''Knyazhna Yelizaveta Vladimirskaya'' (Princess of Vladimir), ''Fräulein Frank'', and ''Madame Trémouille''. Tarakanova (''tarakan'' is the Russian word for cockroach) is a later name, used only in entertainment (literature, theater, films, paintings), apparently on the basis of how she lived her last months and died. In her own time, she was not known by that name. Life Tarakanova claimed to be the daughter of Alexei Razumovsky and Empress Elizabeth of Russia, reared in Saint Petersburg. Even her place of birth, however, is not certain, and her real name is not known. She is known to have traveled to several cities in Western Europe, and to have become a mistress of Count Philipp Ferdinand of Limburg Stirum, apparently in the hope that he would marry her. She eventually was arrested in Livorno, Tuscany by Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, who had been sent by Empr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelizaveta Belogradskaya
Yelizaveta Osipovna Belogradskaya (1739 – ca. 1764 was a Russian Imperial Court opera singer and composer for keyboard. She was born in St. Petersburg in 1739, the daughter of Osip Bilohradsky, a court singer and choral conductor, and niece of Timofiy Bilohradsky, the court lute player. She was a kammermädchen at the court of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. In 1753 she performed the part of Procris in Francesco Araja's opera ''Cephalus and Procris'', which was the first opera set in Russian, accessed 11 December 2014. with the text by . She sang in G.P. Raupach's "The Refuge of Virtue" and "Alcesta". She appeared at court concerts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelizaveta Dementyeva
Yelizaveta Dementyeva (; 5 March 1928 – 27 July 2022) was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the in , she won a gold medal in the K-1 500 m event. Dementyeva also won two medals at the |
Yelizaveta Kovalskaya
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Kovalskaya (; June 17 (29), 1849 or 1851 – 1943) was a Russian revolutionary, narodnik, and founding member of Black Repartition. Early life Kovalskaya was born near Kharkiv. Her mother was a serf, who belonged to her father, Colonel Solntsev. When she was aged about seven, she confronted her father, having just learnt that "there were landowners and peasant serfs in the world, that landowners could sell people, that my father could separate my mother and me by selling her to one neighbouring landowner and me to another - but my mother could not sell my father." He agreed to free them both, and had them registered as free citizens, and arranged for her to be privately educated. When he unexpectedly died, he left his large estate to his illegitimate daughter. She used her new wealth to organise free higher education courses for women, and hired a lecturer named Yakov Kovalsky, whom she married but later divorced, until a police officer came and threatene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova (russian: Елизаве́та Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова; born 27 December 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. Career Kozhevnikova competed for the Unified Team and received a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, in moguls."1992 Winter Olympics – Albertville, France – Alpine Skiing" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) She won the bronze medal at the in |
Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya
Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya (russian: Елизавета Андреевна Лавровская, link=no; – February 4, 1919) was a Russian mezzo-soprano praised for her dramatic performances of operatic arias and her sensitive interpretations of lieder.Spencer, ''New Grove (1980)'', 10:556. An acquaintance of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, she suggested that he compose an opera based on Alexander Pushkin's verse-play ''Eugene Onegin''.Brown, ''Crisis Years'', 142. Tchaikovsky followed her suggestion; the result was the composer's finest opera. Life and career Born in Kashin, Lavrovskaya studied first at the Elizabeth Institute in Moscow under Fenzi, then at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Henriette Nissen-Saloman. The Grand Duchess Yelena Pavlovna, the German-born aunt of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and royal sponsor of both the Russian Musical Society and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, was impressed by Lavrovskaya's performance in a student pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelizaveta Mironova
Yelizaveta "Liza" Fyodorovna Mironova (russian: Елизавета Фёдоровна Миронова; 1924 – 29 September 1943) was a Soviet sniper during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... She has been alternately credited with either 34, or "more than a hundred" kills. References Women in the Russian and Soviet military 1924 births 1943 deaths Soviet military personnel killed in World War II {{Russia-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
