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Jānis Bērziņš (basketball), Jānis Bērziņš
Jānis Bērziņš is a Latvian given name (Jānis) and surname ( Bērziņš) which may refer to: *Jānis Bērziņš (politician) (, 1889–1938), Soviet military official and politician * Jānis Bērziņš (diplomat) (1881–1938), Soviet diplomat *Jānis Bērziņš (basketball) Jānis Bērziņš (born 4 May 1993) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Górnik Wałbrzych of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at he plays at the small forward position. Professional career Jānis Bērziņš who in childh ... (born 1993), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Bērziņš (biathlete) (born 1984), Latvian Olympic biathlete {{hndis, Berzins, Janis ... [...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] |
Jānis
Jānis is a Latvian masculine given name, the equivalent of the English John. The first written use of the name Jānis dates back to 1290. It may refer to: * Jānis Ādamsons (born 1956), Latvian politician * Jānis Akuraters (1876–1937), Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician * Jānis Andersons (born 1986), Latvian ice hockey defenceman *Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), Latvian army general and politician *Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834–1891), Latvian architect * Jānis Bebris (1917–1969), Latvian footballer *Jānis Beinarovičs (1907–1967), Latvian wrestler * Jānis Bērziņš (1889–1938), Latvian and Soviet communist military official and politician * Jānis Bērziņš (born 1993), Latvian basketball player *Jānis Birks (born 1956), Latvian politician *Jānis Blūms (born 1982), Latvian professional basketball player *Jānis Bojārs (1956–2018), Latvian shot putter * Jānis Brikmanis (1940–2019), Latvian zoologist, environmental conservationist, radio and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bērziņš
Bērziņš ( Old orthography: ''Be(h)rsin(g)''; feminine: Bērziņa) is the Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "birch tree". In 2015 the two were the most common male and female surnames in Latvia. Notable people with the surname include: Bērziņš * Aldis Berzins (born 1956), volleyball player *Alfons Bērziņš (1916–1987), long track speed skater * Andris Bērziņš (born 1944), politician and businessman, former President of Latvia (2011-2015) * Andris Bērziņš (born 1951), politician * Armands Bērziņš (born 1983), ice hockey player * Artūrs Bērziņš (born 1988), basketball player * Augusts Miervaldis Bērziņš (1921–2000), writer, publicist and physician * Gundars Bērziņš (1959–2023), politician * Jānis Bērziņš (1880s–1938), military official and politician * Jānis Bērziņš (born 1984), biathlete * Jānis Bērziņš (born 1993), basketball player * Jānis Bērziņš (1881–1938), diplomat *John Bērziņš (born 1957), bishop o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Bērziņš (politician)
Yan (Ian) Karlovich Berzin (; ; real name Pēteris Ķuzis; – 29 July 1938) was a Latvian and Soviet communist politician and military intelligence officer. Biography Ķuzis joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905. According to his former subordinate, Walter Krivitsky, Ķuzis led a guerrilla detachment in his native country of Latvia at the age of 16 during the 1905 Revolution, and was wounded, caught, and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted because of his youth; after two years in prison, he was deported to Siberia, but escaped. Rearrested and sent back into exile in 1911, he escaped in 1914, and was a private in the Russian army until he deserted in 1916. Ķuzis joined the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution, rising to the rank of general and chief of the Latvian Red Army. From December 1917, he operated in the apparatus of the Cheka and became a principal organizer of Lenin's Red Terror, credited with devising the system of taking and shoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Bērziņš (diplomat)
Jan Antonovich Berzin (, ''Yan Antonovich Berzin'', , alias Ziemelis; 11 October 1881 – 29 August 1938) was a Latvian village teacher, later Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and Soviet diplomat. He was Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria between 1925 and 1927. He was executed during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956. Early life Berzin was born into a Latvian peasant familyBerzin, Jan Antonovic Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, by Brigitte Studer in the . He completed the pedagogical seminar, and then worked as a village teacher, and began spreading revolutionary propaganda among the peasants. He joined the |
