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Maksim
Maxim (also Maksim, “Maxym”, or Maksym) is a male first name of Roman origin. It is common in Slavic-speaking countries, mainly in Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest". Maxim is also a less well-known surname. Notable people Monarchs: Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia, monastic name Maksim. In Christianity: * Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church * Serbian Patriarch Maksim I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1672) In literature: *Maxim Gorky, Russian author and political activist *Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian author and political activist *Max Stirner, German philosopher In music: * Max Bemis, an American musician and vocalist of Say Anything * MakSim, a Russian singer *Maksym Berezovsky, a Ukrainian composer and opera singer * Maksim Dunayevsky, a Russian film composer * Maksim Mrvica, a Croatian pianist * Maxim Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim "Maks" Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy ( uk, Максим Олександрович Чмерковський ; born January 17, 1980) is a Ukrainian-American Latin–ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series '' Dancing with the Stars'', on which he first appeared in season two. In his 17 seasons as a competing pro on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to the final round five times, with two runner-up and two third-place finishes. On May 20, 2014, Chmerkovskiy, paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis, won his first ''Dancing with the Stars'' title. Chmerkovskiy has also starred in the Broadway productions of dance shows '' Burn the Floor'' and ''Forever Tango''. Early life Chmerkovskiy was born January 17, 1980, in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR to parents Aleksandr "Sasha" Chmerkovskiy and Larisa Chmerkovskaya. He has a younger brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy (born 1986), who is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MakSim
Maxim (also Maksim, “Maxym”, or Maksym) is a male first name of Roman origin. It is common in Slavic-speaking countries, mainly in Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest". Maxim is also a less well-known surname. Notable people Monarchs: Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia, monastic name Maksim. In Christianity: * Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church * Serbian Patriarch Maksim I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1672) In literature: *Maxim Gorky, Russian author and political activist *Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian author and political activist *Max Stirner, German philosopher In music: * Max Bemis, an American musician and vocalist of Say Anything * MakSim, a Russian singer *Maksym Berezovsky, a Ukrainian composer and opera singer * Maksim Dunayevsky, a Russian film composer * Maksim Mrvica, a Croatian pianist * Maxim Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Mrvica
Maksim Mrvica (; born 3 May 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover music. Biography Mrvica was born in Šibenik, Croatia. He took piano lessons at the age of nine.Mrvica to dazzle on the ivories '''', April 16, 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-11. Three years later he gave his first concert performance of 's Piano Concerto in C major. When Serbian aggression started in 1991, both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies. In spite of the war and surrounding turbulence, Mrvica entered in, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đorđe Branković
Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as ''George''; also known as Saint Maksim; b. 1461 – d. 1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The title was granted to him by Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus. From 1493, he shared the title with his brother Jovan. In 1497, Đorđe relinquished all titles and possessions to his brother, and decided to take monastic vows, adopting the name ''Maksim'' ( sr-Cyrl, Максим). He built the Krušedol monastery, and served as diplomatic envoy for prince Radu IV the Great of Wallachia (1507). In 1513, he became Metropolitan of Belgrade. After his death (1516), he was venerated as saint, and canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church. Life Đorđe was the son of Stefan Branković, exiled Despot of Serbia (1458–1459), and Angelina Arianiti, Albanian princess, daughter of Gjergj Arianiti.He was born in 1461, while his parents were residin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Patriarch Maksim I
Maksim I ''Skopljanac'' ( sr-cyrl, Максим I Скопљанац) (died 29 October 1680) was a Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch between 1655 and 1674. He lived in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć In 1674, he resigned due to advanced age, and died in 1680. Metropolitan of Raška Maksim was born in Skopje, thus his nickname. He was serving as the Metropolitan of Raška when his forerunner, Gavrilo I, escaped to Russia fearing Ottoman reprisals for the contacts he held with Sultan's Catholic enemies. Soon Gavrilo I announced that he does not intend to return and that a new patriarch should be chosen. It is, however, not sure if this was his or the initiative of the High Porte. No matter how strange it was to elect a new patriarch while the current was still alive and well, the Serbian Church needed a leader and it set on electing a new patriarch in great haste. Gavrilo's departure meant the downfall of the party within the Serbian Church which was set on establishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Dunayevsky
Maksim Isaakovich Dunayevsky (russian: Макси́м Исаа́кович Дунае́вский, born 15 January 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2006). He is the artistic director and chairman of the artistic council of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic since 2015. Biography Maksim Dunayevsky was born on 15 January 1945 in Moscow. He is the son of the composer Isaak Dunayevsky and the ballerina of the Alexandrov Ensemble and the Moscow Operetta Theater Zoya Ivanovna Pashkova (1922-1994), born out of wedlock. Maksim's elder brother on the father's side, Eugene (1932-2000) was an artist. From 1969 to 1974, Dunayevsky was the conductor of the Vakhtangov Theater. In 1974-1975, he was the chief conductor and music director of the Moscow music hall, in 1985-1987 he was the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the State Pop Orchestra of the RSFSR (he attracted such people as Pavel Smeyan, Irina Ponarovskaya, Boris Oppenheim, Weilan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Maksim Burchenko
Maksim Gennadyevich Burchenko (russian: Максим Геннадьевич Бурченко; born 21 January 1983) is a Russian former footballer. External links *Player page on the official FC Shinnik Yaroslavl website* 1983 births People from Stary Oskol Living people Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders FC Elista players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Rostov players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Russian Premier League players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Sokol Saratov players FC Energomash Belgorod players Sportspeople from Belgorod Oblast {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1983-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksym Berezovsky
Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (russian: Макси́м Созо́нтович Березо́вский , uk, Максим Созонтович Березовський, translit=Maksym Sozontovych Berezovskyi; (?) — 2 April 1777) was a composer, opera singer, bassist and violinist, who studied in Italy and worked at the St. Petersburg Court Chapel in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first Russian Imperial composers in the 18th century to be recognized throughout Europe and the first to compose an opera, symphony, and violin sonata. His most popular works are his sacred choral pieces written for the Orthodox Church. Much of his work has been lost; only three of the eighteen known choral concertos have been found. Dmitry Bortniansky was thought to be the first Russian Imperial symphonic composer until the discovery in 2002 of Berezovsky's Symphony in C by Steven Fox in the Vatican archives, composed around 1770 to 1772. Early life Not much is known about Maxim Berezovsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Deviatovski
Maksim Igorevich Devyatovskiy (russian: Максим Игоревич Девятовский, born 22 April 1984) is a Russian artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates .... Career He came 24th at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2007, and 5th in 2006. Deviatovski won the all-around title of the Russian Championships in 2008. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished 6th in the individual All-Around. He won the 2010 American Cup. See also * List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia References External links * NBC Olympics biography Russian male artistic gymnasts 1984 births Living people Olympic gymnasts of Russia Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous ( ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina are members of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is organized into metropolitanates and eparchies, located primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia. Other congregations are located in the Serb diaspora. The Serbian Patriarch serves as first among equals in his church. The current patriarch is Porfirije, enthroned on 19 February 2021. The Church achieved autocephalous status in 1219, under the leadership of Saint Sava, becoming the independent Archbishopric of Žiča. Its status was elevated to that of a patriarchate in 1346, and was known afterwards as the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. This patriarchate was abolished by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin (born 1 March 1977) is former Russia international forward or attacking midfielder. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2005 Buznikin was chosen Rostov's footballer of the year. Honours * Russian Premier League champion: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004. * Russian Premier League runner-up: 2001. * Russian Premier League bronze: 2005. * Russian Cup winner: 1998. * Russian Super Cup winner: 2003. International goals European competitions history * UEFA Cup 1997–98 with FC Spartak Moscow: 7 games, 1 goal. * UEFA Champions League 1998–99 with FC Spartak Moscow: 3 games. * UEFA Champions League 2001–02 with FC Lokomotiv Moscow: 6 games, 3 goals. * UEFA Cup 2001–02 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
