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Oblonsky
Oblonsky (masculine), Oblonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname (see " Blonsky" for its etymology). Notable people with this surname include: * (1924-2010), Russian writer * Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), American kickboxer *Prince Stepan (Stiva) Oblonsky, a character from ''Anna Karenina'' *Prince Serge Oblonsky, a character from ''The Chess Player'' (1938 film) See also *Mirosław Obłoński Mirosław Obłoński (17 July 1938 – 23 October 2023) was a Polish writer, poet, singer, and artist associated with the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret. Life and career Obłoński graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków , off ... * Obolonsky {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Oblonsky
Shane Oblonsky (born 28 December 1985) is an American featherweight Muay Thai kickboxer, who formerly competed for Glory. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten featherweight kickboxer in the world between September 2014 and May 2015. Kickboxing career Oblonsky made his debut against Yamato Miura at WCK Muaythai on September 4, 2008. He won the fight by decision. He fought two more times in the United States, losing by knockout to Scotty Leffler and beating Hoshung Dizay by decision. He afterwards had two fights with Wu Lin Feng. On May 1, 2010, he lost to Yang Zhuo by decision. His second fight with WLF was in Las Vegas, at Wu Lin Feng Las Vegas Spectacular, being scheduled to fight Xu Yan. He beat Yan by decision. In between these two fights, Oblonsky scored a third-round knockout of Joey Pagliuso at WCK Muaythai. In his next two fights, he beat Zhou Zhipeng and Jose Palacios, as short-notice replacement for Kit Cope. Oblonsky had his last muay thai fight before transitioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Karenina
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877, all but the last part appearing in the periodical ''The Russian Messenger.'' By the time he was finishing up the last installments, Tolstoy was in an anguished state of mind and, having come to hate it, finished it unwillingly. The novel deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Russian Empire, Imperial Russian society, desire, and the differences between rural and urban life. The story centres on an extramarital affair between Anna and cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalises the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness, but after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel. Trains are a Motif (nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obolonsky
Obolonsky (masculine), Obolonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname, see " Blonsky" for its etymology. Notable people with this surname include: * (1856-1913), Ukrainian (Russian Empire) professor of legal medicine, dean of the medical department, Kiev University * Raisa Obolonsky (1924-2010), Russian writer * Shane Obolonsky, Canadian kickboxer See also *Mirosław Obłoński *Oblonsky Oblonsky (masculine), Oblonskaya (feminine) is a Russian-language surname (see " Blonsky" for its etymology). Notable people with this surname include: * (1924-2010), Russian writer * Shane Oblonsky (born 1985), American kickboxer *Prince Stepan (S ... * {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonsky
Blonsky is an East Slavic language surname. Feminine forms: Blonska (Блонська, Ukrainian), Blonskaya (Блонская, Russian, Belarusian). The surnames Blonsky, Oblonsky, Obolonsky may be derived from various placenames Блонь , Облонь , Оболонь.И. М Ганжина , ''Словарь современных русских фамилий'', 2001p.67/ref> According to Vladimir Dal's ''Explanatory Dictionary'', the terms блонье, oболонье, among other meanings, referred to a kind of wet meadow by river (in Western parts of the Russian Empire), as well as the surrounds of a town, a suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...; - all originating from the generic meaning of "surrounding"., and it is suggested that the term gave rise to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chess Player (1938 Film)
''The Chess Player'' () is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt and Bernard Lancret.Soister p.281 It is a remake of the 1927 silent film ''The Chess Player'', itself based on the 1926 novel of the same title by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. The film takes place in Vilnius during the reign of Catherine the Great. It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Marcel Magniez. It was released by Compagnie Française Cinématographique in France and Columbia Pictures in the United States Cast * Françoise Rosay as Catherine II * Conrad Veidt as Le baron de Kempelen * Bernard Lancret as Le prince Serge Oblonsky * Micheline Francey as Sonia Vorowska * Paul Cambo as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky * Jacques Grétillat as Potemkine * Jean Témerson as Stanislas, le roi de Pologne * Edmonde Guy as Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse * Gaston Modot Gas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirosław Obłoński
Mirosław Obłoński (17 July 1938 – 23 October 2023) was a Polish writer, poet, singer, and artist associated with the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret. Life and career Obłoński graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ... with a degree in history. In the early 1960s, he performed with the "Piwnica Pod Baranami" ("The basement under the Rams") group and in 1964 at the Opole Music Festival received the top award. In 1965 he received the award again, together with Ewa Sadowska. During this time he often performed with Ewa Demarczyk. Since 1973, he worked for TV Kraków. While he retired in 2003, he continued to occasionally perform with the new version of the "Piwnica" cabaret. Obłoński died on 23 October 2023, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
