Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

A Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet astronomer.In 1959 she graduated from Irkutsk State Pedagogical Univ

A Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet astronomer.In 1959 she graduated from Irkutsk State Pedagogical University. Between 1959 and 1963 she worked in the 'Time and Frequency Laboratory' of the All-Union Research Institute of Physico-Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements in Irkutsk, where she did astrometrical observations for the Time Service.Between 1964 and 1998 she was the Scientific Worker for the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Science since 1991), working in the observation base of the institute at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchny settlement. Since 1998 she has been the Scientific Worker for the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a former speed skater. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000

Is a former speed skater. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000 metres. In 1995, she won a silver medal in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women.

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian figure skater. She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics wi

Was a Russian figure skater. She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics with Andrei Suraikin.Smirnova began figure skating in 1955 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1968. She trained in Leningrad at Spartak and was

Was a Soviet chess player and the second Women's World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953. Rudenko

Was a Soviet chess player and the second Women's World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953. Rudenko held the FIDE International Master and Woman International Master titles. Born in Lubny in the Poltava region of Ukraine, in the Russian Empire, her father taught her to play chess at age 10 although at first she was more serious about swimming. After grammar school, she moved to Odessa and took a degree in economics. Rudenko became the Odessa swimming champion in the 400m breaststroke. Her professional career would be as an economic planner for the Soviet Union, and chess would remain a hobby.