Famous People with Name Pyotr

Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov: was a Russian mathematician who was born in Moscow, Russia and died in Moscow, Russia.He is known for his work on combinatorial problems in group theory: the word problem for groups, and the Burnside problem.

Pyotr Patrushev            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Pyotr Patrushev: a Russian author who escaped a death sentence by swimming from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea border in 1962.A competitive swimmer in Russia, Patrushev became a broadcaster, journalist, conference interpreter and translator in the West, working for the BBC in London and later for the Radio Liberty in Munich and San Francisco, as well as writing for Australian newspapers, radio and television. He has worked as a Senior Consultant, CIS and Eastern Europe for (Chatswood-based) Conflict Resolution Network. As a top level Russian translator and interpreter he is a member of AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters and the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters. He interpreted for Russian and Australian Heads of State (Vladimir Putin, John Howard), Prime Ministers, Members of the Cabinet, etc.

Pyotr Mironovich Masherov            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Pyotr Mironovich Masherov: was the secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus.Pyotr Masherov was born as Pyatro Mashera in a village in Vitsebsk region of Belarus and before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 worked as a high school physics and math teacher. Between 1942 and 1944 Masherov led an underground group of Soviet partisans in Belarus and was awarded title Hero of the Soviet Union in August 1944.

Pyotr Pavlovich Breus            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Pavlovich Breus: is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the 1956 tournament. He played all seven matches and scored two goals.

Pyotr Viktorovich Bukiyevskiy            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Viktorovich Bukiyevskiy: is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Avangard Podolsk.