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Ustinov Family
Ustinov () is a surname of Russian origin, created from the given name Iustin. The feminine form is Ustinova (). People with this name include: * Alexander Ustinov (born 1976), K-1 fighter and boxer * Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984), the Soviet Union's defence minister from 1976 to 1984 * Ivan Ustinov (1920–2020), Soviet military counterintelligence officer * Jona von Ustinov aka "Klop" Ustinov (1892–1962), journalist and diplomat, father of Sir Peter Ustinov * Sir Peter Ustinov (1921–2004), born Peter Alexander von Ustinov, British actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur. * Plato von Ustinov (1840–1918), Russian aristocrat who lived in Jaffa, father of Jonah von Ustinov * Tamara Ustinov (born 1945), British actress * Vladimir Ustinov (born 1953), Russian politician See also * Ustinov College, University of Durham, England * Izhevsk Izhevsk or Ijevsk (, ; , or ) is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' De facto#National languages, official language of the former Soviet Union.1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russia, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Russian language in Israel, Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the List of languages by number of speakers in Europe, most spoken native language in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustinova
Ustinova is a Russian surname (the feminine form of Ustinov) that can refer to the following: * Anna Ustinova, Kazakh high jumper * Anna Ustinova, Russian mountain bike orienteer * Daria Ustinova Daria Konstantinovna Ustinova (; born 29 August 1998) is a Russian backstroke swimmer. She is a former Junior World record holder in women's 200 m backstroke. Career At the 2013 European Junior Championships Ustinova won 5 golds (100 m backst ..., Russian backstroke swimmer * Natalya Ustinova, Uzbek former swimmer * Svetlana Ustinova, Russian actress * Tatyana Ustinova, Soviet geologist {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ustinov
Alexander "Sasha" Ustinov (; born 7 December 1976) is a Russian professional boxer,. Retrieved 1 October 2016. former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, he has challenged once for the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title in 2017. Kickboxing career In 2003 after winning K-1 Moscow Grand Pix with three consecutive KO's Alexander Ustinov earned his spot at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris. In quarter finals he met Gregory Tony and won the fight by a second-round TKO. In the semi-final he stepped into the ring against his own sparring partner Alexey Ignashov and after the hard-fought battle the judges ruled the fight for Ignashov's favor. In December 2003 he continued his strong performances at the tournaments winning the K-1 Spain GP in Barcelona. On 7 August 2004 Alexander Ustinov was invited to participate at K-1 World GP 2004 Battle of Bellagio II. On his biggest tournament of his career, he was matched up against the towering South African fighter Jan "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitriy Ustinov
Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov (; 30 October 1908 – 20 December 1984) was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial complex from 1965 to 1976 and as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death in 1984. Ustinov was born in the city of Samara to a Russian working-class family in 1908. Upon reaching adulthood, he joined the Communist Party in 1927 before pursuing a career in engineering. After graduating from the Institute of Military Mechanical Engineering in 1934, he became a construction engineer at the Leningrad Artillery Marine Research Institute. By 1937, he transferred to the Bolshevik "Arms" Factory where he ultimately rose to become the director. While serving as People's Commissar of Armaments during World War II, he achieved distinction within the party's ranks by successfully overseeing the evacuation of Leningrad's industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ustinov
Ivan Lavrentevich Ustinov (; 1 January 1920 – 15 January 2020) was a Soviet intelligence officer who held a number of posts in Soviet military counterintelligence, reaching the rank of general-lieutenant. Born in 1920, Ustinov joined the Red Army in 1939 and was assigned to serve in the state's security organs. He had begun his operational studies two weeks before the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, and was soon in service in the front lines. He saw action at the Battle of Smolensk and the fighting around Vyazma, having to escape encirclement before he could rejoin the Soviet forces. He served on several of the fronts during the Second World War, as part of the detachments of NKVD and SMERSH operatives assigned to army groupings. By the end of the war he was head of a SMERSH detachment with a regiment, and during the 1950s was part of military counterintelligence assigned to the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, as part of the Ministry of State Security (MGB), and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jona Von Ustinov
Jona Freiherr von Ustinov (; 2 December 18921 December 1962), often known as Klop Ustinov (), was a German journalist and diplomat who worked for MI5 during the time of the Nazi regime. His father was the Russian-born emigre Baron Plato von Ustinov (1840–1918). His son was the actor Sir Peter Ustinov. Early life Ustinov was born Jonah Freiherr von Ustinow in Jaffa, Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, the son of Plato von Ustinov, a former Russian officer and naturalised citizen of the Kingdom of Württemberg who had married Magdalena Hall, then living in Jaffa, the daughter of the Ethiopian court lady Katharina Hall, also known as Welette-Iyesus and her husband, Moritz Hall, a Jewish-born convert to Protestantism, cannon-caster of Tewodros II of Ethiopia and missionary of in Ethiopia, and later in Jaffa. Magdalena and Plato von Ustinov (sometimes transcribed as "Ustinow") had five children, of whom Jona/Jonah was the eldest. There is a family photograph that sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, director and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received #Awards and nominations, numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Award, BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Awards, an Olivier Award and a Grammy Award. Ustinov received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus'' (1960), and ''Topkapi (film), Topkapi'' (1964). He also starred in notable films such as ''Quo Vadis (1951 film), Quo Vadis'' (1951), ''The Sundowners (1960 film), The Sundowners'' (1960), ''Billy Budd (film), Billy Budd'' (1962), and ''Hot Millions'' (1968). He voiced John, King of England, Prince John and Richard I of England, King Richard in the Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Animated film ''Robin Hood (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plato Von Ustinov
Plato Freiherr von Ustinov (born Platon Grigoryevich Ustinov; ; 1840–1918) was a Russian-born nobleman, naturalised German citizen, was one of the most prolific collectors of Palestinian antiquities. He lived off of his inherited wealth for most of his life and owned the ''Hôtel du Parc'' in Jaffa, Ottoman Empire, now part of Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Early life Platon Grigoryevich Ustinov was born into wealth in the Russian Empire. He was the fourth child and second son of court councillor Grigori Mikhailovich Ustinov (1803–1860) and his wife, noblewoman Maria Ivanovna Panshina (1817–1846).. See p. 3. Platon's father Grigori was the youngest son of (1755–1836), a millionaire merchant from Saratov, a major port on the Volga River. Grigori held a manor estate in , in today's Balashovsky District, Saratov Oblast. Platon's uncle (1800–1871) was Russian ambassador to Constantinople. Later, Platon's younger brother, Mikhail Grigoryevich Ustinov, would also follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaffa
Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the Mediterranean coastline. Excavations at Jaffa indicate that the city was settled as early as the Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age. The city is referenced in several ancient Ancient Egypt, Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian Empire, Assyrian documents. Biblically, Jaffa is noted as one of the boundaries of the tribe of Dan and as a port through which Cedrus libani, Lebanese cedars were imported for the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Under Achaemenid Empire, Persian rule, Jaffa was given to the Phoenicians. The city features in the biblical story of Jonah and the Greek legend of Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda. Later, the city served as the major port of Hasmonean Judea. However, its importance declined during the Roman Empire, Roman perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Ustinov
Tamara Ustinov (born 1945) is a British actress known for the films ''The Blood on Satan's Claw'' (1970), ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971), and ''The Last Horror Movie'' (2003). Career Ustinov appeared in the films ''The Blood on Satan's Claw'' (1970), ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971), and ''The Last Horror Movie'' (2003). In 2003, she appeared as the "Bride's mother" in ''The Last Horror Movie''. Personal life Ustinov is the only child of Peter Ustinov and Isolde Denham (1920–1987), daughter of Reginald Denham and Moyna Macgill. Her parents' marriage lasted from 1940 to their divorce in 1950. She is the half-niece of Dame Angela Lansbury (Tamara's mother, Isolde, was the half-sister of Angela Lansbury, who appeared with Peter Ustinov in ''Death on the Nile'', 1978). Her father's estate has been in a protracted dispute between her half-brother, the sculptor , and her father's third wife. Tamara Ustinov has been married to Malcolm Rennie Malcolm Forbes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Ustinov
Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov (; born 25 February 1953) is a Russian lawyer and statesman. Since 2008 he is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice. He was Vladimir Putin's first General Prosecutor of Russia from 2000 to June 2006. He has the prosecutor's rank of Active State Councillor of Justitia and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. High-profile cases * Investigation into Russian apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk (1999) * The case of Media-Most and Vladimir Gusinsky (2000) * The case of Chechen terrorist Salman Raduyev (2000-2001), for the first time in the history of modern Russia, the Prosecutor-General acted as a public prosecutor at the trial * Investigation of the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk (2000 - 2002) * Nord-Ost (2002) * Yukos case (2003-2005) * Criminal prosecution of former Ukrainian Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustinov College
Ustinov College is a Colleges of Durham University, constituent college of Durham University. Founded in 1965 as the Graduate Society, it achieved full college status in 2003 and adopted its current name from the then-chancellor of the university, Sir Peter Ustinov. It is Durham’s first and only exclusively Postgraduate education, postgraduate college, mostly reading for Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Master of Arts, MA, Master of Science, MSc, and Master of Laws, LLM degrees, and is the largest college by number of students both full and part-time. The college is located on Sheraton Park in Neville's Cross having previously based in Howlands Farm at the top of Elvet, Elvet Hill. The college body is diverse and comprised a community of scholars from over 100 nationalities. Members of Ustinov College are termed ''Ustinovian'' and instead of a Tutorial system, formal tutorial supervision, the college runs its own mentorship programme. Ustinov is the only college in Durham to offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
