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Grīnbergs
Grīnbergs (feminine: Grīnberga) is a masculine Latvian-language surname, a Latvianization of the Yiddish surname Grinberg. *Emanuels Grīnbergs *Ojārs Grīnbergs *Ralfs Grīnbergs *Teodors Grīnbergs *Teodors Grīnbergs, birth name of Teodors Zaļkalns Teodors Zaļkalns (born Teodors Grīnbergs; 30 November 1876 – 6 September 1972) was a Latvian sculptor, poet, medalist and teacher who was among the first professional Latvian sculptors. Biography He was born in 1876 in Allažu parish in t ... {{surname Latvian-language masculine surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodors Grīnbergs
Teodors Grīnbergs (2 April 1870 - 14 June 1962) was a Latvian prelate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia and its first archbishop from 1932. He was forcibly taken into exile in Germany in 1944. He continued to serve as archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia in exile (later officially known as The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia in Exile, and after that as The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad) at which post he served until his death. Biography Grīnbergs was born into a family of farmers in Ģibzdes manor in "Mazlejas" (now Valdgale Parish) of Dundaga parish. He studied in Pope, Ģibzde, Talsi and Jelgava. From 1891 to 1896 he studied Theology at the University of Tartu. He became a member of the oldest Latvian student corporation Lettonia. From 1899 to 1932 he served as a pastor in Lutrīne and Ventspils. Along with his duties in the church he also worked as a teacher in Ventspils and even as Chairman of the City Council. In 1929 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojārs Grīnbergs
Ojārs Grīnbergs (19 November 1942 – 22 April 2016) was a Soviet and Latvian singer. Biography Ojārs Grīnbergs was born on 19 November 1942 in Riga. Since 1961, he was a soloist with various ensembles in Riga. During his military service in the Soviet Army, he was the founder and lead singer of the vocal and instrumental ensemble ''Zvyozdochka'', which became the winner of the competition of ''"Liepaja Amber"''. He was a member of the Riga variety orchestra (1966–1974). Since 1973, he sang in a duet with Margarita Vilcāne, both performers were soloists in the pop ensemble Latvian State Philharmonic, who bore the title of 1979 ''Tip Top''. He took part in the recording of the Raimonds Pauls studio albums ''Tev, mana labā'' (1969) and ''Tik dzintars vien'' (1970). He was the winner of the International Competition ''Rostock-72'' Pop Song (1972). He was a member of the party Tautas kustība Latvijai (1995–1996), deputy Saeima (1995–1998). He was a Chevalier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodors Zaļkalns
Teodors Zaļkalns (born Teodors Grīnbergs; 30 November 1876 – 6 September 1972) was a Latvian sculptor, poet, medalist and teacher who was among the first professional Latvian sculptors. Biography He was born in 1876 in Allažu parish in the family of a farmer and merchant. Grīnbergs studied at the Allaži parish school, then at the Riga city real school. In 1893, he entered the Stiglitz Central School of Technical Drawing in St. Petersburg, specializing in decorative painting and etching. In 1899, he went to study in Munich, then to Paris with the aim of improving his decorative painting skills, but after meeting Auguste Rodin, he decided to become a sculptor. After returning to St. Petersburg, he worked in a jewelry company, where he created models for human and animal figurines. In the summers he returned home and worked mainly on portraits. In 1903, he moved to Yekaterinburg, where he worked as an art teacher. At the same time, he also created portraits and statuettes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralfs Grīnbergs
Ralfs Grīnbergs (born 10 November 1995) is a Latvian former ice hockey player who played for the HK Rīga of the MHL. Playing career Grīnbergs began his hockey career playing in minor and junior Latvian hockey leagues. In 2013/2014 season he joined HK Rīga Dinamo Rīga minor league affiliate. He made his KHL debut on 15 October in defeat against Jokerit. International Grīnbergs participated at the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship) was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, ... as a member of the Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team. References External links * * 1995 births Living people Latvian ice hockey defencemen HK Riga players Dinamo Riga players Mississippi RiverKings (SPHL) players 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Peoria Rivermen (SP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvianization
Latvianization (sometimes Lettization) is a cultural assimilation of something non-Latvian into Latvian (other), Latvian. This process was an important component during the several waves of Latvian national awakening. Language The first notable process of Latvianization was during the First Latvian National Awakening, when Germanism (linguistics), Germanisms in Latvian language, Latvian started to be replaced with native Latvian ones: ''beķeris'' (baker) > ''maiznieks'', ''duršlags'' (colander) > ''caurduris'', ''trekteris'' (funnel) > ''piltuve'' (both words are in use today), and the intolerant attitude was formed towards these borrowings. This process continued over time and by 1990s the Germanic Barbarism (linguistics), barbarisms (unwarranted borrowings) were to a great extent removed from the literary Latvian. Juris Alunāns was especially active in this and now he is recognized as the father of Latvian linguistics. Notably, he suggested Latvianized names for fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grīnberga
Grīnberga (masculine: Grīnbergs) is a feminine Latvian-language surname, a Latvianization of the Yiddish surname Grinberg. Noptable people with the surname include: *Ilona Dzelme-Grīnberga (born 1966), Latvian windsurfer *Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga (born London, 1953) is the priest-in-charge of St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia and was the first woman to become a bishop in Britain. Jēruma-Grīnberga is the daughter of the Latvian composer Alberts ... (born 1953), Latvian priest-in-charge of St Saviour's Anglican Church in Riga * (1871-1949), Latvian opera singer and vocal pedagogue * (born 1969), Latvian translator {{surname Latvian-language feminine surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinberg
Grinberg is a surname, a Yiddish variant of Grünberg, literally "green mountain" in German. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Grinberg, birth name of Adam Greenberg (cinematographer) (born 1939), Polish cinematographer * Alexander Grinberg, Soviet photographer * Anouk Grinberg (born 1963), Belgian actor * Emanuel Grinberg (1911–1982), Latvian mathematician * Gedalio Grinberg (1931–2009), Cuban-American watchmaker * Iosif Grinberg (1906–1980), Soviet literary critic *Ivan Grinberg (1908–1973), birth name of Philip Rahv *Jacobo Grinberg * Jacques Grinberg (1941-2011), neo-expressionist painter and printmaker * Linda Grinberg (1951–2002), American HIV/AIDS activist * Louise Grinberg * Maria Grinberg (1908–1978), Soviet pianist * Miguel Grinberg * Ricardo Grinberg (born 1948), Argentine chess master *Sara Topelson de Grinberg (born 1945), Polish-born Mexican architect * Suzanne Grinberg * Svetlana Grinberg * Uri Zvi Grinberg * Yoysef Grinberg (1900–1996), P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuels Grīnbergs
Emanuels Donats Frīdrihs Jānis Grinbergs (1911–1982, westernized as Emanuel Grinberg) was a Latvian mathematician, known for Grinberg's theorem on the Hamiltonicity of planar graphs.... Biography Grinbergs was born on January 25, 1911, in St. Petersburg, the son of a Lutheran bishop from Latvia. Latvia became independent from Russia in 1917, and on the death of his father in 1923, Grinbergs' family returned to Riga, taking Grinbergs with them. In 1927, he won a high school mathematics competition, the prize for which was to study in Lille, France. He then studied mathematics at the University of Latvia beginning in 1930. On graduating in 1934, he won a prize that again funded study in France; he did graduate studies in 1935 and 1936 at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, during which he published his first paper, in geometry. He returned to the University of Latvia as a ''privatdozent'' in 1937, and joined the faculty as a dozent in 1940. His lectures at that time covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
