Creativity of Igor Gubsky (1954-2022) is rare among worldly realists ability to generalize, to create a typical and at the same time expressive image. The artist has his own unique style, he participated in many exhibitions, his works are in demand in the world of connoisseurs of modern art. More information about the artists and their works is available on the website kobzar.
Boyan is the name of a bard who was mentioned in the Rus' epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign as being active at the court of Yaroslav the Wise.
He is apostrophized as Veles's grandson in the opening lines of The Tale (probably a reference to Veles as the patron of musicians). Historians have been unable to determine whether Boyan was his proper name or all skalds of Rus were called boyans.
Although The Tale is the only authentic source mentioning Boyan, his name became exceedingly popular with later generations. He is mentioned in the Zadonshchina and Pushkin's Ruslan and Ludmila. The folklorist Alexander Afanasyev considered Boyan a precursor of Ukrainian kobzars. Soviet scholars tended to associate him with the House of Chernihiv, assuming that he started his career at the court of Mstislav of Tmutarakan. Boris Rybakov supported this theory and linked his name to a graffito on the wall of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev which mentions a purchase of "Boyan's land" by "Vsevolod's wife".
The Russian version of the button accordion is known as the bayan and was named after legendary Boyan upon its invention in 1907.
The Russian Volleyball Federation has released the expanded list of players who will represent Russia in the upcoming 2018 World Championship 2nd qualification round.
It was basically the same group of guys from the World League selection, with some added names, as follows:
Setter :
Igor Kobzar (Zenit Kazan)
Aleksandr Butko (Zenit Kazan)
Outside Hitter :
Yuriy Berezhko (Dinamo Moskva)
Aleksandr Markin (Dinamo Moskva)
Anton Botin (Dinamo LO)
Libero :
Artem Ermakov (Dinamo Moskva)
Coach : Sergey Shlyapnikov
(Source)
So for the World Champs qualification, Russia NT decided to go full gun-blazing mode.
A reminder, the opponents for Russia NT in their qualification path are Estonia (organizer), Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, Kosovo.
Should be interesting.
4. Favorite coach: Vladimir Alekno aka The Russian Father8. Favorite setter: Micah Christenson11. Favorite stadium: Maracanãzinho19. If you could go back in time to see one game, which one would it be: USA vs Italy, 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup22. A team that's not your main team but you still have a soft spot for: Lokomotiv Novosibirsk? Kuzbass Kemerovo? Who knows?25. 5 players you will always love: Matt Anderson, Matteo Piano, Luca Vettori, Ivan Zaytsev, Thomas Jaeschke 43. The player you scream about the most: Igor Kobzar bc let's be serious, his celebrations????Thank you very much!❤