Galkin
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Galkin or Galkina Feminine; Галкина is a Russian
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Jackdaw
The Jackdaw , sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or Western Jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow family. Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly sedentary, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter. Four subspecies are...
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- Aleksey GalkinAleksey GalkinAlexey Viktorovich Galkin is a former Russian GRU officer. A senior lieutenant of the GRU, Alexei Galkin said, whilst being tortured by Chechen separatists, commanded by Abu Movsaev, that the apartment bombing in Buynaksk were organized by a team of twelve GRU officers and ordered by GRU director...
, Russian GRU officer - Alexander GalkinAlexander GalkinAlexander Galkin is a Russian chess grandmaster. Galkin won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship.In the September 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2608.-External links:...
(born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster - Maxim GalkinMaxim GalkinMaxim Galkin is a Russian comedian, singer and TV host.He first became famous as an impressionist, and is known for his proficiency at parody and his duets with the famous Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva....
(born 1976), Russian comedian, singer, and TV host - Vladimir GalkinVladimir GalkinVladimir Galkin is a chemist, the Dean of the chemistry department of Kazan State University and the director of Butlerov Institute.- Biography :...
(born 1954), Russian chemist - Vladislav GalkinVladislav GalkinVladislav Galkin was a Russian actor in theatre and cinema.-Death:Galkin was known to indulge in alcohol for some time before his death, and it definitely played a major role in his demise, thought until recently to be the only role. But, there is a new twist to the case...
(1971–2010), Russian actor - Samuil Zalmanovich Galkin (1897–1960), Russian poet and playwright
Galkina
- Natasha Galkina America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 is the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network, which aired from February 28, 2007, to May 16, 2007....
contestant - Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n middle-distance runner - Lioubov GalkinaLioubov GalkinaLioubov Galkina is a Russian sports shooter and Olympic champion. She received two medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In her five Olympic starts, she has reached the final each time....
RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n sportsShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
shooterShootingShooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... - Lyudmila GalkinaLyudmila GalkinaLyudmila Galkina is a Russian athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.-Achievements:- External...
RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n athlete - Yekaterina Galkina curlerCurlingCurling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
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