Russian Famous Baby Names

S a retired ice hockey player and currently assistant coach from Ak Bars Kazan. He played for the Ne

S a retired ice hockey player and currently assistant coach from Ak Bars Kazan. He played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders and Florida Panthers.

Was a Soviet Russian chess grandmaster. He was one of Boris Spassky's mentors. Tolush was born and d

Was a Soviet Russian chess grandmaster. He was one of Boris Spassky's mentors. Tolush was born and died in Saint Petersburg (in 1969 called Leningrad). He earned the title of International Master (IM) in 1950, Grandmaster (GM) in 1953, and International M

Is a professional ice hockey left wing, currently, together with his son (born 1990), playing in Lat

Is a professional ice hockey left wing, currently, together with his son (born 1990), playing in Latvian hockey league club ASK/Ogre.

Is a Russian politician and journalist. He is a member of United Russia. He currently represents the

Is a Russian politician and journalist. He is a member of United Russia. He currently represents the 122nd elective district (the northern half of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) in the State Duma.

Was a Latvian chess International Master, trainer, and writer. In 1935, he took 4th place in Rosas (

Was a Latvian chess International Master, trainer, and writer. In 1935, he took 4th place in Rosas (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he took 5th in Reus (Esteban Canal and Silbermann won). In 1937, he won, ahead of Lajos Steiner, in Brno with 9/11. In 1938, he t

A Russian pianist.At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where hi

A Russian pianist.At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where his primary teacher was Tatiana Zelikman. When he turned eighteen, he enrolled at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, as a student of the legendary teacher, Lev Naumov, and he holds a graduate degree from that institution.As a teenager Kobrin won several youth piano competitions, but he won his first adult competition, the Glasgow International Piano Competition when he was 18. The next year, in 1999, he won the Busoni Competition, after several years in which the first prize had not been awarded because no competitor's performances had been deemed worthy. In 2000, the year Yundi Li was the winner, Kobrin was third at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, and Li says that one of his favorite memories of the competition occurred at the awards ceremony, when Kobrin lifted him in celebration of his victory. Kobrin later tied for second prize, with no first awarded, at Japan's Hamamatsu competition.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Mosco

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow, HC Lokomotiv Moscow, HC CSKA Moscow, and Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Is a professional footballer who plays defender for Uzbek League side FC Bunyodkor. Kovalyev signed

Is a professional footballer who plays defender for Uzbek League side FC Bunyodkor. Kovalyev signed a two-year contract with Bunyodkor in February 2010, after spending two seasons with Metalourg Bekabad. Kovalyev has made one appearance for Bunyodkor in the 2010 AFC Champions League group stages.

Is a professional poker player based in Moscow, Russia. He started playing poker in 1997. In the 200

Is a professional poker player based in Moscow, Russia. He started playing poker in 1997. In the 2007 World Series of Poker, he cashed six times, including finishing fourth at the Main Event and the $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event where he won a WSOP bracelet. Kravchenko had some other notable cashes in 2007, including making the final table (finishing fifth) in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe tournament, a £2,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event, as well as finishing 3rd in the Moscow Millions, which featured the largest ever prizepool for a tournament held in Russia. As a result of his success at the 2007 World Series of Poker, Kravchenko passed Kirill Gerasimov to became the all-time leading money winner among Russian players.[2] He is also the first Russian citizen to win a WSOP bracelet.

Is a Kazakh football defender. He currently plays for Kazakhstani side FC Astana and the Kazakhstan

Is a Kazakh football defender. He currently plays for Kazakhstani side FC Astana and the Kazakhstan national team.

A theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow, currently[update] at Princeton

A theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow, currently[update] at Princeton University.He is known for a number of basic contributions to quantum field theory, including work on what is now called the 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole in non-abelian gauge theory, independent from Gerard 't Hooft.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His paper Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory, with Alexander Belavin, and Alexander Zamolodchikov, from 1984[4], has classic status.[7] His path integral formulation of string theory had profound and lasting impacts in the conceptual and mathematical understanding of the theory. He also played an important role in elucidating the conceptual framework behind renormalization independent of Kenneth Wilson's Nobel prize winning work.

Is a Russian pair skater who has also competed internationally for Japan.

Is a Russian pair skater who has also competed internationally for Japan.

Was the leading Russian sculptor of his generation, working in a simple, vigorous, modern classical

Was the leading Russian sculptor of his generation, working in a simple, vigorous, modern classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.As an artist of international reputation, he was made a leader of the Soviet sculptor's union until the 1950s w

Was a famous Soviet infantry soldier during World War II. According to Soviet propaganda, on 22 Febr

Was a famous Soviet infantry soldier during World War II. According to Soviet propaganda, on 22 February 1943, in the battle for the village of Chernushki near Pskov, Matrosov threw himself onto a German pill-box, blocking the machine-gun with his own bod

Was a Russian novelist and mathematician. He wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remember

Was a Russian novelist and mathematician. He wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Was a Soviet (and ethnic Georgian) amateur tennis player. He is probably best known for making the f

Was a Soviet (and ethnic Georgian) amateur tennis player. He is probably best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia.

Is a prominent chess master and a former Soviet Champion now living in Hungary.As a youth, he freque

Is a prominent chess master and a former Soviet Champion now living in Hungary.As a youth, he frequently succeeded in tournaments and climbed rapidly through the junior rankings to participate at the very highest level. At Skien in 1979, he entered the World Junior Championship and finished runner-up to Yasser Seirawan. A short while later (January 1980), he played in the European Junior Championship at Groningen and won the event (ahead of Zurab Azmaiparashvili).

Was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of

Was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century.

Was a leading proponent of Socialist Realism in the visual arts, and painted Stalin as well as other

Was a leading proponent of Socialist Realism in the visual arts, and painted Stalin as well as other Soviet leaders. Gerasimov was born on August 12, 1881 in Kozlov (now Michurinsk) in Tambov Governorate. He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture from 1903 to 1915. There he championed traditional realistic representational art against the avant-garde.

Is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey

Is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. He is the highest paid NHL player ever, signing a 13-year contract extension worth $124 million with the Capitals, the richest in NHL history. He l

Is a well-known Russian bard and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist and oceanographer

Is a well-known Russian bard and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist and oceanographer

Is a Russian chess player. In the July 2008 FIDE list, he had an ELO rating of 2788, making him the

Is a Russian chess player. In the July 2008 FIDE list, he had an ELO rating of 2788, making him the second highest rated player in the world.Morozevich is one of the best chess players in the world for nearly a decade. He is famous for employing unusual o

Is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia.He learnt how to play at th

Is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia.He learnt how to play at the age of four and a half years and aged six, took part in group instruction sessions. This is not uncommon in Russia where chess is very much part of the s

Was an astronomer. Vyssotsky was born in Moscow, Russia.During his 35 years at the McCormick Observa

Was an astronomer. Vyssotsky was born in Moscow, Russia.During his 35 years at the McCormick Observatory of the University of Virginia he published many works. His best known is probably a catalog with five lists of stars entitled Dwarf M Stars Found Spectrophotometrically. This work was important because it was the first list of nearby stars identified not by their motions in the sky, but by their intrinsic, spectroscopic, characteristics. Until this time, most nearby stars had been identified by their large proper motions; however, not all stars close to the Sun have a large proper motion, and this selection criteria caused a bias in studies before the advent of Vyssotsky's catalogue. Vyssotsky's survey was carried out at McCormick Observatory using a 10-inch Cooke astrograph, donated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and refigured by Fecker

Russian/Soviet electrochemist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1932, founder of the

Russian/Soviet electrochemist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1932, founder of the Russian Journal of Electrochemistry Elektrokhimiya[1] and receiver of the Hero of Socialist Labor award. The Russian Academy of Sciences' A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry is named after him.[2] Frumkin moved to Moscow in 1922 to work at the Karpov Institute, under A.N. Bakh. In 1930 Frumkin joined the faculty of Moscow University, where in 1933 he founded -- and would head until his death -- the department of electrochemistry.[citation needed]