He was offered a commission by choreographer Leonid Massine, of the New York Ballet Theatre to design the sets and costumes for his new ballet, Aleko.

Aleko was a front-wheel drive hatchback different from any model the factory had made previously.

This was followed in the 1980s by the front-wheel drive Lada Samara, ZAZ Tavria and Moskvich Aleko.

Beginning as an a cappella troupe that performed working, table, and ritual songs, as well as Georgian Orthodox liturgical chants, in 1990 the group was joined in performance by Aleko Khizanishvili and his trio of instrumentalists who play Salamuri and Panduri.

The Simca 1307 was an inspiration for the design of Russian Moskvitch Aleko ( 1986 – 2001 )

The Moskvitch 2141, commonly referred to as simply Aleko ( Russian: " АЛЕКО ", derivative from factory name " Автомобильный завод имени Ленинского Комсомола ", Aftomobilnyi zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola, meaning " Automotive Factory of Lenin's Komsomol "), is a Russian small class, third group hatchback car that was first announced in 1985 and sold in the Soviet Union and its successor states between 1986 and 2000 ( gradually replaced in 2001 by its sedan body version, Moskvitch 2142, which never was produced in large quantities and which worldwide sales wasn't even started ) by the now bankrupt Moskvitch Stock Company, based in Moscow, Russia.

For Moskvitch, Aleko was innovative, having front-wheel drive, a hatchback body style, McPherson strut front suspension and torsion-crank rear suspension.

Aleko was sold mostly on the domestic market, but in the late 1980s it was exported too.

The Aleko was also assembled in Bulgaria under licence for a brief period in the late 1980s.

Some of the last Moskvitch models to be built were the somewhat upgraded Aleko which was renamed to Svjatogor ( models M-214122, M-214100, M-214145 ) and the M-2142, Dolgorukij, ( 1997 – 2002 ), were also based on the design of M-2141.

Early in the morning of 15 August, Viktor Tsoi was driving on the road Sloka-Talsi from a fishing trip when his Aleko collided with a bus outside Tukums at high speed.

His works include sonatas for viola, cello, winds, and three for violin ( the third was recorded on a multi-LP set called Musik zwischen den Kriegen: eine Berliner Dokumentation ), four symphonies ( including one in manuscript ) and also a chamber symphony, four string quartets, several piano trios, piano quartets and piano quintets as well as one sextet for piano and strings from 1902 and a wind quintet, a number of concerted works including three violin concerti and a triple concerto with piano trio, many piano works and lieder, and a number of stage works including an opera Aleko.

Aleko Konstantinov ( 1863 – 1897 ) was best known for his character Bay Ganyo, one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian fiction, and was the first Bulgarian to write about his visits to Western Europe and America.

The Simca 1307's contours ( black ) superimposed over the Moskvitch Aleko ( red )

In fact, Aleko had no common parts with previous models apart from the engine and some other minor details and parts.

* Moskvitch 2141 Aleko ( 1986 )

The Oda, bore a very close resemblance to the Moskvitch AZLK-2141 Aleko, but had a completely different rear-wheel drive design.

The morale of the staff had been damaged, and Aleko never became a beloved project among Moskvitch engineers ( testimony by the Chief Designer of the Moskvitch Stock Company at the time, Igor Zaitsev.

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In some export markets, including France & Germany, the cars were advertised as the Lada Aleko, and diesel engines from Ford and Indenor could be delivered in addition to the standard petrol engines.

The Phodopes are one of the main hydro-power generation regions of the country with a number of major HPPs such as " Batak ", " Peshtera ", " Aleko ", " Studen Kladenets ", " Kardzhali ", " Vacha " and others.

The Aleko, Vitosha | Aleko area with the Aleko hut in the middle

Sébastiani negotiated with Kabakçı, while the British sought support from various factions inside Constantinople — the Dragoman, Aleko Soutzos, eventually informed the French Ambassador on the parallel British projects.

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In 1985, Paskaleva became part of the famous Satirical Theatre „ Aleko Konstantinov “, Sofia.

She is one of the founders of the " Aleko Konstantinov " satiric theatre, where she performed from 1957 to 1991.

The Bolshoi has been the site of many historic premieres including Tchaikovsky's The Voyevoda and Mazeppa, and Rachmaninoff's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini.

According to the Revue des Deux Mondes biography, Sébastiani had betrayed Aleko Soutzos ' confidence by revealing as many details of Anglo-Ottoman negotiations as to render it clear that the Dragoman had been acting as his spy, and by failing to respect the promise of French protection.

Konstantin Jireček appears as a minor character in one of Aleko Konstantinov's satirical feuilletons centred on the fictional character of Bay Ganyo where the protagonist visits him in Prague, looking for shelter and discussing politics.

Despite " second-hand " styling and design, the Aleko turned out to be quite a breakthrough for the Soviet automotive industry.

Despite the better and more comfortable design from Samara the very low assembling quality of Aleko ( one particular car, for example, had horn switches in the steering wheel completely missing ) resulted to a low reputation of this car in the markets.

Aleko has high " off-road " driving capabilities also.

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