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Zoya Yordanova
Zoya (russian: Зоя, links=no) is a feminine Russian and Ukrainian first name, a variant of Zoe, meaning "life", from Greek ζωή (zoē), "life". People * Zoya (born 1993), American singer * Zoya Afroz (born 1994), Indian actress and model * Zoya Akhtar (born 1972), Indian film director and screenwriter * |
Zoe (name)
Zoe, Zoey, Zoé or Zoë (Greek: ζωή) is a female first name of Greek origin, meaning "life". It is a currently popular name for girls in many countries. It has ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in the United States since 2000. It is also well used in other English-speaking countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as in other countries including Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. Zoe is also a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include: People Mythology *Zoe, the daughter of King Midas Historical *Zoë Porphyrogenita (), Byzantine empress * Exuperius and Zoe, saints, martyrs (died 127) * Zoe of Rome (died ), martyred saint *Zoe Karbonopsina (died ), Byzantine empress *Zoe Palaiologina (c. 1455–1503), wife of Tsar Ivan III of Russia *Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla (1785–1852), intimate friend and confidante of Louis XVIII Contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Phan
Zoya Phan (born 27 October 1980) is a Burmese political activist. She resides in the United Kingdom, and is the Campaign Manager of the human rights organization Burma Campaign UK. She was an outspoken critic of the Burmese government when it was under direct military rule, repeatedly calling for democratic reform in Burma, as well as economic sanctions from both the British government and the United Nations. Following political changes in the country from 2011, she has continued to campaign for international action to end ongoing human rights violations, especially regarding the use of rape and sexual violence against ethnic women by the Burmese Army. In April 2009, she published her autobiography, ''Little Daughter'', in the UK, which was published under the title ''Undaunted'' in the United States in May 2010. Biography Early life Zoya Phan was born in Manerplaw, then the headquarters of the Karen National Union (KNU), on 27 October 1980, the second of her parents' three bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1963) is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series ''Little House on the Prairie''. During the run of ''Little House'', Gilbert appeared in several television films, including ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' and ''The Miracle Worker''. As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. Gilbert has also continued with guest starring roles on television and has done voice work for animation such as '' Batman: The Animated Series'' as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of '' Little House on the Prairie, the Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya (novel)
''Zoya'' is a 1987 romance novel by American Danielle Steel. It is Steel's 23rd novel. Plot Zoya Konstantinovna Ossupov is a Russian countess, a young cousin to Tsar Nicholas II. Escaping the Russian Revolution with her grandmother and a loyal retainer, she arrives in Paris, penniless, where she must carve a new life for herself and her loved ones. There, she joins Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Against the wishes of her grandmother, who objects to consorting with those outside her class, she meets and falls in love with American GI Clayton Andrews. After World War I, they marry and move to America, where Zoya faces many joys and hardships in her life. She struggles through the Great Depression and World War II, then meets and falls for millionaire cloth merchant, Simon Hirsch, who later died in another war. Film adaptation In the TV movie version, Zoya is portrayed by Melissa Gilbert. Her husband, Clayton Andrews, is portrayed by her real life former husband Bruce Boxleitner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya (film)
''Zoya'' (russian: Зоя) is a 1944 Soviet biographical war film directed by Lev Arnshtam. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film depicts the short life of a Moscow schoolgirl Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya who at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War became a partisan-infiltrator and was executed by the Germans in November 1941 near Moscow in a village Petrishcheva. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Cast * Galina Vodyanitskaya as Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya * Tamara Altseva as Zoya's Teacher *Aleksey Batalov * Anatoli Kuznetsov as Boris Fomin *Rostislav Plyatt as German Soldier * Boris Podgornij as German Officer *Vera Popova *Boris Poslavsky as Owl *Nikolai Ryzhov as Zoya's Father * Yekaterina Skvortsova as Zoya as a child (as Katya Skvortsova) *Kseniya Tarasova Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία '' xenia'', "hospitality") is a female given name. The below sections list notable people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osheaga Festival
The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (french: Festival musique et arts Osheaga) is a multi-day indie music festival in Montreal, Quebec, that is held every summer at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène. The festival takes place on six stages with various audience capacities. Translated from their French equivalents, they are called "River Stage," "Mountain Stage," "Green Stage," "Trees Stage," "Valley Stage," and "Zone Piknic Electronik." Each performance area is paired with a sponsor. Band set times fluctuate based on the status of the performer within the festival. Emerging artists play 30-minute sets, and headliners conclude each day with 90-minute plus sets. The 2006 festival attracted a crowd of around 25,000 people. The 2012 festival reached its 40,000 attendance capacity each day. Description Since 2006, the Osheaga Music and Arts festival has established itself as the most important festival of its genre in Canada. With its numerous outdoor stages located at parc Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaalin Zoya
Shaalin Zoya also known as Shalu is an Indian actress, dancer and anchor. She is best known for playing the negative role of ''Deepa Rani'' in Asianet TV's soap opera Autograph and a supporting role of Jessy in ''Elsamma Enna Aankutty''. Early life Shaalin Zoya hails from Tirur-Malappuram, Kerala. Her father is a businessman. Her mother, a dance teacher, encouraged her to pick up a career in acting. Filmography As Actor As director Television career Awards *2011 - Asianet Ayucare Television Award - ''Best New Face'' of the year (for TV soap opera Autograph) *2011 - Kazhcha Television Award - ''Best Performer - Female'' (for TV serial Autograph) * Vayalar Award for ''Best Child Artist'' (for film Elsamma Enna Aankutty ''Elsamma Enna Aankutty'' () is a 2010 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by M. Sindhuraj and Sangeeth Kollam starring Kunchacko Boban, Ann Augustine and Indrajith. The film was produced by Rejaputhra Visua ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Rock
Iranian rock (also known as Rocka red) refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Iranian Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, the keyboard also has the task of adjusting the rhythms and symbols. Iranian rock music is influenced by English rock, American rock and European styles. Because of the Iranian performers of this music, various types of Iranian rhythms and tones in this genre are separated from other rock genres. Iranian rock is not yet recognized as a legal style in Iran. Most bands and singers of this genre operate underground. The movie "No One Knows About Persian Cats" is about this. Iranian rock began in Iran as British Invasion began. The Beatles, Dave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Voskresenskaya
Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (russian: Зоя Ивановна Воскресенская; in marriage – Rybkina, Рыбкина; 28 April .s. 151907 – 8 January 1992) was a Soviet diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent and, in the 1960s and 70s, a popular author of books for children. A USSR State Prize laureate (1968), Voskresenskaya was best known for her novels ''Skvoz Ledyanuyu Mglu'' (Through Icy Haze, 1962) and ''Serdtse Materi'' (A Mother's Heart, 1965). In 1962–1980 more than 21 million of her books were sold in the USSR. In the late 1980s, as Perestroika incited the wave of declassifications, Zoya Voskresenskaya's story was made public. It transpired that a popular children's writer was for 25 years a leading figure in the Soviet intelligence service's foreign department. Voskresenskaya's war-time memoirs ''Now I Can Tell the Truth'' came out in 1992, 11 months after the author's death. Biography Zoya Voskresenskaya was born in Uzlovaya, Tula Governorate, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Svetova
Zoya Feliksovna Svetova (; born March 17, 1959) is a Russian journalist and human rights defender, producer, author of the documentary novel ''Innocent Found Guilty (''). Biography In 1982 she graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. In 2000–2002, she was an expert at the Soros Foundation on programmes related to the development of law, the judiciary and the topic of human rights in Russia. In 2008–2016, she worked at the (PMC) of Moscow. In 2016, she was nominated to the Mordovian PMC, but was not included in its composition. Work in the media * 1991—1993 — magazine * 1993—2001 – columnist for the newspaper * 1994—1999 – assistant to the correspondent of the Moscow bureau Radio France * 1999—2001 – assistant correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the ''Libération'' newspaper * 2001—2003 – correspondent of the Man and Circumstances section of the ''Novye Izvestia'' newspaper * 2002—2004 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Spasovkhodskaya
Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (born March 31, 1949) is a former heptathlete from the Soviet Union, who was born as Zoya Baykalova. A winner of the bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships, she set the first world best year performance in 1980, gaining a total number of 6049 points on July 13, 1980 at a meet in Pyatigorsk Pyatigorsk (russian: Пятиго́рск; Circassian: Псыхуабэ, ''Psıxwabæ'') is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia located on the Podkumok River, about from the town of Mineralnye Vody where there is an international airport and about .... ReferencesAll-Time List 1949 births Living people Russian heptathletes Soviet heptathletes Place of birth missing (living people) European Athletics Championships medalists {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Smirnow
Zoya Smirnowa (1897/98 – after 1916) was a Russian woman who fought during World War I disguised as a man. She and 11 other schoolmates disguised themselves as men so that they could fight in the war. Smirnowa was 16 when she enlisted; two of the women were as young as 14. They participated in the defense of Galicia and the Carpathians. Smirnowa became a representative of the group when she recounted their story to the English press. As Smirnowa recounted to the newspapers, the girls left their Moscow school without informing anyone on the eighth day of mobilization — i.e. at the end of July 1914. They traveled to Lviv where they dressed as men and enlisted in the army undetected. When the first bombs fell on their position, they cried out, as did many of the men. One girl, Zina Morozov, was killed in the Carpathians when a bomb fell at her feet. She was buried by her friends. Two other girls were subsequently wounded. After Smirnowa was wounded, her gender was discovered. Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
