Famous People with Name Evgeny

Evgeny Vladimirov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Evgeny Vladimirov: is a chess Grandmaster from Kazakhstan. Vladimirov took on the computer program Hydra in August 2004 and lost three games and drew one.

Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz: was a leading Soviet physicist from a Jewish origin and the brother of Ilya Mikhailovich Lifshitz.Lifshitz is well known in general relativity for coauthoring the BKL conjecture concerning the nature of a generic curvature singularity. As of 2006[update], this is widely regarded as one of the most important open problems in the subject of classical gravitation.With Lev Landau, Lifshitz co-authored an ambitious series of physics textbooks, in which the two aimed to provide a graduate-level introduction to the entire field of physics. These books are still considered invaluable and continue to be widely used. Lifshitz was the second of only 43 people ever to pass Landau's "Theoretical Minimum" examination.

Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov: a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation[1]. His scientific interests include plasma physics, lasers, controlled nuclear fusion, power engineering and magnetohydrodynamics (high-power pulsed MHD generators). He is the author of over 1500 scientific publications and a number of inventions and discoveries.He currently holds the post of president of the Kurchatov Institute (named for Igor Kurchatov) and first Secretary (head) of the Public Chamber of Russia. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has been the vice-president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Evgeny Platov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Evgeny Platov: is a former competitive ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia in international competition and now works as a figure skating coach and choreographer.

Evgeny Vladimirovich Belosheikin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Evgeny Vladimirovich Belosheikin: was a professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for the HC CSKA Moscow and SKA Leningrad. He also played on the Soviet Union's 1987 Canada Cup and Rendez-vous '87 teams.