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Vera (given Name)
Vera (: ''Véra'', "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin. In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century. In Turkish Vera means piety. It is usually a feminine name. In the Russian language, Vera may also be a diminutive of the male first names Avenir and Averky. Cyrillic script: (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) Diminutives: Verica (Serbian and Croatian), Verka or Vierka (Slovakian), Verka, Verochka, Verunya (Russian). Other languages: Véra (French), Věra (Czech), Veera (Finnish), Wiera (Polish), , Viera (Slovak), فيرا (Arabic) Origin In the Ancient Greek Christian faith, Saint Fides (''Faith'' or ''Vera''), her sisters Spes (''Hope'') and Caritas (''Love'') and their mother Sophia (''Wisdom''), died as martyrs in the second century AD during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire under the emperor Hadrian. The names are als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Baeva
Vera Baeva (; 18 March 1930 − 16 June 2017) was a Bulgarian writer and composer. She was born in Burgas and studied at the Sofia State Academy of Music with Dimiter Nenov, Marin Goleminov and Lyubomir Pipkov. After graduating in 1953, Baeva worked as a choral conductor for Radio Sofia and as a pianist, performing with various ensembles and also the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Bulgarian: Симфоничен оркестър на Българското национално радио) is a Bulgarian radio orchestra based in Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia is the Capital cit .... She taught voice from 1982 to 1988 at the State Academy of Music and chamber music at the Open Society Foundation from 1993. Baeva wrote two books of short stories. Works Baeva composed over 200 vocal, instrumental and orchestras works. Selected compositions include: *''Mothers' Prayer'' for soprano, flute, trumpet, snare-drum, viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Bjelik
Vera Lukianovna Belik (, ; 12 June 1921 – 25 August 1944) was a flight navigator and lieutenant in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment who frequently flew with pilot Tatyana Makarova. She died when her Po-2 was shot down by a German fighter after completing a bombing mission; she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 February 1945. Early life Belik was born in Ohrimovka () on 12 June 1921 to a Ukrainian family and was the oldest of six children; her father was a master electrician. For most of her childhood she lived in Kerch, Crimea where she graduated from secondary school in 1939 before she enrolled at the Karl Liebknecht Pedagogical Institute in Moscow, where she studied mathematics. Military career Before entering the military in October 1941, Belik participated in the construction of defenses such as anti-tank ditches. After joining the women's aviation unit founded by Marina Raskova, she began navigation training at Enge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Věra Bílá
Věra Bílá (22 May 1954 – 12 March 2019) was a Czech vocalist and musician of Romani ethnicity. She initially gained acclaim performing Romani folk and pop songs and was the lead singer of the Czech recording act ''Kale'' with whom she performed songs in Romani, Czech, and Slovak. She was highly acclaimed, toured internationally and was often called the "Ella Fitzgerald of Gypsy music" or the "Queen of Romany" Biography Bílá, a Rokycany native, was the daughter of singer Karol Giňa. She lived and worked in the Czech Republic. In 1999 director Mira Erdevicki-Charap portrayed Bílá in the documentary ''Black and White in Colour''. Bílá died on 12 March 2019, aged 64 of a heart attack. Recordings *Věra Bílá & Kale – C'est comme ca *Věra Bílá – Queen Of Romany *Věra Bílá & Kale – Rovava *Věra Bílá & Kale – Kale Kalore *Věra Bílá & Kale – Rom-Pop (produced by Zuzana Navarová) References External links Věra Bílá – singer— an article o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Bergkamp
Vera Alida Bergkamp (; ; born 1 June 1971) is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, she served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 7 April 2021 to 5 December 2023. She was a member of the House of Representatives between 20 September 2012 and 5 December 2023. Early life and education Bergkamp was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and a Moroccan father. At the age of 20, she adopted her mother's surname, because her father's surname was too difficult to write and to pronounce for her. Her original name was Firouz Alida Chaouqui. Bergkamp studied human resource management at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She also holds a master's degree in public administration and political science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Career From 2008 to 2012, Bergkamp was the director of the human resources department of the Social Insurance Bank (SVB), a Dutch quango responsible for administering national insurance schem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Berdich
Vera Berdich (1915 – October 12, 2003) was an American printmaker. Life Berdich worked for the Works Progress Administration at Hull House. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a B.A. in 1946 and taught etching there from 1947 to 1979. She was an influence on the Chicago Imagists group. Berdich's papers are held at the Archives of American Art. She was also known under the names Veronica Berdich, Veronika Berdich and Veronica Berdick.Vera Berdich Illinois Women Artists Project, online at Internet Archive Collections Berdich's works are held in the collections of the , th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véra Belmont
Véra Belmont (born 17 November 1932) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter. Since 1960, she has produced 45 films, directed 5 films, and written 8 films. Her films were greatly inspired by François Truffaut and other members of the French New Wave, New Wave movement.Bates, Kirsten http://bombsite.com/issues/31/articles/1304, ‘’BOMB Magazine'’ Spring, 1990. Retrieved on 31 May 2013. Her 1985 film ''Red Kiss'' was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where Charlotte Valandrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Filmography References External links * 1932 births Living people French film producers French women film directors Writers from Paris French women screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub French women film producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Begić
Vera Begić (born 17 March 1982) is a Croatian athlete specialized in discus throwing discipline. Since Vera's mother Jadranka Antunović also was a successful athlete and member of the national team in Yugoslavia (long jump, pentathlon), Vera has been connected to athletics from the early childhood. At the age of 12 she decided to take the discus throwing for her preferred athletic discipline, and soon achieved very good results in the junior level of competition. Vera broke the Croatian record for 21 times, ten of these in senior category, and she was champion of Croatia for twelve continuous years. Her personal best result of 61.52 m was achieved in May 2009 (Bar, Montenegro). Vera Begić Blečić caused a deadly accident on 15 August 2018 while driving under the influence of alcohol (1,9 blood alcohol level - BAC) and driving the wrong way on the highway for more than 9 km she struck one car but continued driving until hitting another car with a couple and 10y old child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Bazarova
Vera Yevgenyevna Bazarova (, born 28 January 1993) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Yuri Larionov, she is the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a three-time European medalist (silver in 2012; bronze in 2011 and 2014), the 2007 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2012 Russian national champion. They won six senior Grand Prix series medals outside the final, including gold at the 2012 NHK Trophy. After their partnership ended, Bazarova competed with Andrei Deputat. Personal life Bazarova was born on 28 January 1993 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She enrolled at Perm State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Physical Education. She then studied tourism in Yekaterinburg; her father and sister work in tourism. Early years on the ice Bazarova began skating in 1997. She trained in Yekaterinburg mostly as a singles skater until the age of 12. At that time, coach Ludmila Kalinina invited her to Perm to train in pair skating. Partnership with Larionov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Scouts
This is a list of notable Scouts and Scouters. Africa Ghana Kenya Libya Morocco Rwanda South Africa Asia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Korea Malaysia Maldives Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam Vietnamese Scouting in exile Eurasia Armenia Azerbaijan Europe Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark France Greece Hungary and Hungarian Scouting Iceland Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Serbia Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Baden-Powell Scouts Association Girlguiding UK The Scout Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Barclay
Vera Charlesworth Barclay (10 November 1893 – 19 September 1989) was an English scouting pioneer and writer. She was an early exponent of female leadership in the Scout movement and played a leading role in the introduction of the Wolf Cub programme for younger boys, both in the United Kingdom and in France. Barclay wrote numerous children's stories and instructional Scouting handbooks, and in later life wrote about her Christian faith. Early life Barclay was born on 10 November 1893, one of eight children of the Reverend Charles W. Barclay, a Church of England clergyman and his wife, Florence Louisa Charlesworth, a successful novelist - they were married in Stepney in Q1, 1881. The family lived in the village of Hertford Heath in Hertfordshire to the north of London, where Reverend Barclay was the vicar from 1881 to 1920. The family were frequent visitors to St Moritz in the Swiss Alps; Barclay was an enthusiastic tobogganist and one of the few females to tackle the Cresta R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Barbosa
Vera Barbosa (born 13 January 1989 in Vila Franca de Xira) is a Portuguese track and field athlete. She initially competed for Cape Verde, switching to represent Portugal after 2008. At the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the heats she set a new Portuguese records in athletics, national record with 55.22 seconds. Competition record References 1989 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Portugal Olympic athletes for Portugal Portuguese female hurdlers Portuguese female sprinters Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Sportspeople from Vila Franca de Xira World Athletics Championships athletes for Cape Verde World Athletics Championships athletes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
