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Victoria Dayneko
Viktoriya Petrovna Dayneko (; born 12 May 1987) is a Russian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2004, she started her career in Russia after her victory at the Star Factory-5 All-Russian TV show. Dayneko's songs have topped the Russian charts, and the music video of the "Bei Sebia" song has garnered more than 30 million YouTube views. Dayneko has also won Russian music award Golden Gramophone several times. She was declared as a Singer of the Year by Russian Glamour magazine and by Russian Fashion TV. She has appeared on the cover of Russian Playboy magazine three times. In 2014, she released “V”, an English-language album. In this album she was not only a performer but also a co-writer. Her height is . Early life Dayneko was born in Kirovskiy, Kazakhstan. She spent her childhood in Russia, in the city of Mirny. The girl's parents Peter Dayneko and Evgeniya Dayneko sent their daughter to ballet lessons until the age of 11. During her school years, Dayneko performed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balpyk Bi
Balpyk Bi (, ''Balpyq Bi'') is a settlement and capital of Koksu District in Jetisu Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th .... It is named after the 18-century Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly. Population: Located on the Koksu River, the Kyzylbulak Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the area. References External linksSatellite map {{Jetisu Region Populated places in Jetisu Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MakSim
Maxim (more accurately spelled Maksim assuming that "X" is not a consonant, but the conjunction of "K" and "S" sounds; “Maksym”, or "Maxym") is an epicene (or gender-neutral) first name of Roman origin mainly given to males. It is adopted in Slavic-speaking countries such as Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as in countries which have maintained ties to the Soviet era. The spelling variant Maxime is also common in the French-speaking world. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest". Maxim is also a less well-known surname. Notable people Monarchs: Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia, monastic name Maksim. In Christianity: * Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church * Serbian Patriarch Maksim I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1672) In literature: *Maxim Gorky, Russian author and political activist *Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Kaye (director)
Tony Kaye (born 8 July 1952) is an English director of films, music videos, advertisements, and documentaries. He directed the 1998 film ''American History X''. Life and career Kaye was born to an Haredi Jewish family in Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom. He made his name as a director of television commercials with award-winning spots for British Rail InterCity ("Relax", 1988) and the Solid Fuel Advisory Council ("Furry Friends", 1988), as well as his 1993 advertisement for Dunlop Tyres ("Tested for the Unexpected") set to the sound of Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground. By 1996 he had won 23 British Design and Art Direction (D&AD) awards, and in 2012 was jointly named "most awarded director" (co-equal with Frank Budgen) at the organisation's 50th anniversary. Kaye made several music videos, including the video for " God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash, which won a Grammy Award, " Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, " What God Wants" by Roger Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War, military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, civilian casualties. As of 2025, Russian troops Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupy about 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million Ukrainian refugee crisis, had fled the country by April 2023, creating Europe's List of largest refugee crises, largest refugee crisis since World War II. In late 2021, Russia Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, massed troops near Ukraine's borders and December 2021 Russian ultimatum to NATO, issued demands to the Western world, West i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryus Vaysberg
Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (, born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg, is a Russian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent. Career His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in the Soviet film industry- he acted as the executive producer of Tarkovsky's film Mirror (1975 film), Mirror, on Andrei Konchalovsky's film Siberiade, and Karen Shakhnazarov's film The Assassin of the Tsar. Vaysberg graduated from the VGIK in the mid-1990s and started releasing films. His first film, ''No Vacancy'', starring Christina Ricci was released in 1999. Vaysberg's films are not well-loved by critics in his native Russia. However, many of his films are successful at the Russian box office, such as Naughty Grandma, Love in the Big City (film), Love in the Big City, 8 First Dates, and Not Ideal Man. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaysberg, Maryus Living people Russian film directors Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trolls (film)
''Trolls'' is a 2016 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls created by Thomas Dam. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell from a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, based on a story by Erica Rivinoja. It stars the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden and Gwen Stefani. The film follows two trolls named Poppy and Branch who go on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, giant creatures who eat Trolls to be happy. ''Trolls'' premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 4, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $347 million worldwide against its $125 million budget. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for " Can't St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachay-Cherkessia (), officially the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. It is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. As of the 2021 census, Karachay-Cherkessia has a population of 469,865. Cherkessk is the largest city and the capital of the republic. Karachay-Cherkessia is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Caucasian-Turkic Karachay people and the Cherkess or Circassian people. Karachays form the largest ethnic group at around 44% of the population, followed by ethnic Russians (27%) and Cherkess (13%). The Cherkess are mostly of the Besleney and Kabardin tribes. The republic has five official languages: Russian, Abaza, Cherkess (Kabardian), Karachay-Balkar, and Nogai. The majority of the republic's territory is within the Caucasus Mountains, except for a small strip at the northern edge of the Don Steppe. Karachay-Cherkessia is bordered by Krasnodar Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangled
''Tangled'' is a 2010 American animated musical film, musical Adventure film, adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in the Grimms' Fairy Tales, collection of folktales published by the Brothers Grimm, the film was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, and produced by Roy Conli, from a screenplay written by Dan Fogelman. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy, ''Tangled'' tells the story of Rapunzel (Tangled), Rapunzel, a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder, the outlaw Flynn Rider, to take her out into the world which she has never seen. Originally conceived and proposed by Disney animator Glen Keane in 2001, ''Tangled'' spent six years in production at a cost that has been estimated at $260 million, which, if accurate, would make it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film Film production company, production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of Live action, live-action feature films and animation within the Walt Disney Studios unit and is based at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division, which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
