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December 22 is the 356th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are nine days remaining until the end of the year.
Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, Kuznetsoff, or Kouznetsov or Kuznetsova is the third most common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English "Smith".
1997 (MCMXCVII)
was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
Pskov is a city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: 203,279 (2010 Census); 202,780 (2002 Census); 203,789 (1989 Census).
Shevchenko, a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets, "cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting descent.
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. He manages FC Zorky Krasnogorsk.
Yevgeniy Petrovich Zagorulko is a Russian high jump coach.
Ty - supermodel, Cycle 4 was the fourth and final Cycle of the Russian reality show on the STS TV channel, a competition of non-professional aspiring models for a contract with the international model agency Point Models and a prize of $250,000. The host was presenter Svetlana Bondarchuk, the wife of Fyodor Bondarchuk who presented the first two cycles of the series.
Kovalenko is a very common Ukrainian surname.
The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was a republican level branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Communist Party of the RSFSR was founded in 1990. At this point, the Communist Party of the RSFSR organized around 58% of the total Communist Party of the Soviet Union membership. The party was popularly known as the 'Russian Communist Party'. Politically, it became a centre for opponents of Gorbachev's rule.
Marina is a female given name, the feminine of Latin Marinus, from marinus "of the sea", occurring in many European languages.
Afro-Russians are people of African descent or those who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations that have migrated to and settled in Russia. The Metis Foundation estimates that there are about 50,000 Afro-Russians.
Nikolai Ivanovich Kostrov was a Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting and graphics.
Black Lightning is a 2009 Russian action superhero film directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitriy Kiselev, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
The year 1935 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuptsov was a Russian painter. He is known for his 1934 work Maxim Gorky ANT-20, which depicts a Tupolev ANT-20 in flight.
Pavel Kuptsov is a Belarusian footballer playing currently for Gorki.
