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Gennady Katsov
Gennady Katsov (; born February 13, 1956 Evpatoria, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet Russian-American poet, writer and journalist from Ukraine. Early life He was born and raised in Evpatoria, Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. He graduated from the Shipbuilding Institute () at Nikolaev (), now known as ''Mykolaiv'', and worked in the department of the Chief Designer at the Kherson Shipyard (). Later, he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence University of Public Knowledge () with a two-year degree in journalism. During his second year of studies, he became interested in the fine arts and visited both Moscow and Leningrad. During a visit to the Hermitage, he decided that he would learn more about art history. Career In the early 1980s Gennady Katsov moved to Moscow and became close to Ivan Zhdanov () who introduced him to many artists including Lesha Parshchikov (), Sasha Eremenko, (), Konstantin Kedrov (), Dmitri Prigov (), who is one of the founders of Russian conceptualism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevpatoria
Yevpatoria (; ; ; ) is a city in western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative center of Yevpatoria Municipality, one of the districts (''raions'') into which Crimea is divided. It had a population of History Greek settlement The first recorded settlement in the area, called ''Kerkinitis'' (), was built by Greek colonists around 500 BCE. Along with the rest of the Crimea, Kerkinitis formed part of the dominions of King Mithridates VI Eupator ( BCE). The name of the modern city derives from his nickname, ''Eupator'' ('of a noble father'). Khanate period From roughly the 7th through the 10th centuries, Yevpatoria was a Khazar settlement; its name in Khazar language was probably ''Güzliev'' (literally 'beautiful house'). It was later subject to the Cumans ( Kipchaks), the Mongols, and the Crimean Khanate. During this period the city was called ''Kezlev'' by Crimean Tatars and ''Gözleve'' by Ottoman Turks. The Russian medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
