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Maxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (; born 6 May 1968) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, producer. Biography Early life and career Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. His father, Alexander Ivanovich Fadeev (1941-2016) was a head teacher at a music college. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar. He later attended two universities, both musical, when aged only fifteen. Fadeev started working with professional musicians in 1989, such as Larisa Dolina and Valery Leontyev. He was supported by showman and actor Sergei Kirillov, who also presented Fadeev to the world of professional music. 1993–2003: Linda and ''Star Factory 2'' In 1993 Fadeev started managing singer Svetlana Geiman, who would later become famous as Linda (musician), Linda. Fadeev wrote, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan ( rus, Курган, p=kʊrˈɡan) is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Ural Federal District, Urals Federal District of Russia. Population: . Until 1782, Kurgan bore the name ''Tsaryovo Gorodishche''. History An urban settlement was established here between 1659 and 1662 as Tsaryovo Gorodishche (, meaning ''Imperial Citadel'') by Timofey Nevezhin, a farmer from Tyumen. In the ensuing years it was developed as a fortress town. It served as a frontier post and its fortified position enabled it to defend other Russian settlements from nomad attacks. Nevertheless, it was itself not always able to withstand such attacks, and was sometimes plundered and burnt down. The city was granted Town privileges, city privileges by Catherine the Great, the Empress Catherine the Great in 1782, which is when it acquired its present name and became the seat of an uyezd. The present name is taken from a large Kurgan, kurgan (burial mound) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Googoosha
Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: ; , ; born 8 July 1972) is a former Uzbek businesswoman and the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the president of Uzbekistan from 1991 to his death in 2016. She wielded considerable influence in Uzbekistan owing to her business dealings and family connections. From 2013, due to a conflict with her father, she began to rapidly lose influence. Karimova was placed under house arrest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November 2014. She was questioned by Swiss prosecutors in December 2016 in a money-laundering investigation. In 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury banned United States entities from dealing with Karimova or any of her organisations or associates. Also in the same year, she was sentenced in Uzbekistan to 10 years in jail for fraud and money laundering. In 2018, the sentence was commuted to five-years of house arrest. In March 2019, she was sent to prison for allegedly violating the terms of her house arrest. Early life and edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Lel
Yekaterina Nikolayevna Chuprinina (; born 20 September 1974), better known by her stage name Katya Lel (), is a Russian pop singer, Merited Artist of Russian Federation (2025). Early life Chuprinina was born on September 20, 1974, in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic). Katya spent her childhood there, where she graduated from music school. Music studies In 1994, she attended the Russian Academy of Music's vocal department in Moscow. There, her teachers were Joseph Kobzon, who was acclaimed as the "official voice of the Soviet Union" and Lev Leshchenko, another renowned singer, who performed the closing theme at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In 1998, she graduated from the academy with top honors. Music career In 1998, following her graduation she started a solo career, releasing the successful album Champs Elysee and beginning a successful tour. In 2003, she changed the style of her performing m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serebro (May 2007)
Serebro ( rus, Серебро, t=Silver, p=sʲɪrʲɪˈbro, a=ru-серебро.ogg; stylized in all caps) is a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Serebro was formed in 2006, consisting of Marina Lizorkina, Olga Seryabkina, and Elena Temnikova as a submitted proposal for consideration by Channel One Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Serebro was selected to represent Russia at the 2007 Contest with the song titled " Song #1". They subsequently placed third at the contest, scoring a total of 207 points. Serebro was then officially signed to Fadeev's record label Monolit Records, and in 2012, the group had additional releases produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Ego Music. In 2009, Lizorkina announced her departure from the group; she was subsequently replaced by Anastasia Karpova. Karpova left the group in 2013 and was replaced by Dasha Shashina, who left in 2016. Temnikova left the group in 2014 for health reasons, and Polina Favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following the country's victory at the with the song " Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the contest was held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena, and, for the first time, consisted of a semi-final on 12 May, and a final on 15 May 2004. The two live shows were presented by Turkish actors Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul. It was the first time that the contest was hosted in Turkey, 29 years after they made their debut, and was also the first time since the contest in Birmingham that it was not hosted in the host country's capital city. Thirty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-six in the previous edition. , , , and took part for the first time this year. The old relegation system was replaced with a semi-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times from its debut in to . Russia won the contest with Dima Bilan performing the song "Believe". In , the country failed to qualify for the final for the first time in its history. The Russian entry was chosen through both internal selections and a televised national final titled '' Evrovidenie''. Following their exclusion from the due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 26 February 2022, the Russian broadcasters RTR and Channel One announced that they would suspend their membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The EBU made effective the suspension on 26 May 2022, preventing Russia from participating in further Eurovision events unless its membership is resumed. Contest history Russia debuted in the contest after becoming a member of the EBU. Russia won their first and so far only contest in 2008, when Dima Bilan, participating for the second time in the contest, won with the song "Believe", bringi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Terleyeva
Yelena Vladimirovna Terleyeva (Russian language, Russian: Еле́на Владимировна Терле́ева, alternatively transliterated as Elena Terleeva) (born March 6, 1985, in Surgut, USSR) is a Russian singer, best known for her chart-topping single "Solntse" (Russian: Солнце). Early life Terleyeva was born in the subarctic city of Surgut to a family of a music teacher and an army officer. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Novy Urengoy in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. She studied piano and vocals in a local music school while growing up. At the age of 15, she participated in the Russian televised music competition ''Morning Star'', where she won her poule. After finishing secondary school, she moved to Moscow to study pop and jazz vocals at the Institute of Modern Arts, from which she graduated in 2005. Before rising to prominence, she sang regularly in clubs. Later, she achieved a Master of Fine Arts from the Moscow State University. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Narcisse
Mudio Mukutu Pierre Narcisse De Napoli De Suza, better known as Pierre Narcisse (; 19 February 1977 – 21 June 2022), was a Cameroonian-born Russian singer. Biography Born in Ebone, Cameroon in 1977, Narcisse played football as a child and learned to play saxophone at age 13. In the early 1990s, he created a group which performed music at nightclubs, both in the French language and local Cameroonian languages. Narcisse moved to Yegoryevsk, where his sister lived and took part in the filming of ''The Barber of Siberia''. He then attended the MSU Faculty of Journalism and played for the ''KVN'' team of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. In 2000, he participated in several episodes of the television show ' on MTV Russia as a participant. In 2001, he appeared on a special edition of the show, replacing Yana Churikova. At the same time, he worked for the radio station Hit FM. Narcisse recorded the song ''Chocolate Hare'' for the television series ''Fabrika Zvyozd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irakly Pirzhalava
Irakli, Irakly ( ka, ირაკლი), or Erekle ( ka, ერეკლე) is a Georgian version of the Greek name Heracles, and is a popular masculine name in Georgia. Notable people with these names include: Erekle *Erekle I, Prince of Mukhrani (1560–1605), Georgian nobleman * Prince Erekle of Kakheti (1568–1589), Georgian prince * Erekle I of Kartli (1642–1709), ruler in Georgia * Erekle II, Prince of Mukhrani (1666–1723), Georgian nobleman *Erekle II (1720–1798), ruler in Georgia Irakli *Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992), Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician * Irakli Abuseridze (born 1977), Georgian rugby player * Irakli Alasania (born 1973), Georgian politician, soldier and diplomat * Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), Russian literature historian, philologist, and media personality * Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani (1909–1977), Georgian prince * Irakli Bolkvadze (born 1994), Georgian swimmer *Irakli Garibashvili (born 1982), 11th Prime Minister of Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervý kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian federal television channel. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. The majority of its shares are owned or indirectly controlled by the state. It was created by decree of Russian president Boris Yeltsin to replace Ostankino Television Channel One, which in turn replaced Programme One in 1991. From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (, ORT ). The main news programmes are ''Vremya'' and '' Novosti''. Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015. History When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin's new government was to sign a presidential decree on 27 December 1991, providing for Russian jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Kirillov
Sergei Alekseevich Kirillov (born 1960 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a leading modern Russian artist, who is focusing on historical paintings. His subjects have included Dmitry Mikhailovich Bobrok, Stepan Razin, Princess Olga, Ivan the Terrible, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and Dmitry Donskoy. Education and work In 1984 he graduated from The Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, from the studio of Professor Dmitry Konstantinovich Mochalsky. His graduate work was depicting Peter the Great. His paintings are now regularly published in history classroom books, monographs of The History of Russia, and historical belletristic literature. Since 1987, 24 exhibitions of his paintings have been held in Moscow and other cities in Russia. Holdings by museums His works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, and the art museums of Pereslavl, Bryansk, Alexandrov, and other towns in Russia. File:Kirillov knyaginya olga.jpg, Baptism of St.Princess Olga File:Sant Basil The Prayer.jpg, Basil Fool fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showman
Showman can have a variety of meanings, usually by context and depending on the country. Australia Travelling Funfair, showmen ("showies") are people who run amusement and side show equipment at regional shows, state capital shows, events and festivals throughout Australia. In the past, the term has also been used for the people who organized freak shows, sideshows, circuses, travelling theatre wiktionary:troupe, troupes and boxing tents. In Australia, there are around 500 travelling show families, Australian travelling show families in the Eastern states have a travelling School that has approximately 90 children. Ireland Family names associated with funfairs in Ireland include Fox-McFadden, Cassells, Cullen, McFadden, Murray, Bird, Perks and Bell. Turbetts, Hudsons, McCormacks, McGurk, Wilmots and Grahams are associated with coastal amusements, particularly in the west of the country. Turkey "Showman" ( in Turkish language, Turkish) refers to a talk show host in Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
