Vilén
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- Jari VilénJari VilénJari Pekka Olavi Vilén is a Finnish politician and a diplomat. Mr. Vilén served in the Finnish Parliament, representing the National Coalition Party and the district of Lapland from 1999–2007.-Political life:...
, Finnish Minister of Foreign Trade (2002–2003) - Erik VilénErik WilénErik Vilhelm Wilén was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal.-References:*...
, silver-medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics1924 Summer OlympicsThe 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France... - The pseudonym Vilén was used by Vladimir Ilich LeninVladimir LeninVladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
while hiding in Finland
Vilen (in reference to Lenin, using the initials "V" of Vladimir and "I" of Ilyich, and the first three letters of Lenin) was a popular first-name in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
(also short for Vileekyan) and other Soviet republics:
- Vilen Kolouta an ArmenianArmeniansArmenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
cinematographer/sound mixer, - Vilen GalstyanVilen GalstyanVilen Galstyan is an Armenian ballet dancer and actor who was popular in the former U.S.S.R. and especially in Armenia. He is awarded by the People's Artist of Armenia honorary title.-Biography:...
Armenian actor
An asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova was a Russian astronomer.From 1966 to 1988 she was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad. She co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh. She has also discovered various asteroids...
was named 4514 Vilen
4514 Vilen
4514 Vilen is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1311.5902277 days . The asteroid was discovered on April 19, 1972.-References:...