Famous People with Name Vsevolod

Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer: was a Ukrainian chess master. He tied for first in the 1927 Ukrainian Chess Championship with Alexey Selezniev, but lost the playoff to Selezniev, thus finishing second. He was the joint Ukrainian Champion in 1933. He took sixth at Leningrad 1933, the 8th USSR Chess Championship, won by future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Rauzer finished fifth at Leningrad 1935, won by Vasily Panov, and shared first and second place with Vitaly Chekhover at Leningrad 1936 (All-Union Young Masters).

Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov: was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer), bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports. Bobrov was born in Morshansk. After serving in the Soviet Army during World War II he was invited to play football for the Army club CSKA Moscow in 1945.

Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov: was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a member of the so-called "Georgian mafia" of Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD.He briefly served as Minister of the MGB in 1946, but was soon replaced by his rival Viktor Abakumov. Merkulov later served as Minister of State Control, replacing Lev Mekhlis.

Vsevolod Svyatoslavovich Zhuravlyov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vsevolod Svyatoslavovich Zhuravlyov: is a retired Russian professional football player.

Vsevolod Romanenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Vsevolod Romanenko: is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Karpaty Lviv. Following the relegation of FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, Romanenko moved to play for Karpaty.