"members of the so-called Bure kinship, a clan-like group that traces its descent from an individual born in Sweden in the late 14th or early 15th century, reportedly belong to G-Y12970 (also known as G-Y12971 and G-Z30735), also known as G2a2b2a1a1b1a1a2a1c2a~ (according to the 2017 ISOGG tree; previously G2a3b1a2). King Richard III of England, who was exhumed in 2012, is a member of G2 (G-P287). Joseph Stalin (born Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili) was, according to a genetic test on one of his grandsons (Alexander Burdonsky), a member of Y-DNA haplogroup G2a1a (FGC595/Z6553). Other males purported to be members of Haplogroup G"
"Party member, and thus, was not engaged in all those things. It was thanks to him that most bold and fresh ideas could be implemented in the model animation studio."" Iosif Boyarsky Iosif Yakovlevich Boyarsky (November 7, 1917 – March 12, 2008) was a Russian animator and director, the longtime Director of the Model Animation Association of Soyuzmultfilm Studio, an award-winning Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Boyarsky was born in Moscow on November 7, 1917. He graduated from the Economy Faculty of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, which is abbreviated as VGIK. He first began working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1960."
"Ruslan Aushev Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev (Russian: Русла́н Султа́нович А́ушев; Ingush: Руслан Султана Овшанаькъан; born 29 October 1954 in Volodarskoye, Kazakhstan) was the president of Ingushetia from March 1993 to December 2001. He was reportedly the youngest officer in the Soviet army to reach the rank of lieutenant general. He received the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union on 7 May 1982. Aushev has emerged as Ingushetia's most popular politician, having kept peace and stability during the Chechen war. Aushev was born on 29 October 1954 to an Ingush family living in Kazakhstan, who were deported from the"
"General Vasily Margelov. An implacable opponent of showing off, he was a man of exceptional integrity. Kiev Higher Tank Engineering College was named after him in 1977 and streets have been named after him in Kiev, Minsk, Fastiv and his birthplace of Gorki. Ivan Yakubovsky Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky (; 7 January 1912 – 30 November 1976) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union and serving as commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Pact from 1967 to 1976. Born as the sixth child of a peasant family in Belarus, he was employed in their village"
"than 120 roles, the first role - the researcher - in the film ""Nine Days in One Year""). Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolaevich Yasulovich (; born 24 September 1941, the village Reynsfeld, Kuibyshev region) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director. Igor Yasulovich was born on 24 September 1941 in the village of Reynsfeld (now - Zalesie) Koshkinsky area Kuibyshev region. The ancestors of the father on the birth - Belarusians. In 1962 he graduated from the cast, and then, in 1974, Directing Department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Since 1962 - an actor of experimental theater-studio pantomime,"
"Iosif Gurko Count Iosif Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gurko (; — ), also known as Joseph or Ossip Gourko, was a prominent Russian field marshal during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Of Belarussian/Polish extraction, Gurko was educated in the Imperial Corps of Pages, entered the hussars of the Imperial Guard as a sub-lieutenant in 1846, became captain in 1857, adjutant to Alexander II of Russia in 1860, colonel in 1861, commander of the 4th Hussar Regiment of Mariupol in 1866, and major-general of the emperor's suite in 1867. He subsequently commanded the grenadier regiment, and in 1873 the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, of the"
"friends."" Note: Publication dates refer to English editions, not the Yiddish originals, which often predate the versions in translation by 10 to 20 years. Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-American writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. The Polish form of his birth name was Icek Hersz Zynger. He used his mother's first name in an initial literary pseudonym, ""Izaak Baszewis"", which he later expanded. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish. He was also awarded"
"Two times Gold Sword for Bravery Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil Prince Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil (), also known as Levan Mikheilis dze Iashvili () (1772 - April 19, 1836) was a Georgian nobleman and a general of the Imperial Russian Army. Yashvil took part in a number of significant military campaigns, including during the French invasion of Russia, the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and the Kościuszko Uprising. Yashvil was born to an émigré Georgian noble family of Iashvili. He had an older brother Vladimir, who would also rise to the rank of a General and become personally involved in the assassination of Emperor"
"designed the first heavy bomber for Russia. In 2013, ""Flying"" magazine ranked Sikorsky number 12 on its list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation. On March 22, 2018 the Kiev city council officially renamed Kiev airport ""International Airport ""Kyiv"" (Zhulyany) named after Igor Sikorsky"". Sikorsky was a deeply religious Russian Orthodox Christian and authored two religious and philosophical books (""The Message of the Lord's Prayer"" and ""The Invisible Encounter""). Summarizing his beliefs, in the latter he wrote: Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (, ""Ígor' Ivánovič Sikórskij""; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972), was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both"
"Iosif Boyarsky Iosif Yakovlevich Boyarsky (November 7, 1917 – March 12, 2008) was a Russian animator and director, the longtime Director of the Model Animation Association of Soyuzmultfilm Studio, an award-winning Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Boyarsky was born in Moscow on November 7, 1917. He graduated from the Economy Faculty of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, which is abbreviated as VGIK. He first began working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1960. He worked as a director at the studio. He then became the director general of the Model Animation Association. Boyarsky later served as Soyuzmultfilm's Dean of Animation Faculty of the"
"Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolaevich Yasulovich (; born 24 September 1941, the village Reynsfeld, Kuibyshev region) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director. Igor Yasulovich was born on 24 September 1941 in the village of Reynsfeld (now - Zalesie) Koshkinsky area Kuibyshev region. The ancestors of the father on the birth - Belarusians. In 1962 he graduated from the cast, and then, in 1974, Directing Department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Since 1962 - an actor of experimental theater-studio pantomime, in 1964-1994 - Theatre studio film actor, 1994 - Moscow Youth Theater. In the cinema since 1961 (more"
"days after Aushev's assassination, the President of Ingushetia, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, was severely wounded in a bomb attack on his motorcade on 22 June 2009. Bashir Aushev Bashir Magometovich Aushev (; 1947 – 13 June 2009) was a Russian-Ingush politician, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia from 2002 until 2008. Aushev served as Deputy Prime Minister under former Ingush President Murat Zyazikov. Zyazikov was a former Soviet K.G.B. agent, who was unpopular in Ingushetia because of repressive policies in the small Russian republic. Aushev had been responsible for Ingustetia's law enforcement agencies under Zyazikov while in office. Aushev"
"have fought the enemies of God not with the sharp sword, but with the Word. That I have fought for truth and justice before the Nations, 'Zerubbabel' and 'Efes Damim' bear witness."" Levinsohn has been called ""the Mendelssohn of Russia."" Isaac Baer Levinsohn Isaac Baer Levinsohn (Hebrew: יצחק בר לוינזון) (October 13, 1788 in Kremenetz – February 13, 1860 in Kremenetz) was a notable Ukrainian-Hebrew scholar, satirist, writer and Haskalah leader. He was called ""the Ukrainian Mendelssohn"". In his ""Bet Yehudah"" (1837), he formulated a philosophy and described Jewish contributions to civilization in an effort to promote Judeo-Christian understanding. His"
"Leonid Utyosov Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965. Leonid Utyosov was brought up in Odessa, Russian Empire and attended the Faig School of Commerce, from which he dropped out and joined the Borodanov Circus troupe as an acrobat. He started his stage career in 1911 in Kremenchuk, then"
"Mikhail Isakovsky Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovsky () (Glotovka, Smolensk Governorate, - Moscow, 20 July 1973) was a Russian poet, a laureate of two USSR State Prizes (1943, 1949), a Hero of Socialist Labor (1970). A member of CPSU since 1918. A communist from an early age, he wrote many poems and songs in praise of the regime; but his most famous song is doubtless the rather apolitical Katyusha. Mikhail Isakovsky was born in village Glotovka, Yelnya Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, in a poor peasant family of Russian ethnicity. A local priest taught him to read and write. Later he had been studying"
"Ivan Yakubovsky Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky (; 7 January 1912 – 30 November 1976) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union and serving as commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Pact from 1967 to 1976. Born as the sixth child of a peasant family in Belarus, he was employed in their village and graduated from a rural school. From 1930 he worked as section-secretary on the Makaryevsky village council, then at a plant. He graduated from two courses at the Orsha School in 1932. Enlisting in the Red Army in 1932, he graduated from the"
"Luka Razikashvili (1861-1915), best known by his pen name ""Vaja-Pshavela"" (""a lad from Pshavi""), was born in the village of Chargali, which now houses his ""house museum"". Pshavi Pshavi () is a small historic region of northern Georgia, nowadays part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti ""mkhare"", (""region""), and lying chiefly among the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along the Pshavis Aragvi River and the upper reaches of the Iori River in the neighbouring region of Tianeti to the south-east. Pshavi borders upon Khevsureti to the north (the two regions were historically grouped together under the name of Pkhovi); the western"
"said that an investigation will take place, but added that ""Yevloyev [had] resisted arrest"". In the summer of 2008, Human Rights Watch was also investigating the country's record. Murat Zyazikov Murat Magometovich Zyazikov () (born September 10, 1957) is an Ingush politician who was the second president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia. He was born in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Zyazikov was a controversial politician in Ingushetia. In the 1980s, Zyazikov was a member of the KGB and later the FSB. In the 1990s, he became part of Ingushetia's security council and on May 23, 2002, he was"
"Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil Prince Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil (), also known as Levan Mikheilis dze Iashvili () (1772 - April 19, 1836) was a Georgian nobleman and a general of the Imperial Russian Army. Yashvil took part in a number of significant military campaigns, including during the French invasion of Russia, the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and the Kościuszko Uprising. Yashvil was born to an émigré Georgian noble family of Iashvili. He had an older brother Vladimir, who would also rise to the rank of a General and become personally involved in the assassination of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Yashvil graduated"
"Ioseb Iremashvili Ioseb Iremashvili (, ) (1878–1944) was a Georgian politician and author. A boyhood friend, and later political adversary, of Joseph Stalin, he is primarily known for his book ""Stalin und die Tragödie Georgiens"" (""Stalin and the Tragedy of Georgia', Berlin, 1932), the first memoir of Stalin's childhood. Both Stalin and Iremashvili grew up in Gori, Georgia (then part of the Tiflis Governorate, Imperial Russia), where they attended a local church school. Later, they studied together at Tiflis Theological Seminary. A member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, Iremashvili was involved in the revolutionary activities in Transcaucasia and"
"Ivan Zhevakhov Ivan Semyonovich Zhevakhov (), also known as Ivane Simonis dze Javakhishvili () (1762 – July 24, 1837) was a Georgian nobleman and a general of the Imperial Russian Army. Zhevakhov is known for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars and the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) at the Siege of Ochakov (1789). Zhevakhov was born in the émigré Georgian family of Prince Simon Javakhishvili who had an estate in Ukraine. He had at least one brother, Filipp, who participated in the conquest of Crimea and was a recipient of the Order of St. Anna. Ivan's branch of the Javakhishvili family"
"facial profile was a lot different. In addition, Yevloyev turned out to be still alive. Ruslan Khuchbarov Ruslan Tagirovich Khuchbarov (; 12 November 1972 – 3 September 2004), was an Ingush man presumed to be the Islamic militant nicknamed ""Polkovnik"" (the Russian for Colonel) notorious for his leading role in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis. Khuchbarov was an ethnic Ingush and native of the village of Galashki in the republic of Ingushetia near the border with Chechnya. His body was reportedly identified after he was killed during the storming of the school. According to FSB information obtained by the"
"show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Yevgeny Kiselyov Yevgeny Alexeyevich Kiselyov (, ; born June 15, 1956) is a Russian television journalist. As the host of the NTV weekly news show ""Itogi"" in the 1990s, he became one of the nation's best known television journalists, criticizing government corruption and President Boris Yeltsin. In 2001, he left NTV following its takeover by the state-controlled company Gazprom, serving briefly as general manager of TV-6 before the government refused to renew its broadcasting license in January 2002. He later moved to Ukraine, where he was a presenter"
"Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-American writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. The Polish form of his birth name was Icek Hersz Zynger. He used his mother's first name in an initial literary pseudonym, ""Izaak Baszewis"", which he later expanded. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish. He was also awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir ""A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw"""
"Bashir Aushev Bashir Magometovich Aushev (; 1947 – 13 June 2009) was a Russian-Ingush politician, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia from 2002 until 2008. Aushev served as Deputy Prime Minister under former Ingush President Murat Zyazikov. Zyazikov was a former Soviet K.G.B. agent, who was unpopular in Ingushetia because of repressive policies in the small Russian republic. Aushev had been responsible for Ingustetia's law enforcement agencies under Zyazikov while in office. Aushev resigned from office in October 2008, when Murat Zyazikov was removed from office by the Russian government and replaced by Yunus-bek Yevkurov. He reportedly"
"Joseph Stalin said, ""A real admiral of the fleet, Comrade Isakov. Clever, no legs, but a strong head"". Both the Soviet Union and Armenia have issued postage stamps dedicated to Isakov. An avenue in Yerevan is named after him, as well as a former Soviet cruiser and a planned Russian frigate. Isakov had written several books, mainly about naval warfare: Ivan Isakov Ivan Stepanovich Isakov (, ; ( – 11 October 1967), born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander, Chief of Staff of the Soviet Navy, Deputy USSR Navy Minister, and held the rank of Admiral of the"
"Ivaylo of Bulgaria Ivaylo, also spelled Ivailo, (), nicknamed ""Bardokva"" (""radish"" or ""lettuce"" in Bulgarian) or ""Lakhanas"" (, ""cabbage"") in Greek, was a rebel leader and emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria. In 1277, he spearheaded a peasant uprising and forced the nobles to accept him as emperor. He reigned as emperor from 1278 to 1279, scoring victories against the Byzantines and the Mongols, but beset by foreign and domestic enemies, which included the Bulgarian nobility, he was forced into exile among the Mongols, where he presented himself as a dethroned vassal. The Mongols then killed him in 1280 as an enemy"
"Yevgeny Dzhugashvili Yevgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili (; 10 January 1936 – 22 December 2016) was a Soviet Air Force colonel. He was the son of Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and gained notice as a defender of his grandfather's reputation. In the 1999 elections of the Russian State Duma, he was one of the faces of the Stalin Bloc – For the USSR, a league of communist parties. He resided in Georgia, his grandfather's homeland. In September 2009, Dzhugashvili made international headlines when he sued the Russian newspaper ""Novaya Gazeta"" after the magazine published an article"
"Ivan Isakov Ivan Stepanovich Isakov (, ; ( – 11 October 1967), born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander, Chief of Staff of the Soviet Navy, Deputy USSR Navy Minister, and held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. He played a crucial role in shaping the Soviet Navy, particularly the Baltic and Black Sea flotillas during the Second World War. Aside from his military career, Isakov became a member and writer of the oceanographic committee of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in 1958 and in 1967, became an honorary member of the"
"Igor Kokhanovsky Igor Vasilyevich Kokhanovsky (, born 2 April 1937 in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet, Russian bard, poet and lyricist whose songs recorded, among others, Anna German, Sofia Rotaru, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Lyudmila Zykina and Vladimir Vysotsky, his classmate and friend. Igor Kokhanovsky was born in Moscow and attended the same school (from 1952, the same class) as Vladimir Vysotsky. The two developed common passion for literature and poetry, became close friends and exerted considerable influence one upon another. Igor was the first to start writing poetry and play guitar; it was he who taught Vladimir some chords. But it"
"Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the Sovremennik founders along with Galina Volchek, Oleg Yefremov, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev and Oleg Tabakov. He was honored with People's Artist of Russia in 1978. Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow, the son of scientist Vladimir Ilich Kvasha, of the faculty of Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. Kvasha graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, where he was taught by Aleksander Karev. After graduation,"
"member of the organization ""AmBAR"", a contributor to Forbes. Awardee of the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition'2018 for the puzzle ""Auzzle A2"". Solving a Rubik's cube in 19.18 seconds Ilya V. Osipov Ilya Osipov (Russian: Илья Викторович Осипов, born January 6, 1975) is a Russian computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor. Ilya Osipov won Russian renown as the founder and owner of one of the largest Russian Web sites, NN.ru, which he sold 14 years later to Hearst Shkulev Media/InterMediaGroup. In 2006–2008, he was the director of the Moskva.com portal, and in 2009–2011, the owner and general director of the Birzha"
"Fazil Iskander Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (; ; 6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. He authored various stories, most famously ""Zashita Chika"", which features a crafty and likable young boy named ""Chik"". Fazil Abdulovich Iskander was born in 1929 in the cosmopolitan port city of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia (then part of the USSR) to an Iranian father (Abdul Ibragimovich Iskander) and an Abkhazian mother (Leili Khasanovna Iskander). His father was deported to Iran in 1938 and sent to"