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Krambambula (band)
Krambambula is a Belarusian band from Minsk, started by Lavon Volski (also the founder of N.R.M.) in 2001. The name of the band is derived from a popular Belarusian alcoholic tincture of the same name. The band performs humorous and satirical songs, often on an alcoholic theme. Krambambula was banned in Belarus from 2011 to 2017. History Emergence of the idea In the second half of the 90s the artist and poet Mikhail Anempodistov came up with the concept of the album ''Narodny Albom'' ( en, Folk Album). The Belarusian rock stars of that time were supposed to take part in this project. The album was dedicated to Western Belarus interwar period. Lavon Volski, the leader of the musical band N.R.M., was also invited into this project. He was involved in the arrangements and sang most of the songs there. Lavon sang in an unusual for himself manner, as the album songs were made in a folk style. After the completion of this project Volski still had many ideas for such kind of comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (oblast, voblast) and Minsk District (Raion, raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the Largest cities in Europe, 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskoye Shampanskoye
''Sovetskoye Shampanskoye'' (Сове́тское шампа́нское, 'Soviet Champagne') is a generic brand of sparkling wine produced in the Soviet Union and successor states. It was produced for many years as a state-run initiative. Typically the wine is made from a blend of Aligoté and Chardonnay grapes. After the Soviet Union dissolved, private corporations in Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine purchased the rights to use "Soviet Champagne" as a brand name and began manufacturing once again. "Soviet Champagne" is still being produced today by those private companies, using the original generic title as a brand name. History Russian Emperor Paul I first brought together Crimean vines and French master Champagne-makers but it was a Russian aristocrat, Prince Golitsyn, who established the first economically successful Russian sparkling wine at Abrau-Dyurso. So successful was Golitsyn that in 1900 at the Paris World Fair, Novy Svet champagne defeated al ... [...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] |
Gunesh Abasova
Gunesh Alisafayevna Abasova ( az, Günəş Əlisaf qızı Abbasova; be, Гюнэш Алісафаеўна Абасава, ''Hjuneš Alisafajeŭna Abasava''; born 1979), often known simply as Gunesh, is a Belarusian-Azerbaijani singer-songwriter. She represented in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013 with the song "". Early life Abasova was born in Baranavichy in 1979. She is fluent in Turkish. Career In 2004, Abasova collaborated with Belarusian band Krambambula for their album ''Radio Krambambula 0.33 FM'' as a vocalist. She recorded two songs in Azerbaijani for the album. She has attempted to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest several times since 2005. She competed in the with the song "Call My Name", with "Connect the Hearts", with "I Can't Live Without You", with "Fantastic Girl", with "And Morning Will Come" (later changed to "Tell Me Why"), with "I Believe in a Miracle", and with "I Won't Cry". She was awarded the second prize for young pop song perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Tumilovich
Gennady Anatolyevich Tumilovich (russian: Геннадий Анатольевич Тумилович, born 3 September 1971) is a Belarusian football coach and a former player. Club career Belarus Tumilovich started his career at FC Dinamo Brest of Soviet Second League. He then moved to the only club in Soviet Top League from Byelorussian SSR, the capital's FC Dinamo Minsk. After the independence, he played the first ever Belarusian First League, and followed the reverse team Dinamo-2 Minsk promoted to Belarusian Premier League. After a season with second team, he joined the first team in 1993–94 season. Russia In 1996, Tumilovich joined Metallurg Krasnoyarsk of Russian First Division. He then played for Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky, also in First League. In 1998, he joined Russian Premier League side Zhemchuzhina Sochi, and also played with their reserve team at Russian Second Division. Israel In 2000, he joined Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion, but returned to Russia for Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hleb
Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb ( be, Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб, ; russian: Александр Павлович Глеб; born 1 May 1981), commonly referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, is a Belarusian former professional footballer. Hleb's natural and preferred position is attacking midfielder or "in the hole" behind the strikers, but he was often deployed on the wing. He is known for his passing, agility and dribbling ability. A full international for Belarus since 2001, he won 80 caps for his country. Early life Hleb grew up in Minsk. His mother worked on a construction site while his father drove petrol tankers. His father had volunteered to help demolish houses in Ukraine made uninhabitable as the result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Hleb believes this exposure to radiation caused his father's ill health. Before getting involved with football, Hleb was a keen swimmer and gymnast. His younger brother Vyacheslav is also a footballer. Club career VfB S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Alyaksandr Khatskevich ( be, Аляксандр Хацкевіч, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and former player. Playing career Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. He made 39 appearances and scored four goals for the Belarus national team from 1993 to 2005. Managerial career After Khatskevich retired from playing, Khatskevich became a football coach. At age 33, his former club, FC Dinamo Minsk, appointed him to replace Pyotr Kachura after the first match of the 2007 Belarusian Premier League season. From December 2014 until December 2016 he was the head coach of Belarus national team. On 20 December 2019, he signed with Russian Football National League club FC Rotor Volgograd. The club only played two games after the resumption of the 2019–20 season after the winter break and then the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Rotor were leading the league at the time of abandonment, the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Aliaksandra Viktarauna Herasimenia ( be, Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя russian: Алекса́ндра Ви́кторовна Герасиме́ня; Łacinka: Aliaksandra Viktaraŭna Hierasimienia / Aleksandra Gerasimenya; born 31 December 1985) is a Belarusian former swimmer. After a medal-winning career, including gold at the 2012 World Championships and silver at the 2012 London Olympics, she became a critic of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus, and now lives in exile in Lithuania. Swimming career She is 2 times olympic runner-up (2012 London) in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle, Olympic bronze medalist (2016 Rio de Janeiro) in the 50-meter freestyle, World Champion ( 2011 Shanghai) in the 100-meter freestyle, World Champion (25m pool) ( 2012 Istanbul) in the 50-meter freestyle, European Champion ( 2010 Budapest) in the 50-meter backstroke, and 3 consecutive times Universiade Champion ( 2009 Belgrade, 2011 Shenzhen and 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natallia Tsylinskaya
Natallia Tsylinskaya (russian: Наталья Цилинская; born 30 August 1975) is an international cyclist, who specialises in track sprinting. Tsylinskaya is an eight time World Champion, and an Olympic bronze medalist. Early life Under the direction of her trainer, Alexander Beljatsky (who rode for Russia's road racing team ''Dynamo''), Tsylinskaya won the Youth USSR Championship at the age of 14. At age 16, in 1993, she travelled to Sydney, Australia to participate in the Junior World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. Return to cycling After she left cycling to get married and start a family, Belarusian authorities convinced Natallia to return to competitive cycling during the winter of 1998. As Minsk did not have a track or adequate training facilities, Tsylinskaya moved to Moscow, where she trained. At the 2000 World Championships in Manchester, England won gold in both the 500mTT and the Sprint, these results alone were not sufficient for a qualifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Partisan
''Belarusian Partizan'' (russian: Белорусский Партизан) is a Belarusian Internet newspaper, founded in 2005 by the journalist Pavel Sheremet. It is published mainly in Russian and Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor .... On December 14, 2017 Belarusian Partisan was blocked by the Belarus Ministry of Information. As a result of that the site changed its .org domain to the .by domain. In November 2021, the website, Telegram channel and social networks of the Belarusian Partisan were included in the Belarusian list of the extremist materials. After that, the editors deleted their Telegram channel, explaining this by the desire not to set up readers, and the website of the Belarusian Partisan stopped updating. References {{Reflist Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuro Dubel
Neuro Dubel (Russian: Нейро Дюбель, Belarusian: Нейра Дзюбель) is a Belarusian punk rock band originating from Minsk signed by West Records. It was founded by Alaksandar Kulinkovič (born 18 May 1972, died 4 August 2018) and his brother-in-law Hienadź Ahiejčyk on 17 July 1989. The band was recognized as Rock-Kings twice at the Rock Coronation Belarusian Music Awards. Members The band currently features only one original member: Andrej Ściepaniuk (aka. Stepashka) as a drummer. The other three members are guitarists, which include Vital Abramovič, Uładzimier Sachončyk and bass player Jaŭhien Broŭka (all three joined in 2003). Notable former members include Alaksandar Kulinkovič (lead vocalist, 1989–2018), Jury Navumaŭ (backing vocals, 1991–2020), Maksim Paravy (guitars, 1994–2003), Stanisłaŭ Papłaŭski (bass guitar, 1993–2003) and Maksim Ivašyn (keyboards, 1993–2004). Albums Neuro Dubel's first studio album ''Умные вещи'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyapis Trubetskoy
Lyapis Trubetskoy (russian: Ляпис Трубецкой, be, Ляпіс Трубяцкі) was a Belarusian rock band. It was named after comical hero from Ilya Ilf's and Yevgeny Petrov's novel "The Twelve Chairs", poet and potboiler Nikifor Lyapis, who used pseudonym Trubetskoy. On 17 March 2014 frontman Siarhei Mikhalok announced that the band would be dissolved, on 31 August the band ceased to exist and broke up in two ensembles: Brutto and Trubetskoy. History Popularity in the 2000s In January 2009 their album ''Manifest'' became "the best album of the year 2008" according to the ''West Records'' top-list and '' The Lenta'' music review. In August 2009 they played as headliners at the “ Be Free” festival organized by the European Radio for Belarus in Chernihiv (Ukraine) together with Vopli Vidopliassova, Hair Peace Salon, and more Belarusian and Ukrainian rock bands. Lyapis Trubetskoy was one of the bands that performed (in December 2013) for Euromaidan-protes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
