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Yakov Sinai
Yakov Sinai (Яков Синай) is a Russian-born mathematician and mathematical physicist at Princeton University, known for Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy and Sinai's billiards, who won the 2014 Abel Prize.
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис)
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис, born Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, 1951, Odessa) is a Soviet-born American comedian, 'What a country!' catchphrase, 1986–87 sitcom, Branson theater, Pepperdine doctorate 2019.
Yakov Smushkevich
Yakov Smushkevich (Яков Владимирович Смушкевич) was a Soviet air force commander who led Soviet aviation in the Spanish Civil War and at Khalkhin Gol, twice made Hero of the Soviet Union.
Yakov Sverdlov (Яков Михайлович Свердлов)
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (Яков Михайлович Свердлов), 1885–1919, Bolshevik organizer, CC secretary, and chairman of the VTsIK, formal Soviet Russian head of state 1917–1919; Yekaterinburg was renamed Sverdlovsk for him.
Yakov Yurovsky
Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky (Yankel Khaimovich, 1878–1938), Bolshevik, Chekist, and commandant of the Ipatiev House who led the 16–17 July 1918 execution of Nicholas II and his family; later Gokhran gold administrator and Polytechnic Museum director.
Yakov Zak
Yakov Zak was a Soviet pianist and teacher, born in Odessa, who won first prize at the 1937 Chopin Competition in Warsaw and taught for four decades at the Moscow Conservatory.
Yakov Zeldovich
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Яков Борисович Зельдович; 1914–1987) was a Soviet physicist who worked on combustion, the Soviet hydrogen bomb, and cosmology, predicting the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect.
Yakov Zheleznyak
Yakov Zheleznyak (Yakiv Illich Zhelezniak, Яків Ілліч Железняк), born 1941 in Odesa, is a Ukrainian sport shooter who won 1972 Munich Olympic gold in 50 m running target with a world-record 569 points for the Soviet Union.
Yakovlev SJ-100
The Yakovlev SJ-100, formerly the Sukhoi Superjet 100, is a Russian short-haul regional jet seating 103 passengers, redeveloped with Russian PD-8 engines and systems, with deliveries planned from 2027.
Yakovlev Yak-1 (Як-1)
The Yakovlev Yak-1 (Як-1), designed as the I-26, was a Soviet single-seat fighter of World War II and the first of the Yak fighter family, built from 1940 to 1944.
Yakovlev Yak-11
The Yakovlev Yak-11, NATO name Moose, was a Soviet two-seat advanced trainer developed after World War II and license-built in Czechoslovakia as the Let C-11.
Yakovlev Yak-130
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO name "Mitten") is a Russian two-seat subsonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft built by Irkut, first flown in 1996.
Yakovlev Yak-141 (Як-141)
The Yakovlev Yak-141 (Як-141), known as the Yak-41 or NATO "Freestyle", was a Soviet supersonic V/STOL fighter for Kiev-class carriers; its technology later fed into the F-35B.
Yakovlev Yak-3 (Яковлев Як-3)
The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a single-seat Soviet World War II fighter developed by OKB Yakovlev, produced from 1944 to 1946 and considered among the war's best fighters.
Yakovlev Yak-36 (Як-36)
The Yakovlev Yak-36, NATO name Freehand, was a Soviet experimental VTOL technology demonstrator built by Yakovlev in the early 1960s; it was the first Soviet jet to achieve free hover, and led to the Yak-38.
Yakovlev Yak-38 (Як-38)
The Yakovlev Yak-38 (Як-38), NATO name Forger, was the Soviet Navy's only operational VTOL attack aircraft, flying from Kiev-class cruisers from 1976 until its withdrawal in 1991.
Yakovlev Yak-40 (Яковлев Як-40)
The Yakovlev Yak-40 (Яковлев Як-40) is a Soviet three-engined regional jet airliner built by the Yakovlev design bureau, first flown in 1966 and described as the world's first regional jet.
Yakovlev Yak-42 (Яковлев Як-42)
The Yakovlev Yak-42 (Як-42) is a Soviet three-engine short- to medium-range jet airliner built by the Yakovlev design bureau for Aeroflot's regional routes, carrying about 120 passengers and entering scheduled service in 1980.
Yakovlev Yak-52 (Яковлев)
The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Як-52) is a Soviet-designed tandem two-seat aerobatic trainer powered by a Vedeneyev M-14P radial engine, built by Aerostar in Bacău, Romania, from 1977.
Yakovlev Yak-9
The Yakovlev Yak-9 was a Soviet single-seat fighter of World War II, first used at Stalingrad in 1942 and built in greater numbers than any other Soviet fighter.
Yakrdari lauha
Yakrdari lauha (यकृदरि लौह), also Yakridari Lauha or Yakṛtplīhāri lauha, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral iron tablet (AFI 21:7) for liver and spleen disorders, with clinical anemia data and rat-toxicology findings.
Yakrt plihari lauha
Yakrt plihari lauha (Yakritplihari Lauha, यकृत-प्लीहांरि लौह) is a classical Ayurvedic herbomineral iron formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali used for liver and spleen disorders such as splenomegaly and jaundice.
Yaksha
Yaksha (Sanskrit yakṣa; Pali yakkha; Chinese yecha) is a semi-divine nature spirit of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain tradition, guardian of trees, water, fertility, and treasure, ruled by Kubera, with female counterparts called yakshinis.
Yaksha Malla
Yaksha Malla (यक्ष मल्ल) was a Malla king who ruled the Nepal Valley from Bhaktapur from 1428 to 1482, the last ruler of a united valley kingdom.
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ)
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ) is Karnataka's coastal all-night dance-drama, blending dance, music, improvised dialogue, and elaborate costume; styles include Badagu Thittu and Thenku Thittu, with related forms Talamaddale and Gombeyata.
Yakshaganam
Yakshaganam (యక్షగానము) is a Telugu musical dance-drama genre combining story, verse, music, dance, and acting, first recorded in 1430 and performed from dusk to dawn.
Yakshini (यक्षिणी)
A Yakshini (यक्षिणी), also called Yakshi, is a female nature spirit of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology, the counterpart of the male Yaksha and an attendant of Kubera, god of wealth.
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) (TV series)
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) is a 2024 Telugu Disney+ Hotstar dark fantasy series directed by Teja Marni, produced by Arka Media Works, starring Vedhika as cursed yakshini Maya, with Rahul Vijay, Lakshmi Manchu, and Ajay, released 14 June 2024 in six episodes.
Yaksum
Yaksum (Yaksūm), also Yaksum ibn Abraha, was a son of the Ḥimyarite king Abraha who succeeded him in South Arabia with his brother Masrūq until the Sasanian conquest around 570.
Yaku-shima
Yaku-shima (屋久島, Yakushima) is a 504 km² granite island 60 km south of Kyushu, Japan, with 1,936 m Mount Miyanoura, ancient Yakusugi cedars, and a 10,747 ha World Heritage site inscribed in 1993.