Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Avangard Podolsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Avangard Podolsk.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow and Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Is a Russian former volleyball player

Is a Russian former volleyball player

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv-2 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 Taganrog. He also holds Moldovan citizenship (his Moldovan name is Iurie Mirza).

Was a Russian writer of Romani ethnicity who spent nearly eighteen years in Soviet prison camps and

Was a Russian writer of Romani ethnicity who spent nearly eighteen years in Soviet prison camps and exile.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Mosc

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is currently the caretaker manager

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is currently the caretaker manager for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Torpedo (Gorky)

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Torpedo (Gorky) which is now known as Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

Is a prominent nuclear physicist, a former Soviet dissident, and a human rights activist. During his

Is a prominent nuclear physicist, a former Soviet dissident, and a human rights activist. During his childhood, in the 1930s, Orlov witnessed the destruction of his home village by Stalinist collectivisation in the USSR.

Was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet C

Was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. In 1786 he graduated from the Navy Cadet Corps and took part in the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790). During 1790-1793 he served in the Baltic Fleet. During 1793-1799 he sailed British ships all over the globe. In 1803-1806 Lisyanski as the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Neva took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth headed by Krusenstern.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces.Shargin graduated from the Military Engineering Academy f

Is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces.Shargin graduated from the Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics located in Leningrad. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Space Forces.

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages a youth tea

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages a youth team for FC Dynamo Moscow (players born 1992). He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for PFC CSKA Moscow.

Was a Soviet football player.Chesnokov made his debut for USSR on November 28, 1976 in a friendly ag

Was a Soviet football player.Chesnokov made his debut for USSR on November 28, 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in UEFA Euro 1980 qualifiers (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).

Is a Russian professional football referee and a former player. He made his professional debut in th

Is a Russian professional football referee and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1982 for FC Sokol Saratov.

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry.Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space,

Is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry.Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow.

Is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, ab

Is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001-2002.

Was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 19

Was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Moscow.

Mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository wo

Mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logic to theoretical physics.

Is a Russian conductor of Circassian (Kabardian) origin. Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director

Is a Russian conductor of Circassian (Kabardian) origin. Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.

S a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 S

S a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.Four years later he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played five matches including the final and scored twelve goa