Igor Afanasyev | |
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Born | Igor Mixailovich Afansyev 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Writer |
Igor Mixailovich Afanasyev is a Russian writer and veteran of the Afghan war. He was born in Pskov in 1962. He served in the Afghan war from 1983 to 1985, as a sapper in the eastern province of Ghazni. Afanasyev initially posted about his experiences of the war on the internet; this led to several books that have been acclaimed in his native Russia. [1] Among these are:
His work has been praised by Oleg Ermakov, another Afghan veteran-turned-writer. [2]
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Population: 316,570 (2021 Census).
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
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AFK Sistema PAO is a large Russian conglomerate company, founded by Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who was chairman of the corporation's board of directors until 2022. In April, Yevtushenkov's shareholding in Sistema has decreased to 49.2%, and he also stepped down from Sistema's board.
Grigori Lvovich Roshal was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1967).
Turks in Russia, also referred to as Turkish Russians or Russian Turks, refers to people of full or partial ethnic Turkish origin who have either immigrated to Russia or who were born in the Russian state. The community is largely made up of several migration waves, including: descendants of Ottoman-Turkish captives during the Russo-Turkish wars; the Turkish Meskhetian community; and the more recent Turkish immigrants from the Republic of Turkey.
Vilegodsky District is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vilegodsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lensky District in the north, Sysolsky and Priluzsky Districts of the Komi Republic in the east, Luzsky District of Kirov Oblast in the south, and with Kotlassky District in the west. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye. District's population: 11,158 (2010 Census); 13,241 (2002 Census); 16,616 (1989 Census). The population of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye accounts for 33.0% of the district's total population.
Ilyinsko-Podomskoye is a rural locality and the administrative center of Vilegodsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Viled River. It also serves as the administrative center of Ilyinsky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Ilyinskoye Rural Settlement. Population: 3,682 (2010 Census); 2,973 (2002 Census); 3,365 (1989 Census).
Nizhny Novgorod railway station is a central station in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. In terms of the amount of work performed, the 1st class station, and by the nature of the work performed, is a cargo station. It was opened on August 2, 1862.
Alexander Stepanovich Afanasyev was a Russian and Ukrainian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator. In 1853 he started using the pseudonym Чужбинский (Chuzhbinsky) and has been known mostly as Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky since.
Pushkinskaya Street is one of the main streets in Rostov-on-Don. The street is named after the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Many old houses, university buildings, and the Don State Public Library are located on this street. The Pushkinskaya Street is a green boulevard, it goes parallel to the Don River.
Krasnoselkup is a rural locality and the administrative center of Krasnoselkupsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 3,974 (2010 Census); 4,014 (2002 Census); 5,300 (1989 Census).
Alexander Nikolayevich Chechenskiy was a Russian major general in the Russian imperial cavalry of Chechen descent. He participated in the War of the Fourth Coalition and Patriotic War of 1812 among many other conflicts.
Konstantin Mikhailovich Bakharev, is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician and journalist. He has been a member of parliament of the Russian State Duma, since 5 October 2016, and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets since 24 October 2019. He is also a member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia party, and the head of the interregional coordinating council of the party in the Southern Federal District.
Farewell, Unwashed Russia is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in connection with his last exile from Russian capital cities.
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Boris Ivanovich Krasin was policeman in Imperial Russia. He served a police chief in Kurgan and Tyumen. Krasin gave access to the jail in Tyumen to the American explorer, George Kennan. Before his trip to Russia, Kennan had been a supporter of the Tsarist regime, but what he encountered in the jail contributed to his subsequent condemnation of Tsarism.
Khizri Magomedovich Abakarov is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. He started his political career in 1999 as a deputy assistant of Suleyman Kerimov. On 16 October 2018 he was appointed head of Derbent Town District. On 10 November 2020 he left his post to become the State Secretary of the Republic of Dagestan. Since 19 September 2021 he has served as a deputy of the State Duma.
The M.O. Auezov Literary and Memorial House Museum is a museum founded in 1963 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the house where Mukhtar Auezov lived the last 10 years of his life (1951-1961).
A series of Molotov cocktail arson attacks and shootings have taken place in Russian military commissariat registration and enlistment offices since the start of the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Other governmental buildings have also been attacked in multiple regions of Russia. Part of the Russian partisan and anti-war movements, the attacks were spurred by several factors, including the outbreak of the invasion of Ukraine, the deployment of Russian conscripts to the front line, the start of spring conscription, and rumors about possible mobilization in the country, which were later found to be true. Commissariat offices recruit servicemen to the Russian Army and choose who is eligible and ineligible for service. The attacks are not a single coordinated campaign; behind them are a variety of people, from left-wing anarchists and scammers to far-right groups and assorted lone wolf actors.