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Vesna
Vesna may refer to: * Vesna (mythology), female characters associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology *Vesna (given name), Slavic female name, includes a list of people with the name *Vesna (surname), includes a list of people with the name *Vesna (film), 1953 Slovene romantic comedy *Vesna Case (1930-1931), massive Soviet repressions against former officers of the Russian Imperial Army serving in the Red Army *Operation Vesna (1948), one of the two largest Soviet deportations from Lithuania *Vesna – Green Party, Slovenian political party *Vesna (Russia), liberal youth organization in Russia *Vesna (band) Vesna (; named after the Slavic goddess of spring) is an all-female folk band based in the Czech Republic, consisting of five members (three Czech, one Slovak and one Russian). The band represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Son ..., Czech band who represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 See also * * Wesna {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (given Name)
Vesna () is a Slavic female name derived from the name of Vesna, an ancient Slavic goddess of spring. It means " spring" in some Slavic languages. It is in use in Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. It is also given in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. It rarely appears in Poland (as ''Wiosna'', ''Wesna'', and ''Vesna''). In Croatia, the name Vesna was the second most common feminine given name between 1960 and 1969, while appearing among the most common ones in two earlier decades as well. People named Vesna * Vesna Čitaković (born 1979), Serbian volleyball player * Vesna Dolonc (born 1989), Serbian tennis player * Vesna Györkös Žnidar (born 1977), Slovenian politician * Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976), American visual artist * Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018), Croatian writer and translator *Vesna Main (born 1955) European writer * Vesna Milačić Kaja (born 1968), Montenegrin singer * Vesna Milanović-Litr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (band)
Vesna (; named after the Slavic goddess of spring) is an all-female folk band based in the Czech Republic, consisting of five members (three Czech, one Slovak and one Russian). The band represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song " My Sister's Crown", finishing in the top ten in the grand final with a score of 129 points. History Formation and first singles In 2016, band frontwoman Patricie Kaňok Fuxová wanted to create an all-woman band that celebrated "femininity and Slavic sisterhood". Although the band is considered to play Czech folk music, Fuxová does not consider themselves to play within the genre, stating "I don't see what we do with Vesna as folklore, they are not folk songs. For me, these are otsongs that work with those archetypes". At the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, Fuxová met with future members Bára Juránková, who played the violin, Andrea Šulcová, and Tanita Yankova from Bulgaria, who both played the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (Russia)
The Youth Democratic Movement "Vesna" () is a Russian liberal democratic youth movement based in Saint Petersburg. The movement has full membership in the International Federation of Liberal Youth and European Liberal Youth. History Foundation The movement originated in early 2013, when a number of members of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Youth Yabloko, after they were expelled from the party, with the support of deputy Maxim Reznik, formed a new democratic movement, uniting with other youth liberal forces - the regional youth branch of the Solidarnost movement and the youth movement " Oborona". As was approved at the founding meeting, the movement will not officially have a single leader - instead, the governing and program functions will be carried out by the Federal Coordinating Council, consisting of five people. Immediately after the creation of the movement, the movement received criticism from Yabloko representatives for the "linguistic deafness of the org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna – Green Party
Vesna – Green Party (; Vesna) is a Slovenian green political party, founded on 9 February 2022. At the founding congress, it presented the program and 4 program pillars: environment, democracy, social justice and creativity Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable Idea, ideas or works using one's imagination. Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g. an idea, scientific theory, Literature, literary work, musical composition, or joke), or a physica .... The name Vesna derives from the Slavic goddess Vesna, associated with spring. Since December 2021, the party began to appear in the opinion polling for the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election. The party became an Associate Member of the European Green Party on 3 June 2023. Election results National Assembly Presidential European Parliament References Political parties established in 2022 Pro-European political parties in Slovenia Green parties in Europe Green political parties in Slo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (mythology)
Vesna (Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Весна) was a Myth, mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in later List of Slavic pseudo-deities#Popular pseudo-deities, Slavic mythology, particularly in the South Slavs. Along with her male companion Vesnik, she was associated with rituals conducted in rural areas during springtime. In mythology According to Slovenia, Slovene mythology, beautiful women called "" lived in palaces atop mountains where they discussed the fate of crops and of human inhabitants. A magical circle around their palaces kept them from leaving the mountain top except during February, when they would travel in wooden carts down to the valley below. Only certain people were capable of hearing them singing. People who snuck up to their mountain palaces might learn their fates, but risked an unpleasant end if they were caught by the . It has been suggested that Vesna was originally a goddess representing the earth during the spring, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (film)
''Vesna'' is a 1953 Slovene romantic comedy directed by František Čap. It is considered among the most watched Slovene films. It has a 1957 sequel '' Ne čakaj na maj'' ("Do not Wait for May"). Plot Three brothers, Samo, Sandi and Krištof think up a plot to get hold of maths finals test papers from their professor at secondary school through courting a girl they assume is his daughter. Not knowing her true name, they call her Vesna, after the Slavic goddess of Spring. The professor's real daughter, the attractive Janja turns up for a date with Samo and they fall in love. When Vesna / Janja finds out the original reason for Samo's interest in her, she does not want to see him again, but eventually changes her mind. Re ...
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Vesna Case
The "Vesna" Case (), also Operation Vesna of 1930-1931 was a massive series of Soviet repressions targeting former officers and generals of the Russian Imperial Army who had served in the Red Army and Soviet Navy, a major purge of the Red Army preceding the Great Purge. According to over 3,000 group cases in Moscow, Leningrad and Ukraine, over 10,000 persons were convicted. In particular, in May 1931, in Leningrad alone over 1,000 persons were executed according to the so-called "Guards Case" (). The Vesna case was briefly discussed in the 1998 book Трагедия РККА 1937—1938 ("Tragedy of the Red Army 1937-1938") by , but the major groundbreaking work on the case was the 2000 book "Голгофа русского офицерства в СССР 1930-1931 гг." by Ukrainian researcher ./ref> In 2016 the Russian journal ' published an article that described the archived documents related to the Vesna Case. Background of the research For a long time historians assu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (surname)
Vesna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Elena Vesna (born 1962), Russian psychologist * Fedor Vesna (died 1393), 14th-century falconer and nobleman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Victoria Vesna (born 1959), Serbian-American professor and digital media artist {{surname, Vesna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Vesna
Operation Vesna (; ) was a mass deportation of the armed opposition to the Soviet power in the occupied Lithuania carried out by the forces of the Ministry of State Security (MGB) on May 22–24, 1948. According to the February 21, 1948 decree № 417—160сс of the USSR Council of Ministers, deportations were to target the " forest brothers" (), members of their families, and "various helpers of anti-Soviet partisans, including kulaks." The official tally of the deported was 49,331 (other sources give the number 39,766 and 47,534). In addition to ethnic Lithuanians, Poles and Belarusians were deported as well. The exact numbers by ethnicity are unknown. Their official status was " special settlers" (severely restricted in movement, but otherwise officially not deprived of other citizen's rights). Grzegorz Motykabr>"Operacja "Wiosna": wysiedlenie 50 tys. Litwinów zajęło Sowietom 48 godzin" '' Gazeta Wyborcza'', May 21, 2918 It was the largest Soviet deportation from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
