Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter V

A Latvian-American chess master.Viktors Pupols first played in a Washington State Championship tourn

A Latvian-American chess master.Viktors Pupols first played in a Washington State Championship tournament in 1954. He has played in most of the tournaments since, winning outright in 1961, 1974, and 1989, and tying for first in 1978. He won the tournament

Is the current chair of Latvia's National Power Unity.

Is the current chair of Latvia's National Power Unity.

Is a football striker from Latvia. His current club is FK Daugava Daugavpils.

Is a football striker from Latvia. His current club is FK Daugava Daugavpils.

Is a professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pitts

Is a professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He currently plays for the HYS The Hague . He has three daughters: Lisa, Kristina, and Sonja. Lisa and Kristina were born in America.

Is a Latvian footballer currently playing for FK Vindava Ventspils.

Is a Latvian footballer currently playing for FK Vindava Ventspils.

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is Bulgarian CSKA Sofia. Morozs is currently

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is Bulgarian CSKA Sofia. Morozs is currently playing for Latvia national football team. With Latvia he played at UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal. Morozs made his debut for Latvia in match again Azerbaijan on 6 July 2002.

Is a Latvian football coach and former footballer.Nesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football

Is a Latvian football coach and former footballer.Nesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. At the age of Nesterenko was invited to move to Riga, Latvia, for studies. In 1971, Nesterenko joined Elektrons Riga and played for the youth squad of Daugava Riga. He spent the entire 1972 season in the Latvian league with Elektrons, but in 1973 when Daugava Riga was in a desperate need for a scoring forward, Nesterenko was offered a position with Daugava. In the first season, he made 5 appearances and scored 5 goals.

Is a Latvian weightlifter and a three-time Olympian for his native country. In the 2004 Summer Olymp

Is a Latvian weightlifter and a three-time Olympian for his native country. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the over 105 kg weight category, with the total result of 455 kg (205 kg in snatch and 250kg in clean and jerk).

Is one of the most important Estonian architects of the last three decades, among the first postmode

Is one of the most important Estonian architects of the last three decades, among the first postmodernist theoreticians and architects in the 1970s. He has worked on various buildings in Estonia and abroad.

Was a Latvian writer and Communist politician. Lacis was born in a working class family in Mangali,

Was a Latvian writer and Communist politician. Lacis was born in a working class family in Mangali, a village near the city of Riga. He was a manual labourer, mostly working in the port of Riga and writing in his free time. In 1933, he published his novel

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Sillamäe Kalev.

Is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Sillamäe Kalev. He plays the position of defender or midfielder and is 1.85 m tall and weighs 76 kg.

Was a Lietuvininkai and Lithuanian writer and philosopher, a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian natio

Was a Lietuvininkai and Lithuanian writer and philosopher, a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian national movement in Lithuania Minor, and one of leaders of the theosophical movement in East Prussia.

Is an Estonian basketball player, who currently plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga for BC Kalev/Cra

Is an Estonian basketball player, who currently plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga for BC Kalev/Cramo. Viljar Veski plays center position. Veski has also been a member of the Estonia national basketball team since 2008.

Was one of the most outstanding rabbis in recent centuries. He was an exceptional Talmudist, Halachi

Was one of the most outstanding rabbis in recent centuries. He was an exceptional Talmudist, Halachist and Kabbalist, and was the foremost leader of non-hasidic world Jewry. He is commonly referred to in Hebrew as ha'Gaon ha'Chasid mi'Vilna, "the saintly

Is a Latvian politician who was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR from October

Is a Latvian politician who was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Latvian SSR from October 6, 1988 to May 7, 1990.During the Soviet period, Bresis worked in various management positions in agriculture and the Communist Party of Latvian SSR, becoming the Prime Minister at the end of Soviet period. Bresis supported the idea of Latvia as an independent country, voting in favour of the Declaration of Independence on May 4, 1990. Under his leadership, Latvia started to break up collective farms and created the first 8,000 privately-owned farms.

Was a Lithuanian sculptor. Vincas Grybas was born in Lukiškes village where he also finished elemen

Was a Lithuanian sculptor. Vincas Grybas was born in Lukiškes village where he also finished elementary school. Later he continued his studies at Warsaw art school. After World War I Grybas extended his studies in Kaunas and Paris. After Lithuania was occ

Was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian N

Was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesme. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudrika used pen names - V. Kapsas, Paežeriu Vincas, Vincas Kapsas, P.Vinc

Was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist. He is also known as Vincas Krev

Was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist. He is also known as Vincas Kreve, the shortened name he used in the United States.

Was Lithuanian poet and prosaist. He used pen name Putinas (literally Viburnum). Mykolaitis was born

Was Lithuanian poet and prosaist. He used pen name Putinas (literally Viburnum). Mykolaitis was born in Pilotiškes, back in 1893. In 1909 he enrolled to Seinai Priest Seminary, after few years he published his first poem. In 1915 Vincas Mykolaitis was con

Is a famous Lithuanian singer and show host. She used to be the co-host of a Lithuanian music show "

Is a famous Lithuanian singer and show host. She used to be the co-host of a Lithuanian music show "Penktadienio muzikos šou" (Friday Music Show) alongside Edmundas Kucinskas and is now the new co-host of a music show "Padainuokim!" (Let's Sing!) alongsid

She used to be the co-host of a Lithuanian music show "Penktadienio muzikos Üou" (Friday Music Show

She used to be the co-host of a Lithuanian music show "Penktadienio muzikos Üou" (Friday Music Show) alongside Edmundas Ku?inskas and and also the co-host of a music show "Padainuokim!" (Let's Sing!) alongside her husband Vilius Tarasovas.She was married to Robertas Merzvinskas and has a daughter with him called Elinga, however she divorced him at the age of 25. On 31 August 2007 she married Vilius Tarasovas, and on 5 March 2008 her second daughter Gabrielle was born. Violeta RiaubiÜkyt?-Tarasoviene lives in a seaside city Klaip?da. She has released two albums: "Ramun? balt?j?" (Daisy the White,

Is a retired Estonian triple jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1994 European Indoor Championships,

Is a retired Estonian triple jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1994 European Indoor Championships,[1] eleventh at the 1995 World Indoor Championships[2] and fifth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.[3] She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Is a famous Lithuanian athlete. He won two gold medals in the Summer Olympics, both in the discus th

Is a famous Lithuanian athlete. He won two gold medals in the Summer Olympics, both in the discus throw. The first was in the 2000 and the second in 2004. In 2007, he was appointed as UNESCO Champion for Sport. His personal record is 73.88 meters (242 ft

Is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Sovi

Is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.

Is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played for the Lithuania national team and for Lithuania Under

Is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played for the Lithuania national team and for Lithuania Under-22 national team, taking part in Eurobasket 1997, World Championship 1998, Eurobasket 1999, and 2003, where he took the Gold. He won also the gold medal a