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Gunārs Rusiņš
Gunārs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Gunnar. Notable people with the given name include: *Gunārs Astra (1931–1988), Latvian human rights activist and anti-Soviet dissident * Gunārs Birkerts (1925–2017), Latvian-born American architect *Gunārs Cilinskis (1931–1992), Latvian actor, film director and screenwriter *Gunārs Ķirsons (born 1951), Latvian entrepreneur and businessman *Gunārs Lūsis (born 1950), Latvian artist and graphic designer *Gunārs Piesis (1931–1996), Latvian film director *Gunārs Priede (1928–2000), Latvian playwright, engineer and architect *Gunārs Saliņš (1924–2010), Latvian modernist poet *Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 1990), Latvian ice hockey right winger *Gunārs Ulmanis Gunārs Ulmanis (1938 – 17 July 2010) was a Latvian football right wing midfielder, one of the most famous Latvian footballers of the 1960s. Biography While at school Ulmanis played both basketball and football but the famous Latvian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Ķirsons
Gunārs Ķirsons (born 17 May 1951, in Omsk) is a Latvian entrepreneur, businessman and founder of the Latvian chain of restaurants. He is also the president of the Latvian Judo Federation. Biography His father, Alberts Ķirsons, was a successful farmer during the Latvian War of Independence#Latvia between the wars, first Republic of Latvia.Raitis Strautiņš, Egīls Zirnis (January 15, 2011). "There's meat in my cutlet!". ''SestDiena'' : pp. 10—15. In 1959, he returned to Latvia with his family from Soviet deportations from Latvia, Soviet deportation. He studied at Riga’s 17th Vocational Technical School, Murjāņi Sports School, the woodcraft department of an art school, and Riga’s 23rd Evening Shift Secondary School, from which he graduated in 1972. From 1968 to 1975, he worked as a carpenter, locksmith, and design technician. He also worked as a bartender at the restaurants “Ruse” (1975–1990) and “Ščecina.” In 1987, Ķirsons founded the cooperative "Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Ulmanis
Gunārs Ulmanis (1938 – 17 July 2010) was a Latvian football right wing midfielder, one of the most famous Latvian footballers of the 1960s. Biography While at school Ulmanis played both basketball and football but the famous Latvian football coach Vadims Ulbergs persuaded him to devote himself entirely to football. For his first team in the regional competition Ulmanis scored 60 out of the team's 78 goals and was called up to the flagship of Latvian football - Daugava Rīga. In his first game for Daugava - an international game against Polish GKS Katowice - Ulmanis scored 3 goals. He was popular among Latvian football fans for his "lazy" and relaxed playing manner which he was able to alter with unexpected outbursts of energy in form of shots on goal or passes to the center. His popularity was partly also connected with his last name Ulmanis (the same as former Latvian president Kārlis Ulmanis) which also brought him troubles with the Soviet authorities. He played for Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Skvorcovs
Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 13 January 1990) is a Latvian ice hockey right winger, currently playing for Odense Bulldogs. Playing career Skvorcovs made his debut for Metalurgs already in 2004-05, when he was only fourteen years old and continued to play in the club system for eight seasons. When in 2012-13 season Liepājas Metalurgs became affiliate of Dinamo Riga of KHL, Svorcovs made his debut in KHL. Eventually he split season between Dinamo and Metalurgs. International play Skvorcovs has played for Latvian national team in the 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ... U18 championship, as well as three World Juniors Championships. References External links * * 1990 births Living people People from Saldus Dinamo Riga players HC Kunlun Red Star players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Saliņš
Gunars Saliņš (21 April 1924 – 29 June 2010) was a Modernism, modernist poet within the Latvian literature, Latvian lyric poetry tradition. He became a leading voice of the "Hell's Kitchen artists" (Elles ķēķis)—a Latvian emigre artist community in the U.S. which flourished in the 1950s and 60s, named after the neighborhood in New York City, New York where it originated. In his youth, he was inspired by the Latvian poet Aleksandrs Čaks and later by writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Guillaume Apollinaire, Federico García Lorca, and Dylan Thomas. Saliņš' imagery playfully explored transformational and metaphysical elements in this world and beyond, often incorporating his personal experiences with allusions to myth, art, and ancient Latvian folklore—a process he referred to as "orpheism". Gunars Saliņš's poetry was widely circulated within the Latvian diaspora post-WWII; later, his work was rediscovered and championed in Latvia in the post-Soviet era. In 2000, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Priede
Gunārs Priede (March 17, 1928 – December 22, 2000) was a Soviet and Latvian writer and playwright. He was originally a civil engineer for the Soviet government in Latvia who became the most important Latvian playwright of the Soviet era. He penned numerous dramas and comedies with lyrical, metaphorical and realist qualities, reflecting social conditions in Latvia at the time. He was appointed Writers' Union of Drama Consultant (1958 - 1960), to Riga Film Studio (1960 - 1964), the Ministry of Culture (1964 - 1965), the Latvian Filmmakers Union Board as secretary (1965 - 1968), secretary of the Writers’ Union (1972 - 1974), secretary the Writers' Union Board (1974 - 1984), the Lenin and USSR State Prize Committee (1975 - 1989), and the Latvian Brethren Cemetery Committee (1989). He was awarded with the Order of the Three Stars Order of the Three Stars () is the highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia. It was established in 1924 in remembrance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Piesis
Gunārs Piesis (19 July 1931 – 9 February 1996) was a Latvian film director. Many of Piesis's films are adaptations of classic stories, and he was one of the most popular directors during the Soviet era. Popular films include ''Nāves ēna'' (1971), ''Pūt, vējiņi'' (1973), ''Sprīdītis'' (1985), and ''Maija un Paija'' (1991). Piesis struggled with mental health Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It influences how individuals think, feel, and behave, and how t ... issues during his career, which he documented in his diary. His archives are now in the Riga Film Museum. References 1931 births 1996 deaths Latvian film directors Soviet film directors Film people from Riga {{Latvia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Lūsis
Gunārs Lūsis (born 1950) is a Latvian artist and graphical designer. Lūsis is notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of the Council of the European Union. Life Lūsis was born 18 December 1950 in Riga. He graduated 1968 from the Jānis Rozentāls Art High School and 1974 from the Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Design. He is member of the Artists' Union of Latvia () since 1978. During the Soviet era he designed posters and the layout of books. Later he created approximately 70 logos for different institutions and events, like Latvian National Opera Foundation, Song and Dance Festival Riga 800, Cinema Festival Arsenāls, Lido, Riga Stradiņš University etc. Lūsis has, in cooperation with Jānis Strupulis, designed a number of Latvian coins with denominations in Lats dated 1992, the bi-metallic 2 Lats coin dated 1999, variations of the 1 Lats coins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Cilinskis
Gunārs Cilinskis (23 May 193125 July 1992) was a Latvian theater and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Cilinskis was born in Riga and died in Riga district. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1979). Personal life * Wife — Velta Line (1923–2012), actress, People's Artist of the Soviet Union (1973) * Son — Aigars (1958–2007) References External links * Riga Film StudioSonate au-dessus d'un lac {{DEFAULTSORT:Cilinskis, Gunars 1931 births 1992 deaths Film people from Riga Soviet male film actors 20th-century Latvian male actors Soviet film directors Latvian film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet male screenwriters Latvian male screenwriters People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR Latvian Academy of Music alumni Soviet male stage actors Latvian male stage actors Male actors from Riga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundars
Gundars is a Latvian masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ... and may refer to: * Gundars Āboliņš (born 1960), Latvian actor * Gundars Bērziņš (1959–2023), Latvian accountant and politician * Gundars Bojārs (born 1967), Latvian politician * Gundars Celitāns (born 1985), Latvian volleyball player * Gundars Daudze (born 1965), Latvian physician and politician * Gundars Vētra (born 1967), Latvian basketball player See also * Gundar (other) {{given name, Gundars Latvian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts (, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian American architect who, for the most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his notable designs include the Corning Museum of Glass and the Corning Fire Station in Corning, New York; Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri; and the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2014, the National Library of Latvia in Riga was completed to his design. Biography Birkerts was born and raised in Latvia, but escaped ahead of the advancing Soviet army toward the end of the Second World War. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany, in 1949. He acknowledged being influenced by Scandinavian tradition and the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Birkerts emigrated to the United States that year and initially worked for Perkins and Will, a global design practice based in Chicago. He moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs Astra
Gunārs Astra (22 October 1931 – 6 April 1988) was a Latvian human rights activist and an anti-Soviet dissident who was arrested by the Soviet Union in 1961, and was sentenced to prison for 15 years. He was released in 1976. In 1983, he was arrested again, but released several weeks before his death. Biography Gunārs Astra was born in Riga, on 22 October 1931. He graduated from primary school and later continued his education in an electromechanical technical school. After graduation in 1952, he started to work in one of the largest electromechanical factories in the Latvian SSR – VEF. Because Astra was a very erudite and industrious worker, he was granted a promotion and became chief of the 7th Radio manufacturing workshop. He also studied the English language in university as an external student. In 1958, Gunārs Astra had the chance to meet American diplomats in Riga. This encounter had a great influence on him in his later life, allowing him to consider Western culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
