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Simonov
Simonov (), or Simonova (feminine; Си́монова), is a Russian surname. It is derived from the given name Simon (given name), Simon and literally means ''Simon's''. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrey Simonov (general), Andrey Simonov (born 1966), a Russian major general *Andrey Simonov (born 1971), a Russian aviation historian *Ivan Simonov (1794–1855), Russian astronomer *Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979), Soviet poet, playwright, and novelist *Kseniya Simonova (born 1985), Ukrainian artist *Matvey Simonov (1823–1900) Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist and writer *Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer *Mikhail Yuryevich Simonov (born 1959), Russian direct marketing pioneer and personified communications expert *Nikolai Simonov (1901–1973), Soviet actor *Ruben Simonov (1899–1968), Soviet actor and film director *Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov (1894–1986), Soviet weapons designer *Sergei Sergeyevich Simonov (born 1983), Russian footballer *Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kseniya Simonova
Kseniya Oleksandrivna Paskar (; name at birth, née Simonova; ; born 22 April 1985) is a Ukrainian performance artist; she is involved in sand animation, graphic design, illustration, cinema, and literature. She is a Merited Artist of Ukraine and rose to prominence in 2009 after winning ''Ukrayina maye talant, Ukraine's Got Talent''. She is the only one to receive two Golden Buzzers on two "The Champions" series of the ''Got Talent'' franchise: ''America's Got Talent: The Champions'' and ''Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'', both in 2019. Early life Simonova was born in 1985, in Yevpatoria, a city on the Crimean peninsula which at the time was a part of the Soviet Union. Her mother, Irina Simonova, is an artist, a theatrical designer, and teacher of fine arts. Her father, Alexander Simonov, is a former military officer who owns a furniture design company. Since she was a child, Kseniya painted, drew, and designed with her mother. Kseniya Simonova's parents discouraged her fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (, – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent,Константин Михайлович Симонов // " Литературная газета" № 36 от 5 сентября 1979 года стр.3 n official obituary article about death of K. M. Simonov/ref> arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me". Early years Simonov was born in Petrograd in 1915. His mother, Princess Aleksandra Leonidovna Obolenskaya, came of the Rurikid Obolensky family. His father, Mikhail Agafangelovich Simonov, an officer in the Tsar's army, left Russia after the Revolution of 1917 and died in Poland sometime after 1921. Konstantin's mother, Alexandra, remained in Russia with Konstantin. In 1919 his mother married Alexander Ivanishev, a Red Army officer and veteran of World War I. Konstantin spent several years as a child in Ryazan while his stepfather worked as an instruc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Simonov
Ivan Mikhailovich Simonov (1794–1855) was a Russian astronomer and a geodesist. Biography He completed his studies and became a professor of physics at Kazan State University in 1816 where he was a close friend of Nikolai Lobachevsky. He was a corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1829 and later went on to become the rector of Kazan State University in 1846. From 1819 to 1821 he took part in and wrote a detailed account of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev's expedition around the world, during which the continent of Antarctica was discovered. Among Simonov's contributions are his many astronomical observations, the development of methods for such observations, and the design of a reflector. Simonov was among the first in Russia to study terrestrial magnetism. On his initiative two observatories were established in Kazan: an astronomical observatory in 1833 and an observatory for the study of magnetism in 1843. Simonov Island (Tuvana-I-Thol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Simonov (general)
Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov (; born 29 June 1966) is a Russian Armed Forces major general (one-star rank) serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District. On 30 April 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed to have killed Simonov in an artillery strike. His death has yet to be confirmed by Russian officials. Biography Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was born on 29 June 1966, in Baranovka, Verkhnekamsky District, Kirov Oblast. In 1987, he graduated from the Tomsk Higher Military Command School of Communications and began his service in the Electronic Warfare troops. Here he worked as an operational duty officer, a platoon commander, a command post leader, and a deputy battalion commander. In 2000 he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy, and was promoted from a senior officer of the Siberian Military District's electronic warfare service to head of the Vostok regional command headquarters' electronic warfare service. In 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Simonov
Nikolay Konstantionovich Simonov (; December 4, 1901 – April 20, 1973) was a USSR, Soviet film and stage actor.Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. С. С. Мокульский. Т. 1 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, А — «Глобус», 1961, 1214 стб. с илл., 12 л. илл. (стб. 707) People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Biography Early life and education Nikolay Simonov was born on December 4, 1901, in Samara, Russia. From 1917–1919 he studied art at Samara School of Art and Design. From 1919–1923 he studied art at the Imperial Academy of Arts. From 1922–1924 he studied acting at the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, from which he graduated with honors in 1924. Career From 1924–1973, He was a permanent member with the company of Pushkin Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg. During the 1950s and 1960s he was also the theatre's artistic director. Simonov made his film debut in 1924 and played supportin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov (; 4 October 1894 – 6 May 1986) was a Soviet weapons designer who is considered one of the fathers of the modern assault rifle. Mostly known for the Samozaryadnyi karabin Simonova (), 1945 (self-loading carbine of Simonov, 1945), or SKS carbine, he also pioneered the assault and semi-automatic rifle field in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly under the supervision of both Vladimir Fyodorov and Fedor Tokarev. His early work preceded both the M1 Garand (of 1933), and the later M1 Carbine, AK-47, and M16 series. Biography Born in 1894 in Fedotovo (now Melekhovo), Simonov began work in a foundry immediately after completing his elementary school studies. By the end of World War I, after completing a basic technician's course of instruction, he began working on a pioneering automatic rifle designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, the Fedorov Avtomat. After the Russian Revolution, Simonov continued further at the Moscow Polytechnic Institute, graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Yuryevich Simonov
Mikhail Yuryevich Simonov (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Симонов, born 1959) is a Russian direct marketing pioneer and personified communications expert, president of Silver Mercury advertising and marketing festival, the member of Silver Archer Russia Awards jury, Russian Association of Marketing Services president and Association of Russian Communications Agencies Vice-president. Early life Simonov was born on March 4, 1959, in Moscow. Studied at a specialized school with an emphasis on Spanish. In 1976, enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Management. Post-graduation, worked at the Academy of Municipal Economy, developing mathematical models for urban transport systems. Simonov began his commercial activities in 1987. Career He founded the Poster Publicity agency in 1993 (Russia Direct holding since 2000, Russian Association of Marketing Services since 2007) and Russian Association of Direct Marketing in 1994. He became the president of this Association and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Simonov
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (, ; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946). Biography Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Armenians in Russia, Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.Yuzefovich, Victor (1985). ''Aram Khachaturyan'', trans. Nicholas Kournokoff and Vladimir Bobrov. New York, Sphinx Press. p. 74. . In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow. Selected filmography * ''Admiral Nakhimov (film), Admiral Nakhimov'' (1946) as Osman Pasha (naval officer), Osman Pasha * ''The Fall of Berlin (film), The Fall of Berlin'' (1950) as Anastas Mikoyan * ''The Golden Antelope'' (1954) as Raja (voice) *''The Gadfly (1955 film), The Gadfly'' (1955) as Cardi Awards and honors * Honored Artist of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Simonova
Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova () is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the James Bond film ''GoldenEye'', played by actress Izabella Scorupco. Biography Natalya Simonova ( Izabella Scorupco) works as a programmer at the Severnaya facility of the Russian Space Forces, on work involving missile guidance systems. When the treasonous General Arkady Ouromov ( Gottfried John) and Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) attack the station with a stolen Tiger helicopter, she is left the only survivor besides Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming), who had allied himself with Ourumov and Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), the plan's mastermind. Simonova attempts to find Boris, whom she believes to be innocent; he meets her in a cathedral and turns her over to Onatopp. Simonova and James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), who have both been captured by Trevelyan, are trapped in the stolen Tiger helicopter. The helicopter is programmed to fire missiles at itself, but Bond is able to eject the two, who are subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonov Monastery
Simonov Monastery () in Moscow was established in 1370 by the monk Feodor, a nephew and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh. It became one of the richest and most famous monasteries, comprising six major churches (often with multiple side chapels), and many icons. Job became the abbot in 1571, and became the first patriarch in Russia in 1589. The monastery land formerly belonged to Simeon Khovrin, a boyar of Greek extraction and progenitor of the great clan of Golovins. He took monastic vows in the cloister under the name Simon (hence the name); many of his descendants are also buried there. In 1379, the monastery was moved half a mile to the east. Its original location, where bodies of the warriors killed in the Battle of Kulikovo had been buried, is still commemorated by the old Simonov church. During the 15th century, the cloister was the richest in Moscow. Among the learned monks who lived and worked there were Vassian Patrikeyev and Maximus the Greek. A white-stone cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Simonov
Mikhail Petrovich Simonov (; 19 October 1929 – 4 March 2011) was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simonov coordinated the Su-27's sale to foreign governments, providing badly needed hard currency to the Russian government. In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1999. , Warheroes.ru. Retrieved January 23, 2009. Simonov was born in Rostov-on-Don. He became an aviation engineer in the 1950s and joined [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Simonov
Yuri Ivanovich Simonov (; born 4 March 1941) is a Russian conductor. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory under Nikolai Rabinovich, and was later an assistant conductor to Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Simonov first conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1969, and was named chief conductor of the company in February 1970, the youngest chief conductor in the company's history at that time. He held the post until 1985. In 1986, he established the USSR Maly State Orchestra, and subsequently made several commercial recordings with the ensemble. He became music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998. Outside of Russia, Simonov was music director of the Belgian National Orchestra from 1994 to 2002. Selected recordings * Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
