Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

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 Khimik Dzerzhinsk.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he is managing FC Fak

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he is managing FC Fakel-Voronezh Voronezh. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Iskra Smolensk. He played 5 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg.

Was a Kazakhstani ski jumper who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he f

Was a Kazakhstani ski jumper who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 11th in the team large hill and 26th in the individual norma hill events. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Zhaparov has finished 11th in

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

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Ryazan.

Was a Soviet Armenian first class pilot, Honorary test-pilot of USSR, a Hero of the Soviet Union (19

Was a Soviet Armenian first class pilot, Honorary test-pilot of USSR, a Hero of the Soviet Union (1975) and the holder of 10 world records for helicopters

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Gornyak Uchaly. He made his

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Gornyak Uchaly. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Anzhi Makhachkala.

Was a Soviet speed skater who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Wi

Was a Soviet speed skater who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.

Is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He was eliminated in the repechages o

Is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Is an Uzbek amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight but was edged out by

Is an Uzbek amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight but was edged out by French southpaw Nordine Oubaali 7:8.

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, for AZ Alkmaar. He plays

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, for AZ Alkmaar. He plays the position of defender or midfielder and is 1.86 m tall. He is also a member of the Estonia national football team. His father Dzintar also was an international footballer.

Was an Estonian-descended international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of internati

Was an Estonian-descended international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development.

Is a Tajikistan footballer currently playing for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa as a defender. He is a member o

Is a Tajikistan footballer currently playing for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa as a defender. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team.

Is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan n

Is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

Is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category. Malakhbekovs origins take root in Badakhshan of Tajikistan, which is also known as Pamir. He graduated from the Tajik Institute of Physical C

A professional road bicycle racer since 1996, who came out of nowhere to rank third in the standings

A professional road bicycle racer since 1996, who came out of nowhere to rank third in the standings of the 2002 Tour de France.

Is a retired Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Auda Riga in Latvia during his profes

Is a retired Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Auda Riga in Latvia during his professional career. He obtained a total number of 44 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring no goals. Vainoras also played as a professional in

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FK Kruoja Pakruojis.

Is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FK Kruoja Pakruojis.

Is a former Lithuanian footballer and currently works as an assistant manager.

Is a former Lithuanian footballer and currently works as an assistant manager.

Is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia. Bergmanis ha

Is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia. Bergmanis has reached the finals in the World's Strongest Man contest several times, finishing 3rd in 2002, and 4th in 2003 and 2004. Raimonds also competed in the 200

Is a former Latvian footballer and football manager.With Metalurgs Dambis won the Latvian league and

Is a former Latvian footballer and football manager.With Metalurgs Dambis won the Latvian league and the Latvian Cup in 1953 and 1954. While in Dobele and Kuldiga Dambis was known as a brilliant goalscorer, with Metalurgs he showed himself as a good passer for Miervaldis Draznieks and Gustavs Zviedris. He was one of the very few footballers who were not from Liepaja in the Metalurgs squad in the fifties. In 1955 Dambis played with the top Latvian club - Daugava Riga and scored two goals in the first Soviet league. An injury made him retire from active football in 1955, so Dambis switched to coaching.

Is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.

Is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with e

Is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with excellent court vision, which allowed him to lead the 2001 Euroleague in assists with 7 per game. He has played in the Euroleague for Slask Wroclaw and CSKA

Is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well-known and respected in Latvia and the former Sovi

Is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well-known and respected in Latvia and the former Soviet Union. Pauls was interested in music since his childhood years and attended the music school of Emils Darzinš. In 1958, Pauls graduated from the Latvian

Is a Latvian politician (Green Party). He is the current Minister of the Environment, a position he

Is a Latvian politician (Green Party). He is the current Minister of the Environment, a position he has held since 2002.