Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Was a Russian and Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for a significant contribu

Was a Russian and Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for a significant contribution to quantum field theory, statistical field theory, and dynamical systems; a recipient of the Dirac Prize (1992).Nikolay Bogoliubov was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia in 1909. His family moved to Kiev in 1921, where after graduation from a high school he began an independent study of mathematics and physics and attended seminars at the Kiev University. In 1924 he wrote his first published scientific paper. In 1925 he entered Ph.D. program at the Academy of Science of Ukrainian SSR, from which he graduated in 1929.

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squads at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian physical chemist, academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886)

Was a Russian physical chemist, academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886)

Was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician.Krestinsky joined the Russian Social Dem

Was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician.Krestinsky joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1903 and sided with its Bolshevik faction. After the February Revolution, which overthrew monarchy in Russia, he proved to be a capa

Is a Russian biathlete. His father, Nikolay Kruglov, was also a biathlete. Later he followed in his

Is a Russian biathlete. His father, Nikolay Kruglov, was also a biathlete. Later he followed in his father's footsteps he has won a couple of medals with the Russian relay team. He is a two-time world champion in the men's relay and a two-time world champ

A Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry for h

A Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.

Is a Russian politician, psychologist, businessman, electrical welder and, since September 2010, gov

Is a Russian politician, psychologist, businessman, electrical welder and, since September 2010, governor of Kaliningrad Oblast.In 2005 Tsukanov was elected mayor of Gusev, going on in 2009 to become head of the Gusev municipal area, a position in which h

Was a Soviet Russian astronomer. Barabashov graduated from Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1919; served

Was a Soviet Russian astronomer. Barabashov graduated from Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1919; served as Director, Kharkov Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkov University, 1934; Rector, Kharkov University, 1943-1946. He became a member of the Ukrainian SS

Was a Russian jurist and Minister of National Enlightenment, assassinated by a Socialist-Revolutiona

Was a Russian jurist and Minister of National Enlightenment, assassinated by a Socialist-Revolutionary activist.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s, training at Dyn

Was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He earned three medals at the Winter Olympics with two medals in the 4x10 km relay (gold: 1956, bronze: 1960) and a bronze in the 30 km (1960).

Was a Russian biologist and academician.He was a founding member of the Institute of Cytology and Ge

Was a Russian biologist and academician.He was a founding member of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (IC&G) in the Russian Academy of Sciences. During the two years of his directorship (1957–1959) Dubinin worked out research goals at the IC&G and as

Was a Russian poet, historian and a supporter of socialism . Friend of Alexandr Herzen.

Was a Russian poet, historian and a supporter of socialism . Friend of Alexandr Herzen.

Was a Russian economist and chemist. He was the head of the "Central Economic Mathematical Institute

Was a Russian economist and chemist. He was the head of the "Central Economic Mathematical Institute"(CEMI) in Moscow from 1963 to 1985.His name is associated with an economic planning methodology used in the former Soviet Union and known as the System of Optimal Functioning of the Economy (SOFE). During the Soviet period SOFE was a controversial approach using mathematical planning methods in order to improve the central planning system. These methods were based on the idea of linear programming or "optimal planning", associated with L.V. Kantorovich. The SOFE approach was sharply criticized by some Marxist political economists, who saw the mathematical methods as being too close to Western economic approaches. They were afraid that Soviet political economy would disappear behind the mathematical formulas, and that Soviet economics would finally be assimilated into Western economics, which also uses mathematical formulas.

Was a Soviet conductor and composer. He conducted the premiere performances of a number of works, am

Was a Soviet conductor and composer. He conducted the premiere performances of a number of works, among them Nikolai Myaskovsky's sixth symphony in May 1924, and recorded operas and concert works by Glazunov, Mussorgsky and Liszt among others.

Was one of the most successful Soviet/Russian male cross-country skiers ever. He trained at Spartak

Was one of the most successful Soviet/Russian male cross-country skiers ever. He trained at Spartak and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, winning in the 30 km,

Was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his work on the foundations of statistical physics. He

Was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his work on the foundations of statistical physics. He showed that a sufficient condition for a dynamical system to relax to equilibrium is for it to be mixing.Krylov was born in Ustyuzhna (now in Vologda Oblast of Russia). He graduated from Leningrad University with a degree in physics. He then studied with Fock and wrote a thesis on the foundations of statistical mechanics titled Mixing processes in phase space.

Is an Uzbekistani football midfielder. He got 63 caps and 13 goals for the national team between 199

Is an Uzbekistani football midfielder. He got 63 caps and 13 goals for the national team between 1996 and 2005.

Was a Soviet and Russian astronomer.Chernykh was born in the city of Usman' in Voronezh Oblast. He s

Was a Soviet and Russian astronomer.Chernykh was born in the city of Usman' in Voronezh Oblast. He specialized in astrometry and the dynamics of small bodies in the solar system and worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in the Ukraine from 1963.Chernykh discovered two periodic comets 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh and 101P/Chernykh. He also discovered a very large number of asteroids, including notably 2867 Šteins and the Trojan asteroid 2207 Antenor. Chernykh worked with his wife and colleague Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (??????? ???????? ??????). The asteroid 2325 Chernykh discovered in 1979 by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos was named in their honour.[1]

Was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. Nikolai was born in Kronstadt, int

Was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. Nikolai was born in Kronstadt, into the family of Stepan Yakovlevich Gumilev (1836—1920), a naval physician, and Anna Ivanovna L'vova

Was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished tenth in the K-2 10000 m eve

Was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished tenth in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Was a Soviet biologist. He conducted research in radiation genetics, experimental population genetic

Was a Soviet biologist. He conducted research in radiation genetics, experimental population genetics, and microevolution. His work was of special importance to Soviet biology because it stood in direct opposition to the damage done by Lysenkoism, while h

Is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Champio

Is a butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 m b

Is a Russian tennis player. He is currently the top ranked male player for Russia, fourth in the wor

Is a Russian tennis player. He is currently the top ranked male player for Russia, fourth in the world, and the winner of fourteen ATP singles titles.

Is a former football player and current manager. As of 2009, he is an assistant coach with the reser

Is a former football player and current manager. As of 2009, he is an assistant coach with the reserves team of FC Zenit St. Petersburg. Larionov made his debut for USSR on March 23, 1983 in a friendly against France.