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VIAD Corporation Viad Corporation (pronounced VEE-ahd) is a holding company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It was formed in 1996 by the divestiture of non-core businesses of the Dial Corporation (a successor business to Armour and Company).
VIATRA The VIATRA (VIsual Automated model TRAnsformations) framework is the core of a transformation-based verification and validation environment for improving the quality of systems designed using the Unified Modeling Language by automatically checking consistency, completeness, and dependability requirements.
VIB The VIB (Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie), or Flemish Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology, is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. The VIB was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledge institute on 1 January 1996.
VIBE Vixen Vibe Vixen is a magazine geared towards female readers of Vibe Magazine that covers fashion, beauty, dating, entertainment, and societal issues for "urban minded females". The magazine was initially released in fall of 2004 and sales were considered successful enough for the magazine to be issued on a quarterly basis.
VICE The software program VICE (all caps), standing for VersatIle Commodore Emulator, is an emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers, running on Amiga, Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, Mac OS X, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, and BeOS host machines. VICE is free software, released under the GNU General Public Licence.
VIDYA VIDYA (VIDYA Integrated Development for Youth and Adults) is a non-governmental organisation that works with women and children living in the slums of Delhi and Mumbai. Started in 1985, VIDYA conducts programs intended to help individuals in the slums break away from the cycle of poverty and get a chance at a better life.
VIe arrondissement The 6th arrondissement (VIe arrondissement), located on the Left Bank, is one of the central arrondissements of Paris, France. It is well known for the district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés which is dominated by its Abbey founded as early as the 6th century.
VII (World of Darkness) VII is an unknown entity among the fictional vampires of the Vampire: The Requiem role-playing game, set in the World of Darkness. They are a Covenant in the loosest possible sense of the word, and might not even be a Covenant in the sense of a Political/Spiritual organisation.
VII Corps (United Kingdom) VII Corps was formed in the United Kingdom during mid-1940 to control field forces deployed to counter the invasion threat of that year. On 17 July that year it comprised 1st Canadian Division, 1st Armoured Division, and 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (UK), a somewhat oversized brigade based on the second NZ echelon of troops which had been diverted to the UK from Egypt.
VII Corps (United States) The VII Army Corps of the United States Army was one of the two principal corps of the army in Europe during the Cold War, along with V Corps. Activated in 1918, it was subordinate to the Seventh Army, or USAREUR, throughout most of its existence and based outside of Stuttgart, West Germany, until deactivated in 1992.
VII Photo Agency The VII Photo Agency is a photographic collective of 10 photojournalists, founded in Perpignan, France on September 9, 2001 by Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and John Stanmeyer. The original seven photographers were joined by Lauren Greenfield in 2002, Joachim Ladefoged in 2004 and Eugene Richards in 2006.
VIII Corps (United States) The VIII Corps fought from Normandy to Czechoslovakia in World War II. Constituted in the Organized Reserves in 1921, it was allotted to the Regular Army in 1933 and activated on October 14, 1940 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
VIII District, Turku The VIII District, also known as Port Arthur (or Portsa in colloquial Finnish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, between Puistokatu and the IX District (Länsiranta).
VIII Fighter Command The VIII Fighter Command was the fighter arm of "The Mighty Eighth Air Force" and eventually consisted of 15 groups (each with three squadrons) organized in three wings based in southern England. Though the 8th began operating fighters in 1942, VIII Fighter Command was led for most of its existence by Maj.
VIIIe arrondissement The 8th arrondissement (VIIIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. Along with the 2nd, and 9th arrondissement, it hosts one of the business centers of Paris, located around the Opéra.
VILE vile is a text editor that attempts to combine the best aspects of the popular Emacs and vi editors. These editors are traditionally located on opposing sides of the editor wars, as users of Emacs and vi tend to have strong sentiments against the editor they do not use; however, vile at least attempts to reconcile these positions.
VILSPA The Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain, is part of the ESA's ESTRACK ground station network. In 2004, it became the European Space Astronomy Centre, reflecting an increased emphasis on Space Astronomy and the Science Operations of ESA's astronomy missions.
VINYL Music VINYL Music is Virgin Records' new catalog division, specializing in re-releasing rare-hard-to find singles on CD and Vinyl records. It was founded by City Life member Tony DaSilva in late 2006, originally only to re-release out of print City Life recordings, but became very successful and went on the re-release other artists.
VIPIR VIPIR is an acronym for Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar, and is distributed by Baron Weather Solutions. VIPIR is not a new form of weather radar, but instead is a type of post-processing applied to traditional radar systems.
VIPR VIPR or Versatile Inexpensive Pulsed Radar is a type of weather radar imaging system which gives a three dimensional view of storms. VIPR uses primarily off the shelf components mated to custom software to create this powerful storm forecasting tool.
VIR0S VIR0S is an International hacker group that works to bring skilled programmers from around the world together to create new and useful software and scripts. The team consists of a large and varied group of skills.
VIRCATOR A VIRCATOR (VIRtual CAthode OscillatOR) is a narrow band, high-power microwave (HPM) source of simple design that is able to generate high power levels, with tunability over a wide frequency range. The output power level and frequency of emission are very sensitive to design parameters such as the anode-cathode gap and the transparency of the foil anode to high-energy electrons.
VISCII The Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange (VISCII) is a character set comprising the Vietnamese alphabet, punctuation, and other graphemes. Vietnamese requires slightly too many (134) letter/diacritic combinations to make a traditional extended ASCII character set for it.
VISOR In the Star Trek fictional universe, a VISOR is a device used by the blind to artificially provide them with a sense of sight. The device scans the electromagnetic spectrum, creating visual input, and transmits it into the brain of the wearer via the optic nerves.
VISTE Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE) is a community-based non-profit organization serving Lakeland, Florida, area since 1983. The primary goal of VISTE is to enable frail elderly persons to continue living independently and safely in their own home.
VIU-55 Munja VIU-55 Munja (Serbian: Thunder) is a combat engineering vehicle produced by Serbia. The vehicle is based on the Soviet-built T-54/T-55 tank, and its production began in 2004 when 210 outdated T-55 tanks were converted.
VIVmag VIVmag launched in 2006 as the first exclusively digital, interactive women's lifestyle magazine. Backed by Canadian industrialist David Harrison Gilmour (the founder of FIJI Water LLC), the magazine is distributed by Zinio Systems, Inc.
VIX VIX is the ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 index options. Referred to by some as the fear index, it represents one measure of the market's expectation of volatility over the next 30 day period.
VIZ Media VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of VIZ, LLC, and ShoPro Entertainment. The company is commonly referred to as "Viz", the same name used in previous incarnations of VIZ LLC.
Vjatscheslav Drjagin Vjatscheslav Drjagin is a former Soviet nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1960's and the early 1970's. He won a bronze medal in the individual event at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry.
Vjetrenica Vjetrenica (which means "wind cave" or "blowhole") is the largest and most important cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one of the most interesting caves in the Dinar Mountain Range, which is famous worldwide for its speleological riches. Its entrance it not far from the village of Zavala in southern Herzegovina.
Vjosë The Vjosë (Albanian indefinite form, the definite form is Vjosa) or Aóos (Greek: Αώος, Latin: Aous) is a river in north-western Greece and south-western Albania. Its total length is about 272 km, of which 80 km are in Greece.
VJ A video jockey (abbreviated form VJ or veejay) can mean two things: One describes an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV or VH1 and the other, often meaning a visual jockey, is a live performer of visuals in, say, clubs, music festivals and arts events—mixing visuals in much the same way the DJ mixes music.
VJ (video performance artist) A VJ is a performance artist who performs moving visual art (namely video) on large displays, often at concerts, nightclubs and music festivals. The term originates from a parallel with DJs, although most VJs nowadays have more in common with musicians than with DJs.
VJamm Allstars The VJamm Allstars are a UK based Audiovisual performance group founded in the early naughties by Camilla Tornøe, Marcus Clements, Mark Scarratt, Mike Stirling, Russell Blakeborough and Tom Bassford. The VJamm Allstars performances are mixture of electronic music, audiovisual samples, and VJing.
VKhUTEMAS VKhUTEMAS ( is acronym for Higher Art and Technical Studios) was the Russian state art and technical school founded in 1920 in Moscow, in 1926 its name was modified: "Institute" instead of "Studios" (ВХУТЕИН, Высший художественно-технический институт). It was dissolved in 1930.
Vlaakith In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Vlaakith (pronounced vlah-KEETH) is the name of the first ruler of the githyanki race after the death of Gith, the rebel leader that united them against the illithids.
Vlaamperd The Vlaamperd horse breed is nearly extinct. Developed as a draft and riding animal in South Africa, the breed was formed by Friesian blood infused with Thoroughbred, Hackney (horse) and Cape Harness horse blood.
Vlaams Belang Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a political party in Belgium that supports Flemish independence and strict limits on immigration, including the deportation of immigrants who fail to integrate. Although the party characterizes its current policies as those of a traditional conservative party, many observers describe it as far rightDemocratie went niet aan extreem-rechts ("Democracy doesn't get accustomed to the far right"), MO*, June 2006, p.
Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok (VB, English: Flemish Bloc) was a Belgian, nationalist and secessionist political party, calling for independence of Flanders. On November 14 2004, the party was dissolved and a new party was created under the name Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest).
Vlaams Economisch Verbond The Vlaams Economisch Verbond or VEV is a Flemish employers' organization and lobbying group. It was founded in 1908, by among others Lieven Gevaert as the Vlaamsch Handelsverbond, to create a Flemish counterpart of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, and it became the VEV in 1926.
Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade The Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade (English: Flanders Mathematics Olympiad; VWO) is a Flemish mathematics competition for students in grades 9 through 12. Two tiers of this competition exist: one for 9th- and 10th-graders, and one for 11th- and 12th-graders.
Vlacq (crater) Vlacq is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon, and appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. This crater is adjacent to the northeastern rim of the larger Hommel crater, and to the northwest rim of Rosenberger crater.
Vlad Înecatul Vlad Înecatul (Vlad the Drowned; d. 1532, probably in September) was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between June 1530 and 1532, According to a document of Mihnea Turcitul's Court, Vlad Înecatul was son of Vlad cel Tânăr (Vlad the Younger) - the two, although separated by almost two decades, have for long been confused.
Vlad III the Impaler Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş in common Romanian reference; also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad Drăculea and Kazıklı Bey in Turkish; November or December, 1431 – December 1476) was Prince (voivode) of Wallachia, a former polity which is now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456-1462, and 1476.
Vlad Kolarov Vlad Kolarov is an Bulgarian-born Canadian cartoonist, humorous illustrator, designer and animator. He was born in Rousse, Bulgaria and became one of the "Wind of Change" generation cartoonists, after the collapse of communism in his native country.
Vlad Taltos Vlad Táltos (pronounced Taltosh) is the central character of a series of novels written by Steven Brust and set on the planet Dragaera. Vlad was first introduced in the 1983 novel Jhereg as a mobster and witch in the Dragaeran metropolis of Adrilankha.
Vladan Batić Vladan Batić (Владан Батић) was born on 27 July 1949 in Obrenovac, Yugoslavia (Serbia). He is a Serbian politician of conservative views who was the Minister of Justice in the Serbian government of the DOS from 2000 to 2003.
Vladan Vasilijević Vladan Vasilijević was one of the most prominent Yugoslav specialists in criminal law in the 1980s. Throughout the 1990s he was engaged as a human rights lawyer promoting a democratic civil society and the rule of law in Serbia.
Vladas Petronaitis Vladas Petronaitis ( born November 2, 1888 - murdered June 25, 1941), was a Lithuanian patriot, soldier and martyr. He was tortured and killed during the infamous Rainiai massacre by members of the NKVD, and the Red Army Early life and education ==
Vladaya River The Vladaya River (Владайска река, Vladayska reka) is a river in Sofia, a tribuary to the Iskar. It originates in Vitosha, passes through several neighbourhoods of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and joins the Iskar river east of the city.
Vladičin Han Vladičin Han (Serbian Cyrillic: Владичин Хан) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 8,338, while population of the municipality was 23,703.
Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (; Ossetian: Дзæуджыхъæу) is the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is situated in the south-east of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, situated on the Terek River, at .
VladimĂ­r BoudnĂ­k VladimĂ­r BoudnĂ­k (March 17, 1924 in Prague - December 5, 1968 in Prague) was a key personality in Czech post-war art, manifester of an "explosionism" movement. He is best known for his active and structural graphic art, but also created mostly unknown, until recently, photographic and monotype works.
VladimĂ­r Clementis VladimĂ­r Clementis (1902-1952) was a Slovak politician. A Communist MP, his criticism in 1939 of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact forced him to spend the war in London, where he broadcast radio speeches calling for all Slovaks to fight the Nazis.
Vladimír Hirsch Vladimír Hirsch (born July 3, 1954 in Benešov, former Czechoslovakia, today Czech Republic) is a composer of new forms of contemporary classical music. He is founder of original and extraordinal ways in composition style and sound characteristics (typical are new sonic characteristics of classical instruments), called by him “integrated music”.
VladimĂ­r HuÄŤĂ­n VladimĂ­r HuÄŤĂ­n (May 25 1952 in Gottwaldov (ZlĂ­n), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech political celebrity who was a dissident before 1989. After the Velvet revolution he was nominated by the association of former political prisoners to work at BIS - a Czech intelligence agency.
VladimĂ­r Ĺ pidla VladimĂ­r Ĺ pidla (IPA: ) (born April 21 1951 in Prague) is a Czech social democratic politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in July 2002 - June 2004 and then was appointed Czech commissioner in the European Commission where he will serve at the post of employment, social affairs and equal opportunities.
VladimĂ­r Martinec Vladimir Martinec (born December 22, 1949 in Lomnice, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech ice hockey right wing in the 1970's. He won the Golden Hockey Stick award as top player in Czechoslovakia four times, in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1979.
Vladimír Mečiar Vladimír Mečiar (born July 26, 1942) is the leader of the People's Party — Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS) and a former Prime Minister of Slovakia. He led Slovakia to a disengagement from the Czech Republic.
VladimĂ­r Remek VladimĂ­r Remek (born 26 September 1948) was the first Czech in space, and the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, for seven days, 22 hours, and 17 minutes.
VladimĂ­r RĹŻĹľiÄŤka VladimĂ­r RĹŻĹľiÄŤka (born June 6, 1963), was a former Czechoslovak and Czech ice hockey player. He was twice named the top player in the Czechoslovak Elite League, and was on the gold medal team in the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1985 and 1998 Olympic Games.
Vladimer Papava [Papava]Vladimer Papava (was born on March 25, 1955, in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a Professor of Economics, a Senior Fellow of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies] (GFSIS) (and a Member of the [[Parliament of Georgia] (Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Budget). In 2005-2006 he was a Visiting Scholar (at the [[Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, the Paul H.
Vladimir (name) Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a Slavic given name of Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations. The first part of the name is derived from the Slavic root vlad for "rule", and the second part - from the root mer for "great, famous, glorious".
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin (Russian: Владимир Абрамович Рохлин) (August 231919 - December 31984) was one of the leading mathematicians of the USSR, working in the fields of topology, geometry and ergodic theory. He was born to a Jewish family in Baku.
Vladimir Akopian Vladimir Akopian (); born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. In Armenia his surname is more commonly written Hakobyan () however, most English texts and the Fédération Internationale des Échecs use the Russian version.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Владимир Александрович Альбицкий) (June 16 1891 – June 15 1952) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky.
Vladimir Alexandrov Vladimir Alexandrov was a Russian physicist who created the mathematical model for the Nuclear Winter theory. He disappeared in 1985 while at a Nuclear Winter conference in Madrid and his ultimate fate remains unknown.
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko (actual surname Ovseenko) (, ; March 9 1883 – February 10 1939) was a prominent Soviet Bolshevik leader and diplomat. Ethnically he was a Ukrainian, born in Chernihiv into an officer's family.
Vladimir Antyufeyev Vladimir Antyufeev (Владимир Антюфеев), also known under his assumed names Vladimir Aleksandrov and Vladimir Shevtsov (born on February 19, 1951) is the minister of state security of Transnistria. He is a Transnistrian citizen of Russian origin born in Novosibirsk, in SiberiaOfficial Journal of the European Union, "Council Common Position 2004/179/CFSP" 23 February 2004 who grew up in Magadan.
Vladimir Arnold Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (Russian: Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, born June 12, 1937 in Odessa, USSR) is one of the world's most prolific mathematicians. While he is best known for the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable Hamiltonian systems, he has made important contributions in a number of areas including dynamical systems theory, catastrophe theory, topology, algebraic geometry, classical mechanics and singularity theory in a career spanning over 45 years after his first main result - the solution of Hilbert's thirteenth problem in 1957.
Vladimir Arsenyev Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev () (1872–1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books ("По Уссурийскому Краю" (1921), "Дерсу Узала" (1923)), telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin with Dersu Uzala, a native trapper, from 1902 to 1907. He was the first to describe numerous species of Siberian flora.
Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937 in Gorky, USSR, now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) is a conductor and pianist. He has been an Icelandic citizen since 1972.
Vladimir Asnin Vladimir Ilyich Asnin (Владимир Ильич Аснин) (1904-1956), Soviet developmental psychologist, a representative of Kharkov School of Psychology, head of the Department of psychology at the Kharkov State pedagogical institute in 1944—1950.
Vladimir Bartol Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967) was a Slovene writer, most famous for his novel Alamut. Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world.
Vladimir Bekhterev Vladimir Bekhterev (January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who noted the role of the hippocampus in memory around 1900. He founded the field of psycho reflexology, transferring Pavlov's work on dogs to humans.
Vladimir Belyayev Vladimir Pavlovich Belyaev (; , Kamenets-Podolsky - 1990) was a Soviet Russian writer born in Ukraine. He is famous for his trilogy The Old Fortress (Старая Крепость) about boys living in Kamenets-Podolsky during the Russian Civil War.
Vladimir Bigorra Vladimir David Bigorra (born August 9, 1954) is a retired football defender from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number four jersey. He played for several clubs in Chile, including Universidad CatĂłlica.
Vladimir Bodnar Vladimir Bodnar is a politician and community leader from Transnistria. He is currently co-chairman of the Joint Control Commissionwhich was formed to oversee the negotiated ceasefire following the 1992] [[War of Transnistria.
Vladimir Colin Vladimir Colin (pen name of Jean Colin; May 1, 1921 - December 6, 1991) was a Romanian short story writer and novelist, one of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Romanian literature. His works of fiction are known on several continents.
Vladimir de Pachmann Vladimir von Pachmann, sometimes seen as "von Pachmann" or "Pachman" (27 July 1848 Odessa - 6 January 1933 Rome) was a virtuoso pianist of Ukrainian-German origin, especially noted for performing the works of Chopin, and also for his unusual on-stage style.
Vladimir Damgov Vladimir Nikolov Damgov () (November 22, 1947 - June 20 2006) was a Bulgarian physicist, mathematician, union leader and parliamentarian. He contributed particularly to the application of Chaos theory to mechanical and radiophysical systems as well as to space exploration and space studies.
Vladimir Dashkevich Vladimir Dashkevich (Russian: Владимир Дашкевич) (born 20 January, 1934) is a Russian composer, known mainly for his film music. Originally he studied chemical technology but later studied music under Aram Khachaturian.
Vladimir Dekanozov Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov (Dekanozishvili) (Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов (Деканозишвили), June 1898, Baku - 23 December 1953) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service INO in (GUGB), part of the NKVD, from 1938 to 1939.
Vladimir Demikhov Vladimir Demikhov was a Soviet (1915 - 1998) scientist who did several transplantations in the 1930's and 1950's, whereunder the transplantation of a heart into an animal and a lung-heart replacement in an animal. He is also well-known for his transplantation of the heads of dogs.
Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora () (1 February 1882 - 29 September 1960), was a Bulgarian painter, draughtsman and teacher. He is considered one of the most talented 20th century Bulgarian painters and probably the most remarkable stylist in Bulgarian painting in the post-Russo-Turkish War era.
Vladimir Dinets Vladimir Dinets (born in Moscow in 1969) is well-travelled zoologist and also a travel writer. He is known in academic circles for dogged persistence and startling success in finding many rare species of animals.
Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vladimir Dubrovshchik (born January 7, 1972 in Grodno) is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships.
Vladimir Dzhunkovskiy Vladimir Fyodorvich Dzhunkovskiy (, , Saint Petersburg–February 21, 1938, Moscow) was a Russian statesman. He held the posts of the Governor of Moscow Guberniya and the Governor-General of Moscow (August 6, 1908 - January 25, 1913).
Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Fedotov () (born January 18, 1943 in Moscow) is a former Soviet football striker who holds all-time record of caps for CSKA Moscow. Son of famous Soviet football and ice hockey player, Grigory Fedotov.
Vladimir Fontikov Vladimir Karnikovich Fontikov (Born May 17, 1941 - October 12 1987) was a Soviet opera singer best known for his interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Gudunov in the lead role. Born in Novorossisk, Russia, USSR, to a Russian father and an Armenian mother, Fontikov moved to Yerevan, Armenia, USSR in 1943 and lived there until 1962, when he began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory of Music.
Vladimir Galkin Vladimir Galkin (born 30 June 1954, in Kazan, Russia) is a chemist, the Dean of the chemistry department of Kazan State University and the director of Butlerov Institute. Married for the second time, has children from the first marriage.
Vladimir Gilyarovsky Vladimir Alekseyevich Gilyarovsky (, 26 November 1853 - October 1 1935), was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life in pre-Revolutionary Moscow ("Moscow and Muscovites"), which he first published in a book form in 1926.
Vladimir Gluščević Vladimir Gluščević (born October 20, 1979 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin football player, currently under contract with FCU Politehnica Timişoara. The striker was bought from FK Rad in the winter of 2006 together with team mate Sreten Stanić.
Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof is a fictional character featured in Disney's animated television series Darkwing Duck. His middle name is possibly a reference to Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia from 1598 to 1605 or perhaps simply a Russian-ized version of "good enough".
Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Фёдоров) (May 3(15), 1874, Petersburg - September 19, 1966, Moscow) was a Russian/Soviet scientist, weapons designer, founder of the Soviet school of automatic small arms, professor (1940), lieutenant general of corps of military engineers (1943), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1928).
Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolayev (Russian: Владимир Григориевич Ермолаев), 1909-1944, was a Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931.
Vladimir Gurov Vladimir Gurov is a Russian scientist who developed a floating zone/horizontal crystallization process for industrial production of alexandrite, ruby and chrysoberyl and head of above department at Tairus. Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, on October 27, 1951.
Vladimir Gusinsky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (Владимир Александрович Гусинский in Russian) (born 1952), a Russian media baron, is known as the founder of Media-Most holding that included Most Bank, the NTV channel, the newspaper Segodnya and magazines.
Vladimir Harkonnen The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the novel Dune, but is also a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.

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