Ukrainian Famous Names Starting with Letter V

A former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 Eur

A former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his personal best throw with 69.28 metres. He retired after the 2001 season.

Is a Moldovan jurist and politician.Filat was born on May 6, 1969, in Lapusna, a commune in Moldavia

Is a Moldovan jurist and politician.Filat was born on May 6, 1969, in Lapusna, a commune in Moldavian SSR, where he completed the high school in 1986. He carried out the compulsory military service in the Soviet army (1987-1989). After that, he studied at

Was the leader of the opposition in Belarus against Alexander Lukashenko in 2001. He failed to becom

Was the leader of the opposition in Belarus against Alexander Lukashenko in 2001. He failed to become president in the elections of 2001, losing the vote to Lukashenko by a 60 percent margin.

Was a Moldovan politician.

Was a Moldovan politician.

Is a Moldovan politician. He is the current Health Minister of Moldova in Vlad Filat Cabinet.He is a

Is a Moldovan politician. He is the current Health Minister of Moldova in Vlad Filat Cabinet.He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.

Is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football defender and a football coach. He manages Dnipro Dniprope

Is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football defender and a football coach. He manages Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reserves. Gorilyi played for a number of teams based in USSR including Tavriya Simferopol, Dinamo Kiev, Zenit Leningrad and Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, as well as for Israeli side Hapoel Haifa.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnita.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Iskra-Stal Rîbnita.

A Belarus born, South African long distance runner, who competed for the Soviet Union at the maratho

A Belarus born, South African long distance runner, who competed for the Soviet Union at the marathon of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he finished in fourth place, thirty seconds behind countryman and bronze medalist Setymkul Dzhumanazarov. Kotov has a very long career in athletics, during which he won the Eindhoven Marathon for instance, on October 13, 1991, and the Belgrade Marathon on April 22, 1995. He now lives in South Africa, where he is popular for winning the Comrades Marathon three times (2000, 2002, 2004), setting the "Up Run" record in 2000.

Is an Moldovan footballer currently under contract with FC Costuleni.

Is an Moldovan footballer currently under contract with FC Costuleni.

Is a Ukrainian football manager and former defender. He played for Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev and Shak

Is a Ukrainian football manager and former defender. He played for Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev and Shakhtar Donetsk.He was also a manager of Uzbekistan national team, while gaining much experience at that level working previously for several USSR junior national teams. Salkov played for the youth team of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, then for their senior team in 1960-1969. Before, he played for SKVO Orenburg and Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev.

Is a Moldovan and former Soviet politician. He has been the President of Moldova since 2001, and the

Is a Moldovan and former Soviet politician. He has been the President of Moldova since 2001, and the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He is Europe's first democratically elected communist head of sta

A Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semi-final at the 2000 Wimbledon, where, as a qual

A Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semi-final at the 2000 Wimbledon, where, as a qualifer, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He has represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympics games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996.Voltchkov had excellent results as a junior capturing the Wimbledon juniors title defeating Ivan Ljubicic in 1996. His highest achievement came in 2000, inspired by the film "The Gladiator."[1] After watching the movie four times, he went on to reach the semi-finals as a qualifier. British press dubbed him "The Vladiator". Voltchkov has a 30-16 career Davis Cup record (17-11 in singles)[2]

Variants of his name include the following: Vladimir Novosyad, Uladzimir Navasiad, Uladzimir Navasya

Variants of his name include the following: Vladimir Novosyad, Uladzimir Navasiad, Uladzimir Navasyad, (Belarusian: ??????? ?????i?i? ?????i?i?????, Russian: ??????´? ???????? ????????????)At the end of the 80s, while being a student of the Mogilev State Pedagogical University, Vladimir Novosiad created a non-governmental organization “Student's Union“ that became an alternative to Komsomol organization of the university. The organization strived for development of student's self-administration. He was also an initiator of creation of the Republican Student's Union - an organization, the goal of which was to take an organized action against the monopoly of Comsomol organization and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in educational institutions of the country.

Is a Soviet-born Belarus sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. He later

Is a Soviet-born Belarus sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. He later became involved in politics for his home country of Belarus.

Is a Ukrainian chess master.Considered by many to be one of the more colourful characters on the che

Is a Ukrainian chess master.Considered by many to be one of the more colourful characters on the chess circuit, he has an extraordinary talent for rapid chess, which has been demonstrated at some of the world's most prestigious 'speed chess' tournaments.

Is a famous Russian and Ukrainian mathematician. Petryshyn's main achievements are in functional ana

Is a famous Russian and Ukrainian mathematician. Petryshyn's main achievements are in functional analysis. His major results include the development of the theory of iterative and projective methods for the constructive solution of linear and nonlinear ab

Is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his

Is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division (– 62 kg) at the 2001 European Championships in Trencín, Slovakia.

Is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals

Is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years.

A retired javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus.His personal best was 87.40 met

A retired javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus.His personal best was 87.40 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Kuortane. He was suspended by the IAAF from August 2004 to August 2006.

Is a Moldovan footballer currently playing for FC Zimbru Chisinau. The Moldovan International is con

Is a Moldovan footballer currently playing for FC Zimbru Chisinau. The Moldovan International is considered the best player Moldova has ever produced. He is also thought as the second best player in the WORLD, right behind his former Yverdon Sport FC team

A Belarusian professional ice hockey player winger. He was drafted in the third round, 59th overall,

A Belarusian professional ice hockey player winger. He was drafted in the third round, 59th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

Is a Moldovan politician.He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since 2009.

Is a Moldovan politician.He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since 2009.

A Belarusian footballer currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. On 12 August 2009, Yurchenko

A Belarusian footballer currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. On 12 August 2009, Yurchenko netted his first goal for the Belarus U21 team, opening the scoring against the Austria U21 in the 2:1 home win in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier.

Is a Belarusian professional basketball player. A power forward from Gomel, he was drafted by the Wa

Is a Belarusian professional basketball player. A power forward from Gomel, he was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the 48th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. He started his career at Avtodor Saratov, then moved with this team from Saratov to Saint Peters

Is an Ukrainian boxer and is a touted prospect in the heavyweight division. Virchis is known as "The

Is an Ukrainian boxer and is a touted prospect in the heavyweight division. Virchis is known as "The Hunter", the large and powerful Virchis turned professional in 1999 and won his first 20 bouts with 17 knockouts, including victories over clubfighters Julius Francis, Cliff Couser, and Michael Sprott.