Ukrainian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

Is a professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He ha

Is a professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He has also played for Ukraine in the Olympics. Ruslan Fedotenko was undrafted and first entered the NHL when he was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999. After two seasons with the Flyers, he was traded in 2002 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, with two 2nd round draft picks, in exchange for Tampa Bay's 1st round draft pick, which turned out to be Joni Pitkänen.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a striker for Shakhtar Donetsk. He was loaned to Meta

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a striker for Shakhtar Donetsk. He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007. Fomin was also a member of the Ukraine national under-21 football team, as well as a former member of the under-18 and under-19 national football teams.

Is a Ukrainian figure skater. He currently competes in ice dance with Elena Grushina. They began ska

Is a Ukrainian figure skater. He currently competes in ice dance with Elena Grushina. They began skating together in 1990. The pair has captured a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Goncharov also works as an ice skating coach.

Is a professional Ukrainian football left midfielder who plays for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Pre

Is a professional Ukrainian football left midfielder who plays for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premi

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Simurq Zaqatala in the Azerbaijan Prem

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Simurq Zaqatala in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Is a Ukrainian football forward who plays for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League. He joine

Is a Ukrainian football forward who plays for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League. He joined the club in January 2008.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Dnepr Mahilyow.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Dnepr Mahilyow.

Is a professional and international Ukrainian football midfielder who plays in the Ukrainian Premier

Is a professional and international Ukrainian football midfielder who plays in the Ukrainian Premier League club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Kostyshyn began his career in Podillya-Khmelnytskyi, from which he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Dnipro and in 2007 he joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Kostyshyn played 270 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League and managed to score 26 goals. He is currently on of the vice-captains of the club, and captained Kryvbas four times. Kostyshyn represented Ukrainian National Team in the Olympics, during which he played 3 games.

Is a professional Ukrainian-Slovak football midfielder that plays for 1. HFC Humenné. He spent 7 se

Is a professional Ukrainian-Slovak football midfielder that plays for 1. HFC Humenné. He spent 7 seasons in Slovakia where he lead 1. FC Košice to 2 championships. He also played for Maccabi Netanya in Israel for 4 seasons, also playing with the club in the Intertoto Cup. Lyubarskyi came to Metalurh in 2004, and debuted in a match against Tavriya Simferopol.

Is a professional Ukrainian footballer, currently playing for FC Chornomorets Odesa. He has played o

Is a professional Ukrainian footballer, currently playing for FC Chornomorets Odesa. He has played once for the Ukraine national football team. He mainly plays as a Midfielder. He has been capped at all levels for Ukraine. So far he has only made one appearance for the senior team.

Is an Ukrainian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in A

Is an Ukrainian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events. Four years later in Beijing, Dzhalilov was eliminated in the semifi

Is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international

Is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international for the Ukrainian national football team. Ruslan Rotan's career started off for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 1999–2000 season. He played a total of 105 matches for Dnipro and scored 11 goals. Rotan transferred to Dynamo in the summer of 2005 and was given the number 14. In Dynamo, he played 27 matches and scored 4 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premi

Is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League. He played the second half of the 2007/2008 season on loan at FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, and now returned to play for Kharkiv. In 2009, he signed for Tavriya Simferopol, his current club.

Is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion. On the January 2008 FIDE Elo rating list

Is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion. On the January 2008 FIDE Elo rating list Ponomariov had a rating of 2719, making him number eighteen in the world and the Ukrainian number three, behind Vassily Ivanchuk and Sergey Karjakin. His highest rating ever was 2743 on the April 2002 FIDE list.

A professional hockey defenceman currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey

A professional hockey defenceman currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).Salei was selected by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 9th overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. In 1992, Prior to being selected for the Ducks, Salei played in his native Belarus for HC Dinamo Minsk in the Russian Elite League. After the 1994-95 season the Russian Elite league re-aligned pushing Tivali Minsk to the side. Salei then came to North America being signed by General Manager Bob Sturmm of the Las Vegas Thunder without Sturmm knowing of his capabilities.[1]

Is a Belarusian judoka.

Is a Belarusian judoka.

Is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for llychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Pre

Is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for llychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League. He was acquired from Tavriya Simferopol before the start of the 2007-08 season.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. Valeye

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. Valeyev was capped 20 times for the Ukraine Under-20 team, scoring 3 goals, as well as playing 6 times and scoring one international goal for the Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Under-19 team that finished second at the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in 2000.

Is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the N

Is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). A two-time Stanley Cup champion, he has additionally played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Ne

Is a World Music award winning artist and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. She is a s

Is a World Music award winning artist and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. She is a singer, dancer, producer, composer, conductor, and pianist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. She has a half-sister named An

Is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League

Is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Rustam Khudzhamov made his debut for the Ukraine national football team in a friendly on February 11, 2009 against Serbia which Ukraine won 1–0.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.