Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Overall, she has won 27 WTA Titles, nine in singles and eig

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Overall, she has won 27 WTA Titles, nine in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 20

Is a Russian weightlifter.

Is a Russian weightlifter.

Is a Russian diver. She won the 3m Springboard event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.

Is a Russian diver. She won the 3m Springboard event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.

Is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She co

Is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Ilyina trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Inta Klimovica, Lyudmila Aksenova and Natalya Sokolova.

Is a Russian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.On the

Is a Russian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.On the October 2008 FIDE rating list for women, she has an Elo rating of 2468, making her the number 27 in the world. [1] Her peak rating is 2496 (January 2007) so far.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. Kovalevich also finished fourth in the K-4

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. Kovalevich also finished fourth in the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion. Nadezhda Belonenko was born in

Was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion. Nadezhda Belonenko was born in the city of Taganrog. She graduated from the Taganrog Aviation Technical School and started practicing tennis in Taganrog in 1928. Belonenko became champio

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.[1] She won

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.[1] She won a gold medal with the Russian winning team in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

Is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a c

Is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the eights event.

Is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was the

Is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was the coxswain of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 and 1956 S

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won a gold medal with the Ru

Is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won a gold medal with the Russian relay team, which consisted of herself, Nataliya Snytina, Luiza Noskova and Anfisa Reztsova.

Was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi is the pseudonym. Her real name was Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokh

Was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi is the pseudonym. Her real name was Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya. Her birthday in various sources varies in the range 1871-1876. The most recent findings say that she was born in May 1872.

Is a former pentathlete. She won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in 1980. Tkachenko trained at VS

Is a former pentathlete. She won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in 1980. Tkachenko trained at VSS Avanhard in Donetsk Oblast.

S a professional tennis player from Russia.

S a professional tennis player from Russia.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Lada Togliatti.He played for the main squads of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok and FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Cup.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he works as an assist

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Chita. He also holds Tajikistani citizenship. He is the all-time second best scorer of the Russian First Division with 127 goals, behind Yevgeni Alkhimov.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Gornyak Uchaly.

Is a Russian-footballer of Tajik origin. He currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow II.

Is a Russian-footballer of Tajik origin. He currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow II.

Is an Estonian graphic artist and printmaker. She is married to Benjamin Vasserman. In 1971, Neidre

Is an Estonian graphic artist and printmaker. She is married to Benjamin Vasserman. In 1971, Neidre graduated from the Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn.

Is a female chess player from Georgia. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman G

Is a female chess player from Georgia. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster .

Is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympi

Is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division (– 67 kg) by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Da

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast.By 1965, at age sixteen, Kuchinskaya was the USSR national champ

Is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast.By 1965, at age sixteen, Kuchinskaya was the USSR national champion. At the 1966 World Championships, after winning her second Nationals title, the USSR Cup and the World Trials, she established herself as one of the stars of the Soviet team, winning gold medals in three of the four event finals