Famous People with Name Gennady

Gennady Egorovic Yevriuzhikin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Egorovic Yevriuzhikin: was a Russian footballer.He earned 37 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also earned a bronze medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin: is a Soviet - Ukrainian chess master and trainer. He should not be confused with Russian Grandmaster, Alexey Kuzmin.A great patron of the Soviet Chess Championship, he participated eleven times between 1965 and 1991. His best results occurred in 1972 in Baku (3rd= behind Tal and Tukmakov) and 1973 in Moscow (2nd= behind Spassky). The Baku final was also a qualifier for the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal in which he placed 7th from 18, a respectable result.

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka: is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. He is married to Irina Anatolievna Padalka (Ponomareva). They have three daughters: Yulia, Ekaterina and Sonya. Gennady enjoys the theater, parachute sport and diving.

Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov: was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He has been decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and April 11, 1984). He also received the Ashoka Chakra Award from India in 1984.

Gennady Egorovich Evryuzhikhin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Gennady Egorovich Evryuzhikhin: was a Russian footballer.He earned 37 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup.