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VIA Gra
VIA Gra ( uk, ВИА Гра), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, is a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") also stand for " vocal-instrumental ensemble" in Ukrainian, and "Гра" ("hra") means "game" or "play" in Ukrainian, and is also a kind of signature of the surnames of the two first girls of the group, VI-nnytsk-A and GR-anovsk-A, the originally used maiden name of Nadia Meiher. Nu Virgos rose to prominence when they hit the charts in Ukraine and Russia in September 2000, with their first single "''Popytka No. 5''" ("Attempt No. 5"). Their first success outside the Russian language area was in May 2004, with the single "Stop! Stop! Stop!", an English version of their 2002 Russian song. The group is known for their frequent lineup changes, with 13 different individuals having at one time been in the group. The group was co-creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kyiv was a tributary of the Khazars, until its capture by the Varangian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Romanovska
Olga Romanovskaya ( uk, Ольга Романовская), also known as Olga Koryahina ( uk, Ольга Корягіна); born January 22, 1986, in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSRm is a Ukrainian singer, television presenter, fashion designer and model. Biography As a student living in Mykolaiv, in 2006, Romanovska moved into the third year under the direction of the national university of Kyiv Culture and Art in the faculty of arts and crafts. She participated in exhibitions and photo shoots as a model to pay forher studies. In early 2006, the Nu Virgos group attended the funeral of Nadia Meiher who refused to participate further in the project. To replace her, a casting was organised at the wake and Koryahina decided to enter. To her surprise, she was chosen, but the vacant seat was taken by Khrystyna Kots-Hotlibm elected Miss Kyiv in 2003. After three months, the producers decided that it was not appropriate and they decided to give a chance to Romanovskaya. It form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Language
Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state language of Ukraine in Eastern Europe. Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of the Cyrillic script. The standard Ukrainian language is regulated by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU; particularly by its Institute for the Ukrainian Language), the Ukrainian language-information fund, and Potebnia Institute of Linguistics. Comparisons are often drawn to Russian, a prominent Slavic language, but there is more mutual intelligibility with Belarusian,Alexander M. Schenker. 1993. "Proto-Slavonic," ''The Slavonic Languages''. (Routledge). pp. 60–121. p. 60: " hedistinction between dialect and language being blurred, there can be no unanimity on this issue in all instances..."C.F. Voegelin and F.M. Voegeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIA (music)
VIA (Russian: ''ВИА'') is an abbreviation for Vocal- usicInstrumental-Ensemble (russian: Вокально-инструментальный ансамбль, ''Vokalno-instrumentalny ansambl''). It is the general name used for pop and rock bands that were formally recognized by the Soviet government from the 1960s to the 1980s. In Soviet times, the term ''VIA'' generally meant ''band'', but it is now used in Russia to refer specifically to pop, rock, and folk groups active during the Soviet period. In the PRL and some other neighbouring satellite states of the USSR the term big-beat was used instead. History The term VIA appeared in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and represented a model under which the Soviet government was willing to permit domestic rock and pop music acts to develop. To break through to the state-owned Soviet media, a band needed to become an officially recognized VIA. Each VIA had an artistic director (художественный руководите ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viagra
Sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra, among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is unclear if it is effective for treating sexual dysfunction in women. It is taken by mouth or by injection into a vein. Onset is typically within twenty minutes and lasts for about two hours. Common side effects include headaches, heartburn, and flushed skin. Caution is advised in those with cardiovascular disease. Rare but serious side effects include a prolonged erection (priapism) that can lead to damage to the penis, vision problems, and hearing loss. Sildenafil should not be taken by people on nitrates such as nitroglycerin (glycerin trinitrate), as this may result in a serious drop in blood pressure. Sildenafil should not be taken within four hours of taking an alpha blocker. Sildenafil acts by blocking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), an enzyme that promotes breakdown of cGMP, which regulates blood flow in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wordplay
Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, double entendres, and telling character names (such as in the play ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', ''Ernest'' being a given name that sounds exactly like the adjective ''earnest''). Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning. Examples of text-based ( orthographic) word play are found in languages with or without alphabet-based scripts, such as homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese. Techniques Some techniques often used in word play include interpreting idioms literally and creating contradictions and redundancies, as in Tom Swifties: :"Hurry up and get to the back of the ship," T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop and which flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and start of the British Invasion. All-female bands, in which members also play instruments, are usually considered a separate phenomenon. These groups are sometimes called "girl bands" to differentiate, although this terminology is not universally followed. With the advent of the music industry and radio broadcasting, a number of girl groups emerged, such as the Andrews Sisters. The late 1950s saw the emergence of all-female singing groups as a major force, with 750 distinct girl groups releasing songs that reached US and UK music charts from 1960 to 1966. The Supremes alone held 12 number-one singles on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aina Vilberh
Aina Zinovievna Vilberh. (; ; born January 10, 1985) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, vocal teacher and actress. Life and career 1985–2000: Early life Aina Vilberh was born in Kakhovka on January 10, 1985. She attended the Kiev State Higher Music College named after R. M. Glier from 2002 to 2006, majoring in pop vocals. Vilberth participated in musical groups of various directions — from classical to nu-metal. She teaches singing in a speech position according to the method of Seth Riggs, considering this method of voice production the best and shortest way to vocal success. In parallel, he is developing his own singing school based on the liberation of the voice through the emancipation of the body. She has worked as a vocal coach in such television projects as ''Fabryka Zirok'', ''ShoumaStgouon'', with the Azerbaijani talent show ''Big Stage'', in the international reality show ''Хочу V ВИА Гру'' (''I Want To Be In Nu Virgos''), and also prepared participant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Meganskaya
Olga Borisovna Meganskaya (russian: Ольга Борисовна Меганская; born: 6 March 1992) is a Russian singer, model and former member of Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos. Life and career Meganskaya was born on 6 March 1992 in Yaroslavl. In parallel with her studies in elementary school, Meganskaya took piano and solo classes, and after receiving her diploma, she was admitted to the Faculty of Musical Art of the House of Music of Saint Petersburg State University. Meganskaya took part in numerous singing contests and had won more than once. Meganskaya started her career as a singer by performing in restaurants and bars, as well as festivals and other events. She took part in auditions for the 6th season of the popular singing contest The Voice in the summer of 2017, but none of the coaches chose her. 2018–2020: Nu Virgos In March 2018, through a private casting, she replaced Misha Romanova in Nu Virgos VIA Gra ( uk, ВИА Гра), known outside of Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Kozhevnikova
Anastasia Dmytrivna Kozhevnikova ( uk, Анастасія Дмитрівна Кожевнікова; born 26 March 1993) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter and former member of the girl group Nu Virgos. Life and career Kozhevnikova was born on 26 March 1993 in Yuzhnoukrainsk. At the age of six, she sang in a choir "Капельки" (Droplets). Two years later, she went to a music school to take piano lessons. At the same time, she also studied the basics of acting and choreography, studying at the model pop song theater "Галатея". Kozhevnikova took part in various competitions as a child, such as "Бегущие по волнам" (Running on Waves), "Первые ласточки" and "Молода Галичина", but did not receive much success from them. At the age of 16, Kozhevnikova participated in her first casting for the show "Супер зірка" (Supergirl) in which she passed the qualifying round, but the timing of the filming of the show coincided with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Dimopulos
Khrysanti Yanisivna Dimopulos ( uk, Хрисанті Янісівна Дімопулос; born 21 May 1987), better known as Santa Dimopulos,; el, Σάντα Δημόπουλος, Santa Dimopoulos is a Ukrainian singer of Assyrian-Greek descent. The champion of the 2011 WBPF World Championship in the category "World Women Model Physique 165 cm+." The winner of a Ukrainian TV show '' Dancing with the Stars 2020''. Biography In 2006 she earned 3rd place in the ''Miss Ukraine Universe'' pageant. She is a former member of the Ukrainian musical group Nu Virgos VIA Gra ( uk, ВИА Гра), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, is a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") ..., known as VIA Gra in Ukraine (2011–2012). She is also a former member of the Russian girl group Queens (2016–2017), formed as a trio of ex-Nu Virgos singers. Notes R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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