Vladislav Yakovlev

Vladislav Yakovlev (Russian: Владислав Яковлев; born 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian television executive who served as the Executive Supervisor of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2013 to 2015, and the biennal Eurovision Young Musicians and Eurovision Young Dancers on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union until 2 December 2015.

Early life and career

He studied languages (English, Chinese and Italian) at the International Slavonic University of Moscow before working for two major Russian TV channels, Channel One Russia and RTR (now part of VGTRK). In 2009, when the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Moscow, Yakovlev was appointed as Deputy Executive of the Contest. This role opened him the doors of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which he joined in 2010.

Eurovision contests

After joining the EBU, he was appointed as responsible for the Eurovision Young Dancers 2011, which had not taken place since 2005. He organized it successfully in Oslo, Norway and did it again in 2013 in Gdańsk, Poland. After the Young Dancers competition in Oslo, he was given the opportunity to organize the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012, which took place in Vienna, Austria and the 2014 edition in Cologne, Germany on 31 May 2014.

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Vladislav

Vladislav (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў (Uladzislaŭ); Polish: Władysław, Włodzisław; Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Владислав; Ukrainian: Владислав (Vladyslav)) is a Slavic male given name, sometimes confused with/treated as the same as Ladislav. It is traditionally Latinized as either Vladislaus or (erroneously) Ladislaus, or sometimes Vladislas. Feminine form is Vladislava/Władysława.

In Russia it is often shortened either to Vlad (Влад) or Slava (Слава).

Origin

The name is of old Slavic origin, meaning "one who commands fame" from Slavic vlad- (to rule, command) and slav- (glory, fame).

List of famous people with this name

Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, ruled Bulgaria, 1015–1018

Vladislav I, Czech monarch, Duke of Bohemia 1109–1117, 1120–1125

Vladislav II, Bohemian monarch and second King of Bohemia (Přemyslids) 1140-1172

Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, Serbian monarch, King of Serbia 1233–1243

Vladislav II. Jagello, Lithuanian-Polish monarch King of Poland 1386–1434

Vladislav I, Vladislav II and Vladislav III, rulers of Wallachia

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Vladislav (Třebíč District)

Vladislav is a small town (městys) in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

The town covers an area of 18.49 square kilometres (7.14 sq mi), and has a population of 1,189 (as at 2007).

Vladislav lies on the Jihlava River, approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Třebíč, 36 km (22 mi) south-east of Jihlava, and 150 km (93 mi) south-east of Prague.