Kryuchkov
Kryuchkov (russian: Крючко́в; masculine) or Kryuchkova (; feminine) is a Russian last name and may refer to the following people: * Dmitri Kryuchkov (1887–1936?), Russian poet * Fyodor Kryuchkov (1913–1944), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union * Gennadi Kryuchkov (1926–2007), Russian Baptist minister * Maria Kryuchkova (b. 1988), Russian gymnast * Nikolai Kryuchkov (1911–1994), Soviet actor * Olga Kryuchkova (b. 1966), Russian writer * Pyotr Kryuchkov (1889-1938), secretary of Maxim Gorky * Sergey Kryuchkov (1897–1969), Soviet philologist * Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova (b. 1950), Soviet/Russian actress * Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924–2007), KGB director * Vladislav Kryuchkov (b. 1989), Russian footballer See also * Kryuchkovo * Kryukov Kryukov (russian: Крю́ков) and Kryukova (russian: Крю́кова; feminine) is a common Russian surname derived from the word "" (''kryuk''). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladimir Kryuchkov
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Крючко́в, link=no; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Initially working in the Soviet justice system as a prosecutor's assistant, Kryuchkov then graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry and became a diplomat. During his years in the foreign service, he met Yuri Andropov, who became his main patron. From 1974 until 1988, Kryuchkov headed the foreign intelligence branch of the KGB, the First Chief Directorate (PGU). During these years, the Directorate was involved in funding and supporting various communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements across the world, some of which came to power in their countries and established pro-Soviet governments; in addition, under Kryuchkov's leadership the Directorate had major triumphs in penet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pyotr Kryuchkov
Pyotr Petrovich Kryuchkov (russian: Пётр Петро́вич Крючко́в; 12 November 1889, Perm – 15 March 1938) was a soviet lawyer and the secretary of Maxim Gorky. Career Pyotr Kryuchkov was born in Perm and was the son of a leading vet and magistrate. He obtained a law degree at St Petersburg University. In 1916, he was hired as a secretary and personal assistant by the actress Maria Andreyeva, who had been Maxim Gorky's lover for more than a decade. When that relationship, ended, she and Kryuchkov became lovers. She was then nearly 50 years old, he was 20 years younger. The affair was short-lived, but through her, he met Gorky. Early in the 1920s, Kryuchkov was sent on a trade delegation to Berlin. Later he joined Gorky's extended household in Sorrento, Italy, where he assumed the role of the writer's secretary. The Old Bolshevik Yakov Hanecki attempted in 1928 to warn Gorky against employing him, to which the writer replied: He joined Gorky on a visit to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dmitri Kryuchkov
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Крючков; 14 April 1887 – 18 January 1938) was a Russian poet and a convert to Catholicism. Early life Kryuchkov was born in 1887 in Saint Petersburg in a middle-class family. He studied in a German high school, but did not graduate. Career Kryuchkov was engaged in the course of Ego-Futurism poetry and published two collections of poetry (in 1913 and 1914). Much of his poetry had themes of landscapes and religion. His first book of poetry was titled "Padun Nemolchnyi" (The Incessant Faller) published in 1913. His second book of poetry was titled "Tsvety Ledyanye" (Icy Flowers) and was published in 1914, featuring poems exclusively about winter landscapes. As Ego-Futurism eventually dissipated, Kryuchkov faded into obscurity along with other poets of this movement. Kryuchkov served as a psalmist in the Orthodox Church of Saint Panteleimon. In autumn 1922, he met with Leonid Feodoro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maria Kryuchkova
Maria Yevgenyevna Kryuchkova (russian: Мария Евгеньевна Крючкова; 7 July 1988 – 8 March 2015) was a Russian gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... Career Kryuchkova competed at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras, Greece, winning team gold and placing sixth on floor. In 2003, she won team bronze at the WOGA Classic in Texas, USA. Later that year, she swept the Friendship Classic. In 2004, she did not make the Russian team for the European Championships, but won gold on floor, and placed fifth in the all-around and eighth on vault at the Russian Cup. She was named to the Russian team for the Olympic Games in Athens, where she contributed to a team bron ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gennadi Kryuchkov
Gennadi Konstantinovich Kryuchkov (russian: Геннадий Константинович Крючков, 20 October 1926, Stalingrad, Soviet Union - 15 July 2007, Tula, Russia) was a Russian leader of the Baptist church in the Soviet Union. He was pursued by the KGB for over 25 years, and was described in his obituary in ''The Independent'' as "one of the most extraordinary of the Soviet Union's religious leaders in the post-Stalin era". Kryuchkov was born in the then newly renamed Stalingrad (previously Tsaritsyn, now Volgograd). His parents became Baptists shortly before his birth, and he was raised in that denomination. In 1931, his father was sent to a labour camp for five years as a result of his faith, and was banned from living in Moscow after he was released. Kryuchkov was conscripted into the Red Army in 1943. He remained a soldier until 1951, when he rejoined his family in Uzlovaya, near Tula, where his father was a coal miner. He became an electrician. He married Lydi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olga Kryuchkova
Olga Evgenevna Kryuchkova (Russian: Ольга Евгеньевна Крючкова), pseudonym Olivia Claymore (Russian: Оливия Клеймор) (born 7 August 1966), a Russian historical and mystical writer. To date, Kryuchkova is the author of 25 novels and published by "Veche" (Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...: "Вече"). Biography Olga Kryuchkov was born in Moscow on 7 August 1966. After graduating high school in 1983, she entered the Moscow College of automation and remote specialty mathematician and programmer, who graduated with honors and got a job working for one of the Moscow Aviation Institute. In 1986 she enrolled in the Moscow Aviation Institute the faculty of aircraft. Institute and graduated in 1992. Her literary career bega ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladislav Kryuchkov
Vladislav Yuryevich Kryuchkov (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Крючков; born 24 August 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He played 7 seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC Baltika Kaliningrad and FC SKA-Khabarovsk Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russi .... External links * 1989 births Footballers from Kaliningrad Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FK Ventspils players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Latvian Higher League players Russian First League players Armenian Premier League players Russian Second League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footbal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikolai Kryuchkov
Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (russian: Никола́й Афана́сьевич Крючко́в; 6 January 1911 – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected filmography * ''Outskirts'' (1933) * '' By the Bluest of Seas'' (1936) * ''The Return of Maxim'' (1937) * '' The Vyborg Side'' (1939) * '' Salavat Yulayev'' (1941) * '' They Met in Moscow'' (1941) * ''In the Rear of the Enemy'' (1941) * ''In the Name of the Fatherland'' (1943) * ''Heavenly Slug'' (1945) * '' Happy Flight'' (1949) * ''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (1949) * '' The Lights of Baku'' (1950) * '' Sporting Honour'' (1951) * '' Bountiful Summer'' (1951) * '' The Star'' (1953) * '' Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse'' (1955) * '' The Forty-First'' (1956) * '' Leningrad Symphony'' (1957) * ''Over Tissa'' (1958) * '' Ballad of a Soldier'' (1959) * ''Cruelty'' (1959) * ''Hussar Ballad'' (1962) * '' Balzaminov's Marriage'' (1964) * '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova
Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as the word Shweta in Sanskrit. Particularly unique among similar common Russian names, this one is not of ancient Slavic origin, but was coined by Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad "Svetlana", the latter first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, Macedonia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries. In the Russian Orthodox Church ''Svetlana'' is used as a Russian translation of ''Photina'' (derived from ''phos'' ( el, φως, "light")), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4). Semantically similar names to this are ''Lucia'' (of Latin origin, meaning "light"), '' Claire' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kryuchkovo
Kryuchkovo (Крюк- "Hook")https://translate.yandex.com/en/?source_lang=en&target_lang=ru&text=Hook is a defunct airbase in Tver Oblast, Russia, located 34 km northwest of Tver. Shown on the 1973 Department of Defense Global Navigation Chart No. 1, it was probably a 1950 Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ... airfield. Very little remains and its exact location is uncertain. References Airports in Tver Oblast {{Russia-mil-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an author, he travelled widely across the Russian Empire changing jobs frequently, experiences which would later influence his writing. Gorky's most famous works are his early short stories, written in the 1890s ("Chelkash", " Old Izergil", and " Twenty-Six Men and a Girl"); plays '' The Philistines'' (1901), '' The Lower Depths'' (1902) and '' Children of the Sun'' (1905); a poem, "The Song of the Stormy Petrel" (1901); his autobiographical trilogy, '' My Childhood, In the World, My Universities'' (1913–1923); and a novel, '' Mother'' (1906). Gorky himself judged some of these works as failures, and ''Mother'' has be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kryukov
Kryukov (russian: Крю́ков) and Kryukova (russian: Крю́кова; feminine) is a common Russian surname derived from the word "" (''kryuk''). While the literal meaning of the word is "hook", the surname stems from the figurative meaning of "finicky person", a "quibbler", but also a "stoop-shouldered person".Федосюк Ю. А. "Русские фамилии. Популярный этимологический словарь"Крюков 6-е изд., испр. Москва, Флинта: Наука, 2006. 240 с. People with this surname include: *Andrei Krukov (born 1971), Kazakh and Azerbaijani skater * Artem Kryukov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player *Fyodor Kryukov (1870–1920), Russian writer and soldier *Irina Kryukova Irina Viktorovna Kryukova (russian: Ирина Викторовна Крюкова; born 18 May 1968), Kulish, is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2001). Biography In the early and mid-1990s, Iri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |