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Irena (name)
Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name. * Irena Bačiulytė (born 1939), Lithuanian rower *Irena Brynner (1917–2003), Russian-born American sculptor, jewelry designer, author *Irena Degutienė (born 1949), Lithuanian politician and twice acting Prime Minister * Irena Fleissnerová (born 1958), Czech swimmer *Irena Jarocka (1946–2012), Polish singer * Irena Karpa (born 1980), Ukrainian writer, journalist and singer *Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer *Irena Olevsky (born 1974), Australian synchronized swimmer * Irena Pavelková (born 1974), Czech slalom canoer * Irena Šedivá (born 1992), Czech javelin thrower * Irena Sendler (1910–2008), Polish social worker and resistance member who saved Jewish children during the Nazi occupation * Irena Šiaulienė (born 1955), Lithuanian politician * Irena Swanson, Yugoslav-born American mathematician *Irena Szewińska (born 1946), Polish sprinter *Irena Turkevycz-Martynec Irena Turkevycz-Martynec (1899- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Sendler
Irena Stanisława Sendler (), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, ''nom de guerre'' Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw. From October 1943 she was head of the children's section of '' Żegota'', the Polish Council to Aid Jews ( pl, link=no, Rada Pomocy Żydom). In the 1930s, Sendler conducted her social work as one of the activists connected to the Free Polish University. From 1935 to October 1943, she worked for the Department of Social Welfare and Public Health of the City of Warsaw. During the war she pursued conspiratorial activities, such as rescuing Jews, primarily as part of the network of workers and volunteers from that department, mostly women. Sendler participated, with dozens of others, in smuggling Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then providing them with false identity documents an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Milovan
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organisation to focus exclusively on renewable energy, addressing needs in both industrialised and developing countries. It was founded in 2009 and its statute entered into force on 8 July 2010. The agency is headquartered in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The Director-General of IRENA is Francesco La Camera, a national of Italy. IRENA is an official United Nations observer. History The first suggestions for an international renewable agency is based on the 1980 Brandt Report activities. NGOs and industry lobbying groups like Eurosolar, the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and the World Wind Energy Association have promoted IRENA since several decades. In 1990, the Austrian government of Franz Vranitzky suggested a reneweables agency to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Feminine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of moder ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Veisaitė
Irena Veisaitė (9 January 1928 – 11 December 2020) was a Lithuanian theatre scholar, intellectual and human rights activist. She was awarded the Goethe Medal in 2012 for her contribution to cultural exchange between Germany and Lithuania. Life and career Veisaitė was a Lithuanian Jew. She was born in Kaunas and survived the Holocaust. She earned a doctorate in Leningrad in 1963 with a dissertation on the poetry of Heinrich Heine, and was a lecturer at the teacher's college in Vilnius from 1953 to 1997. She was also head of the Thomas Mann Cultural Centre in Nida, Lithuania. . She was the long-term President of the Open Society in Lithuania Foundation. She was also known for addressing communism in her work, and said in an interview with '' Deutsche Welle'' that "the Soviets were very, very bad. Different from the Nazis, but not better." In 1952, Veisaite married in Moscow to a young Jewish economist named Jakov (Jasha) Boom. Later, she married the Estonian film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Turkevycz-Martynec
Irena Turkevycz-Martynec (1899-1983) was born in Brody, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and came to Canada, to Winnipeg, in 1949. She was a Prima donna in the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, and performed in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, and many other European cities during her long and storied career.Marunchak, M.H. The Ukrainian Canadians: A History. Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, Winnipeg, Ottawa, 1970, page 677. Early life Irena Turkevycz was born on December 25, 1899, in Brody, in today's Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. She was the third child in the family of priest, choir conductor, catechist, and music critic Ivan Turkevycz (Туркевич). Her mother was Sofia Kormoshiv (Кормошів). When Irena was six, her father was appointed catechist of the Teaching Seminary in Zalishchyky (Заліщики), where he was provided with a separate house located near the Dniester river. He became the soul of the musical life of the city, often involving his wife Sophia, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: ; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m. Personal life Irena Kirszenstein was born in Leningrad to a Jewish-Polish family. Her father came from Warsaw and mother from Kiev. They met in Samarkand where they studied at the time, and in 1947 moved to Warsaw. In 1967, she married her coach, Janusz Szewiński, who also competed in hurdles at the national level and later worked as a sports photographer. They have two sons, Andrzej Szewiński (born 1970), who played volleyball for the Poland men's national volleyball team and later became a senator, and Jarosław (born 1981). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Swanson
Irena Swanson is an American mathematician specializing in commutative algebra. She is head of the Purdue University Department of Mathematics since 2020. She was a professor of mathematics at Reed College from 2005 to 2020. Education and career Swanson is originally from the former Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia, and was attracted to mathematics from a very young age. She came to the US as an exchange student in Tooele, Utah in her last year of high school. There, she became interested in Reed College, the alma mater of her host family's daughter, and applied only to Reed for her undergraduate studies. She is a 1987 graduate of Reed, with an undergraduate thesis on functional analysis. She went to Purdue University for graduate study, completing her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1992. Her dissertation, ''Tight Closure, Joint Reductions, And Mixed Multiplicities'', was supervised by Craig Huneke. She became assistant professor at the University of Michigan in 1992 and joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Šiaulienė
Irena Šiaulienė (born 1955) is a Lithuanian politician who is the deputy speaker of Seimas, the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. Early life Irena Šiaulienė was born on 19 February 1955 in Kolainiai, Kelmė District Municipality. She attended a school in Telšiai District Municipality before enrolling herself at the History department of Vilnius State University, from where she received her degree (1971–76). She did her PhD in 1987. Career From 1976 to 1992, Šiaulienė was an associate professor of history at the Klaipėda University. In 1990, she became a deputy-chair of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. She won the 1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election to enter the Sixth Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (), is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania, enacting laws and amendmen ... and has since retained her memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupation Of Poland (1939–1945)
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the German-Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the End of World War II in Europe, defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945. Throughout the entire course of the occupation, the territory of Poland was divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) both of which intended to eradicate Poland's culture and subjugate its people. In the summer-autumn of 1941, the Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union, lands which were annexed by the Soviets were overrun by Germany in the course of the initially successful Operation Barbarossa, German attack on the USSR. After a few years of fighting, the Red Army drove the Wehrmacht, German forces out of the USSR and crossed into Poland from the rest of Central and Eastern Europe. Sociologist Tadeusz Piotrowski (sociologist), Tadeusz Piotrowski argues that both occupying power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Šedivá
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organisation to focus exclusively on renewable energy, addressing needs in both industrialised and developing countries. It was founded in 2009 and its statute entered into force on 8 July 2010. The agency is headquartered in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The Director-General of IRENA is Francesco La Camera, a national of Italy. IRENA is an official United Nations observer. History The first suggestions for an international renewable agency is based on the 1980 Brandt Report activities. NGOs and industry lobbying groups like Eurosolar, the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and the World Wind Energy Association have promoted IRENA since several decades. In 1990, the Austrian government of Franz Vranitzky suggested a reneweables agency to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Pavelková
Irena Pavelková (born 5 September 1974, in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2012. She won seven medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (2003, 2005, 2010) and four silvers (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011). She is the overall World Cup champion from 1997. She also won a total of 11 medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes). Pavelková also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K1 event in Sydney in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from .... World Cup individual podiums :1 European Championship counting for World Cup points :2 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Olevsky
Irena Olevsky (born 22 March 1974) is a former Australian synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Personal life Olevsky was born on 22 March 1974 in Moscow, Russia. As of 2006, she is tall and weighs . Synchronised swimming Olevsky and Naomi Young competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and received a silver medal in the duet event. Olevsky also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, placing 8th in the team event and 16th in the duet event with Young. Olevsky competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ..., receiving a silver medal in the Free Routine Duet with Dannielle Liesch, as well as a bronze medal in the Free Routine Solo event. Olevsky retired shortly after the Commonwealth Games, after 27 years of com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
