Andrei Kirilenko

Izhevsk is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population: 628,116 ; 632,140 ; 635,109 . From 1984 to 1987, Izhevsk was called Ustinov . The city is an important industrial center, and is the economic, industrial, and administrative hub... of the republic. Izhevsk is especially noted for its military industry, with Russia's biggest munitions enterprise, Izhmash, manufacturer of the AK-47, based in the city. Izhevsk was founded on April 10, 1760 as a settlement surrounding a newly built ironworks. The ironworks and the town were built by Count Peter Shuvalov as a private venture and passed to the crown after the count's death in lieu of the latter's large debt to the treasury. The location was selected to better accommodate a dam on the Izh River, which was completed in 1763. In 1774, the town was taken by Pugachyov's rebel army, which executed the administrative staff of the ironworks and looted the factory.
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Masha Lopatov "Marina" Kirilenko is a Russian pop singer, wife of Russian basketball player Andrei Kirilenko, and the daughter of the famous CSKA and Russian National Team basketball player Andrei Lopatov. Lopatov grew up in Moscow and first worked as a model in London. She then owned a sports... and entertainment marketing company and managed Russian pop group Boy Band. In 2002, Masha recorded and distributed her own album. The music video for "Sugary", which featured a cameo by Andrei Kirilenko, reached number one on MTV Russia. The couple moved to Cottonwood Heights, Utah later in 2001 when Andrei, who had been drafted by the NBA's Utah Jazz in 1999, joined the team. They have two sons: Fedya and Stepan . ESPN The Magazine reported in 2006 that Masha allows Andrei to have sex with another woman once per year and quoted her: "Male athletes in this country are extremely attractive. They get chased by women. It's hard to resist. It's the way men are by nature." . In 2011, Andrei and Masha became American citizens.
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