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Bobriki
Novomoskovsk (russian: Новомоско́вск) is a city and the administrative center of Novomoskovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the source of the Don and Shat Rivers. Population: 143,000 (1974); 107,000 (1959); 76,000 (1939). History The city originated in the 18th century as the family manor of Counts Bobrinsky, who industrialized it towards the end of the 19th century. The city, under the name of Bobriki () was officially established in 1930 and continued to develop as a coal (lignite) mining center throughout the Soviet period. In 1933, it was renamed Stalinogorsk (). During World War II, the city was occupied by the German Army from November 22, 1941 to December 11, 1941. In 1961, it was given its present name. The city was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor on January 14, 1971. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novomoskovsk serves as the administrative center of Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobrinsky
The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (''Бобринские'') are a Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the Great's natural son by Count Grigory Orlov. The first Count Bobrinsky Empress Catherine II gave birth to her only official illegitimate son on April 11, 1762, several months before her ascension to the throne. Catherine had to conceal the pregnancy. When the due date came, to distract her husband, Emperor Peter III, her trusted servant Vasily Shkurin was ordered to burn his own house, knowing that the Emperor had a passion to watch the fires. The child was named Aleksey after his uncle and godfather, Count Aleksey Orlov. He was brought up in Bobriki, a village in the Tula guberniya. On April 2, 1781, Catherine sent him a letter, in which she openly avowed her maternity. She named him Bobrinsky, a surname derived from the estate he lived in. On the 5th day of his reign, Emperor Paul made his half-br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, covering an area of and a population of 1,553,925 (2010). Tula is the largest city and the capital of Tula Oblast. Tula Oblast borders Moscow Oblast in the north, Ryazan Oblast in the east, Lipetsk Oblast in the southeast, Oryol Oblast Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Populati ... in the southwest, and Kaluga Oblast in the west. Tula Oblast is one of the most developed and urbanized territories in Russia, and the majority of the territory forms the Tula-Novomoskovsk, Russia, Novomoskovsk Agglomeration, an urban area with a population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Lenyov
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenyov (russian: Александр Иванович Ленёв; 25 September 1944 – 12 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. International career Lenyov earned ten caps for the USSR national team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968. Honours * Soviet Top League: 1965 * Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...: 1968 Death He died on 12 November 2021, after a long illness. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk (; uk, Кременчу́к, Kremenchuk ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper R ... River. The city serves as the Capital city, administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (Raion, district) in Poltava Oblast (Oblast, province). Kremenchuk is administratively incorporated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance administered by its own city council and does not form a part of the Raions of Ukraine, raion. Its population is approximately Along with its Satellite town, city-satellites Svitlovodsk and Horishni Plavni, it is an urban agglomeration and transportation hub. Although not as large as some other oblast centers and cities of regional signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Towns And Sister Cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Yurishchev
Aleksei Sergeyevich Yurishchev (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Юрищев; born 20 October 1978) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pr .... External links *Profile at Footballfacts 1978 births People from Novomoskovsk Living people Russian footballers Association football defenders FC Arsenal Tula players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Khimik-Arsenal players Russian Premier League players {{Russia-footy-defender-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Yulygin
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Yulygin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Юлыгин; 18 January 1936 – 26 April 2016) was a Russian professional football coach and player. External links * 1936 births 2016 deaths Association football midfielders FC Asmaral Moscow managers FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Dynamo Stavropol managers FC Khimik-Arsenal players FK Köpetdag Aşgabat managers FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Volgar Astrakhan managers Russian football managers Russian Premier League managers SC Tavriya Simferopol managers SC Tavriya Simferopol players Soviet football managers Soviet footballers FC Torpedo NN Nizhny Novgorod players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Vezdenetskiy
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Vezdenetskiy (russian: Александр Сергеевич Везденецкий; born 6 February 1982) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach for the Under-19 squad of FC Arsenal Tula. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League for FC Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League ... in 2004. External links * 1980 births People from Novomoskovsky District Living people Russian footballers Association football midfielders FC Khimik-Arsenal players FC Arsenal Tula players FC Torpedo Vladimir players Sportspeople from Tula Oblast {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1980-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Tikhonov (cosmonaut)
Nikolay Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian Cyrillic: Николай Владимирович Тихонов; born May 23, 1982) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He was scheduled to make his first space flight in 2020, onboard Soyuz MS-16, but was removed for medical reasons. Cosmonaut career After working as an engineer for RKKE, he was selected for cosmonaut training in 2006. In 2013, Tikhonov served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside Soichi Noguchi, Andreas Mogensen, David Saint-Jacques, Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke. He was selected as a backup flight engineer for Soyuz MS-02. He was made a prime crew member of Soyuz MS-04 but, due to Russian budget cuts, the crews were changed and Tikhonov was then slated to make his first spaceflight on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. He was again removed from the manifest due to delays in launching the Russian Nauka module. He was scheduled to fly into space as commander of the Soyuz MS-15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Slyadnev
Mikhail Mikhailovich Slyadnev (russian: Михаил Михайлович Сляднёв; born 19 January 1983) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ... for FC Oryol in 2006. References 1983 births People from Novomoskovsky District Living people Russian footballers Association football defenders FC Rostov players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Oryol players FC Sportakademklub Moscow players FC Spartak-MZhK Ryazan players Sportspeople from Tula Oblast {{Russia-footy-defender-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Sebrova
Irina Fyodorovna Sebrova (russian: Ирина Фёдоровна Себрова; – 5 April 2000) was a flight commander in the women's 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Witches, during the Second World War. She was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 February 1945 for her first 825 bombing missions. By the end of the war she totaled over 1,000 sorties, more than any other female pilot. Early life Sebrova was born on to an impoverished Russian family in Tetyakovka, Novomoskovsk; she had five siblings. After completing only five grades of school in 1927 she moved to Moscow, where she graduated from trade school in 1933, becoming a locksmith. Until 1939 she worked as a sewing machine maintenance worker and later as shift foreman at a cardboard factory that made postal boxes. She also attended Voroshilov sharpshooting and nursing courses. Having graduated from the Bauman aeroclub in 1939, she went on to attend the Kherson Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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