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# Anna Vinnitskaya

Anna Vinnitskaya (Russian: Анна Валерьевна Винницкая; born 4 August 1983, in Novorossiysk) is a Russian pianist who won the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.

## Biography

Anna Vinnitskaya was born in Novorossiysk. She began piano lessons at age 6. From 1995 to 2001, she studied at the Rachmaninoff Conservatory in Rostov-on-Don with Sergei Ossipenko, then at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, where she studied with Evgeni Koroliov. As a soloist, she has appeared with such ensembles as the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and has given recitals all around Europe.
She entered the competition circuit at age 13, winning first prize at the International Junoshenki competition. In 2000 she achieved a third place at the Monza Competition and two years later first place at the Jaèn Competition, where she also won the Audience Award. This was followed with a first prize at the Elise Meyer Competition in Hamburg in 2004, and the fourth prize in the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition in Bolzano in 2005.
On 2 June 2007, she won first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. After a memorable Gaspard de la nuit (Ravel) in the first rounds, she impressed the audience and jury in the final round with Beethoven's Sonata No.13 in E flat "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27 No.1; the compulsory work La Luna y la Muerte by Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher; and the Piano Concerto No.2 by Sergei Prokofiev. Vinnitskaya was only the second woman in the history of the competition for piano to win the first prize, after Ekaterina Novitskaya in 1968.
Anna Vinnitskaya was appointed professor of piano at her alma mater at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg, in 2009.

## Prizes

* International Junoshenki competition – First prize (1995)
* Monza Competition – Third prize (2000)
* Jaèn Competition – First prize/Audience Award (2002)
* Elise Meyer Competition (Hamburg) – First prize (2004)
* International Ferruccio Busoni Competition (Bolzano) – Fourth prize (2005)
* Queen Elisabeth Music Competition for Piano (Brussels) – First prize (2007)
# Mike Tana

Michael Darren Tana (born 1965 or 1966) is a New Zealand politician and trade union leader. He was mayor of Porirua from 2016 to 2019.

## Early life

Tana is from Matakohe, near Ruawai in the Northland region. His iwi are Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi.
He has an agricultural science degree from Massey University.

## Career

He has been senior biosecurity adviser at the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the president of the 62,000-strong Public Service Association.

### Career in politics

He announced in August 2016 that he would be running for Mayor of Porirua and he ran a poorly-funded campaign. Tana won the 2016 mayoral election, receiving 5,887 votes (after other candidates were eliminated on the STV ballot). He was the first Māori mayor of Porirua, and one of only a small number of Māori mayors in New Zealand history.
Tana grew up experiencing racism, and when he was elected Mayor he joined Porirua City up to an anti-racism campaign.
Tana ran for Mayor again in the 2019 local elections but failed to win re-election, instead coming in 2nd place behind Anita Baker.

## Personal life

Tana has six children with his wife Toni.
# Chuprenska reka

The Chuprenska reka (Bulgarian: Чупренска река) is a river in northwestern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Stakevska reka, itself a left tributary of the Lom of the Danube drainage. Its length is 27 km.
The river takes its source under the name Golema reka at an altitude of 1,480 m north of the summit of Ostra Chuka in the Chiprovska Planina section of the northwestern part of the Balkan Mountains. It flows in general direction northeast. Its valley is deep and forested until the village of Chuprene. After the village of Targovishte, the river crosses the Vedernik ridge. It flows into the Stakevska reka at an altitude of 230 m some 1.2 km from the latter's confluence with the Lom.
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 120 km$^2$, or 36.6% of the Lom's total. The river has predominantly rain feed with high water in April and low water in July–August. It almost dries out in summer and in spring the river may overflow during intense rains and snowmelt.
The Chuprenska reka flows entirely in Vidin Province. There are three villages along its course, Chuprene, Targovishte and Protopopintsi, all of them in Chuprene Municipality. A 21.7 km stretch of the third class III-114 road Lom–Ruzhintsi–Sveti Nikola Pass follows most of its valley. Its waters are utilised for irrigation in the lower course. Its upper course falls within the boundaries of the Chuprene Reserve.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 4 5 Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 546
* ↑ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
# The Dance Teacher

The Dance Teacher (Czech: Učitel tance) is a 1995 Czech drama film directed by Jaromil Jireš.

## Cast

* Martin Dejdar - Richard Majer
* Jana Hlaváčová - Head nurse
* Miloš Kopecký - Grandfather of Richard
* Barbora Kodetová - Lydie
* Radek Holub - Pardus
# Denson Springs, Texas

Denson Springs is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 100 in 2000. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

## History

This area, originally called Ioni after a nearby native village, was granted to James Bradshaw in 1835. Upon his death in 1844, it was inherited by his brother, William Bradshaw, whose family arrived in 1849. In 1878, the growing community was renamed after William's daughter, Nancy Anne Denson, widow of William Denson.
The community had a post office from 1893 to 1918. It has a population of 100 in 2000.

## Geography

Denson Springs is located next to Dream Lake along Texas State Highway 294, 18 mi (29 km) southeast of Palestine in the southeastern portion of Anderson County.

## Education

The community's first school, called Grayson School, was located on the "old Grayson place". It was one of the largest schools in Anderson County before the American Civil War, and the schoolhouse was also used as a Baptist church. It moved into Denson Springs in 1887 and remained until well after 1936. In 1934, it had two teachers and 46 students. In 1955, the community's school was joined up with the Slocum Independent School District.
# Pierson B. Reading

Pierson Barton Reading (November 26, 1816 – May 29, 1868) (also referred to as Pearson, and as Parson) was a California pioneer.

## Life

Reading was born in New Jersey. He came across country to California with Samuel J. Hensley as a member of the Chiles-Walker party in 1843. In 1844, Reading entered the service of General Sutter as a clerk, explorer, and chief of trappers. He received the 26,632-acre (10,778 ha) Mexican land grant Rancho Buena Ventura in 1844 for the area occupied by today's Redding, California, and Cottonwood, California, along the Sacramento River. In the Winter of 1844–45, while Sutter was marching with about one hundred men to join Governor Michaeltorena, Pierson was in command at Sutters Fort. In 1846, Reading was a participant in the Bear Flag Revolt. In the Mexican–American War, Reading enlisted under Fremont and was appointed Paymaster of the California Battalion, with the rank of Major. In 1848 Reading was among the first to visit James W. Marshall's gold discovery in Coloma, California – and shortly after engaged extensively in prospecting for gold in Shasta County, and along the Trinity River. In the fall of 1849, Major Reading fitted out an expedition to discover the bay into which he supposed the Trinity and Klamath Rivers must empty. From 1849 to 1850, Reading operated a store in Sacramento with Samuel J. Hensley and Jacob R. Snyder. He was the Whig candidate for Governor of California in 1851, and U.S. Senate in 1852.
In 1854 Reading went to Washington, D.C. for the US Supreme Court hearing on his land grant claim. There he met and married Fanny Wallace Washington. They had six children together.
Reading returned to his Rancho Buena Ventura in Shasta County in 1856, where he remained until his death in 1868.
# Tony Zarrindast

Tony Zarrindast (Persian: محمد زرین‌دست also known as Mohammad Zarrindast) was an Iranian American film producer, film director and cinema actor. He was considered by some as the "Persian Ed Wood". His 1996 film Werewolf was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Zarrindast graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in the field of cinema. His brother was Alireza Zarrindast. On November 29, 2016 he died from cancer.
# Crosswell

Crosswell (Welsh: Ffynnon-groes) is a hamlet on the B4329 road in the community of Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the parish of Meline. It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Cardigan, 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Haverfordwest and 11 miles (18 km) east of Fishguard.

## Description

The hamlet is on a junction of several minor roads that intersect with the B4329, the former “great road” between Haverfordwest and Cardigan. Crosswell is in the parish of Meline, the greater part of which is in the Preseli Mountains, and is in the community of Eglwyswrw.

## History
### Name

The hamlet's name is from the Welsh: ffynnon (well) and groes (cross).

### Inn

An inn once stood in the centre of the hamlet; not on the 1842 parish tithe map (though marked on pre-1850 parish maps), the inn is on the 1891 Ordnance Survey map as the Cwmgloyne Arms. The name may originate with Cwmgloyne, a mansion near Hen-llys, and the home of the antiquarian Thomas Lloyd who "dying as a bachelor, left his estate by will to Maurice Williams". Now a private dwelling called Ty Ffynnongroes (Crosswell House), the former inn was Grade II listed in 1997.

### Bridge

A stone, single-lane bridge crosses the River Nevern and adjacent water meadows to the north of the hamlet. The bridge is named Pontgynon (also recorded as Pantgynon or Pontcynon) and has existed at least since the early 17th century, but has been rebuilt since. The bridge and a 19th-century boundary stone set into the parapet were Grade II listed in 1997.

### Chapel

An Independent chapel was built near the bridge in 1839, rebuilt in 1882 and added to subsequently.

### Former shop

Until at least about the 1920s there was a shop in Crosswell, called the Royal Oak Shop.

## Amenities

Crosswell Village Hall was built in the 1950s.
# Joseph de Montclar

Joseph de Pons-Guimera Baron de Montclair (1625 in Montclar – 1690 in Landau) was French cavalry general.
Commander in chief of the Alsace, he implacably executed the orders of Louis XIV and Louvois. In 1676 the king ordered the destruction of Haguenau, which he accomplished in January 1677. The same year he destroyed many more fortresses.
In the War of the Grand Alliance, he took part in the destruction of large parts of the Palatinate.
# Shevir

Shevir or Shavir or Shuyer (Persian: شوير or شويرع) may refer to:
* Shavir, Ardabil (شوير - Shavīr)
* Shevir, Zanjan (شوير - Shevīr)
* Ari Shavit, Israeli reporter and writer
# Uma Khan

Uma Khan (Bengali: উমা খান) is a Bangladeshi female playback singer. In 2002, she won Bangladesh National Film Award for the Best Female Playback Singer for the film Hason Raja.

## Career
### Discography

* Choto Choto Kotha

## Notable songs

* Gunda Number One (2000)
* Hason Raja (2002)
* Juari (2002)
* Hajar Bosor Dhore (2005)
* Raja 420 (2016)

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
| 2002 | National Film Awards | Best Female Playback Singer | Hason Raja | Won |
# Bostaneh

Bostaneh or Bastaneh (Persian: بستانه) may refer to:
* Bostaneh, Fars
* Bostaneh, Hormozgan
* Bostaneh, Parsian, Hormozgan Provionce
# Alexandrovka, Alexandrovsky District, Orenburg Oblast

Alexandrovka (Russian: Александровка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Alexandrovsky District of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population: 3,988 (2010 Census); 4,152 (2002 Census); 3,976 (1989 Soviet census).
# Sam Thorne

Samuel Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Thorne (September 19, 1873 – June 3, 1930) was an American college football player and coach. He played at Yale University as halfback from 1893 to 1894. As a senior and team captain in 1895, Thorn was named an All-American. He returned to Yale in 1896 to serve as head football coach for a season, during which he guided the Bulldogs to a 13–1 record. Thorne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.

## Biography

Born in New York City, Thorne graduated from Yale University in 1896 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He played for Yale for three years, was captain his senior year, and he was selected for the 1895 College Football All-America Team. He studied mining engineering at Lafayette College and was in the mining business for many years.

## Head coaching record

| Year | Team | Overall |
| Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1896) ||||||
| 1896 | Yale | 13–1 |
| Yale: | Yale: | 13–1 |
| Total: | Total: | 13–1 |
# Soheyl

Soheyl (Persian: سهيل) may refer to:
* Soheyl, Isfahan
* Soheyl, Markazi
* Soheyl, Sistan and Baluchestan
# Symeon Du

Bishop Symeon (Chinese: 主敎西麥翁, born Du Runchen, Chinese: 杜潤臣, Russian name Fyodor Semyonovich Du, Russian: Фёдор Семёнович Ду; February 11, 1886 - March 3, 1965) was bishop of the Chinese Orthodox Church. He was the last Eastern Orthodox bishop of Shanghai before the abolition of the see.

## Biography

He was born on February 11, 1886, in Beijing to a family of Albazinian origin. His father was a church reader. He and his family escaped miraculously during Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
From 1902, he served as psalm reader at the Church of the Presentation of the Lord at the Russian Embassy in Beijing. In 1904, he graduated from the missionary school at the Russian Orthodox Mission in Beijing and for several years served as a psalm reader and catechist in the Yung-ping-fu area (Peitaiho).
In 1908, Bishop Innocent (Figurovsky), chief of the mission, ordained him a deacon. In 1909 Bishop Innocent appointed him to serve at the mission's metochion, the Annunciation Church, in Harbin. In addition to his duties as deacon, he served as a missionary, the treasurer, and manager of the parish's office in Harbin. With the arrival of many refugee Christians from Russia in 1919, he was active in publishing Russian textbooks for the schools in Harbin.
His life as a missionary took him to many cities in China, including Shanghai, Hankou, Haimen, Kaifeng, Weihou, and Mukden, as well as to localities in Manchuria. In 1932, he was assigned to duties in Tianjin where, in 1934, he was elevated to protodeacon.
On September 16, 1941, he was ordained to the priesthood and made priest-in-charge of the St. Innocent Mission Church in Tianjin. In 1943, he was elevated to archpriest and in 1945, he was awarded a "palitza". In early 1950, he traveled to the Soviet Union, where he accompanied Patriarch Alexius to a conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, of the Russian Orthodox Church, Georgian Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church.
On July 23, 1950, at Trinity-Sergius Lavra, he was tonsured a monk with name Symeon. On July 23, he was raised to archimandrite. On July 30, in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow he was consecrated Bishop of Tianjin.
On September 26, 1950, Bishop Simeon was appointed as Bishop of Shanghai.
He died on March 3, 1965, in Shanghai.
# Ahmad Qanbar

Ahmad Qanbar (Arabic: أحمد قنبر; 1900–1971) was a Syrian politician and journalist served as interior minister for five times.

## Career

He started his career by establishing a newspaper in Aleppo named Al Nazir in 1937. In 1947, he became a founding member of the People's Party, one year after Syria's independence from the French Mandate. The party's platform revolved around strengthening Syrian democracy, distributing political power—which was largely concentrated in the hands of Damascus-based politicians—throughout the country, and uniting with neighboring Iraq. It was allied and financed by the Hashemites, who were in power in both Iraq and Jordan.
He was elected in the parliament from 1947 to 1961, and served as interior minister for five terms between in 1950s and 1960s.
In 1963, Qanbar's civil rights were terminated after coup of al Baath party.
# Lidia Myasnikova

Lidia Vladimirovna Myasnikova (Russian: Лидия Владимировна Мясникова; 1911–2005) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1960).

## Biography

Myasnikova was born on September 8, 1911 (according to the Julian calendar) in Tomsk.
In 1939, she graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory (M. I. Brian's class). In 1941, the singer completed her postgraduate studies.
In 1944, Myasnikova moved to Novosibirsk. From 1945 to 1982, she was a soloist of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1968–1994, she taught at the Novosibirsk Conservatory (since 1981, professor at the institution).
She toured Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. The singer died on January 14, 2005, in Novosibirsk and was buried in the columbarium of Novosibirsk Crematorium.

## Some roles

* Carmen – Carmen by Georges Bizet (debut performance)
* Azucena – Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
* Amneris – Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
* Marfa – Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky
* Polina – The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
* Lyubov – Mazeppa by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
* Solokha – Cherevichki by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
* Gertrude – Bánk bán by Ferenc Erkel
* Дьячиха – Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček (the first performance on the Russian stage)

## Memory

One of the streets of Rodniki Microdistrict is named after her. In 2008, the 1st Interregional Competition of Vokalists named after L. V. Myasnikova was held in Novosibirsk.
# Anatoly Sobino Park

Anatoly Sabino Park (Russian: Парк имени Анатолия Собино) is a park in Zheleznodorozhny District of Rostov-on-Don. It is named after Russian revolutionary Anatoly Sobino, who is buried at its territory.

## History and description

Before the park was established, at its territory had been Lengorod Garden, which was considered the main park of Zatemernitsky Settlement, a historical part of Rostov-on-Don.
In times of the Soviet Union, the park was a small piece of greenery. There also was a Ferris wheel, children's attractions, a summer stage, an open-air cinema and a planetarium.
In the 21st century, many structures in the park came to a state of disrepair and required to be restored. At the whole territory there are fragments of old buildings, among them — remains of the summer stage, which is surrounded by bricks and building blocks, as well as by a brick wall. Most of the benches were broken as well as the sidewalks. Rostov-on-Don dwellers usually call this park "skvernyi skver" (ugly square in English).
In 2006 the park was granted the status of a square. The territory underwent some changes: the trees in emergent condition were cut off, dilapidated buildings were partly demolished. In 2014 the park was again partly landscaped.
In December 2017 an Orthodox chapel constructed at the territory of the park, which was meant to be transformed into a church, was a subject of arson. It is presumed that the arson was committed by some of the local residents who were hostile to the idea of construction of a new chapel in the city district.
In 2021, the Fathers' Alley of 20 blue spruces and 30 linden trees was laid in the park. The planting of the Alley was dedicated to Father's Day, annually celebrated in Russia in October.
# Mirzo Tursunzoda, Rudaki District

Mirzo Tursunzoda (Tajik: Мирзо Турсунзода) is a town and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rudaki District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. The population of the town is 20,500 (January 2020 estimate). The town lies south of the capital Dushanbe and north of the district seat Somoniyon. It consists of the villages Istiqlol, Korgar, Mavji, Hojiyon, Kosibon, Turdiev and Rumi.
# Sayyid Suhrāb Walī

Sayyid Suhrāb Walī (Persian: سید سهراب ولی) was a legendary pīr (Sūfī master) associated with the central Asian region of Badakhshān. Little is known for certain of his life, or even if he really existed, but his importance as a legendary figure, prominent in mostly nineteenth-century central Asian Ismaili hagiography,$^{:373–74}$ is not doubted.

## Account of Silk-i guhar-rīz

The earliest and most important hagiography of Sayyid Suhrāb is the Silk-i guhar-rīz, composed by Khwājah Aḥrār, who claimed descent from Sayyid Suhrāb, around 1251 AH/1835 CE in Jurm, a town in what is now the Afghan province of Badakhshān.$^{:374}$ This hagiography portrays Sayyid Suhrāb as a descendant of Muḥammad and of Mūsā al-Kāẓim. It claims that Sayyid Suhrāb’s father was one Mīr Sayyid Ḥasan. Mīr learns of the renowned Nāṣir-i Khusraw and engages a prominent dervish, Bābā Ḥaydar, to escort the four-year-old Sayyid Suhrāb, then four years old, to Nāṣir. Sayyid Suhrāb studies alongside Umar Yumgī, but it is Sayyid Suhrāb whom Nāṣir then makes his principle disciple and successor (in a move more likely reflecting the spiritual politics of the Ismaili community that produced the text than any historical reality), and the charismatic Sayyid Suhrāb goes on to have a large following of his own.$^{:374–75}$ Many central Asian Ismaili families continue to claim Sayyid Suhrāb as an ancestor and a source of their own spiritual authority.$^{:375}$ Another prominent hagiography of Sayyid Suhrāb is entitled Baḥr al-akhbār.$^{:375}$

## Historicity

In the assessment of Daniel Beben, 'the extent of Sayyid Suhrāb’s presence within the genealogical traditions of the Badakhshān region suggests that his name bears at least some connection to a historical figure'.$^{:375}$ He argues that notwithstanding the traditional association with Nāṣir-i Khusraw (implying a twelfth-century date for Sayyid Suhrāb), the genealogies actually imply a date of birth around 1400 CE.$^{:381–82}$ Since the Ismaili text Ṣaḥīfat al-nāẓirīn is in the majority of known manuscripts attributed to Sayyid Suhrāb but in another recension attributed to the fifteenth-century Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿAlī Iṣfahānī, Beben has even suggested that Sayyid Suhrāb might in origin have been Ghiyāth al-Dīn himself.
# Meshkov (surname)

Meshkov (Russian: Мешков, from мешок meaning a bag) is a Russian masculine surname. Its feminine counterpart is Meshkova. The name Meshkov may refer to
* Leonid Meshkov (1916–1986), Soviet swimmer
* Nikita Meshkovs (born 1994), Latvian chess grandmaster
* Sydney Meshkov (1927–2020), American theoretical physicist
* Valery Meshkov (born 1945), Soviet figure skater
* Viktor Meshkov (born 1926), Soviet cyclist
* Vitali Meshkov (born 1983), Russian football referee
* Yuriy Meshkov (1945-2019), Crimean politician
# Owtar, Iran

Owtar or Autar (Persian: اوتار) may refer to:
* Owtar, Haviq
* Owtar, Kargan Rud
# Hyoseong of Silla

Hyoseong (r. 737–742, died 742) was the 34th king to rule the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the second son of King Seondeok and Queen Sodeok.
Hyoseong took the daughter of the pajinchan Yeongjong as a concubine. This led to palace strife, as the jealous queen killed the concubine and Yeongjong plotted to kill her. Hyoseong had Yeongjong put to death.
After he died in 742, Hyoseong was cremated to the south of Beomnyusa temple, and his ashes were buried in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Korean historians believe they had found what was believed to have been his planned tomb, but as Hyoseong died and was cremated this tomb was never finished.

## Family

* Grandfather Sinmun of Silla (r. 681–692) (김정명)
* Grandmother: Queen Sinmok of the Kim clan (신목왕후 김씨;d. 700)
* Father: Seongdeok of Silla (reigned 702–737) (성덕왕)
* Mother: Queen Sodeok (소덕왕후 김씨), of the Kim clan
* Wife:
** Queen Park, of the Park clan (왕후 박씨)
** Queen Hyemyeong, of the Kim clan (혜명왕후 김씨)
** Concubine Park, of the Park clan (후궁 박씨)
# Dhananjay Jadhav

Dhananjay N. Jadhav (1947 – 30 March 2021) was a Police Commissioner of Mumbai.