Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was a Russian linguist and literary critic, associated with the Formalist school. He became one of t

Was a Russian linguist and literary critic, associated with the Formalist school. He became one of the most influential linguists of the 20th century by pioneering the development of structural analysis of language, poetry, and art.

Was a Russian linguist and literary critic, associated with the Formalist school. He became one of t

Was a Russian linguist and literary critic, associated with the Formalist school. He became one of the most influential linguists of the 20th century by pioneering the development of structural analysis of language, poetry, and art.Jakobson was born to a well-to-do family in Russia of Jewish descent, and he developed a fascination with language at a very young age. As a student he was a leading figure of the Moscow Linguistic Circle and took part in Moscow's active world of avant-garde art and poetry. The linguistics of the time was overwhelmingly neogrammarian and insisted that the only scientific study of language was to study the history and development of words across time (the diachronic approach, in Saussure's terms).

Is a Russian professional football player who plays for FC Shakhtar. On 24 January 2010 he signed a

Is a Russian professional football player who plays for FC Shakhtar. On 24 January 2010 he signed a 3 year contract with Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.

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 Irtysh Omsk on loan from FC Dynamo Moscow.

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 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk.

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 Astrakhan.

Is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.

Is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany.

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 Nika Moscow.

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Amur Blagoveshchensk.

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 Zvezda Serpukhov.

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 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure.

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 Krasnodar-2000.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of August 2009, he is a free agent. He made his professiona

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of August 2009, he is a free agent. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 playing for FC Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad.

A central defender who plays for the Russian national team and Rubin Kazan. He played for his countr

A central defender who plays for the Russian national team and Rubin Kazan. He played for his country at Euro 2004, receiving a red card during the 1-0 defeat by Spain.

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 Rotor Volgograd.

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 Academia Dimitrovgrad.

Is a Russian born figure skater and skating coach who has also competed for Israel.

Is a Russian born figure skater and skating coach who has also competed for Israel.

A Russian footballer, who plays for FC Spartak Moscow in Russian Premier League, and the Russia nati

A Russian footballer, who plays for FC Spartak Moscow in Russian Premier League, and the Russia national team. Shiskin plays as fullback on either flank or defensive midfielder.Shishkin graduated from local football school and at age 15 secured his first professional contract with FC Fakel. After some time with Fakel he moved to Spartak Moscow. He made his professional debut for Spartak in 2004 when Nevio Scala started fielding a lot of young players. Roman eventually lost his position on the first team. In 2006 when Fedotov was appointed as a manager, Shishkin became a first team regular after Egor Titov's injury.

Is an Uzbekistani figure skater. He represented Russia early in his career, but moved with Tatiana M

Is an Uzbekistani figure skater. He represented Russia early in his career, but moved with Tatiana Malinina to represent Uzbekistan in 1996. Skorniakov is the 1997-2003 Uzbekistani national champion. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 Winter O

A Russian football player. In June 2008 he signed with FC Rubin Kazan. [1] In the past he played for

A Russian football player. In June 2008 he signed with FC Rubin Kazan. [1] In the past he played for Terek Grozny and for FC Moscow.Adamov has been prolific in the Russian Premier League since joining FC Moscow.In 2006/07, together with Roman Pavlyuchenko, he was a top scorer in the Russian Premier League.

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Irtys

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Irtysh Omsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2002 for FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye.

Is a Kazakh football forward. He plays for the club FC Atyrau. Previously played for PFC Spartak Nal

Is a Kazakh football forward. He plays for the club FC Atyrau. Previously played for PFC Spartak Nalchik. He also has caps in the Kazakhstan national football team.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

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 Togliatti.