Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a Russian politician who ran in the Russian presidential election, 2004. She is a member of The O

Is a Russian politician who ran in the Russian presidential election, 2004. She is a member of The Other Russia coalition. Irina Khakamada was an elected Duma representative from 1993 to 2003. She is commonly regarded as a democratic politician who is in

Is a female weightlifter from Kazakhstan.At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 9t

Is a female weightlifter from Kazakhstan.At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 9th in the 69 kg category, lifting 228 kg in total.

Is a Russian figure skater. She placed 4th at the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Is a Russian figure skater. She placed 4th at the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the 1

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the 1968 Winter Olympics.

S a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.

S a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.

Is a Russian judoka. Rodina also competed in Mixed martial arts

Is a Russian judoka. Rodina also competed in Mixed martial arts

Is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. S

Is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. S

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. Competing for the Unified Team at the 199

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. Competing for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she finished ninth in the K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event.

Is an Estonian ice dancer.

Is an Estonian ice dancer.

Is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a world championship Candidate

Is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a world championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been four times the World Champion.

Is a Lithuanian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics,

Is a Lithuanian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 37th in the individual sprint event at Turin in 2006. Terentjeva's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was

Is a Russian figure skater. She trained at VSS Trud in Moscow.

Is a Russian figure skater. She trained at VSS Trud in Moscow.

Is a Russian ice dancer.

Is a Russian ice dancer.

Is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion.

Is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.[

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.[

Was a Lithuanian football player that played as a midfielder. He has played for a number of first di

Was a Lithuanian football player that played as a midfielder. He has played for a number of first division Lithuanian teams and for some Russian sides including Zenit. He died after getting shot in his head on Panevežys, Lithuania. Maybe this was suicide.

Is a Lithuanian football defender, currently playing for FBK Kaunas. He moved from SC Tavriya Simfer

Is a Lithuanian football defender, currently playing for FBK Kaunas. He moved from SC Tavriya Simferopol in 2008.

Is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.She has been ranked as high as #16 on the

Is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.She has been ranked as high as #16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career. She returned to the main Tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in Kolkata in September 2006, she reached the semi-finals as a qualifier, leaping more than 120 places in the rankings to No. 222 after her success.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer who was acclaimed by some as "the greate

Was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer who was acclaimed by some as "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry.

Was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the mood landscape.

Was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the mood landscape.

Was a politician, lawyer and writer in Russia and in exile. Steinberg was born in Dvinsk, Russian Em

Was a politician, lawyer and writer in Russia and in exile. Steinberg was born in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (today Daugavpils, Latvia) into a family of Jewish merchants. He was raised in a traditional religious home. In 1906, Steinberg entered Moscow Univers

Was a Russian mathematician and economist. He studied and worked in Voronezh State University.

Was a Russian mathematician and economist. He studied and worked in Voronezh State University.

Was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He i

Was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution. Brodskiy was born in the village of Sofiyevka in Ukraine. He studied at Odessa Art Academy and the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.