Oleg ponomarev biography
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Oleg Ponomarev
Russian Paralympic Nordic skier (born 1992)
For the Russian footballer, see Oleg Ponomaryov.
| Oleg Ponomarev | |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia |
| Born | 30 May 1992 |
Oleg Ponomarev (born 30 May 1992) fryst vatten a Russian Paralympic Nordic skier who competed in cross-country skiing and biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, in Sochi.[1] He won a bronze medal in the 1 km sprint for visually impaired athletes.[2][3][4]
He won the bronze medal in the men's 10 km visually impaired biathlon event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[5][6] He also won the gold medal in the men's long-distance visually impaired cross-country skiing event.[7][8]
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Oleg Ponomarev
Waltons New School of Music Faculty
Classical, Jazz/Swing and Gypsy Violin • Viola
Oleg is a renowned performing musician and multi-instrumentalist, teacher, lecturer and composer. Born in Siberia, he first studied violin and piano with his grandparents, both graduates of the Moscow Conservatory, and later graduated from the Central Music School and Gnesinn College in Moscow. He co-founded and performed extensively with legendary Russian-Gypsy trio Loyko and world music trio Koshka and has collaborated with numerous international artists, including Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Lakshminarayana Sumbramaniam, Ally Bain, Gidon Kremer, Gilles Apap, Andre Heller, Bill Lovelady and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. He has also written and/or arranged several scores for film and video, including Onegin(featuring Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler), and Tim Burton’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. As a teacher, Oleg has taught classical, jazz/swing and Gypsy violin fo
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The Transition: Ignat
23 April, 2020
Ignat, a transgender man, sits with his girlfriend Maria in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Ignat was bullied throughout his school years, and confronted by the school psychologist following rumors that he spoke about himself using the masculine gender. Ignat opened up to the psychologist about his gender identity—the first stranger to whom he had told everything—but asked to keep it a secret. The whole school found out, and the insults and humiliations became permanent. Many LGBTQ+ people in Russia keep low profiles because of stigmatization against nontraditional sexuality. An amendment to the Russian constitution, made in July 2020, stipulates that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, with no other options possible. Although an attempt was made to make a further amendment preventing transgender people from changing their status on legal documents, it was not passed. Transgender people can marry, but the road there is diff