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V. Lane Rawlins
Veldon Lane Rawlins is the current President of Washington State University (WSU). Born on November 30, 1937 in southeastern Idaho, United States, he graduated from Brigham Young University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 1969, Rawlins obtained his doctoral degree in economics fr..
Våla Hundred
Våla Hundred, or Våla härad, was a hundred of Uplandia in Sweden. ..
Vla
:For the astronomical observatory in New Mexico, see VLA Vla is the name of two Dutch food products. One is a pie, called 'vla' in the South, from whence it originates, but more commonly known as vlaai. The other is a dairy product made from fresh milk which first appeared in the 1950s. It has the v..
Vlaakith
In the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Vlaakith was the name of the first ruler of the githyanki race after the death of Gith, the rebel leader that united them against the illithids. Vlaakith I was an advisor to Gith and helped seal the pact between red dragons and the githyanki. All subseq..
Vlaamperd
The Vlaamperd horse breed is nearly extinct. Developed as a draft and riding animal in South Africa, the breed was formed by Friesian blood infused with Thoroughbred, Hackney (horse) and Cape Harness horse blood. ..
Vlaamse Militanten Orde
The Vlaamse Militanten Orde (Flemish Militants Order in Dutch) or VMO was a Flemish nationalist activist group in Belgium defending far-right interests by propaganda and political action. Initially, this organization was founded by and connected to the Volksunie, an eminent Belgian political party..
Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep
The communications tower at the headquarters of VRT in Brussels. The headquarters of VRT in Brussels. The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders (northern part of Belgium). Between 1960 until 1991, VRT was called..
Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij
VTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium. It went live in 1989 and quickly became the market leader. It can only be received on cable in Flanders. VMMa, or Vlaamse Media Maatschappij, is the mother company wh..
Vlaamse Volksbeweging
The Vlaamse Volksbeweging (Flemish People's Movement in Dutch) or VVB is an eminent Flemish nationalist political thinktank located in Berchem, Belgium. The VVB claims to be completely independent, although several politicians can be found among the members. In 1956, the VVB was founded by Mau..
Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade
The Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade (English: Flanders Mathematics Olympiad; VWO) is a Flemish mathematics competition for students in grades 9 through 12. Two tiers of this competition exist: one for 9th- and 10th-graders, and one for 11th- and 12th-graders. Procedure The competition lasts three roun..
Vlaams Belang
External links [Official web page][Official Vlaams Belang party manifesto][Today we were executed. But we will rise]: message by Vanhecke, VB's president, November 09, 2004[Vdare.com: Anti-Immigration Party Banned In Belgium] November 09, 2004[Blokwat..
Vlaams Blok
The Vlaams Blok (VB, English: Flemish Block) was a Belgian nationalist and secessionist political party, calling for independence of Flanders. On November 14 2004, the party was dissolved and a new party was created under the name Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest). It was also a leading force in th..
Vlaardingen
Queen's Day performance outside the town hall Vlaardingen ([pronunciation] ([Media helphelp]·[info])) is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas/Nieuwe Waterweg river where it connects with the Oude Maas. O..
Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion
The Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion was a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgarians living in the Byzantine Empire, caused by a tax increase. It began at the turn of the year 1185/1186 and ended with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by the Asen dynasty. Nicetas Choniates tells us that Isaac I..
Vlachata Ikossimias
Vlachata or Vlahata (Greek: Βλαχάτα from Vlach- + -άτα -ata), rarely Vlakhata is a village located in the eastern part of the municipality of Leivathos in the southern part of the island of Kefalonia. To avoid confusions with another Vlachata near Sami, it is also known as Vlachata Ikosim..
Vlacheika
There are three places that have the name Vlacheika, also Vlaheika, formerly Vlachaiika and Vlahaiika in Greece: Vlacheika, a settlement in the prefecture of AchaiaVlacheika, a village in the Corinthia prefectureVlacheika, a settlement in the Troizina area This is a [disambiguationdisambiguati..
Vlacheika (Corinthia), Greece
Vlacheika, also Vlaheika (Greek, Βλαχέικα, formerly Βλαχάιικα), formerly Vlachaiika and Vlahaiika is a village that is part of the municipality of Evrostinis in the western part of Corinthia. See also: Communities of Corinthia ..
Vlacheika (Troizina), Greece
Vlacheika, also Vlaheika (Greek, Βλαχέικα, formerly Βλαχάιικα), formerly Vlachaiika is a village located in the Troizina area. Contents 1 Nearest places2 Geography3 Population history4 Other5 External links:6 See also: Nearest places AlikiGalataPlak..
Vlachs
Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Groups that have historically been called Vlachs include: modern-day Romanians, Aromanians,..
Vlachs of Serbia
Vlachs (Vlach/Romanian: Rumâni, Serbian: Власи or Vlasi) are an ethnic group of Serbia, culturally and linguistically cognate to Romanians. They mostly live in eastern Serbia, mainly in Timočka Krajina region (roughly corresponding to Bor and Zaječar districts), but also in Braničevo an..
Vlach language (Serbia)
Eastern Romance languages Proto-Romanian language Substratum Romanian, Moldovan, Vlach) Grammar | Nouns | Verbs Numerals | Phonology | Lexis Regulating bodies   Romanian Academy  Academy of Sciences of Moldova Aromanian Megleno-Romanian Istro-Romanian ..
Vlacq (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Vlad
Vlad may refer to several Wallachian rulers: Vlad Kolarov ("Canadian cartoonist")Vlad I UzurpatorulVlad II DraculVlad III Dracula ("Vlad Ţepeş")Vlad CălugărulVlad cel TânărVlad Vintilă de la Slatina This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with t..
Vladan Batić
Vladan Batić (Владан Батић) (27 July 1949–) is a Serbian politician of conservative views who was the Minister of Justice in the Serbian government of the DOS from 2000 to 2003. In 2004 he ran for president of Serbia in the Serbian presidential election, 2004. He is president of..
Vladan Desnica
Vladan Desnica (September 17th, 1905 - March 4th, 1967) is a Croatian and Serbian writer. He was born in Zadar, then part of Austria-Hungary, in an ethnic Serb family. He wrote poems, short stories and novels, usually dealing with the life in cities and villages of Northern Dalmatia. His best wor..
Vladan Grujić
Vladan Grujić (born May 17, 1981 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian football midfielder. Currently, he is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Vladan Grujić has played for Borac Banja Luka and FK Red Star. Since, Grujić has played for the German club 1.FC Kö..
Vladas Mikenas
Vladas Ionovich Mikenas (April 17, 1910 – November 3, 1992) was a Lithuanian chess player and journalist. He represented Lithuania in five Chess Olympiads from 1931 to 1939. Mikenas was awarded the International Master title in 1950 (the year the title was instituted) and shared first place at Lu..
Vladas Petronaitis
Vladas Petronaitis ( November 2 1888 - June 25 1941), was a Lithuanian patriot, soldier and martyr. He was tortured and killed during the infamous Rainiai massacre by members of the NKVD, and the Red Army [link]. Contents 1 Early life and education2 Army service3 A lawye..
Vladaya River
The Vladaya River (Владайска река, Vladayska reka) is a river in Sofia, a tribuary to the Iskar. It originates in Vitosha, passes through several neighbourhoods of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and joins the Iskar river east of the city. It is not a proper river but a larger stream...
Vlada Avramov
Vlada Avramov (born 5 April 1979 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina) is a Serbian football goalkeeper. Teams and clubs 1999-2001: FK Vojvodina2001-2005: Vicenza Calcio2005-2006: Pescara Calcio -on loan from Vicenza2006-present: ACF Fiorentina ..
Vlada Roslyakova
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Vlada Lena Roslyako..
Vladek Sheybal
Vladek Sheybal (born 12 March 1923 in Zgierz, Poland, died 16 October 1992 in London, England) was a character actor of the 1950s-1980s. He appeared in the 1957 film Kanal directed by Andrzej Wajda (credited as Wladyslaw Sheybal) before finding more lasting success in British films and television, ..
Vladek Spiegelman
Vladek Spiegelman (on the left), as depicted on the cover of Maus Vladek Spiegelman (October 11, 1906-August 18, 1982) is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, written and illustrated by his younger son, Art Spiegelman. Born in Poland, he worked as a salesman before be..
Vladeta Jerotić
Vladeta Jerotić (1924) is a famous Serbian writer and psychiatrist. External links ()[Biography and Bibliography]()[Brief Biography] ..
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac (Serbian: Владе Дивац) (Born 3 February, 1968) is a former NBA player. He was born in Prijepolje, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and played as a center known for his great passing skills. Contents 1 Basketball career2 Post-basketball career2.1 KK Partizan presi..
Vladičin Han
Vladičin Han (Владичин Хан) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 8,338, while population of the municipality was 23,703. This picturesque town is situated along the main express route linking Belgrade and Niš with ..
Vladikas of Montenegro
This is a list of Vladikas of Montenegro: Ilarion (1220 - 1242)German (1242 - ?)Neofit (1250 - 1270)Jevstatije (1270 - 1278)Mihailo I (? - ?)Andrija (? - ?)Jovan (1293 - 1305)Mihailo II (1305 - 1319)Jevtimije (1405)Arsenije (1405 - 1417)David (1424)Teodosije (before 1446)Josif (1453)Visarion I (148..
Vladikavkaz
Photo of Vladikavkaz mosque in 1912. Vladikavkaz (Russian: ; Ossetian: Дзæуджыхъæу) is the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is situated in the south-east of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, situated on the Terek River, at [43�..
Vladimer Papava
Vladimer Papava (was born on March 25, 1955, in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Professor of Economics, a Visiting Scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, a Senior Fellow of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic a..
Vladimer Tchanturia
Men's Boxing Bronze 2000 Heavyweight Vladimer Tchanturia (born on July 1, 1978) is a Georgian boxer who competed in the Heavyweight (91 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. ..
Vladimir
This article is about the town in Russia. For other uses, see Vladimir (disambiguation). Vladimir Coat of arms of Vladimir Population 315,954 (2002) Time zone Moscow (MSK/MSD),UTC +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD) Latitude/Longitude [56°09′N 40°25′E] Vladimir (Russ..
Vladimir, Metropolitan of Moscow
Vladimir (Russian: Владимир; real name - Василий Никифорович Богоявленский, or Vasili Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky) (January 1, 1848, Tambov guberniya — January 25, 1918, Kiev) was the Metropolitan of Moscow from 1898 to 1912. Born to a family of a clergyman..
Vladimir-Suzdal
History of Russia Early East Slavs Khazars Kievan Rus' Vladimir-Suzdal Novgorod Republic Volga Bulgaria Mongol invasion Golden Horde Muscovy Khanate of Kazan Russian Empire Revolution of 1905 Revolution of 1917 Civil War Soviet Union Russian Federation Vladimir-Su..
Vladimirci
Vladimirci (Владимирци) is a village and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the village was 1,879, while population of the municipality was 20,373. ..
Vladimirov
Vladimirov may refer to: Evgeny Vladimirov, a chess Grandmaster.Peter Vladimirov, author of The Vladimirov Diaries. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point..
Vladimiro Montesinos
Vladimiro Montesinos Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-time, powerful head of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN), under President Alberto Fujimori. In 2000, secret videos were televised revealing him bribing a politician and ..
Vladimirskiy rozhok
The vladimirskiy rozhok is an ancient Russian brass musical instrument made of wood. ..
Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug, Saint Petersburg
Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug (Russian: ) is a municipal okrug of Tsentralny District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Municipal okrug's population: 57,213 (2002 Census). The okrug borders Nevsky Prospekt in the north, Ligovsky Prospekt in the south, Gorokhovaya Street in the west..
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (born May 4, 1980 in Riga) is a football midfielder from Latvia. As of October 2005 he has played 29 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1997, but did not play at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Skonto-Metāls, and ha..
Vladimirs Mamonovs
Vladimirs Mamonovs Born 22.04.1980., Rīga, Latvia, USSR. Is 1,78m tall, weight - 79kg (174lbs). Now is playing in HK Liepajas Metalurgs. Career statistics Club statistics     Regular Season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996..
Vladimirs Petrovs
Vladimirs Petrovs or Vladimir Petrov (born 27 September 1907 at Riga – died 26 August 1943 at Kotlas) was a Latvian chess master. Learning the game relatively late, at age 13, Vladimirs Petrovs made rapid progress. By 1926, at age 19, he had improved enough to win the Riga Championship and finis..
Vladimir (character)
Vladimir (affectionately known as Didi; a small boy calls him Mr. Albert) is one of the two main characters from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Personality2 The passage of time3 Appearance..
Vladimir (disambiguation)
Vladimir (Russian: , Vladimir; Ukrainian: Володи́мир, Volodymyr; Belarusian: , Uładzimir; Polish: ) is a Slavic name of Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic origin. See Vladimir (name). The name may refer to one of the following: Places*Vladimir—a city in Russia.*Volodymyr-Volyns'k..
Vladimir (name)
For other uses, see Vladimir (disambiguation). Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a Slavic given name of Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations. The first part of the name is derived from the Slavic root vlad for "rule", and the second part - from the ..
Vladimir A. Kara-Murza
--> Vladimir A. Kara-Murza (Russian: ; born October 24 1959 in Moscow) is a Russian journalist and TV anchor. Vladimir A. Kara-Murza graduated from the history faculty of Moscow State University in 1981; while at the university, he was nearly expelled for defacing portraits of Soviet leader Leon..
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian: Владимир Абрамович Рохлин (August 231919 - December 31984) was one of the leading mathematicians of the USSR, working in the fields of topology, geometry and ergodic theory. He was born to a Jewish family in Baku. He entered Moscow State U..
Vladimir Akopian
Vladimir Akopian (born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. Akopian won the World Under-16 Championship in 1986 at the age of 14, won the World Under-18 Championship at 16 and was World Junior Champion in 1991. In 1991 he won the World Junior Chess Championship and in..
Vladimir Aksyonov
Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov (born in Giblitsy, Kazimov Rayon, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR on February 1, 1935) is a Soviet cosmonaut Married with two children. he graduated from institute of Engineering with diploma and graduated from Air Force Institute and graduated from polytechnical Institut..
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky
Asteroids discovered: 10 1002 Olbersia August 15 1923 1007 Pawlowia October 5 1923 1022 Olympiada June 23 1924 1028 Lydina November 6 1923 1030 Vitja May 25 1924 1034 Mozartia September 7 1924 1059 Mussorgskia July 19 1925 1071 Brita March 3 1924 1283 Komsomolia ..
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov (born November 11, 1946 in Moscow, Russian SFSR), was a USSR cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978 and flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, spending 361 days 22 hours 49 minutes in space. His first flight (Soyuz T-10) took off..
Vladimir Alexeyevich Ivanov
V. A. Ivanow or Vladimir (also written as Wladimir) Alekseevich Ivanow (or Ivanov) (November 3, 1886- June 19, 1970) was a famous Russian orientalist. He was born in Petersburg, Russia and died in Tehran, Iran. His work on Ismailism has opened new doors for the modern researchers on Islam. He gradu..
Vladimir Andreyev
Vladimir Andreyev (born September 7, 1966 in Yamanchurino) is a Russian race walker. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Event 1999 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 3rd 20 km 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rd 20 km 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 2..
Vladimir Antonov
Vladimir Antonov, Ph.D. (in biology) — Russian scientist, was born in Russia in 1946. V.A. developed a new branch of science — Methodology of Spiritual Development and founded Scientific Spiritual Ecological Center Swami. Notable works (published in Russian) The Art of Being Happy (1984) Probl..
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko
Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko (actual surname Ovseenko) (Russian: , #redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]]; March 9 1883 – February 10 1939) was a prominent Soviet Bolshevik leader and diplomat. Ethnically he was a Ukrainian, born in Chernigov (Chernihiv) into an officer's family. In 1903..
Vladimir Antyufeev
Vladimir Antyufeev (Владимир Антюфеев) is the minister of national security of Transnistria. He is a Transnistrian citizen of Russian origin. He was born in 1951. Among the purposes of the Ministry of National Security of Transnistria are intelligence and counter-intelligence. Vladi..
Vladimir Arana
Vladimir A. Arana was born in Bellavista, Callao, Peru. He is president of the [Society of City Planners of Peru]. Vladimir is a city planner, a Paisajista Architect (formed in the United States) and has Masters of Science (Sweden). He is also a university professor in the field of Proje..
Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir I. Arnold (Moscow, December 2001). Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, born June 12, 1937 in Odessa, USSR) is one of the world's most prolific mathematicians. While he is best known for the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem regarding the st..
Vladimir Arsenyev
Vladimir Arsenyev Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev (Russian: ) (1872–1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books ("По Уссурийскому Краю" (1921), "Дерсу Узала" (1923)), telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri..
Vladimir Arutinian
Vladimir Arutinian (his surname is also transliterated as Arutyunian) (b. 12 March 1978, Tbilisi, Georgia) was convicted of attempting to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush during Bush's visit to Georgia on May 10 2005. An ethnic Armenian, Arutinian was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia. ..
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a conductor and pianist. Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia to a Jewish father and a Russian Orthodox mother, he has ..
Vladimir Asnin
Vladimir Ilyich Asnin (Владимир Ильич Аснин) (1904-1956), Soviet developmental psychologist, a representative of Kharkov School of Psychology, head of the Department of psychology at the Kharkov State pedagogical institute in 1944—1950. In the 1930s, in collaboration with Leont..
Vladimir Atlasov
Vladimir Vassilievich Atlasov (according to some accounts - Otlasov) (Атласов (Отласов), Владимир Васильевич in Russian)(born between 1661 and 1664 - died in 1711), Russian explorer, Siberian Cossack. In 1697-1699 Atlasov, founder of the Anadyr settlement, led a gro..
Vladimir Bakarić
Bakarić on Vis, with Tito and Edvard Kardelj Vladimir Bakarić (8 March 1912–16 January 1983) was a communist politician in Socialist Yugoslavia. He helped organize Partisan resistance in Croatia during World War II. From 1948 to 1969 he was the chairman of the Croatian League of Communi..
Vladimir Bartol
Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967) was a Slovene writer, most famous for his novel Alamut. Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography3 See also3.1 ..
Vladimir Batagelj
Vladimir Batagelj is a Slovenian mathematician, born 1948 in Idrija, Slovenia, works mainly in data analysis and discrete mathematics. Selected bibliography Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj, Mark Granovetter (Series Editor), Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural ..
Vladimir Beara
Vladimir Beara (born on August 28, 1928, in Zelovo, near Sinj), was a Croatian football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager. For Hajduk Split (1946–55) Beara played 308 games, and helped his team to win the Yugoslavian league title in 1950, 1952 and 1955. He made, howewer, sudden..
Vladimir Begun
Vladimir Begun (Влади́мир Бегу́н) (d. 1989) was one of the leading Zionologists in the Soviet Union. One of his controversial books, The Encroaching Counter Revolution, caused protests worldwide. In November 1975, the leading Soviet historian, academic M. Korostovtsev criticized it:..
Vladimir Bekhterev
Vladimir Bekhterev (January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who noted the role of the hippocampus in memory around 1900. He founded the field of psycho reflexology, transferring Pavlov's work on dogs to humans. He is most remembered for Bekhterev'..
Vladimir Belousov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Belousov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Белоусов) (October 17 (N.S. October 30), 1907, Moscow - December 25, 1990) was a Soviet geologist. ..
Vladimir Beloussov
Vladimir Beloussov (born July 14 1946). is a former Soviet ski jumper who competed during the late 1960's and early 1970's. His best known successes were at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where he won a Gold medal in the Individual Large Hill Event, and at the Holmenkollen ski festival, wh..
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh (Владимир Евгеньевич Бесчастных), born April 1, 1974 in Moscow, USSR, is a Russian football striker, the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team. In his club career that started in 1991, Beschastnykh played for Zvezda Moscow,..
Vladimir Bierko
Vladimir Iosifovitch Bierko is a fictional character from the fifth season of the television series 24. He is played by British actor Julian Sands. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Bierko is a billionaire businessman who amassed a fortune in oil holdi..
Vladimir Bodnar
Vladimir Bodnar is a politician and community leader from Transnistria. He is currently co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission which was formed to oversee the negotiated ceasefire following the 1992 War of Transnistria. He is a former member and deputy speaker of parliament[link] (200..
Vladimir Bogdanov
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Vladimir Bogdanov (Владимир Богданов in Russian) (born in 1951), President of Surgutneftegaz, Ru..
Vladimir Bogoraz
Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz, best known under literary pseudonym N.A. Tan (April 27, 1865 — May 10, 1936) was a Russian writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. Vladimir Bogoraz was born in the city of Taganrog in the family of a Jewish sch..
Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich
Vladimir Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruevich (Russian: ), (1873-1955) was a Soviet politician, historian and writer, Old Bolshevik (since 1895). He was the author of a canonical Soviet books about Vladimir Lenin. He was a brother of Mikhail Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruevich. ..
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (Russian: , July 24 O.S. 1757 - April 6 O.S. 1825) was a Ukrainian-born painter who dominated Russian portraiture at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Biography Vladimir Borovikovsky was born Vladimir Borovik in Mirgorod (now Ukraine) on July 24 O.S. 1757. Hi..
Vladimír Boudník
Vladimír Boudník (b. 1924 in Prague, d. 1968 in Prague) was a key personality in Czech post-war art, manifester of an "explosionism" movement. He is best known for his active and structural graphic art, but also created mostly unknown, until recently, photographic and monotype works. Boudník wor..
Vladimir Bukovsky
Vladimir Bukovsky early photo Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: ; b. December 30 1942 is a notable former Soviet dissident, author and a human rights activist. He was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment against political prisoners in the USSR. He spent a to..
Vladimir Burtsev
Vladimir Burtsev Vladimir L'vovich Burtsev (Russian: ; November 17 1862 – August 21 1942), was a revolutionary activist, scholar, publisher and editor of several Russian language periodicals. He became famous by exposing a great number of agent provocateurs, notably Yevno Azef in 1908. ..
Vladimir Bystrov
Vladimir Bystrov (born January 31, 1984 in Luga in Leningrad Oblast, Russia) is a Russian footballer. Since 2005, he has played midfielder for Spartak Moscow. Career statistics Year Club Games Goals 2001 Zenit (Saint Petersburg) 1 0 2002 Zenit (Saint Petersburg) 11 0 20..
Vladimir Chelomei
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei (Влади́мир Никола́евич Челоме́й) (June 30 1914—December 8 1984) was a Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer. Contents 1 Early Life2 World War 23 OKB-52 and academic career4 Spacecraft5 Later life6..
Vladimir Chernavin
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born 1928) was a Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy and Admiral of the Fleet (since 1983). In 1977 he was appointed a Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Fleet and in 1981 was awarded a title of the H..
Vladimir Chertkov
Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov Vladimir Grigoriyevich Chertkov (Russian: Владимир Григорьвич Чертков) (November 3 (O.S. October 22), 1854 - November 9, 1936) was a Russian writer, secretary of Leo Tolstoy, one of the most prominent Tolstoyans. He was born in 1854 ..
Vladimir Chub
Vladimir Fyodorovich Chub (born July 24, 1948 in Pinsk, Brest Province, Belarus) is the governor of Rostov Oblast in Russia. He was appointed governor in October 1991 and later that year won an election for the post by a large majority. He was re-elected in 1996 and 2001. He was appointed to the Fe..
Vladimir Colin
Vladimir Colin (May 1, 1921, Bucharest - December 6, 1991, Bucharest) is the pen-name of Jean Colin. He is considered to be the most important Romanian fantasy and science-fiction writer. His works of fiction are known on several continents. Contents 1 Biography2 Literary Work3 Li..
Vladimir Ćorović
Born : October 27 1885 Mostar, Austro-Hungarian Bosnia, Ottoman Empire Died : April 16 1941 Greece Vladimir Ćorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ћоровић) (October 27 1885, Mostar - April 16 1941, Greece) was a Bosnian Serb historian of great syntheses, with the Vienn..
Vladimir Correa
Vladimir Correa was a Brazilian bodybuilder and pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay, straight and bisexual pornographic movies in the late 1980s and the 1990s. He was known for his almost-hairless, muscular body. He performed exclusively in the top role in anal sex with men, but p..
Vladimir Cosma
Vladimir Cosma is a composer, and violinist, born on April 13, 1940 in Bucharest, Romania. He has created the music for many well known French movies (e.g. La Boum) since the early 1970s. He is perhaps most famous for the incidental music he composed for Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film Diva'', fe..
Vladimir Dal
Dahl's portrait by Vasily Perov. Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (also: Dahl, Владимир Иванович Даль) (November 10, 1801 – September 22 1872) was the greatest Russian lexicographer. His father was a Danish physician named Johan Christian Dahl. The future lexicographer was ..
Vladimir Dashkevich
Vladimir Dashkevich (Russian: Владимир Дашкевич) (born 20 January, 1934) is a Russian composer, known mainly for his film music. Originally he studied chemical technology but later studied music under Aram Khachaturian. He achieved prominence in Russia for his music for the series ..
Vladimir Dedijer
Vladimir Dedijer (4 February 1914 - 30 November 1990) was a Yugoslav partisan fighter, politician and historian. During World War II he was an editor of the Yugoslav Communist Party newspaper Borba, and member of the agitprop section to the General Staff. After the war he was a member of Yugoslav ..
Vladimir Dekanozov
Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov (Dekanozishvili) (Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов (Деканозишвили), June 1898, Baku - 23 December 1953) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service INO in (GUGB), part of the NKVD, from 1938 to 1939. Contents 1 Biography1..
Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров) was born July 30, 1962 in the Yavas settlement, Zubovo-Polyansky District, Mordovia, Russia. He attended and graduated from the S.I. Gritsevits Kharkov Higher Military Aviation School in 1983 w..
Vladimir de Pachmann
Vladimir von Pachmann, sometimes seen as "von Pachmann" or "Pachman" (27 July 1848 Odessa - 6 January 1933 Rome) was a virtuoso pianist of Ukrainian-German origin, especially noted for performing the works of Chopin, and also for his unusual on-stage style. He was born in Odessa, and went to study..
Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora
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Vladimir Dinets
Vladimir Dinets (born in Moscow in 1969) is well-travelled zoologist and also a travel writer. He is known in academic circles for dogged persistence and startling success in finding many rare species of animals. His travel accounts are renowned throughout Russia for their adventurous spirit and a..
Vladimir Dixon
Vladimir Dixon is the author of the last essay in Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress. It takes the form of a letter of protest to 'Mr. Germs Choice' (a pun on James Joyce), and the style of the letter itself is similarly filled with puns, much like Finnegan..
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
In Petrograd, 1914 Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (July 15, 1870 - March 28, 1922) was a Russian criminologist, journalist, and liberal politician. Nabokov was born in Tsarskoe Selo into a wealthy and aristocratic family (his father Dmitry Nabokov was a Justice Minister in the reign of Alexan..
Vladimir Drinfel'd
Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfel'd (Владимир Гершонович Дринфельд) is a mathematician born February 4, 1954 in Ukraine. He won a gold medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad in 1969, representing the Soviet Union, at the age of 15, and entered university after this. ..
Vladimir Dubrovshchik
Vladimir Dubrovshchik (born January 7, 1972 in Grodno) is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his pers..
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков; born May 13, 1942) was a cosmonaut who made five flights. He was born in the remote area of Iskandar in the Tashkent region, Uzbekistan. He changed his surname from Krysin when he marrie..
Vladimir Egoryev
Vladimir Nikolayevich Egoryev (Владимир Николаевич Егорьев) (March 16, 1869-September 20, 1948) was a military commander and military expert of Imperial Russia, RSFSR and Soviet Union. ..
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Vladimir Fedoseyev is a Russian conductor. As of 2006, he is music director of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio. He has also served as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra External links [Biography] |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-alig..
Vladimir Fedotov
Vladimir Fedotov ..
Vladimir Fekula
Vladimir Fekula (also known as Walter or Wally Fekula) was born in New York City on 25 May, 1936. Mother was born in Moscow and after the revolution in 1917 grew up in Riga, Latvia. Father, the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, was born in Canada and grew up in the United States. Shortly after his b..
Vladimir Feltsman
Vladimir Feltsman Vladimir Feltsman (born in January 8, 1952, Moscow) is a jewish-born, world famous pianist. Feltsman made his public debut at the age of 12 as a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. His first prize win in the Concertina International Competition in Prague in 196..
Vladimir Fock
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (or Fok, Russian: ) (December 22 1898–December 27 1974) was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1922 he graduated from Petrograd University, then continued postgraduate studies t..
Vladimir Fyodorovich Promyslov
Vladimir Fyodorovich Promyslov (1908 - 1993) was a Russian Soviet Communist political figure. He served as the Mayor of Moscow between 1963 and 1986. He was ousted by Mikhail Gorbachev. ..
Vladimir Galkin
Vladimir Galkin (born 30 June 1954, in Kazan, Russia) is a chemist, the Dean of the chemistry department of Kazan State University and the director of Butlerov Institute. Married for the second time, has children from the first marriage. Biography 1959-1969 Seconary School #133 in Kazan, Russia (fi..
Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1877, Moscow — 28 May, 1965, Leningrad) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian cinema. He first gained renown as a stage actor in the adaptations of Russian classics b..
Vladimir Garin
Vladimir Garin (26 January 1987 - 24 June 2003) was a Russian actor, and star of the critically acclaimed film Vozvrashcheniye (Russian: Возвращение), titled as The Return in the USA. He drowned in the same lake where a large portion of The Return was filmed, just before the film's int..
Vladimir Gilyarovsky
Vladimir Alekseyevich Gilyarovsky (Russian: , 26 November 1853 - October 1 1935), was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life in pre-Revolutionary Moscow ("Moscow and Muscovites"), which he first published in a book form in 1926. He was born on the 26 ..
Vladimir Glebov
Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Glebov is a Russian military officer who participated in the conflict in the Chechnya region. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation . Glebov was accused of committing war crimes by targeting the Chechen civilian population. The claim, which was state..
Vladimir Gluščević
Vladimir Gluščević (born October 20, 1979 in Kotor) is a Serbian football player, currently under contract with FCU Politehnica Timişoara. The striker was bought from FK Rad in the winter of 2006 together with team mate Sreten Stanić. Vladimir's brother, Igor Gluščević, plays for Vitesse A..
Vladimír Godár
Vladimír Godár (b. 1956, Bratislava) is a Slovakian composer who is active in the fields of contemporary classical music and film music. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer and composer Iva Bittová. As an academic, he is a writer, editor and translator of books..
Vladimir Golenishchev
Vladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev (Владимир Семёнович Голенищев) (30 January 1856 - 5 August 1947) was one of the first and most accomplished Russian Egyptologists and Assyriologists. Golenishchev came from an old noble family, of which Field Marshal Kutuzov was also a ..
Vladimir Golschmann
Vladimir Golschmann (born 16 December 1893 in Paris, France, died 1972) was a French conductor. External links [Biography, from the St Louis Symphony] |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Vladimir Golubnichy
Vladimir Stepanovich Golubnichy (Russian:Владимир Степанович Голубничий) (born June 2 1936 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet race walker who dominated the 20-kilometre walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning the total of four Olympic medals. External link [Golubni..
Vladimir Goncharik
Vladimir Goncharik is the leader of the opposition in Belarus against Alexander Lukashenko. He failed to become president in the elections of 2001. Goncharik lost in 2001 elections to Lukashenko by 80 percent. ..
Vladimir Gotovac
Vladimir Gotovac (September 18th, 1930 - December 7th, 2000) was a Croatian poet and liberal politician. --> Vladimir Gotovac was born in Imotski, and was known as a very talented poet but was also stigmatized as a Croatian nationalist during the Communist regime in socialist Yugoslavia. In 1989..
Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof
Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof is a fictional character featured in Disney's animated television series Darkwing Duck. His middle name is possibly a reference to Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia from 1598 to 1605 or perhaps simply a Russian-ized version of "good enough". Grizzlikof is the Russian-accent..
Vladimir Grbić
Vladimir Grbić (born 1970-12-14 in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina) is a Serbian volleyball player. He is 193 cm and plays as passer-side attacker. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and currently plays for Latina in the Italian volleyball championship. With the national volleyball team of FR Yugoslavia, he won a..
Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev
Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolayev (Russian: Владимир Григориевич Ермолаев), 1909-1944, was a Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931. Yermolaev was a leading engineer in development of t..
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Guerrero Position Right Field Team Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Years of Experience 10 years Age 30 Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 225 lb. Bats Right Throws Right College N/A 2005 Salary ,500,000 Place of Birth Nizao Bani, Dominican Republ..
Vladimir Gurov
Vladimir Gurov is a Russian scientist who developed a floating zone/horizontal crystallization process for industrial production of alexandrite, ruby and chrysoberyl and head of above department at Tairus. Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, on October 27, 1951. Graduated with honors form Novibirsk State U..
Vladimir Gusinsky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (Владимир Гусинский in Russian) (born 1952), a Russian Jewish media baron, is known as the founder of Media-Most holding that included Most Bank, the NTV channel, the newspaper Segodnya and magazines. After moving abroad in the summer of 2001 he cre..
Vladimir Harkonnen
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, portrayed by Kenneth McMillan in Dune (1984) Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, portrayed by Ian McNeice in the Sci-Fi Channel's Dune miniseries Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the science fiction series Dune. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]..
Vladimír Hirsch
Vladimír Hirsch (born July 3, 1954 in Benešov, former Czechoslovakia, today Czech Republic) is a composer of new forms of contemporary classical music. He is founder of original and extraordinal ways in composition style and sound characteristics (typical are new sonic characteristics of classic..
Vladimír Holan
Poeta tragico Date of Birth: September 16, 1905 Place of Birth: Prague, Holešovice-Bubny Date of Death March 31, 1980 Vladimír Holan (1905 - 1980) was a Czech poet famous for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimist views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Priz..
Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Samoylovych Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовиць) (OS 18 September, NS October 1, 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Jewish-born, Ukrainian, classical pianist. His use of colors, techn..
Vladimír Hučín
Vladimír Hučín (May 25 1952 in Gottwaldov (Zlín), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech political celebrity who was a dissident before 1989. After the Velvet revolution he was nominated by the association of former political prisoners to work at BIS - a Czech intelligence agency. In the 70's he used e..
Vladimir III Rurikovich
Vladimir III Rurikovich (Владимир Рюрикович in Russian) (1187 – March 3, 1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl (1206-1213), Smolensk (1213-1219) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1223-1235). Son of Rurik Rosti..
Vladimir II Monomakh
For the cruiser see Vladimir Monomakh (cruiser) and the submarine see RFS Vladimir Monomakh Vladimir Monomakh (Russian: Владимир Мономах; Ukrainian: Володимир Мономах; Christian name Vasiliy, or Basil) (1053 -- May 19, 1125) was undoubtedly the best loved Velikiy Knia..
Vladimir II Mstislavich
Vladimir II Mstislavich (Владимир II Мстиславич in Russian) (1132-1173), Prince of Dorogobuzh (1150-1154, 1170-1171), Vladimir and Volyn (1154-1157), Slutsk (1162), Tripol'ye (1162-1168) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1171). He was the son of Mstislav I Vladimirovich, grandson of Vladim..
Vladimir Ilyushin
Vladimir Ilyushin Vladimir Ilyushin (Russian: Владимир Илюшин) (born 31 March 1927) is a son of aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin and a noted test pilot in the Soviet Union. Ironically, he spent most of his career testing aircraft from Sukhoi, the rival to his father's design bu..
Vladimir Istomin
Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin (Владимир Иванович Истомин in Russian) (1809 - March 7(19), 1855) was a Russian rear admiral (1853) and hero of the Siege of Sevastopol. In 1827, Vladimir Istomin graduated from the Naval College. That same year, he then took part in the Battle of N..
Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov may refer to: Vladimir Ivanov (Iranologist)Vladimir Ivanov (footballer) ..
Vladimir Ivanovich Gorodetski
Vladimir Ivanovich Gorodetski (1937) was a Russian Professor of Computer Science, Head of Intelligent Systems Laboratory of the St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science. He graduated from the Military Air Force Engineer Academy in St. Petersburg (1..
Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov
Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov is the name of the following people: Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (mathematician) (1887–1974), a Soviet mathematicianVladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (geologist) (1910–1988), a Soviet geologist ..
Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (mathematician)
Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Смирнов) (June 10 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russia - February 11 1974, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian mathematician who made significant contributions in both pure and applied mathematics, as well as the history of mathema..
Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov
Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov (1866 - 1896), dancer at the Imperial Ballet in Saint Petersburg. In 1892 he published a dance notation with the title L'Alphabet des Mouvements du Corps Humain. This Alphabet of Movements of the Human Body is a notation that encodes dance movements with musical notes and..
Vladimir Ivanov (footballer)
Vladimir Ivanov (born February 6, 1973) is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in t..
Vladimir Ivanov (Iranologist)
Vladimir Ivanov is a Russian Iranologist, translator and University lecturer. The head of Dagestan Iranology Center who is teaching Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, has been involved in numerous research projects on Hafez and Sadi. See also IranologyPersian culture External links [Enthusiasts of Persi..
Vladimir Ivashko
Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (Russian: , #redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]]) (1932–1994) was briefly the acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the period from August 24, 1991 to August 29, 1991. On August 24 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, and on August 29 the CPSU..
Vladimir I of Kiev
Detail of the Millennium of Russia monument in Novgorod (1862) representing St Vladimir and his family. For the 2006 Russian animated feature film, see Prince Vladimir (film). Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c. 958–1015) was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity ..
Vladimir Jankélévitch
Vladimir Jankélévitch (* 31 August 1903 in Bourges; † 10 April 1985 in Paris) was a French philosopher and musicologist. Biography Jankélévitch was the son of Russian parents, who had emigrated to France. In 1922 he started studying philosophy at the École Normale in Paris, under Professor B..
Vladimir Jochelson
Vladimir Ilyich Jochelson (Russian: Владимир Ильич Иохельсон) (January 14 (N.S. January 26), 1855, Vilnius - November 2, 1937, New York) was a Russian ethnographer and researcher of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North. ..
Vladimir Jovanović
Vladimir Jovanović Vladimir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Јовановић) (28 September 1833, Šabac, Principality of Serbia - 3 March 1922, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) was a Serbian politician, political theorist, economist and journalist. Jovanovi�..
Vladimir Jugović
Vladimir Jugović (born August 30, 1969 in Milutinovac village near Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player. Throughout his illustrious career he turned out for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice (with Red Star Belgrade and Juventus F.C.). Playing..
Vladimir Jurko Glaser
Vladimir Jurko Glaser (April 21, 1924 - January 22, 1984) was a theoretical physicist working on quantum field theory and the canonization of the analytic S-matrix. He was head of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb. In 1955, he published one of the f..
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski (born 1972 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian conductor. His father is the conductor Michail Jurowski. He began his musical studies at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990, he moved with his family to Germany, where he completed his education at the High Schools of Mu..
Vladimir Kagan
Vladimir Kagan, (born in Germany, 1927), furniture designer. Emigrated to the United States in 1938, attended Columbia University where he studied architecture. Opened his first shop in New York in 1949. Early work included furniture for the Delegate's Cocktail Lounge at the United Nations and fu..
Vladimir Kara-Murza
See Vladimir A. Kara-Murza, Russian TV anchor, born 1959Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, Russian journalist and opposition politician, born 1981 This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chang..
Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Karpets is a Russian cyclist currently riding for the UCI ProTour team Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France. Born in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 1980, Karpets turned to cycling and followed the foots..
Vladimir Kasatonov
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov (Russian: Владимир Афанасьевич Касатонов) (July 8(21), 1910 - June 9, 1989) was a Soviet military leader, admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union (November 25, 1966). Vladimir Kasatonov was awarded three Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Ba..
Vladimir Keilis-Borok
Vladimir Keilis-Borok was born in Moscow, Russia on July 31, 1921. He is a geophysicist. In 1948, he received a Ph.D. in mathematical geophysics from the Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Recently, his team of researchers have used new methods for earthquake prediction, correctly predicting earthquake..
Vladimir Khodov
Born in the Ukrainian town of Berdyansk in 1976, Vladimir Khodov (né Samoshkin - Владимир Анатольевич Ходов in Russian) is considered likely to have been one of the six leaders in the Beslan school hostage crisis. Contents 1 Early life2 Later life3 Sieg..
Vladimir Kirshon
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Киршон) (August 6 (N.S. August 19), 1902, Nalchik - July 28, 1938) was a Soviet playwright. ..
Vladimir Kokonov
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. Vladimir Kokonov is a Russia..
Vladimir Kokovtsov
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov (Влади́мир Никола́евич Коковцо́в) (1853–1943) was a Russian statesman during the reign of Nicholas II of Russia. Government positions held He served in the Russian Imperial State Council's Department of State Economy before ..
Vladimir Komarov
1964 USSR postage stamp honouring Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров; March 16, 1927 – April 24, 1967) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the first human to die during a space mission, on Soyuz 1, and the first Soviet c..
Vladimir Konovalov
Rear Admiral Vladimir Konstantinovich Konovalov, Владимир Константинович Коновалов (1911-12-05 – 1966-11-29) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander. Born in a Jewish family in a village Nadyezhnoe in current Ukraine, he joined the Navy in 1932 and graduated from a na..
Vladimir Konstantinov
Vladimir Konstantinov (Владимир Константинов — born March 19 1967 in Murmansk, Russia) is a former professional hockey player. His career was tragically ended by a car accident in 1997. Contents 1 Playing career2 Achievements3 Career statistics4 Exter..
Vladimir Korolenko
Vladimir Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Russian: ; July 27, 1853-December 25, 1921) was a Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian. His short stories were known for their harsh portrayal of nature based on his experience of exile in..
Vladimir Kotelnikov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov (russian Владимир Александрович Котельников, scientific transliteration Vladimir Alexandrovič Kotelnikov, september 6 1908 in Kasan – february 11 2005 in Moscow) was an information theorist in the Soviet Union. Since 1953, he wa..
Vladimir Kovačević
Vladimir Kovačević (born January 15 1961 in Nikšić, Montenegro) is a Serb soldier who was charged with violation of the laws of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the sieging of Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of Independence. Kovač..
Vladimir Kovalyonok
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk voblast, USSR (now in Belarus)) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He entered the Soviet spac..
Vladimir Krainev
Vladimir Krainev (born 1944) is a Russian pianist and professor of piano. As a honoured pianist of the Russian Federation, he made his solo debut when he was seven years old, performing Haydn and Beethoven concertos with orchestra. He studied at the Central School of the Moscow Conservatory in the ..
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player and the current Classical World Chess Champion. In the July 2006 FIDE ELO rating list Kramnik is rated 2743, ranking fourth in the world by ra..
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Крутов; born June 1, 1960 in Moscow, USSR now Russia) is a former Russian hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best hockey pla..
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Valentinovich Krylov (Russian: Владимир Валентинович Крылов) (born February 26, 1964) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born in Ulyanovsk, Vladimir Krylov finished fifth in 400 m at the 1985 IAAF World..
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov (Владимир Александрович Крючков in Russian, Volgograd, 1924) is a hard-line Soviet politician, Communist Party member from 1944. Kryuchkov joined the Soviet diplomatic service, stationed in Hungary until 1959. He then worked for the Comm..
Vladimir Kulakov
Vladimir Kulakov is the governor of Voronezh Oblast in Russia. He sees himself in favour of strengthening of intelligence agencies. He became governor in 2001. He was born in 1944. ..
Vladimir Kulich
Vladimir Kulich (born July 14, 1956) is a Czech actor. He is best known for his role as Bullwyf in the film The 13th Warrior. External Links [The Official Vladimir Kulich Web Site] ..
Vladimir Kumarin
Vladimir Kumarin is a Russian businessman, vice president of the city-owned St. Petersburg Fuel Company (PTK), and allegedly the boss of the Tambov organized crime group of the Russian Mafia. The book Die Gangster aus dem Osten or "Gangsters From the East,"Die Gangster aus dem Osten, Europa Verlag..
Vladimir Kuroyedov
Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Куроедов; born September 5, 1944) is a former long-serving Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. Earlier he was Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet, Deputy Commander of the Pacific Fleet since 1993 and Chief of the Mai..
Vladimir Kush
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]]#redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Vladimir Kush is a Russian born painter, who is identified with the metaphorical realism movement. Born in 1965 in Moscow, he learned to draw at home and started attending an art school at the age of 7. He entered the Moscow..
Vladimir Kuts
Vladimir Petrovich Kuts (Russian: Владимир Петрович Куц) (February 7, 1927 – August 16, 1975) was a Soviet long distance runner. He is alternatively known as Volodymyr Kuts, the Ukrainian spelling, as Kuts was born in Aleksino, which is in present-day Ukraine. Kuts, who was an..
Vladimir Kuzichkin
Vladimir Andreyevich Kuzichkin Владимир Андреевич Кузичкин (born 1947) was a Soviet KGB officer who defected to the Tehran Station of the British Secret Intelligence Service in 1982. He published his memoirs in English translation in 1990 as Inside the KGB: my life in Sovie..
Vladimir Kuzin
Vladimir Kuzin was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s. He earned a gold medal in the 4 x 10km relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He also finished 5th in the 30km event in those same Olympics. Kuzin's best successes were at the Nordic skiing Worl..
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Vladimir Kuznetsov was the head of the United Nations Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Issues. He has been indicted after taking $1 million bribes from the UK catering giant company, the Compass Group. Contents 1 A corrupted U.N. official2 Background3 External links4 ..
Vladimir Lambsdorff
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Lambsdorff or Lamsdorf (1845 – 1907) was Russian foreign minister (1901 – 1906) See also Foreign Minister of Russia.   Russian and Soviet Foreign Ministers ..
Vladimir Lantsberg
Vladimir Isaakovich Lantsberg (Russian: ) (1948–2005) was a Russian poet, songwriter, bard, and teacher. Vladimir Lantsberg was born on June 22, 1948 in the city of Saratov. In 1971, he graduated from Saratov Polytechnical Institute. He worked as mechanical engineer until 1979 when he moved to..
Vladimir Larin
Vladimir Nikolayevich Larin is a Soviet/Russian geologist, developer of the Hydridic Earth theory. If proven correct, the theory may have profound impications for energy development and Hydrogen economy. External link [Hydridic Earth: the New Geology of Our Primordially Hydrogen-rich Planet, b..
Vladimir Lebedev
Vladimir Lebedev (Russian: Лебедев Владимир Николаевич; born April 23 1984) is a Russian freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lebedev won bronze in the men's aerials event. ..
Vladimir Lefebvre
Vladimir Lefebvre is a mathematical psychologist at the [University of California, Irvine]. He has created equations that are supposed to predict the large-scale consequences of individual actions. Among the parameters in the equations are the self image of the individual and the action a..
Vladimir Lem
Vladimir Lem is a character in the Max Payne universe. Vlad has blonde hair, brown eyes, and a smooth attitude that he often uses to sweet talk his enemies. Max Payne Vlad plays a minor role in Max Payne 1. He is a Russian mob boss, and is waging war with Angelo Punchinello. His employee Boris Dim..
Vladimir Lenin
[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин, Vladimir Il'ič Lenin; IPA:[ˈljenjɪn] born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov; April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Communist ..
Vladimir Levenshtein
Vladimir Iosifovich Levenshtein (Russian: born 1935) is a Russian scientist who did research in information theory and error-correcting codes. Among other contributions, he is known for the Levenshtein distance algorithm, which he developed in 1965. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics..