Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Istra.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Istra.

Is a Russian football midfielder who plays for Illychivets after moving from the derelegated club Na

Is a Russian football midfielder who plays for Illychivets after moving from the derelegated club Naftovyk in the Ukrainian Premier League in the summer transfer season.

Is a member of the LDPR and a deputy of the Russian State Duma. He is a member of two committees of

Is a member of the LDPR and a deputy of the Russian State Duma. He is a member of two committees of the State Duma: Defense and Accounting.

Is a member of the State Duma of Russia for the United Russia. He is a jurist, and sits on the State

Is a member of the State Duma of Russia for the United Russia. He is a jurist, and sits on the State Duma's Committee on National Security. He formerly was a deputy head of the Novosibirsk Oblast government.

Was a Russian football player.Sysoyev played his only game for Russia on September 14, 1913 in a fri

Was a Russian football player.Sysoyev played his only game for Russia on September 14, 1913 in a friendly against Norway and scored a goal in a 1:1 tie.

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. Lebedev was a graduate of the Higher Air For

Was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. Lebedev was a graduate of the Higher Air Force School in Orenburg with a doctorate in technical sciences. He worked as an aircraft designer before joining the cosmonaut team in 1972 as a civilian eng

Is a Russian footballer currently playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik. His parents died in a car crash a

Is a Russian footballer currently playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik. His parents died in a car crash at the same time he was playing in a league game for Zenit St. Petersburg, that led to a long depression and a drop-off in performance.

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 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. He also holds Moldovan citizenship.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznet

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Zenit St. Petersburg.

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 Druzhba Maykop.

Is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breastst

Is a Russian breaststroke swimmer. She is the current European champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke (both Short Course). She is also the world record holder (see World finswimming records) and a former World Champion for the 200 m Surface in finswimm

S a chess grandmaster and World U-18 Champion of 2008. Golubenko is the first and only World youth c

S a chess grandmaster and World U-18 Champion of 2008. Golubenko is the first and only World youth chess champion born in Estonia thus far. Although a resident of Estonia, Golubenko plays under the Croatian flag as she is not qualified to represent Estonia due to her Russian citizenship.

Is a Russian politician, a member of United Russia party. She has been the governor of Saint Petersb

Is a Russian politician, a member of United Russia party. She has been the governor of Saint Petersburg since she was elected in 2003. She is currently the only woman to lead a federal subject of Russia. Valentina Matviyenko was born in Shepetivka in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Western Ukraine.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a former Soviet fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Is a former Soviet fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk (w

Is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk (which is now part of Belarus), she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II. In Sverdlovsk, she took up speed skating, tra

Is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 200

Is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 75 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 19

Is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

Is a retired football midfielder from Latvia. He has played 58 international matches and scored 1 go

Is a retired football midfielder from Latvia. He has played 58 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1994, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Skonto FC and later played for Metallurg Lipetsk, Metallurg Krasnoyarsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Metalurg Zaporizhya, FK Venta. His last club was FK Jurmala.

Is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian sailor, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team. He trained at

Is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian sailor, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team. He trained at VSS Vodnik and scored his first Olympic triumph at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, when he dominated his 35 opponents in the Finn class, finishing

A Russian football midfielder who plays for Illychivets after moving from the derelegated club Nafto

A Russian football midfielder who plays for Illychivets after moving from the derelegated club Naftovyk in the Ukrainian Premier League in the summer transfer season.

Was a Soviet engineer, and one of the three principal Soviet "Chief Designers" (along with Vladimir

Was a Soviet engineer, and one of the three principal Soviet "Chief Designers" (along with Vladimir Chelomei and Sergey Korolev) of spacecraft and rockets during the Soviet/American Space Race.

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 Okean Nakhodka.

A Russian professional footballer. He currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk, which he is the team captain

A Russian professional footballer. He currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk, which he is the team captain of. Klimov is a midfielder, who can play either in the centre or on the wings. In Tom he wears a T-shirt with number 3. He joined the club in 2005, in two seasons playing 53 matches and scoring 8 goals.