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Yevgeny Dementiev Yevgeniy Dementiev (born January 17, 1983), is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2001. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with a gold in the men's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start.
Yevgeny Khaldei Yevgeny Khaldei ( - October 6, 1997) was a world renowned Red Army photographer, best known for his World War II photograph of a Russian soldier placing the Soviet Union's Red flag atop the Reichstag building in Berlin, signifying the fall of Germany. Celebrated as the image is, it was a reconstruction of a moment that had happened earlier but had been missed by the camera.
Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. He also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Winnie the Pooh.
Yevgeny Levchenko Yevgeny Levchenko (born 1978-01-02 in Konstantinovka) is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen. His former teams are Vitesse Arnhem, Helmond Sport, Cambuur Leeuwarden and Sparta Rotterdam.
Yevgeny Petrosyan Yevgeny Petrosyan (born September 16, 1945 in Baku) is one of the USSR's best-known comedians who has been entertaining Russians for more than four decades. Born into a mixed Armenian and Jewish family, Petrosyan formerly hosted his own television program on Rossia channel, called "Smekhopanorama" (Laugh-panorama).
Yevgeny Petrov Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeny Petrovich Kataev; Russian: Евгений Петров; in Odessa – July 2, 1942) was an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. He is the brother of Valentin Kataev.
Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet (September 111998, - May 121999) was the seventh cabinet of government of the Russian Federation, preceded by Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet fallen as a result of the Russian financial crisis and followed by Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet. It was led by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, proposed by President Boris Yeltsin on September 101998, as Viktor Chernomyrdin had failed to be approved by the State Duma twice by September 7 (August 31: 94 in favor, 252 against, nobody abstained, September 7: 138 in favor, 273 against, 1 abstained) According to the Constitution of Russia], if parliament rejects the president's nomination three times, then parliament must be dissolved and a general election held.
Yevgeny Sadovyi Yevgeny Sadovyi (born 19 January, 1973) is a Russian former swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
Yevgeny Samoylov Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov (Russian: Евгений Валерианович Самойлов) (16 April, 1912, St. Petersburg — 17 February, 2006, Moscow) was a Russian actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov (Russian: Евгений Đванович ШапоŃников) (b. February 3, 1942 in Rostov Oblast) is a Russian military leader and business figure, Chief Marshal of Aviation (1991).
Yevgeny Tolstikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov () (1913 - December, 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station in the Arctic.
Yevgeny Vakhtangov Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene) (13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a renowned Russian director who was associated with the State Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow in the early 20th century, and founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. He was one of Konstantin Stanislavski's most renowned students, and a mentor of Mikhail Chekhov.
Yevgeny Yufit Yevgeny Yufit (born 17 January, 1961 in Leningrad) is a Russian filmmaker. He was a member of Russia's Parallel Cinema movement, which sought to make films which were aesthetically at odds with the state-run film industry.
Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (ЕвгеĚний ĐваĚнович Đ—Đ°ĐĽŃŹĚтин sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his 1921 novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Yevhen Konovalets Yevhen Konovalets (1891-1938) was a military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. He is best known as the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938.
Yevhen Kushnaryov Yevhen Petrovych Kushnaryov (; ) (January 29, 1951 - January 17, 2007) was a prominent Ukrainian politician of the post-Soviet era. Kushnaryov was considered one of the chief ideologues of the Party of Regions and a key ally of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
Yevhen Petrushevych Yevhen Petrushevych () (June 3, 1863 in Busk, Galicia — August 29, 1940 in Berlin, Germany) was western Ukrainian politician and president of Western Ukrainian National Republic formed after the collapse of Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.
Yevhen Stankovych Yevhen Stankovych (September 19, 1942- ) is one of the most famous contemporary Ukrainian composers of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. He is of world renown, having most of his works performed around the globe.
Yevno Azef Yevno Azef (1869-1918, also transliterated as Evno Azef), was a Jewish Russian socialist revolutionary who was also a double agent working for both as an organizer of assassinations for the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and a police spy for Okhrana. He was an agent provocateur, carrying out acts of terror which justified the police arresting his accomplices.
Yevsektsiya Yevsektsiya (alternative spelling: Yevsektsia), Russian: ЕвСекция, the abbreviation of the phrase "ЕврейŃкая Ńекция" (Yevreyskaya sektsiya) was the Jewish section of the Soviet Communist party created to challenge and eventually destroy the rival Bund and Zionist parties, suppress Judaism and "bourgeois nationalism" and replace traditional Jewish culture with "proletarian culture", as well as to impose the ideas of Dictatorship of the proletariat onto the Jewish worker class. An important aim of the Yevsektsiya was to mobilize the world Jewry in favor of the Soviet regime.
Yevstigney Fomin Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin The Romanized spelling of his name is variable: Yevstignei (Evstigney, Evstignei, Ewstigney or Evstignej) Ipatovich (Ipatyevich or Ipatevich) Fomin. (Russian: ЕвŃтигнеĚĐą ĐпаĚтьевич ФомиĚĐ˝) (born St Petersburg – died St.
Yew Tree, West Bromwich Yew Tree housing estate is in the extreme north of West Bromwich, England, near the town's border with Walsall. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing which included some of the borough's first multi storey flats.
Yewon Arts University Yewon Arts University is a private university located in Imsil County, North Jeolla province, South Korea. Undergraduate courses of study include painting, jewelry design, cultural product design, visual imaging, animation, music, dance, comedy, and cultural property preservation, as well as e-business and leisure studies.
Yezosaurus "Yezosaurus" is the name given to an as yet undescribed genus of prehistoric marine reptile. Originally thought to be a theropod, it was later identified as a mosasaur or ichthyosaur which lived in what is now Japan.
YEnc yEnc is a binary to text encoding scheme for transferring binary files in messages on Usenet or via e-mail. It reduces the overhead over previous US-ASCII-based encoding methods by using an 8-bit Extended ASCII encoding method.
YES Network The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network is a New York City regional cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting baseball games of the New York Yankees, and basketball games of the New Jersey Nets. YES made its debut on March 19, 2002.
YF-17 Cobra The Northrop YF-17 Cobra was a prototype lightweight day fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force's Light Weight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. It was the culmination of a long line of Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang in 1956, continuing through the F-5 series.
YF-23 Black Widow II The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 "Black Widow II" — unofficially named by Northrop after its P-61 Black Widow — was a prototype fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force. It was passed over in favor of the YF-22 that has entered production as the F-22 Raptor.
YFG Letterkenny The Letterkenny branch of Young Fine Gael is predominantly based in Letterkenny IT, although it has also non-student members. It currently has over 100 members, who were registered in LYIT's Clubs and Societies Day on 26th September 2006.
YFriday YFriday are a British Christian rock and worship band from Newcastle upon Tyne. The current band members are Ken Riley (vocals and guitars), Gav Richards (keyboards, guitars and backing vocals), Danny Smith (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Dez Minto (drums).
Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone is a tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Sting and published in North America by Atlus. The game has a similar flair to another Sting-developed game, Riviera: The Promised Land.
Yggdrasil In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil (Old Norse Yggdrasill, ; the extra -l is a nominative case marker) is the "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. Sometimes it is called MĂmameiĂ°r or LĂ©raĂ°.
Yggdrasil (band) Yggdrasil is a folk band playing mainly compositions by Kristian Blak and interpretations of ethnic material from the North Atlantic region: Faroese ballads, hymns, rhymes – Inuit songs – Shetland music. – Ethno-jazz - world music.
Yggdrasil Linux Yggdrasil Linux was an early Linux distribution ("distro") developed by Yggdrasil, a company founded by Adam Richter. Yggdrasil Linux was described as being a "Plug-and-Play" Linux distribution, in the sense that it would automatically configure itself for your hardware, a feature that is now taken for granted.
Ygnacio Valley High School Ygnacio Valley High School (YVHS) is a public secondary school located in Concord, California, although it also draws its students from the neighboring communities of Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The school opened in 1962, and its first senior class graduated in 1964.
Ygnite Ygnite is a youth organisation in Singapore founded in 2003. Their web site provides an online calendar that house listings for volunteer opportunities, arts events, competitions, camps, and youth-led initiatives.
Yhoshua Leib Gould Yhoshua Gould, also known as the Lehitakfo Chalushin, is a posek and educator belonging to the Satmar Hassidic movement. He is affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis and is suspected by the Anti-Defamation League of being the engineer of Obsidian Project Theta.
Yi Gae Yi Gae (1417-1456) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty and one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Hansan Yi lineage, and was the great-grandson of Goryeo period philosopher Yi Saek.
Yi Hwang Yi Hwang (李滉 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok). Yi Hwang is often referred to by his pen name Toegye ("Retreating Creek").
Yi Chung Yi Chung (1936-), is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea. He is the eldest son of Prince Wu of Korea who inherited the title of Prince Heung with the 4th head of Unhyun Palace and his wife Princess Chanju, a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeonghyo who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon.
Yi I Yi I (December 26, 1536-1584) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang (Toegye). Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok ("Chestnut valley"). His mother was Sin Saimdang, an accomplished artist and calligraphist.
Yi Ja-chun Yi Ja-chun (Mongolian name: Ulus Bukha ĺľéŻć€ťä¸ŤčŠ±; 1315-1360) was a minor officer of the Yuan Dynasty (later Goryeo Dynasty) and the father of Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty. He was given the temple name Hwanjo (í™ěˇ°; 桓祖) by Taejong.
Yi Ji Yi Ji (伊籍) was a minister of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under Shu. Yi Ji was originally a strategist serving under Liu Biao until he secretly went against his master to warn Liu Bei about the "hex mark" horse and the assassination plot of Cai Mao.
Yi Saenggang Yi Saenggang is a Korean musician and a famous practitioner of daegeum sanjo, an instrumental style of Korean music played on the daegeum. His musical career spans over 60 years and he has been classified as important intangible cultural asset #45 by the Korean government.
Yi Sam Pyong Yi Sam Pyong is considered the Father of Japanese Porcelain. He was born in Korea (then known as Kingdom of Joseon) and abducted by Japanese invaders during the Seven Year War along with several thousand other artisans.
Yi Seok, Prince of Korea Yi Seok (born 1941) a descendant of the Joseon Dynasty is a son of Prince Gang of Korea, a 5th son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and currently a professor of history lecturing at Jeonju University in the Republic of Korea.
Yi Sunsin Yi Sunsin (April 25 1545 – December 16 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Sun-shin or Yi Soon-shin, was a Korean naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) during the Joseon Dynasty. He led the victories as the Lord High Admiral (Samdo Sugun Tongjesa) of the Korean Naval fleet during Japan's April 1592 invasion.
Yi Xing Long Yi Xing Long (FUNimation's dub: Syn Shenron, Blue Waters dub Ii Shenron, in Spain: Ih Shinron/Super Ih Shinron) is a fictional character and the final villain in the anime series Dragon Ball GT. He is the seventh and last of the Evil Shadow Dragons to appear.
Yi Yi: A One and a Two Yi Yi: A One and a Two () is an acclaimed Taiwanese film directed by Edward Yang about the emotional struggles of a business man and the lives of his middle class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen though three generations. The English title refers to how two Chinese characters for "one" (一) written in vertical alignment can be viewed as meaning "A One" or as a single character meaning "Two" (二).
Yi-Bing Lin Yi-Bing Lin is the Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE) at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) since 1995, and since 2002, has been the Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Management (CSIM), at Providence University, a Catholic university in Taiwan. He also serves as Vice President of the Office of Research and Development at the National Chiao Tung University.
Yiannis Grivas Yiannis Grivas (also spelled Ioannis Grivas; Greek: Ιωάννης ΓĎίβας) (born 1923), Greek judge, was a non-party interim Prime Minister of Greece. Grivas was born in Kato Tithorea in the region of Lokris.
Yiannis Kouros Yiannis Kouros (born February 13, 1956 in Tripolis, Arcadia, Greece) is a Greek/ ultra marathon runner based in Melbourne. He is sometimes called the "Running God" or the "Pheidippides Successor".
Yiannis Moralis Yiannis Moralis ( 1916 - ) is a Greek visual artist born at the beginning of the twentieth century, most concerned with realiistic depiction of the human form. The most characteristic feature of his Seated Nude (1952) is its exact design, the considerable understanding of chromatic relationships, the studied rendering of the model’s movement, as well as the balanced nature of the whole composition.
Yiannis Psychopedis Yannis Psychopedis is one of the main Greek exponents of artistic Critical Realism, an art movement that developed in Europe after the political and social upheavals of 1968. Student rebellions in France, the uprising in Czechoslovakia, and Greece's 1967 military coup were catalysts for this group.
Yibbum Yibbum (pronounced "yee-boom") or levirate marriage, in Judaism, is one of the most complex types of marital unions mandated by Torah law, and which is not presently practiced in its full application.
Yibinosaurus "Yibinosaurus" (meaning "Yibin lizard") is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now Sichuan, China.
Yidam In Vajrayana Buddhism, a Yidam (Tibetan) or Ishtadevata (Sanskrit) is a fully enlightened being who is the focus of personal meditation, during a retreat or for life. The term is often translated into English as meditational deity.
Yiddish language Yiddish (ייִדיש, yidish, "Jewish") is a nonterritorial Germanic language, spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet. It originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th century in central and eastern Europe, and spread via emigration to other continents.
Yiddish literature Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language.
Yiddish phonology There is significant phonological variation among the various dialects of the Yiddish language. The description that follows is of a modern Standard Yiddish that was devised during the early 20th century and is frequently encountered in pedagogical contexts.
Yiddish Renaissance The Yiddish Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement which began among Jews in Eastern Europe during the latter part of the 19th Century. Some of the leading founders of this movement were Mendele Moykher-Sforim (Mendele Mocher Seforim) (1836- 1917), I.
Yiddish theatre Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and modernist plays.
Yiddishkeit Yiddishkeit (Yidishkayt in standard transcription) literally means Judaism or "Jewishness" in the Yiddish language. It has come to mean the "Jewishness" or "Jewish essence" of Ashkenazi Jews in general and the traditional Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern and Central Europe in particular.
Yidele Horowitz Grand Rabbi Yidele Horowitz (1905-1989), popularly known as Reb Yidele, was the Rebbe of Dzikov, who spent his last years in London, England. Although known as a formidable scholar and a man of exceptional character, he shunned the limelight and abhorred any reverence or treatment as a Rebbe.
Yideng The monk Yideng(一çŻ) is a fictional character that appears in the wuxia novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes by Chinese author Louis Cha. He was originally a prince in the southern kingdom of Dali in China, but eventually renounced his royalty to become a monk.
Yidgha language The Yidgha language is a Pamir language spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley of Chitral, west of Garam Chishma in Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language which is spoken on the Afghan side of the border.
Yie Ar Kung-Fu Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a computer game where the main character, named Oolong, fights martial arts masters. This game originated as an Arcade machine and was subsequently widely ported to platforms including the MSX, NES, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Yield (engineering) Yield strength, or the yield point, is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to plastically deform. Prior to the yield point the material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed.
Yield elasticity of bond value Yield elasticity of bond value is the percentage change in bond value divided by a one per percentage change in the yield to maturity of the bond. This is equivalent to saying the derivative of value with respect to yield times the (interest rate/value).
Yield management Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and reacting to consumer behaviour in order to maximize revenue or profits. Firms that engage in yield management usually use computer yield management systems to do so.
Yield protection Yield protection is an admissions practice where a university or academic institution rejects or wait-lists highly qualified students on the grounds that such students are bound to be accepted by more prestigious universities or programs and thus almost certainly would not enroll, thus increasing the yield rate and lowering the acceptance rate. Yield rate refers to the proportion of students who matriculate (i.
Yield sign In road transport, a yield (United States and Republic of Ireland) or give way (United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries) traffic sign indicates that a driver of a vehicle must slow down and prepare to stop if necessary (usually while merging into traffic on another road) but does not need to stop if there is no reason to. A driver who has actually stopped in this situation is said to have yielded the right-of-way to through traffic on the main road.
Yield surface Yield surface is described in three dimensional space of stresses, and encompasses the elastic region of material behavior. The states of stress of material inside the yield surface are elastic, when the stress reaches this surface it reaches the yield point.
Yield to the Night The 1956 film Yield to the Night stars Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang and spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the stereotypical "blonde bombshell".
Yiftach Brigade The Yiftach Brigade (also known as the Yiftah Brigade, the 11th Brigade in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was an Israeli infantry brigade. It included three Palmach battalions and the 54th Reconnaissance Battalion (Samson's Foxes).
Yifu Hun Yifu Hun (乙弗渾) (d. 466), more commonly known in historical accounts as Yi Hun (乙渾) (because after the change of Xianbei names to Han names in 496, "Yifu" was changed to "Yi"), was a high level official of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei, who effectively briefly served as the regent for Emperor Xianwen.
Yigal Allon Yigal Allon () (October 10, 1918 - February 29, 1980), commander of the Palmach, was an Israeli politician, serving as one of the leaders of the Israel Labor Party, acting Prime Minister of Israel, member of Knesset and government minister from the tenth through the seventeenth Knessets.
Yigal Amir Yigal Amir (Hebrew: ×™×’×ל עמיר) (born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of the late Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. The assassination took place November 4, 1995 at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv.
Yigal Carmon Yigal Carmon (Hebrew ×™×’×ל כרמון) is the president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), and organization which monitors and and translates Arabic and Farsi publications, radio and TV broadcasts and religious sermons into many languages and circulates them over the Internet.
Yigdal Yigdal (; yighdÄl, yighÉ™ddÄl, or ; yighdal, yighÉ™ddal; means "Magnify [O Living God]") is a Jewish hymn which in various rituals shares with Adon 'Olam the place of honor at the opening of the morning and the close of the evening service. It is based on the 13 Articles of Faith (sometimes referred to as "the 13 Creeds") formulated by Moses ben Maimon, and was written by Daniel ben Judah Dayyan (Leopold Zunz, "Literaturgeschichte", p.
Yigo, Guam Yigo (pronounced dzi-go) is the northern most village of the American Island of Guam and is the site of Andersen Air Force Base. At 35 square miles, the municipality of Yigo is larger than any other on the island.
Yihan Chen Yihan Chen, a young pianist and composer from China, made his debut concert at Hilbert Circle Theater, Indianapolis on Febrauary 26th, 2006. At 12 years old, he has written over 50 pieces of music, including piano solos and sonatas, string trios and quartets, music for Jazz band and concert band.
Yihhyah Qafahh Yihhyah Qafahh was a prominent Yemenite rabbi of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He founded the Dor Dai movement in Judaism, which was intended to combat the influence of the Lurianic Kabbalah and restore the rational approach of Maimonides and the Jewish law as codified by him.
Yihhyah Salahh Rabbi Yihhyah Salahh, known as the Maharitz (from the initials Mori Rabbi Yihhyah Tzalahh), was an 18th century Yemenite rabbi. He was the author of a prayer book in which he attempted to preserve as much as possible of the traditional Yemenite rite, while making some concessions to the needs of those who followed the Kabbalah as taught by Isaac Luria and his school.
Yijiangshan Islands The Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島) are two small islands eight miles from the Tachen group, located between Shanghai and Keelung in the Taiwan Strait. On January 20 1954 it was captured by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Republic of China (ROC) Nationalist forces in the Battle of Yijiangshan even as the U.
Yilan City Yilan City (; Taiwanese POJ]: Gî-lân-chhī), commonly and historically spelled Ilan or I-lan, is the capital of [[Yilan County of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is on the north side of Lanyang River.
Yilbegän Yilbegän ([jilbe`gæn];Йилбегән; Yelbegän, Kazan Tatar language: Cilbegän/Җилбегән) is a multi-headed man-eating monster in the mythology of Turkic peoples of Siberia, as well as Siberian Tatars. In some myths Yilbegän is a winged, dragon-like creature, while in others he's an ogre-like behemoth who rides a 99-horned ox.
Yilmaz Kerimo Yilmaz Kerimo (born 1963) is an Assyrian and a member of the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament) and a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was first elected in the Swedish parliament in 1998 and was re-electd in 2006.
Yilmaz theory of gravitation The Yilmaz theory of gravitation is an attempt by Huseyin Yilmaz (Turkish: Hüseyin Yılmaz) and a handful of coworkers to formulate a classical field theory of gravitation which closely mimics general relativity in weak-field conditions, but in which event horizons cannot appear.
Yin (surname) Yin (; literally "flourishing" and "blood red") is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal surname ĺ (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen capital and country, Yin (ć®·).
Yin (Ten Kingdoms) The Yin was a short-lived kingdom during China’s Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the time between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
Yin Shang Yin Shang a minister during the Three Kingdoms Period that served as the minister of Tian Shui. Following the First Northern Campaign of Zhuge Liang, Yin Shang followed in surrender due to his friend, Jiang Wei surrendering to Shu.
Yin Shun Venerable Master Yinshun (ĺŤ°é †ĺ°Žĺ¸«, YìnshĂąn DÇŽoshÄ«) (March 12th, 1906–June 4, 2005) was an important figure in modern Mahayana Buddhism. Known as a contemporary master, he was notably known as the mentor of Venerable Master Cheng Yen (Pinyin: Zhengyan), the founder of Tzu-Chi Buddhist Foundation, a charity association that has gained a worldwide presence.
Yine Yine [Ëjine] is a Southern Maipurean language (Southern Outlier branch) spoken in Brazil and Peru. Formerly referred to as Piro, it belongs to the Piro group which also includes Inapari(†), KanamarĂ©(†), and ApurinĂŁ.
Yine Sensiz Yine Sensiz is the 1992 album of the Turkish pop singer Tarkan TevetoÄźlu. This was his debut album and launched him onto the Turkish pop scene which was modest at the timeAlbum information at Tarkan Translations .
Ying e Chi Ying e Chi (影意志) is a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by a group of independent filmmakers in Hong Kong. Independent film makers of Ying e Chi include Vincent Chui, Kwok Wai-lun, Charlie Lam and Lawrence Wong.
Ying Fo Fui Kun Ying Fo Fui Kun (Simplified Chinese: 应和会馆; Traditional Chinese: 應和ćśé¤¨) is a Hakka clan association in Singapore. Its clan house is located at Telok Ayer Street in the Outram Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.
Ying Quartet The Ying Quartet is an American string quartet formed in 1992 by the Ying siblings from Chicago. The Quartet began performing in the farm town of Jesup, Iowa (population 2000) as the first artists involved in the National Endowment for the Arts Chamber Music Rural Residencies Program.
Ying Wa College Ying Wa College, formerly known as Anglo-Chinese College, is the world's first Anglo-Chinese school. It has thrived on the vision of its founding fathers and the good work of generations of devoted principals and teachers, whose educational approach is particularly apt for Hong Kong, a place where East meets West, and where a healthy synergy between the two brings out the best of both worlds.
Ying Wa Girls' School Ying Wa Girls' School (in traditional Chinese:英華女ĺ¸ć ˇ) at Robinson Road in Central, Hong Kong was founded in 1900 by Miss Helen Davies of the former London Missionary Society. It started off as a boarding school for girls and expanded to include a secondary section in 1915 and a two-year kindergarten in 1916.
Yevgeny Khaldei Yevgeny Khaldei ( - October 6, 1997) was a world renowned Red Army photographer, best known for his World War II photograph of a Russian soldier placing the Soviet Union's Red flag atop the Reichstag building in Berlin, signifying the fall of Germany. Celebrated as the image is, it was a reconstruction of a moment that had happened earlier but had been missed by the camera.
Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. He also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Winnie the Pooh.
Yevgeny Levchenko Yevgeny Levchenko (born 1978-01-02 in Konstantinovka) is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for FC Groningen. His former teams are Vitesse Arnhem, Helmond Sport, Cambuur Leeuwarden and Sparta Rotterdam.
Yevgeny Petrosyan Yevgeny Petrosyan (born September 16, 1945 in Baku) is one of the USSR's best-known comedians who has been entertaining Russians for more than four decades. Born into a mixed Armenian and Jewish family, Petrosyan formerly hosted his own television program on Rossia channel, called "Smekhopanorama" (Laugh-panorama).
Yevgeny Petrov Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeny Petrovich Kataev; Russian: Евгений Петров; in Odessa – July 2, 1942) was an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. He is the brother of Valentin Kataev.
Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet (September 111998, - May 121999) was the seventh cabinet of government of the Russian Federation, preceded by Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet fallen as a result of the Russian financial crisis and followed by Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet. It was led by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, proposed by President Boris Yeltsin on September 101998, as Viktor Chernomyrdin had failed to be approved by the State Duma twice by September 7 (August 31: 94 in favor, 252 against, nobody abstained, September 7: 138 in favor, 273 against, 1 abstained) According to the Constitution of Russia], if parliament rejects the president's nomination three times, then parliament must be dissolved and a general election held.
Yevgeny Sadovyi Yevgeny Sadovyi (born 19 January, 1973) is a Russian former swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
Yevgeny Samoylov Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov (Russian: Евгений Валерианович Самойлов) (16 April, 1912, St. Petersburg — 17 February, 2006, Moscow) was a Russian actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov (Russian: Евгений Đванович ШапоŃников) (b. February 3, 1942 in Rostov Oblast) is a Russian military leader and business figure, Chief Marshal of Aviation (1991).
Yevgeny Tolstikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov () (1913 - December, 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station in the Arctic.
Yevgeny Vakhtangov Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene) (13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a renowned Russian director who was associated with the State Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow in the early 20th century, and founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. He was one of Konstantin Stanislavski's most renowned students, and a mentor of Mikhail Chekhov.
Yevgeny Yufit Yevgeny Yufit (born 17 January, 1961 in Leningrad) is a Russian filmmaker. He was a member of Russia's Parallel Cinema movement, which sought to make films which were aesthetically at odds with the state-run film industry.
Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (ЕвгеĚний ĐваĚнович Đ—Đ°ĐĽŃŹĚтин sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his 1921 novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Yevhen Konovalets Yevhen Konovalets (1891-1938) was a military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. He is best known as the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938.
Yevhen Kushnaryov Yevhen Petrovych Kushnaryov (; ) (January 29, 1951 - January 17, 2007) was a prominent Ukrainian politician of the post-Soviet era. Kushnaryov was considered one of the chief ideologues of the Party of Regions and a key ally of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
Yevhen Petrushevych Yevhen Petrushevych () (June 3, 1863 in Busk, Galicia — August 29, 1940 in Berlin, Germany) was western Ukrainian politician and president of Western Ukrainian National Republic formed after the collapse of Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.
Yevhen Stankovych Yevhen Stankovych (September 19, 1942- ) is one of the most famous contemporary Ukrainian composers of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. He is of world renown, having most of his works performed around the globe.
Yevno Azef Yevno Azef (1869-1918, also transliterated as Evno Azef), was a Jewish Russian socialist revolutionary who was also a double agent working for both as an organizer of assassinations for the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and a police spy for Okhrana. He was an agent provocateur, carrying out acts of terror which justified the police arresting his accomplices.
Yevsektsiya Yevsektsiya (alternative spelling: Yevsektsia), Russian: ЕвСекция, the abbreviation of the phrase "ЕврейŃкая Ńекция" (Yevreyskaya sektsiya) was the Jewish section of the Soviet Communist party created to challenge and eventually destroy the rival Bund and Zionist parties, suppress Judaism and "bourgeois nationalism" and replace traditional Jewish culture with "proletarian culture", as well as to impose the ideas of Dictatorship of the proletariat onto the Jewish worker class. An important aim of the Yevsektsiya was to mobilize the world Jewry in favor of the Soviet regime.
Yevstigney Fomin Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin The Romanized spelling of his name is variable: Yevstignei (Evstigney, Evstignei, Ewstigney or Evstignej) Ipatovich (Ipatyevich or Ipatevich) Fomin. (Russian: ЕвŃтигнеĚĐą ĐпаĚтьевич ФомиĚĐ˝) (born St Petersburg – died St.
Yew Tree, West Bromwich Yew Tree housing estate is in the extreme north of West Bromwich, England, near the town's border with Walsall. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing which included some of the borough's first multi storey flats.
Yewon Arts University Yewon Arts University is a private university located in Imsil County, North Jeolla province, South Korea. Undergraduate courses of study include painting, jewelry design, cultural product design, visual imaging, animation, music, dance, comedy, and cultural property preservation, as well as e-business and leisure studies.
Yezosaurus "Yezosaurus" is the name given to an as yet undescribed genus of prehistoric marine reptile. Originally thought to be a theropod, it was later identified as a mosasaur or ichthyosaur which lived in what is now Japan.
YEnc yEnc is a binary to text encoding scheme for transferring binary files in messages on Usenet or via e-mail. It reduces the overhead over previous US-ASCII-based encoding methods by using an 8-bit Extended ASCII encoding method.
YES Network The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network is a New York City regional cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting baseball games of the New York Yankees, and basketball games of the New Jersey Nets. YES made its debut on March 19, 2002.
YF-17 Cobra The Northrop YF-17 Cobra was a prototype lightweight day fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force's Light Weight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. It was the culmination of a long line of Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang in 1956, continuing through the F-5 series.
YF-23 Black Widow II The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 "Black Widow II" — unofficially named by Northrop after its P-61 Black Widow — was a prototype fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force. It was passed over in favor of the YF-22 that has entered production as the F-22 Raptor.
YFG Letterkenny The Letterkenny branch of Young Fine Gael is predominantly based in Letterkenny IT, although it has also non-student members. It currently has over 100 members, who were registered in LYIT's Clubs and Societies Day on 26th September 2006.
YFriday YFriday are a British Christian rock and worship band from Newcastle upon Tyne. The current band members are Ken Riley (vocals and guitars), Gav Richards (keyboards, guitars and backing vocals), Danny Smith (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Dez Minto (drums).
Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone is a tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Sting and published in North America by Atlus. The game has a similar flair to another Sting-developed game, Riviera: The Promised Land.
Yggdrasil In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil (Old Norse Yggdrasill, ; the extra -l is a nominative case marker) is the "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. Sometimes it is called MĂmameiĂ°r or LĂ©raĂ°.
Yggdrasil (band) Yggdrasil is a folk band playing mainly compositions by Kristian Blak and interpretations of ethnic material from the North Atlantic region: Faroese ballads, hymns, rhymes – Inuit songs – Shetland music. – Ethno-jazz - world music.
Yggdrasil Linux Yggdrasil Linux was an early Linux distribution ("distro") developed by Yggdrasil, a company founded by Adam Richter. Yggdrasil Linux was described as being a "Plug-and-Play" Linux distribution, in the sense that it would automatically configure itself for your hardware, a feature that is now taken for granted.
Ygnacio Valley High School Ygnacio Valley High School (YVHS) is a public secondary school located in Concord, California, although it also draws its students from the neighboring communities of Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The school opened in 1962, and its first senior class graduated in 1964.
Ygnite Ygnite is a youth organisation in Singapore founded in 2003. Their web site provides an online calendar that house listings for volunteer opportunities, arts events, competitions, camps, and youth-led initiatives.
Yhoshua Leib Gould Yhoshua Gould, also known as the Lehitakfo Chalushin, is a posek and educator belonging to the Satmar Hassidic movement. He is affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis and is suspected by the Anti-Defamation League of being the engineer of Obsidian Project Theta.
Yi Gae Yi Gae (1417-1456) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty and one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Hansan Yi lineage, and was the great-grandson of Goryeo period philosopher Yi Saek.
Yi Hwang Yi Hwang (李滉 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok). Yi Hwang is often referred to by his pen name Toegye ("Retreating Creek").
Yi Chung Yi Chung (1936-), is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea. He is the eldest son of Prince Wu of Korea who inherited the title of Prince Heung with the 4th head of Unhyun Palace and his wife Princess Chanju, a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeonghyo who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon.
Yi I Yi I (December 26, 1536-1584) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang (Toegye). Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok ("Chestnut valley"). His mother was Sin Saimdang, an accomplished artist and calligraphist.
Yi Ja-chun Yi Ja-chun (Mongolian name: Ulus Bukha ĺľéŻć€ťä¸ŤčŠ±; 1315-1360) was a minor officer of the Yuan Dynasty (later Goryeo Dynasty) and the father of Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty. He was given the temple name Hwanjo (í™ěˇ°; 桓祖) by Taejong.
Yi Ji Yi Ji (伊籍) was a minister of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under Shu. Yi Ji was originally a strategist serving under Liu Biao until he secretly went against his master to warn Liu Bei about the "hex mark" horse and the assassination plot of Cai Mao.
Yi Saenggang Yi Saenggang is a Korean musician and a famous practitioner of daegeum sanjo, an instrumental style of Korean music played on the daegeum. His musical career spans over 60 years and he has been classified as important intangible cultural asset #45 by the Korean government.
Yi Sam Pyong Yi Sam Pyong is considered the Father of Japanese Porcelain. He was born in Korea (then known as Kingdom of Joseon) and abducted by Japanese invaders during the Seven Year War along with several thousand other artisans.
Yi Seok, Prince of Korea Yi Seok (born 1941) a descendant of the Joseon Dynasty is a son of Prince Gang of Korea, a 5th son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and currently a professor of history lecturing at Jeonju University in the Republic of Korea.
Yi Sunsin Yi Sunsin (April 25 1545 – December 16 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Sun-shin or Yi Soon-shin, was a Korean naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) during the Joseon Dynasty. He led the victories as the Lord High Admiral (Samdo Sugun Tongjesa) of the Korean Naval fleet during Japan's April 1592 invasion.
Yi Xing Long Yi Xing Long (FUNimation's dub: Syn Shenron, Blue Waters dub Ii Shenron, in Spain: Ih Shinron/Super Ih Shinron) is a fictional character and the final villain in the anime series Dragon Ball GT. He is the seventh and last of the Evil Shadow Dragons to appear.
Yi Yi: A One and a Two Yi Yi: A One and a Two () is an acclaimed Taiwanese film directed by Edward Yang about the emotional struggles of a business man and the lives of his middle class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen though three generations. The English title refers to how two Chinese characters for "one" (一) written in vertical alignment can be viewed as meaning "A One" or as a single character meaning "Two" (二).
Yi-Bing Lin Yi-Bing Lin is the Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE) at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) since 1995, and since 2002, has been the Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Management (CSIM), at Providence University, a Catholic university in Taiwan. He also serves as Vice President of the Office of Research and Development at the National Chiao Tung University.
Yiannis Grivas Yiannis Grivas (also spelled Ioannis Grivas; Greek: Ιωάννης ΓĎίβας) (born 1923), Greek judge, was a non-party interim Prime Minister of Greece. Grivas was born in Kato Tithorea in the region of Lokris.
Yiannis Kouros Yiannis Kouros (born February 13, 1956 in Tripolis, Arcadia, Greece) is a Greek/ ultra marathon runner based in Melbourne. He is sometimes called the "Running God" or the "Pheidippides Successor".
Yiannis Moralis Yiannis Moralis ( 1916 - ) is a Greek visual artist born at the beginning of the twentieth century, most concerned with realiistic depiction of the human form. The most characteristic feature of his Seated Nude (1952) is its exact design, the considerable understanding of chromatic relationships, the studied rendering of the model’s movement, as well as the balanced nature of the whole composition.
Yiannis Psychopedis Yannis Psychopedis is one of the main Greek exponents of artistic Critical Realism, an art movement that developed in Europe after the political and social upheavals of 1968. Student rebellions in France, the uprising in Czechoslovakia, and Greece's 1967 military coup were catalysts for this group.
Yibbum Yibbum (pronounced "yee-boom") or levirate marriage, in Judaism, is one of the most complex types of marital unions mandated by Torah law, and which is not presently practiced in its full application.
Yibinosaurus "Yibinosaurus" (meaning "Yibin lizard") is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now Sichuan, China.
Yidam In Vajrayana Buddhism, a Yidam (Tibetan) or Ishtadevata (Sanskrit) is a fully enlightened being who is the focus of personal meditation, during a retreat or for life. The term is often translated into English as meditational deity.
Yiddish language Yiddish (ייִדיש, yidish, "Jewish") is a nonterritorial Germanic language, spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet. It originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th century in central and eastern Europe, and spread via emigration to other continents.
Yiddish literature Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language.
Yiddish phonology There is significant phonological variation among the various dialects of the Yiddish language. The description that follows is of a modern Standard Yiddish that was devised during the early 20th century and is frequently encountered in pedagogical contexts.
Yiddish Renaissance The Yiddish Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement which began among Jews in Eastern Europe during the latter part of the 19th Century. Some of the leading founders of this movement were Mendele Moykher-Sforim (Mendele Mocher Seforim) (1836- 1917), I.
Yiddish theatre Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and modernist plays.
Yiddishkeit Yiddishkeit (Yidishkayt in standard transcription) literally means Judaism or "Jewishness" in the Yiddish language. It has come to mean the "Jewishness" or "Jewish essence" of Ashkenazi Jews in general and the traditional Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern and Central Europe in particular.
Yidele Horowitz Grand Rabbi Yidele Horowitz (1905-1989), popularly known as Reb Yidele, was the Rebbe of Dzikov, who spent his last years in London, England. Although known as a formidable scholar and a man of exceptional character, he shunned the limelight and abhorred any reverence or treatment as a Rebbe.
Yideng The monk Yideng(一çŻ) is a fictional character that appears in the wuxia novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes by Chinese author Louis Cha. He was originally a prince in the southern kingdom of Dali in China, but eventually renounced his royalty to become a monk.
Yidgha language The Yidgha language is a Pamir language spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley of Chitral, west of Garam Chishma in Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language which is spoken on the Afghan side of the border.
Yie Ar Kung-Fu Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a computer game where the main character, named Oolong, fights martial arts masters. This game originated as an Arcade machine and was subsequently widely ported to platforms including the MSX, NES, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Yield (engineering) Yield strength, or the yield point, is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to plastically deform. Prior to the yield point the material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed.
Yield elasticity of bond value Yield elasticity of bond value is the percentage change in bond value divided by a one per percentage change in the yield to maturity of the bond. This is equivalent to saying the derivative of value with respect to yield times the (interest rate/value).
Yield management Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and reacting to consumer behaviour in order to maximize revenue or profits. Firms that engage in yield management usually use computer yield management systems to do so.
Yield protection Yield protection is an admissions practice where a university or academic institution rejects or wait-lists highly qualified students on the grounds that such students are bound to be accepted by more prestigious universities or programs and thus almost certainly would not enroll, thus increasing the yield rate and lowering the acceptance rate. Yield rate refers to the proportion of students who matriculate (i.
Yield sign In road transport, a yield (United States and Republic of Ireland) or give way (United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries) traffic sign indicates that a driver of a vehicle must slow down and prepare to stop if necessary (usually while merging into traffic on another road) but does not need to stop if there is no reason to. A driver who has actually stopped in this situation is said to have yielded the right-of-way to through traffic on the main road.
Yield surface Yield surface is described in three dimensional space of stresses, and encompasses the elastic region of material behavior. The states of stress of material inside the yield surface are elastic, when the stress reaches this surface it reaches the yield point.
Yield to the Night The 1956 film Yield to the Night stars Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang and spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the stereotypical "blonde bombshell".
Yiftach Brigade The Yiftach Brigade (also known as the Yiftah Brigade, the 11th Brigade in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was an Israeli infantry brigade. It included three Palmach battalions and the 54th Reconnaissance Battalion (Samson's Foxes).
Yifu Hun Yifu Hun (乙弗渾) (d. 466), more commonly known in historical accounts as Yi Hun (乙渾) (because after the change of Xianbei names to Han names in 496, "Yifu" was changed to "Yi"), was a high level official of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei, who effectively briefly served as the regent for Emperor Xianwen.
Yigal Allon Yigal Allon () (October 10, 1918 - February 29, 1980), commander of the Palmach, was an Israeli politician, serving as one of the leaders of the Israel Labor Party, acting Prime Minister of Israel, member of Knesset and government minister from the tenth through the seventeenth Knessets.
Yigal Amir Yigal Amir (Hebrew: ×™×’×ל עמיר) (born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of the late Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. The assassination took place November 4, 1995 at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv.
Yigal Carmon Yigal Carmon (Hebrew ×™×’×ל כרמון) is the president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), and organization which monitors and and translates Arabic and Farsi publications, radio and TV broadcasts and religious sermons into many languages and circulates them over the Internet.
Yigdal Yigdal (; yighdÄl, yighÉ™ddÄl, or ; yighdal, yighÉ™ddal; means "Magnify [O Living God]") is a Jewish hymn which in various rituals shares with Adon 'Olam the place of honor at the opening of the morning and the close of the evening service. It is based on the 13 Articles of Faith (sometimes referred to as "the 13 Creeds") formulated by Moses ben Maimon, and was written by Daniel ben Judah Dayyan (Leopold Zunz, "Literaturgeschichte", p.
Yigo, Guam Yigo (pronounced dzi-go) is the northern most village of the American Island of Guam and is the site of Andersen Air Force Base. At 35 square miles, the municipality of Yigo is larger than any other on the island.
Yihan Chen Yihan Chen, a young pianist and composer from China, made his debut concert at Hilbert Circle Theater, Indianapolis on Febrauary 26th, 2006. At 12 years old, he has written over 50 pieces of music, including piano solos and sonatas, string trios and quartets, music for Jazz band and concert band.
Yihhyah Qafahh Yihhyah Qafahh was a prominent Yemenite rabbi of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He founded the Dor Dai movement in Judaism, which was intended to combat the influence of the Lurianic Kabbalah and restore the rational approach of Maimonides and the Jewish law as codified by him.
Yihhyah Salahh Rabbi Yihhyah Salahh, known as the Maharitz (from the initials Mori Rabbi Yihhyah Tzalahh), was an 18th century Yemenite rabbi. He was the author of a prayer book in which he attempted to preserve as much as possible of the traditional Yemenite rite, while making some concessions to the needs of those who followed the Kabbalah as taught by Isaac Luria and his school.
Yijiangshan Islands The Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島) are two small islands eight miles from the Tachen group, located between Shanghai and Keelung in the Taiwan Strait. On January 20 1954 it was captured by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Republic of China (ROC) Nationalist forces in the Battle of Yijiangshan even as the U.
Yilan City Yilan City (; Taiwanese POJ]: Gî-lân-chhī), commonly and historically spelled Ilan or I-lan, is the capital of [[Yilan County of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is on the north side of Lanyang River.
Yilbegän Yilbegän ([jilbe`gæn];Йилбегән; Yelbegän, Kazan Tatar language: Cilbegän/Җилбегән) is a multi-headed man-eating monster in the mythology of Turkic peoples of Siberia, as well as Siberian Tatars. In some myths Yilbegän is a winged, dragon-like creature, while in others he's an ogre-like behemoth who rides a 99-horned ox.
Yilmaz Kerimo Yilmaz Kerimo (born 1963) is an Assyrian and a member of the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament) and a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was first elected in the Swedish parliament in 1998 and was re-electd in 2006.
Yilmaz theory of gravitation The Yilmaz theory of gravitation is an attempt by Huseyin Yilmaz (Turkish: Hüseyin Yılmaz) and a handful of coworkers to formulate a classical field theory of gravitation which closely mimics general relativity in weak-field conditions, but in which event horizons cannot appear.
Yin (surname) Yin (; literally "flourishing" and "blood red") is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal surname ĺ (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen capital and country, Yin (ć®·).
Yin (Ten Kingdoms) The Yin was a short-lived kingdom during China’s Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the time between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
Yin Shang Yin Shang a minister during the Three Kingdoms Period that served as the minister of Tian Shui. Following the First Northern Campaign of Zhuge Liang, Yin Shang followed in surrender due to his friend, Jiang Wei surrendering to Shu.
Yin Shun Venerable Master Yinshun (ĺŤ°é †ĺ°Žĺ¸«, YìnshĂąn DÇŽoshÄ«) (March 12th, 1906–June 4, 2005) was an important figure in modern Mahayana Buddhism. Known as a contemporary master, he was notably known as the mentor of Venerable Master Cheng Yen (Pinyin: Zhengyan), the founder of Tzu-Chi Buddhist Foundation, a charity association that has gained a worldwide presence.
Yine Yine [Ëjine] is a Southern Maipurean language (Southern Outlier branch) spoken in Brazil and Peru. Formerly referred to as Piro, it belongs to the Piro group which also includes Inapari(†), KanamarĂ©(†), and ApurinĂŁ.
Yine Sensiz Yine Sensiz is the 1992 album of the Turkish pop singer Tarkan TevetoÄźlu. This was his debut album and launched him onto the Turkish pop scene which was modest at the timeAlbum information at Tarkan Translations .
Ying e Chi Ying e Chi (影意志) is a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by a group of independent filmmakers in Hong Kong. Independent film makers of Ying e Chi include Vincent Chui, Kwok Wai-lun, Charlie Lam and Lawrence Wong.
Ying Fo Fui Kun Ying Fo Fui Kun (Simplified Chinese: 应和会馆; Traditional Chinese: 應和ćśé¤¨) is a Hakka clan association in Singapore. Its clan house is located at Telok Ayer Street in the Outram Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.
Ying Quartet The Ying Quartet is an American string quartet formed in 1992 by the Ying siblings from Chicago. The Quartet began performing in the farm town of Jesup, Iowa (population 2000) as the first artists involved in the National Endowment for the Arts Chamber Music Rural Residencies Program.
Ying Wa College Ying Wa College, formerly known as Anglo-Chinese College, is the world's first Anglo-Chinese school. It has thrived on the vision of its founding fathers and the good work of generations of devoted principals and teachers, whose educational approach is particularly apt for Hong Kong, a place where East meets West, and where a healthy synergy between the two brings out the best of both worlds.
Ying Wa Girls' School Ying Wa Girls' School (in traditional Chinese:英華女ĺ¸ć ˇ) at Robinson Road in Central, Hong Kong was founded in 1900 by Miss Helen Davies of the former London Missionary Society. It started off as a boarding school for girls and expanded to include a secondary section in 1915 and a two-year kindergarten in 1916.
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