In the pre-war years, Legge pioneered " subscription " recordings, by which the public were invited to pay in advance for their copies of future recordings, thus making it economically possible for EMI to make such " niche " but classic recordings as the songs of Hugo Wolf ( sung by Elena Gerhardt ) and the complete piano works of Beethoven ( played by Artur Schnabel ).

* 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast

* 1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player

* 1985 – Elena Temnikova, Russian singer ( Serebro )

* 1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player

* 1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player

Davenport's second tournament was in Beijing, where she defeated fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals, before losing to Janković in the semifinals.

Rubinstein participated in discussions with Elena Pavlova on plans to raise the level of musical education in their homeland ; these bore initial fruit with the founding of the Russian Musical Society ( RMS ) in 1859.

* Elena Stasova, Russian communist.

Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian father and a Georgian mother ( Elena Sagirashvili ).

She defeated Russian Elena Likhovtseva in the final.

Gala was born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova in Kazan, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire, to a family of intellectuals.

Salé & Pelletier's Olympic gold medal was shared with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal.

They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal.

* One act chamber opera by Elena Firsova, a Russian composer, op.

She also was the quarterfinalist in doubles at both, with Russian Elena Vesnina.

Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes 6 – 1, 7 – 6.

Centred in Moscow, around the Gileia Group of Transrational ( zaum ) poets David and Nikolai Burliuk, Elena Guro, Vasili Kamenski and Velimir Khlebnikov, the Russian futurists created a sustained series of artists ' books that challenged every assumption of orthodox book production.

From 2007 to 2010, the theme music was Elena Kats-Chernin's Russian Rag, which Adams humorously refers to as " The Waltz of the Wombat ".

In 2011, Krige was a major supporting character throughout the BBCs final season ( Series 10 ) of Spooks, playing Russian double agent Elena Gavrik.

The highlight of Myskina's 2004 season was a victory at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former world number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6 – 1, 6 – 2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

In her quarterfinal match against Russian Elena Likhovtseva, Pierce came back from 0 – 6 in the third set tiebreak ( 6 match points down ) and won 8 consecutive points to reach the semifinals.

The draft of the application to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation was considered in the paper " Current legal issues relevant to forensic-psychiatric expert evaluation " by Elena Shchukina and Sergei Shishkov focusing on the inadmissibility of appealing against an expert report without regard for the scope of evaluated case.

* Elena Yakovleva ( b. 1961 ), Russian actress

Elena Yevgenyevna Dostay (, born 8 March 1969 ) is a Russian archer.

In the first round of elimination, she faced 40th-ranked fellow Russian Elena Dostay.

Elena Lourie ( 1975 ) suggested instead that it was Alfonso's attempt to neutralize the papacy's interest in a disputed succession — Aragon had been a fief of the Papacy since 1068 — and to fend off Urraca's son from her first marriage, Alfonso VII of Castile, for the Papacy would be bound to press the terms of such a pious testament.

* 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.

* June 25 – Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia becomes the first woman to be awarded a university degree, a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Padua.

It is also where, in 1678, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman in the world to graduate.

* Elena Baranova, Russia – the first international player in the WNBA ( 1997 ), one-time All-Star ( 2001 ).

Holly's wife, María Elena, watched the first reports of his death on television.

Lomonosov's mother was Vasily's first wife, a deacon ’ s daughter, Elena Ivanovna Sivkova.

At first, his mother Elena Glinskaya acted as regent, but she died of what many believe to be assassination by poison when Ivan was only eight years old.

Maria Elena García calls the years of Toledo ’ s presidency, a transition rife with new opportunities for indigenous people, noting the “ reframed state-indigenous interactions ” and “ increase in NGO projects and social movements ” and “ proliferation of indigenous organizations .” Toledo created and first lady Eliane Karp headed a new agency for indigenous and Afro-Peruvian affairs, CONOPA ( Commission for Amazonian, Andean, and Afro-Peruvian Peoples ).

Most obviously to spectators at oral argument before the Court, the Solicitor General and his or her deputies traditionally appear in formal morning coats, although Elena Kagan, the first woman to hold the office, elected to forgo the practice.

Calatrava first, then Alarcos, and finally Benavente were captured before a final battle was fought at Las Navas de Tolosa near Santa Elena on 16 July.

She was drawn against Elena Vesnina in the first round, to whom Venus lost in straight sets.

His wife Elena died in 1897 and in 1899 he married Nina Boucicault ( Nina was a first cousin of her namesake, Nina Boucicault, the celebrated Irish stage and film actress ), who helped him entertain on a lavish scale.

On June 8, 1964, she gave birth to their daughter Elena Andrianovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova ( who is now a doctor and was the first person to have both a mother and father who had travelled into space ).

In 2007 she acted in Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos, where she played her first antagonist role, the hysterical Elena Sandoval.

As she developed the India María, at first she named her " Elena María " and began to portray the character in the " Teatro Blanquita ".

She received her first name as a namesake of her mother, whose name " Eleanor " ( or Alienor ) had previously been unrecorded though may have been related to the Greek Helen or the Italian Elena.

The exaltation of such visual effects may have been a reflection of the artist's personal well-being, for in 1565 Veronese married Elena Badile, the daughter of his first master, and by whom he would eventually have four sons and a daughter.

Uncertain if his mother was Maria or Elena, respectively the first and second wife of Ivan Asen I. Alexander was the father of Kaliman II of Bulgaria.

Coached for three seasons by Ron Rothstein, their combination of veteran leadership in Debbie Black, Elena Baranova and Sandy Brondello as well youth in Ruth Riley and Sheri Sam, lead them to the playoffs in 2001, but lost in the first round to the New York Liberty in 3 games.

Henin defeated Sania Mirza from India in the first round 5 – 7, 6 – 3, 6 – 1 and Elena Baltacha in the second round, 6 – 1, 6 – 3.

The previous year, Olga's daughter Elena Gavrilova had been the soloist in the first Paris performance of his Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major, Op.

The first written text in Leonese was Nodicia de Kesos ( 959 or 974 ); other works in the language include Fueru de Llión, Fueru de Salamanca, Fueru Xulgu, Códice d ' Alfonsu XI, ou Disputa d ' Elena y María or Llibru d ' Alixandre

She then travelled to Hobart to play the Hobart International where she defeated Elena Baltacha 6 – 4, 6 – 2 in the first round but lost to second seed, Shahar Pe ' er, in a disappointing second round match 2 – 6, 2 – 6 with Dokic making over 40 unforced errors.

On 25 June 1678, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia a Venetian noblewoman and mathematician became the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree.