Igor Smirnov (scientist)
Igor Viktorovich Smirnov (Russian:
Абакумов Игорь Викторович, Смирнов Игорь Викторович)
(April 5, 1951 – November 5, 2004) was a controversial Russian scientist best known for his role in Soviet-era mind control research as well as an obscure field of human behavior study he called "psychoecology".
He was a son of Soviet Minister of State Security Viktor Abakumov, who was executed for his role in Josef Stalin's political repressions.
Viktor Abakumov
Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (24 April 1908 – 19 December 1954) was a high level Soviet security official from 1943 to 1946, the head of SMERSH in the USSR People's Commissariat of Defense, and from 1946 to 1951, Minister of State Security or MGB (ex-NKGB).
He was removed from office and arrested in 1951 on fabricated charges of failing to investigate the Doctors' plot.
After the death of Joseph Stalin, Abakumov was tried for fabricating the Leningrad Affair, sentenced to death and executed in 1954.
Abakumov was a notoriously brutal official who personally tortured prisoners.
Tom Zenovich
Tom Zenovich is a politician and former presidential candidate from Transnistria, a break- away region of Moldova.
Prior to his presidential run in 2001 he was mayor of Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.
He claims that as a result of opposing Igor Smirnov, he was subject to antisemitic propaganda that spread rumours that he was a Jew( which is not true) and was forced to give up his seat as mayor.
In the biography of his political program posters he described his occupation as" unemployed".
He told the British Helsinki Human Rights Group that he feared for his personal safety after the elections.
He is an advocate of conditional re-unification with Moldova and pro-Vladimir Putin.
As a presidential candidate in the 9 December 2001 Transnistrian presidential election he came second, failing to beat the incumbent Igor Smirnov but getting more votes than his other rival, human rights activist Alexander Radchenko.
Beaulieu-sur-Loire
Beaulieu- sur- Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north -central France.
It is also the place of death of Jacques MacDonald, a French general who served in the Napoleonic Wars
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Oxana Ionova
Oxana Ionova was the head of the state tax service of Transnistria and director of Transnistria's central bank from 2008 to 2011.
She was born in Tiraspol on 3 June 1966.
She started her work in the Ministry of Interior of Transnistria in 1994 as accountant.
In 1997 she was appointed head of financial and economic department of the State Customs Committee of Transnistria.
In 2000 President Igor Smirnov appointed Ionova as the new Minister of Revenues of Transnistria.
After the reform of fiscal service and abolishion of the separate ministry of revenues Ionova was appointed head of state tax service of Transnistria.
In 2008 President Smirnov proposed Ionova's candidature to the Supreme Council to be appointed as director of Transnistrian Republican Bank.
Oxana Ionova was considered to be a' purse' of Igor Smirnov and his family, a person through which money was laundered.
In 2011 the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against Ionova on a charge of embezzlement of 160 millions rubles of Russian humanitarian aid.
On 13 March 2012, after 2011 presidential elections in Transnistria when Igor Smirnov lost power, Transnistrian authorities arrested Oxana Ionova on charges of embezzlement of state property, illegal business practices, abuse of power and forgery.
It was reported that during search on her villa police exempted her collection of golden coins and gold bars.
Her case went to the court on 11 March 2013.
Vladimir III Igorevich
Vladimir III Igorevich( October 8, 1170 – Putivl, 1211 or after) was a Rus' prince( a member of the Rurik dynasty).
He was the son of Igor Svyatoslavich and was with him during his campaign against the Cumans on 13 April 1185, immortalized in the epic" The Tale of Igor's Campaign"; he participated in the first battle, wherein he set off ahead of the main group along with Svyatoslav Olgovich of Rylsk and defeated the Cuman forces.
However, he was captured in the second battle by Khans Gzak and Konchak.
The" Tale of Igor ’s Campaign" describes how, after Igor escaped from captivity, Gzak and Konchak debated whether to kill Vladimir or entice him into marrying a Cuman maiden:
The" Tale of Igor ’s Campaign" ends with Vladimir still captive to the khans.
In the autumn of 1188 he returned home from captivity with Khan Konchak ’s daughter Svoboda.
Soon after, on 26 September, Rurik Rostislavich organized festivities to celebrate Vladimir ’s wedding to Svoboda, attended by the rest of his family.
Where Was I
" Where Was I?" may refer to:
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
The Tale of Igor's Campaign( Old East Slavic:," Slovo o pŭlku Igorevě") is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language.
The title is occasionally translated as" The Tale of the Campaign of IgorThe Song of Igor's Campaign The Lay of Igor's Campaign The Lay of the Host of Igor", and" The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor".
The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich( d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region.
While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the medieval period( late 12th century).
The" Tale of Igor's Campaign" was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre.
Entitled" Prince Igor", it was first performed in 1890.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:

Question: Where did Igor Smirnov (Scientist)'s father die?
Answer: Leningrad