X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Kray


Kray

Krai, a type of a federal subject in Russia or a type of an administrative division of the former RSFSR

Kray, miy ridniy kray

The original track was recorded at Kiev studios of Melodiya.

Among others, the song was released as a 1979 extended play (EP) Moy Kray (Мой край/My Homeland) by Melodiya, as a flexi by Krugozor No 7 in 1981 and was also included in numerous films and concert programmes, such as Vas priglashayet Sofia Rotaru of 1986.


Similar

Kray twins |

Battle of Magnano

General-major Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen led a reserve division on the right, while Kray held back a second reserve division under General-major Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan.

Ivan Lawrence

He has defended in over 85 murder trials, and has appeared in a number of notable criminal trials,for example the Kray Brothers (gang-land murders), the serial killer Denis Nilsen, Russell Bishop (Brighton Babes in the Wood murder), the Mountnessing silver bullion robbery, the Brinks Mat gold bullion money-laundering, and a mass-murder war crimes trial at the Hague.

Jack McVitie

Both wrote best-selling books about their lives and, in 1990, a full-length biographical film entitled The Krays was released (featuring real-life brothers Martin and Gary Kemp as the Kray twins).

Kuban Cossacks

With the help of the governor of Krasnodar Kray Alexander Tkachev, the host has become an integral part of the Kuban life, there are joint combat training operations with the Russian Army, policing of the rural areas with the Militsiya, preparation of local youth for the draft service.

Paul Kray

It was he who, at Altenkirchen, cared for the dying Marceau (1796), and the white uniforms of Kray and his staff mingled with the blue of the French in the funeral procession of the young general of the Republic.

Stavropolsky

Stavropol Krai (Stavropolsky kray), a federal subject of Russia

The Last of the Famous International Playboys

The song mythologizes the notorious pair of vicious London gangsters known as the Kray twins (Ronnie and Reggie Kray), who held a tight rein on the East End of London during the 1960s.


see also