Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter V

A Russian football defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZI

A Russian football defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZIL. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow. He is a Russia national football team regular. He plays as a fullback or centre back and sometimes is also deployed as wingback or side-midfielder. He is a good defender who can also attack well.

Is a retired Russian football player, widely regarded as one of the most influential foreign signing

Is a retired Russian football player, widely regarded as one of the most influential foreign signings during his stint in Israel with Maccabi Haifa.

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod. He made his debut

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan. He swam for the country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He als

Is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan. He swam for the country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He also swam at the 2007 World Championships.

Was a Russian guitarist and composer. Sarenko played and wrote music for the Russian seven-string (s

Was a Russian guitarist and composer. Sarenko played and wrote music for the Russian seven-string (semistrunnaia) guitar, much of which has now been published. Leif Christensen recorded a selection of Sarenko's music on a seven-string guitar for the Paula

Is a Russian professional tennis player. As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number

Is a Russian professional tennis player. As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007. She has won 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles, but not any WTA titles in singles or doubles. Her goal is to reach the top 10. Bardina made the final of Hobart in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.

Is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, who may be considered the greatest super heavyweight w

Is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, who may be considered the greatest super heavyweight weightlifter of all time. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting. In January 1970 Alekseyev set his first world record, beginning a

Was a Russian politician. He was a member of State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russ

Was a Russian politician. He was a member of State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation until 2003. He failed to get re-elected and subsequently joined the Rodina party, intending to run at the next elections.Shandybin was a for

Was a Russian diplomat and minister who was the most powerful man in the country in the later years

Was a Russian diplomat and minister who was the most powerful man in the country in the later years of Peter II's reign.

A former Russian and Soviet footballer.He capped 23 times for USSR, playing the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

A former Russian and Soviet footballer.He capped 23 times for USSR, playing the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Is a retired male hammer thrower who represented the USSR and later Russia. He is the 1994 European

Is a retired male hammer thrower who represented the USSR and later Russia. He is the 1994 European champion and won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. His personal best throw is 82.54 metres, achieved in 1992.

Was a Russian weapons designer, Major General of the Engineering and Artillery Service, Doctor of Te

Was a Russian weapons designer, Major General of the Engineering and Artillery Service, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1940), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1940, he received the second such award in the history just two weeks later than Joseph Stalin himsel

Is a Soviet/Russian politician and ex-governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005). He was also one of the

Is a Soviet/Russian politician and ex-governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005). He was also one of the GKChP members during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and is a former leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.

Was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn't attain his freedom u

Was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn't attain his freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Go

Was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s.He is credited with introducing the Romantic Movement to

Was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s.He is credited with introducing the Romantic Movement to Russian literature. The main body of his literary output consists of free translations covering an impressively wide range of poets from Ferdowsi to Schill

Was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists.

Was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists.

A Russian football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He is the grandson

A Russian football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He is the grandson of the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin on his mother's side. He started football in club Torpedo (then Torpedo-ZIL, currently – FC Moscow), but then quit because of conflict with the coach. He switched to Dynamo when he was fourteen.

Was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union.

Was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union.

Was a Russian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a mem

Was a Russian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Russian Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as well as one match in the consolation tournament.

Was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist p

Was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters.he was transferred to the Alexander Stupin art school also located in Arzamas. In 1853 he was admitted to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he learned from several renowned artists.In 1856 he was awarded with a minor silver medal for his sketch of a boy's head, presented to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Later the Academy awarded him many other awards: in 1857 a major silver medal for Commissary of Rural Police Investigating, a minor golden medal for the Scene on a Grave and the Son of a dyak promoted to first rank, in 1861 a major golden medal for Sermon in a Village.

Was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10

Was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. He killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snip

Was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.Safonov, or Safonoff as he was known in the W

Was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.Safonov, or Safonoff as he was known in the West during his lifetime, was born at Itschory, Russian Caucasus, the son of a Russian officer of Cossacks. He was educated at the Lycee Imperial Alexandra, Saint Petersburg, and at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory of Music 1881-1885. He graduated as Bachelor of Laws, and won the gold medal as a pianist of the Conservatory. He was also a pupil of Theodor Leschetizky and Nikolai Zaremba.

Was a Soviet Russian military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Far

Was a Soviet Russian military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (written 1912). Agapkin was born in Tambov in 1884. In 1912-15 he studied at the Tambov musical school and later served in the army. After the revolution of 1917, Agapkin became a functionary of the NKVD. He was the leader of the NKVD's orchestra.

Is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, who may be considered the greatest super-heavyweight w

Is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, who may be considered the greatest super-heavyweight weightlifter of all time. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting.

Was a lieutenant general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Was a lieutenant general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union.