Russian Famous Boy Names with Letter L

Was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine no

Was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made significant contributions to entomology and had an i

Was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish descent, who lived most of his professional life

Was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish descent, who lived most of his professional life in Germany. He was of minor nobility: for his earlier publication he used the German styled "von" as Ladislaus von Bortkewitsch, for his later publications

Is a former Soviet Latvian football goalkeeper who played for FK Daugava Riga and Torpedo Moscow. He

Is a former Soviet Latvian football goalkeeper who played for FK Daugava Riga and Torpedo Moscow. He is considered one of the best Latvian goalkeepers of all time.At first Laizans played on field but he didn't have especial talents. That would change when for one game the team he played for had no goalkeeper and Laizans was put in goal and since then he only played in goal, although he himself didn't like it at first because he wanted to score goals himself.

Is a former Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles

Is a former Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.

Was an Academy Award-nominated Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films

Was an Academy Award-nominated Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films. Harvey maintained throughout his life that his birth name was Laruschka Mischa Skikne, however his real name was Zvi Mosheh (Hirsh) Skikne and he was cal

Was a professional cyclist from Estonia, who represented his native country at three consecutive Sum

Was a professional cyclist from Estonia, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He became a pro in 1995 and rode for British teams. Aus died while training, when he was struck by a drunken driver.

Is an Estonian triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade. He also competed at

Is an Estonian triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final.

Is an Estonian professional footballer. He plays the position of midfielder or striker and is 1.83 m

Is an Estonian professional footballer. He plays the position of midfielder or striker and is 1.83 m tall and weighs 78 kg. His former clubs include JK Tervis Pärnu, FC Flora Tallinn, FC Valga Warrior and FC Pärnu Vaprus.

An Estonian-born chemist who has made noteworthy contributions to organometallic chemistry.Vaska was

An Estonian-born chemist who has made noteworthy contributions to organometallic chemistry.Vaska was educated at the Baltic University in Hamburg, Germany (1946) and subsequently at the Universität Göttingen (1946-1949) where he received his vordiplom (equivalent to the American B.S. degree). He pursued his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Texas (1952-1956). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University (1956-1957) where he conducted research on magnetochemistry. In 1957 he took a position as Fellow at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh where he remained until 1964. During that time, the Mellon Institute housed a number of future chemical luminaries, include Paul Lauterbur and R. Bruce King. Vaska moved as an associate professor to Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York where, since 1990, he remains Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. His brother Vootele Vaska is a philosopher.

Is a Latvian ice hockey player who currently plays for Dinamo Riga of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL

Is a Latvian ice hockey player who currently plays for Dinamo Riga of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). His Preliminary agreement with HC MVD has been canceled.

Was an 18th century architect born in the federal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Gr

Was an 18th century architect born in the federal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there. Scholars consider him the first professional Lithuanian architect. In his youth he travel

Is a Lithuanian football defender currently playing for FK Ekranas.

Is a Lithuanian football defender currently playing for FK Ekranas.

Was a Soviet satirical and children's writer. He is best known for his book "Starik Hottabych" (????

Was a Soviet satirical and children's writer. He is best known for his book "Starik Hottabych" (?????? ????????, Old man Hottabych, 1937), a fairy tale (heavily coloured with communist and pro-Soviet ideology) telling the story of a genie who is freed fro

Was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an impor

Was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the former Soviet Union.

Was a Soviet politician and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. Kaganovich was bor

Was a Soviet politician and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. Kaganovich was born in 1893 to Jewish parents in the village of Kabany, Radomyshl uyezd, Kiev Gubernia, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)

Was a Soviet Russian classical pianist.Berman was born to Jewish parents in Leningrad. His mother, A

Was a Soviet Russian classical pianist.Berman was born to Jewish parents in Leningrad. His mother, Anna Lazarevna Makhover, had played the piano herself until ear problems stopped her. She introduced the boy to the piano, and he entered his first competition at the age of three, and recorded a Mozart fantasia and a mazurka that he had composed himself at the age of seven, before he could even read music. Emil Gilels described him as a "phenomenon of the musical world". When Lazar was nine

Was a Russian Navy Admiral of Armenian descent. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829,

Was a Russian Navy Admiral of Armenian descent. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, serving in the Black Sea and Baltic fleets, commanding battleships. In 1838, he laid the foundation of the city of Novorossiysk. He also held top command

Was an Estonian chess master. He was Estonian Champion in 1932 (4th EST-ch), and took 3rd in 1935, b

Was an Estonian chess master. He was Estonian Champion in 1932 (4th EST-ch), and took 3rd in 1935, behind Paul Keres, and Gunnar Friedemann.

Was an Estonian chess Grandmaster.He was Estonian Champion in 1982, was awarded the International Ma

Was an Estonian chess Grandmaster.He was Estonian Champion in 1982, was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1983, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1992. Personal problems led him to take his own life in Tallinn in 1999.

Is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of striker. He won a total

Is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of striker. He won a total of 26 international caps for the Estonia national football team.

Was a talented Russian football full-back of Tatar origin who played for FC Rubin Kazan and the Russ

Was a talented Russian football full-back of Tatar origin who played for FC Rubin Kazan and the Russia Under-21 team.

In the Krootuse (Kõlleste) rural municipality in the Võru County of Estonia. He died on August 2,

In the Krootuse (Kõlleste) rural municipality in the Võru County of Estonia. He died on August 2, 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden.

He and his family left the Soviet Union in 1989, to look for new opportunities in the United States.

He and his family left the Soviet Union in 1989, to look for new opportunities in the United States. They settled in Los Angeles. Here Krayzelburg's family suffered from financial difficulties. He had to commute by bus and foot 45 minutes each way to swimming practice, and didn't get home before 9:30 in the evening. In addition, Lenny had to cope with language problems, and to study English rapidly in order to understand his coaches' instructions.

Was a pianist born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolskaya Guberniya, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. Leo Si

Was a pianist born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolskaya Guberniya, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. Leo Sirota began studying piano at the age of five. By the age of nine he was already giving concerts and came to the attention of Paderewski, who invited the bo

Is a former Latvian football player.Leonards Andžans was a defensive midfielder who all his profess

Is a former Latvian football player.Leonards Andžans was a defensive midfielder who all his professional career played for FK Daugava Riga. He joined Daugava in 1958 but he didn't get a chance to play with the main squad until 1963 when the team had been relegated to the first Soviet league. Between 1963 and 1968 he made 161 appearances with Daugava, scoring one goal.