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Vasilyev Island
Vasilyev, Vasiliev or Vassiliev or Vassiljev (), or Vasilyeva or Vasilieva (feminine; ), is a common Russian surname that is derived from the Russian given name ''Vasiliy'' (equivalent of ''Basil'') and literally means "Vasiliy's". It may refer to: *Alexander Vasilyev (musician) (born 1969), lead singer and guitar player for the Russian rock band Splean *Alexander Vasilyev (other), multiple people *Alexander Vassiliev (born 1962), Russian journalist, writer and espionage historian * Boris Vasilyev (other), multiple people * Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer *Dimitry Vassiliev (born 1979), Russian ski jumper *Dmitry Vasilyev (biathlete) (born 1962), Soviet biathlete and Olympic champion * Dmitri Vasilyev (runner) (born 1978), Russian runner who participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics *Dmitri Vasilyev (director) (1900–1984), Soviet film director *Dmitri Vladimirovich Vasilyev (footballer) (born 1977), Russian international footballer with FC Shinni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigory Soroka
Grigoriy Vasilyevich Soroka (, real surname Vasilyev (Васильев); —) was a Russian painter, one of the most notable members of Venetsianov school. Life Soroka was born as a serf in Pokrovskoye village ( Tver Guberniya), owned by the Milyukov family. In 1842-1847 he studied art from Alexey Venetsianov then he was returned to his owner. In the 1850s-1860s he resided in his home village. He fell in love with his owner's daughter Lydia but was forcibly married to a serf woman. After the emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, Soroka remained under the serfdom system. He made a formal complaint but it was rejected and he was flogged. Soroka's body was found in the baking room where he had hanged himself.B. Eklof, ‘Worlds in Conflict: Patriarchal Authority, Discipline and the Russian School, 1861-1914’, ''Slavic Review'' 50 4 (1991) 792Hrono.ru/ref> His beloved Lydia poisoned herself soon after. Art Though Soroka's surviving output is relatively small and includes no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Vasilyev (actor)
Sergey Vasilyevich Vasilyev (; 19 September 1827 in Moscow, Imperial Russia – 17 June 1862 in Moscow, Imperial Russia) was a Russian stage actor, a mid-19th century star of the Moscow Maly Theatre.Васильев Сергей Васильевич at www.russianculture.ru // Портал «Культура России» Career Originally a comic actor, in 1844–1853 Vasilyev played 150 parts at the Maly. "Vasilyev's asRussian theatre's not just the best but the only ''true'' Khlestakov[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Vasilyev (director)
Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev (; 4 November 1900, Moscow – 16 December 1959, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev (often jointly, though incorrectly credited as the Vasilyev brothers) he co-directed several films, including the influential and critically acclaimed ''Chapaev (film), Chapaev'' (1934). Sergei Vasilyev was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1948; and received (with Georgi Vasilyev) two USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942. His 1942 film ''The Defence of Tsaritsyn'' concerns the Battle of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War, a battle in which Joseph Stalin played a prominent role. In 1942, Tsaritsyn, by then renamed Volgograd, Stalingrad, was in the midst of the decisive Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point of the Second World War. Filmography Honours and awards * People's Artist of the USSR (1948) * Stalin State Prize, Stalin Prizes; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Vassiliev (painter)
Oleg Vassiliev (; November 4, 1931; Moscow – January 25, 2013) was a Russian painter associated with the Soviet Nonconformist Art style. Vassiliev emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in 1990 and later lived and worked in St. Paul, Minnesota. Education Vassiliev graduated from V.I. Surikov State Art Institute, Moscow, in 1958. In the late 1950s he became influenced by the Russian avant-garde formalists, Vladimir Favorsky (1886–1964), Robert Falk (1886–1958), and Artur Fonvizin (1883–1973). Biography From the 1950s through the 1980s, Vassiliev worked with friend and collaborator Erik Bulatov as a children's book illustrator. They developed a unique style of illustration that combined realist painting with graphic elements, such as text. This "official" source of income provided the means and materials for Vassiliev to take part in the Soviet Nonconformist Art movement, also known as "unofficial" or "dissident" art. Along with friends, Ilya K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Kimovich Vasilyev
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev (; born 22 November 1959) is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his then-wife Elena Valova, he is the 1984 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and three-time World Champion (1983, 1985, 1988). Their coach throughout their career was Tamara Moskvina. After retiring from competition, Vasiliev became a coach, leading the pair of Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin to the 2006 Olympic title. Personal life Vasiliev was born in Leningrad (modern-day Saint Petersburg), Russian SFSR, to parents Ludmila Konstantinovna Vasilieva, a nurse, and Kim Mikhailovich Vasiliev. He graduated from the Institute for Physical Culture in Saint Petersburg. Vasiliev moved to Chicago, Illinois in December 1997. He was married to Valova from 1984 to 1992. He later married a Saint Petersburg resident named Valentina (divorced in 2000), with whom he has a daughter, Katia. His first daughter was born circa 1994. Aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Vasilyeva (other)
Olga Vasilyeva may refer to: * Olga Vassiljeva (born 1977), Estonian figure skater * Olga Vasilyeva (footballer) Olga Vasilyeva is a former Russian women's soccer, football defender who represented Azerbaijan women's national football team, Azerbaijan in international competitions. She spent her last three seasons in Zvezda 2005 Perm, Zvezda Perm, with who ... (born 1974), former Russian football defender * Olga Vasilyeva (actress) (born 1972), Russian film and stage actress * Olga Vasilyeva (politician) (born 1960), Russian politician and scientist, first female Minister of Education of Russia {{hndis, Vasilyeva, Olga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Vasilyev (other)
Nikolai Vasilyev may refer to: * Nicolai Vasiliev, a possibly fictitious Russian suggested as a Jack the Ripper suspect * Nikolay Vasiliev (Russian politician) (born 1958), Russian politician * (1916–2011), a member of the Soviet Central Committee * Nicolai A. Vasiliev (1880–1940), Russian logician * Nikolay Ivanovich Vasilyev (colonel) (1906–1941), Soviet army officer * Nikolai Vasilyevich Vasilyev (1875–1940), Russian architect * Nikolay Vasilyev (hurdler) (born 1956), Soviet hurdler * Nikolay Vasilyev (rower) (born 1952), Soviet rower who participated at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Nikolai Viktorovich Vasilyev (born 1957), Soviet Russian football player and coach {{hndis, Vasilyev, Nikolay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Ivanova-Vasilyeva (? – 1971; Cyrillic: Надежда Владимировна Иванова-Васильева) was one of several women who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Vasilyeva first surfaced in Siberia in 1920, as she was trying to travel to China. She was arrested by the Bolshevik authorities and was imprisoned in succession at Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Leningrad, and an island gulag in the White Sea.Massie, p. 146 In 1934 she was moved to a prison hospital in Kazan. She wrote letters in French and German to King George V of the United Kingdom asking him to help his "cousin" Anastasia. At one point she changed her story and said she was the daughter of a merchant from Riga. Later, she again claimed to be Anastasia. She died in an insane asylum in 1971. According to the head of the hospital in Kazan, "except for her claim that she was Anastasia, she was completely sane." See also *Romanov impostors Members of the ruling Russian imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Vasilyev (handballer)
Mikhail Anatolyevich Vasilyev (; 4 March 1961 – 25 February 2025) was a Russian handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe .... In 1988, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team where he played all six matches and scored five goals. On 5 March 2025, it was announced that Vasilyev had died at the age of 64. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Vasilyev (explorer)
Mikhail Nikolayevich Vasilyev (; 1770 – June 23, 1847) was a Russian explorer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He is reputed for having surveyed the then little-known coast of Alaska as navigator. Vasiliev was sent by the Russian Imperial Hydrographic Service in 1819 to explore the northern parts of the Pacific Ocean and particularly the area around the Bering Strait. Certain geographic features of the Alaskan coast, like the Lindenberg Peninsula and Sealion Island were named by him in the maps that were subsequently published. In 1820 Mikhail Vasiliev on the ship ''Otkrytie (Discovery)'' entered the Chukchi Sea and explored the coast of Alaska from Kotzebue Sound to Icy Cape and later from Norton Sound to Cape Newenham. He was accompanied by Gleb Semenovich Shishmarev (1781-1835), who was in command of the ship ''Blagonamerennyi (Good Intent)''. After these surveys, in which he is credited to be the first European having sighted Nunivak Island, Vasiliev sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Vasileva
Margarita Vasileva ( Bulgarian: Маргарита Василева; born 30 May 2005) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is world champion with the Bulgarian team in All-around at the world championship 2022 in Sofia and world champion in final with 3 ribbons+2balls. She is the 2024 European all-around champion and team champion. She won gold in the senior team competition at the 2022 European Championships. Personal life She started to train in rhythmic gymnastics when she was 7, encouraged by her mother. Her idol is former group captain Simona Dyankova and her goal is to become Olympic champion. Career Vasileva was selected for the Bulgarian junior group in 2017, winning medals internationally, but failing to do so in important meets such as the junior European and World Championship. Senior In 2022, when the girls of the previous senior group retired after becoming Olympic champions, Vasileva became a starter in the two routines since the World Cup in Pesar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
