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Rachkovsky
Rachkovsky or Rachkovski (, ; both of them may be transliterated in both ways; in addition the Ukrainian one may be transliterated as Rachkovskyi). The Russian feminine form is Rachkovskaya (Russian: Рачковская). Ukrainian feminine: Rachkovska/Rachkovs'ka (Рачковська). It corresponds to the original Polish noble surname Raczkowski. Lithuanized form: Račkauskas. The surname may refer to: * Ilya Rashkovskiy, Russian pianist * (born 1985), Ukrainian novelist, poet, journalist, local historian, composer, public figure, ethno-rock performer. *Pyotr Rachkovsky Pyotr Ivanovich Rachkovsky (; 1853 – 1 November 1910) was chief of the Okhrana, the secret police of the Russian Empire. He was based in Paris from 1885 to 1902. Activities in 1880s–1890s After the assassination of Alexander II of Russia i ... (1853–1910), Russian Empire police official * Vangeliya Rachkovska, Bulgarian volleyballer {{surname, Rachkovsky Russian-language surnames Ukrainian-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Rachkovsky
Pyotr Ivanovich Rachkovsky (; 1853 – 1 November 1910) was chief of the Okhrana, the secret police of the Russian Empire. He was based in Paris from 1885 to 1902. Activities in 1880s–1890s After the assassination of Alexander II of Russia in 1881, the government moved against various revolutionary factions operated by émigrées or hiding out in Russia. Rachkovsky's principal mission was to compromise Russia's growing revolutionary movement. The list of penetration agents hired by Rachkovsky included: * Landesen (Abraham Hackelman), among the Narodnaya Volya terrorists in France and Switzerland * Ignaty Kornfeld, among the anarcho-communists * Prodeus, a well-known revolutionary, reporting on various revolutionary centers * Ilya Drezhner, among the social democrats in Germany, Switzerland and France * Boleslaw Malankiewicz, among the Polish anarchists and terrorists in London * Casimir Pilenas, a spotter for Scotland Yard recruited to work among the Latvian terrorists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raczkowski
Raczkowski (feminine: Raczkowska; plural: Raczkowscy) is a Polish noble surname associated with the Raczkowski coat of arms, a variation of the Nałęcz coat of arms and several other coats of arms.Tadeusz Gajl Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (''szlachta'') of Poland. After graduating fr ..., ''Herbarz Polski''Lista Herbow/ref> It corresponds to the Lithuanian surname Račkauskas, Ukrainian, and Russian surname Rachkovsky. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Raczkowski (born 1968), American politician * Bogdan Raczkowski (1888– 1939), Polish engineer * Damian Raczkowski (born 1975), Polish politician * Krzysztof Raczkowski (1970-2005), Polish drummer * Paweł Raczkowski (born 1983), Polish football referee * Władysław Raczkowski (1893-1959), Polish conductor and composer See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Račkauskas
Račkauskas is a Lithuanian language family name. It corresponds to Polish surname Raczkowski and Russian and Ukrainian surname Rachkovsky. The surname may refer to: *, Lithuanian handball player *, mayor of Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ..., 1992–1995 * (1882 – 1970) Lithuanian writer, journalist, translator, cultural activist, and diplomat See also * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rackauskas Lithuanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social class, and they dominated those states by exercising szlachta's privileges, political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the Feudalism, feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution (Poland), March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. The ''szlachta'' secured Golden Liberty, substantial and increasing political power and rights throughout its history, begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Rashkovskiy
Ilya Rashkovskiy (; born 17 November 1984, in Irkutsk) is a Russian pianist. Education Ilya Rashkovskiy debuted with the Irkutsk Chamber Orchestra at the age of eight. He studied from 1993 to 2000 at the Novosibirsk Special School of Music with Prof. M. Lebenzon, from 2000 to 2009 at the Musikhochschule Hannover with Prof. V. Krainev, and finally at the Ecole Normale Supérieure A. Cortot in Paris with Prof. M. Rybicki. Competitions In 2009 he shared second prize at the Campillos International Piano Competition. He was among the top prize-winners at international piano competitions such as M. Long-J. Thibaud in Paris, Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, A. Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, and the 1st Hong Kong International Piano Competition. He won 1st Prize at the 8th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2012. In 2015 he received the Jury Discretionary Award at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. Performances Ilya Rashkovskiy has performed in important concert venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian-language Surnames
Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' official language of the former Soviet Union. Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the most spoken native language in Europe, the most spoken Slavic language, as well as the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia. It is the world's seventh-most spoken language by number of native speakers, and the world's ninth-most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
