Famous People with Name Yuri

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov: was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later.

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet: is a leading Russian conductor and violist. In 1971, he graduated from the Lviv secondary special music school. From 1971 till 1976, he studied in the Moscow Conservatoire. His first viola teacher was Professor Vadim Borisovsky; after whose death in 1972

Yuri Andrukhovych            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Yuri Andrukhovych: is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. With Oleksandr Irvanets and Viktor Neborak, he co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu poetic group in 1985. To date, Andrukhovych has published four novels, four poetry collections, a cycle of short stories, a

Yuri Kondratyuk            Origin/Culture/Country:

Yuri Kondratyuk: was the pseudonym adopted by Oleksandr Gnatovich Shargei, a pioneer of astronautics and spaceflight. He was a theoretician and a visionary who, in the early twentieth century, foresaw ways of reaching the moon. Kondratyuk was born in Poltava, Ukraine (the

Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman: a prominent Russian formalist critic, semiotician, culturologist. Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. He was the founder of structural semiotics in culturology and is considered as the first Soviet structuralist by writing his book On the Delimita

Adachi Yurie            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Adachi Yurie: She has played for Japan in the World Women's Championship Division 1 two years. In 2008 she played for them again, this time in the Top Division.

Hishimi Yuriko            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hishimi Yuriko: a Japanese actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying Anne Yuri in Ultra Seven and subsequent appearances in other Ultra Series projects.

Aleksei Sergeyevich Yurishchev            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksei Sergeyevich Yurishchev: is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Zvezda Serpukhov. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Torpedo Moscow.