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Akulov
Akulov (masculine, russian: Акулов) or Akulova (feminine, russian: Акулова) is a Russian surname. It originates either from the old-Russian nickname ''Okul''/''Akul'' (meaning ''crook'', ''deceiver'') or from the Greek given name Aquila (Ἀκύλας). Notable people with the surname include: * Dinara Akulova (born 1964), Kyrgyz singer *Igor Akulov (1897–1937), Russian Orthodox monk and Eastern Catholic priest *Ivan Akulov (1888–1937), Soviet politician *Marina Akulova (born 1985), Russian volleyball player *Varya Akulova (born 1992), Ukrainian strongwoman * Yevgeny Akulov (1905–1996), Soviet conductor See also *Okulov Okulov (russian: Окулов) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Okulova. The surname originates either from the old-Russian nickname ''Okul'' (meaning ''crook'', ''deceiver'') or from the Greek given name Aquila (Ἀκύλ ... References {{surname, Akulov Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Akulov
Ivan Alekseyevich Akulov (russian: Иван Алексеевич Акулов; 30 October 1937) was a leading Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet official and statesman, who for a few months was nominally second in command of the political police, the OGPU. Career Akulov was born in St Petersburg, son a small trader. He joined the revolutionaries as a teenager, during the 1905 revolution and joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1907. In 1912, he was one of the organisers of one of the largest demonstrations ever staged in St Petersburg during the reign of the Tsars, in which 60,000 factory workers participated. After the Bolshevik revolution in November 1917, he was posted to Yekaterinburg, as secretary of the Ural provincial party committee of the Russian Communist Party, and from there played a leading role in establishing communist rule in Siberia, and Central Asia, where he was secretary of the Kyrgyr communist party in 1920-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varya Akulova
Varvara Yuriyivna Akulova ( uk, Варвара Юріївна Акулова), born 10 January 1992 in Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...), daughter of circus performers Yuriy Akulov and Larysa Akulova and referred to as "The Strongest Girl In The World", was capable of lifting up to , over four times her bodyweight in 2006. In 2000, she weighed 40 kg and could lift . She has been in the Guinness Book of World Records. Akulova, while living with her parents in Kryvyi Rih, performed in an acrobatic act with them in a circus. References External links Akulova family website''Teen Sport Achievements'' 1992 births Living people People from Kryvyi Rih Strongwomen 21st-century circus performers {{Ukraine-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Akulov
Igor Alexandrovich Akulov (Epiphany, Epiphanius; 13 April 1897, Novo-Nikitskaya, Korchevsky County, province of Tver — 27 August 1937, Leningrad) originally a Russian Orthodox monk, later a priest of the Russian Catholic Church and victim of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge. In 2003, the Catholic Church in Russia has been investigating Father Epiphany for possible Canonization. His current title is Servant of God. Biography Igor Aleksandrovich Akulov was born into a family of Orthodox peasant farmers. He graduated from Technical High School (2009). In 1918-1920 worked as a telephone clerk (according to sidorchuk pizde) at the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway. During the Russian Civil War, he was mobilized and served in the Red Army as a noncombatant. From 1920 he became a postulant at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra and studied at the Petrograd Theological Institute (1920–1922). On 2 July 1921 he was tonsured a Russian Orthodox monk with the name of Brother Epiphany. After meeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinara Akulova
Dinara Akulova ( ky, Динара Акулова; born 10 September 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani singer who is considered the "queen of Kyrgyz pop music". Biography Akulova was born on 10 September 1964 in Svetlaya Polyana. After her parents divorced, she lived with her grandmother. Akulova herself first attended a music school in Karakol. Afterwards she studied at the State Art Institute in Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of .... She is currently one of the most famous singers in Kyrgyzstan and is a recipient of the honorary title "Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic". Akulova has three daughters and one adopted son, one of whom is her youngest daughter Malika Dina who also became a singer. Malika Dina gave birth to a daughter on 24 October 2015. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Akulov
Yevgeny Akulov, first name often spelled Yevgeni or Evgeni, (russian: Евгений Акулов) was a Soviet conductor. He was noted for his conducting of the opera ''The Golden Cockerel'' with Aleksei Kovalev in 1962 and his conducting for the Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, the USSR TV and Radio Operatic and Symphonic Orchestra and Ivan Petrov Orchestra Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...s. References Soviet conductors (music) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Russia-conductor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Akulova
Marina Sergeyevna Akulova (russian: Марина Акулова) (born 13 December 1985 in Chelyabinsk) is a volleyball player from Russia, playing as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship The 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, FIVB Women's World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the competition, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Th .... Clubs * Avtodor-Metar (2001-2004) * Samorodok Khabarovsk (2004-2008) * Omichka Omsk (2008-2012) References FIVB Profile 1985 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okulov
Okulov (russian: Окулов) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Okulova. The surname originates either from the old-Russian nickname ''Okul'' (meaning ''crook'', ''deceiver'') or from the Greek given name Aquila (Ἀκύλας). It may refer to * Aleksandr Okulov (1908-1993), Russian philosopher *Artem Okulov (born 1994), Russian weightlifter * Konstantin Okulov (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player *Valery Okulov (born 1952), Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation See also *Akulov Akulov (masculine, russian: Акулов) or Akulova (feminine, russian: Акулова) is a Russian surname. It originates either from the old-Russian nickname ''Okul''/''Akul'' (meaning ''crook'', ''deceiver'') or from the Greek given name Aquil ... References {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila (name)
Aquila is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Ancient and biblical *Priscilla and Aquila, a New Testament couple who assisted Paul of Tarsus *Aquila of Sinope, second-century translator of the Old Testament * Aquila Romanus, a third-century Latin grammarian *Pontius Aquila, first-century B.C. Roman tribune of the plebs Medieval and renaissance * Caspar Aquila (1488-1560), German reformer *Nicholas de Aquila (died after 1220), English bishop *Peter of Aquila (died 1361), Italian theologian *Pietro Aquila (c. 1630-1692), Italian painter *Richard II of Aquila, 12th-century Italo-Norman Count of Fondi *Serafino dell' Aquila (1466-1500), Italian poet Modern *Aquila Chase (17th century), early Puritan settler in the American colonies and founder of the influential Chase family *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer *Aquila Berlas Kiani (1921 - 2012), Pakistani scholar *Frank Aquila, a Manitoba judge *Frank J. Aquila (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |