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Vlas
Vlas is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Adrian Vlas (born 1982), Romanian footballer * Valeriu Vlas (born 1971), Moldovan long-distance runner * Vlas Chubar (1891–1939), Ukrainian Bolshevik and Soviet politician * Vlas Doroshevich (1864–1922), Russian journalist and writer See also * Sveti Vlas, a town in Bulgaria * Vilina Vlas, a Serbian concentration camp {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveti Vlas
Sveti Vlas (also known as St. Vlas; ; ), is a town and resort on the Black Sea coast in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province, Bulgaria. In July, 2007 its population was 3,869. History The town is located at the foot of the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains, in the northern part of Burgas Bay. A settlement was founded at the present place of Sveti Vlas in the 2nd century AD by Thracians and Greeks, possibly ''Larissa'' (Λάρισα), though this site is more likely to be at Cape St. Athanasius. It acquired the name ''Sveti Vlas'' in the 14th century after Saint Blaise, a monastery dedicated to whom existed in the region, but was burnt down in the 14th-18th century by consecutive pirate raids. During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, it was known as ''Kücük manastir'' or simply ''Manastir'' ("monastery" in Bulgarian), while the name ''Sveti Vlas'' became official after 1886. Tourism Sveti Vlas has grown as a tourist resort in recent times, serving as a quieter alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlas Doroshevich
Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich (, April 17, 1864 – February 22, 1922), was one of Russia's most popular and widely read journalists, and a novelist, essayist, drama critic, and short story writer. Early life Doroshevich was born in Moscow, where his mother Alexandra Sokolova was a member of the wealthy upper class. She was educated at the prestigious Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg, but was disinherited by her family for marrying Vlas's father, who was an unsuccessful writer, and far beneath her in social status. He died shortly before Vlas was born.Introduction to ''Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East'', Andrew A. Gentes, Anthem Press 2009. When Vlas was six months old, Alexandra, who had two other children and was struggling financially, brought him to Moscow and gave him to a childless couple by the name of Doroshevich. His mother requested that he be named Blaise in honor of the French philosopher Blaise Pascal, but his adopted parents Russianized the name as Vlasii, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlas Chubar
Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar (, ; – 26 February 1939) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Chubar was arrested during the Great Terror of 1937–38 and executed early in 1939. The top Communist Party official in Ukraine during the 1932–33 famine, Chubar was posthumously held culpable for those events by a Ukrainian court in 2010. Early career Chubar was from an ethnic Ukrainian peasant family. He was born in Fedorіvka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine). His parents were illiterate peasants who owned a small plot of land. He was arrested and beaten by gendarmes for belonging to a revolutionary group when he was 13 years old. After leaving school, he worked as a roofer. Chubar became a Marxist revolutionary during the 1905 revolution and joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1907. He was a senior figure in Vesenkha in Moscow, and the Urals, in 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Vlas
Adrian Vlas (born 12 January 1982) is a Romanian former football player who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i .... Vlas started his career at Farul Constanța, club for which he played almost his entire career. In 2015 after two seasons spent at Callatis Mangalia, Vlas announced his retirement and started a new career, as a goalkeeping coach. ziuaconstanta.ro References |
Valeriu Vlas
Valeriu Vlas (born 6 August 1971 in Călărași) is a retired Moldovan long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His personal best time is 2:17:32 hours. His career highlight was a 35th place at the 1999 World Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ... without reaching the final. Achievements Referencessports-reference 1971 births Living people People from Călărași District Moldovan male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Moldova World Athletics Championships athletes for Moldova {{Moldova-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
