Russian Famous Girl Names with Letter L

Is a Latvian-born Swedish Social Democratic politician and a former Swedish Minister for Justice, Mi

Is a Latvian-born Swedish Social Democratic politician and a former Swedish Minister for Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister. Freivalds was born in Riga, Latvia, during World War II, and escaped to Sweden with her family. She g

Is a retired female cyclist, who trained at Dynamo sports society in Panevežys[1] and represented t

Is a retired female cyclist, who trained at Dynamo sports society in Panevežys[1] and represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Is a retired female middle distance runner from Estonia, who twice represented the Soviet Union at t

Is a retired female middle distance runner from Estonia, who twice represented the Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics: 1964 and 1968. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (2:03.6) on 1967-09-04 at a meet in Kiev.

Is a Russian long distance swimmer. Winner of 8 World Championships and 2008 Olympics at age 19. She

Is a Russian long distance swimmer. Winner of 8 World Championships and 2008 Olympics at age 19. She has won both 5 km and 10 km events at all subsequent World Championships. The leading American magazine Swimming World named her open water swimmer of the

Was a Soviet Russian film director. She went to the Moscow Film school (VGIK) as a pupil of Alexande

Was a Soviet Russian film director. She went to the Moscow Film school (VGIK) as a pupil of Alexander Dovzhenko. She was a student of Dovzhenko's for 18 months until he died in 1956. Shepitko graduated from VGIK in 1963 with her prize winning diploma film

Is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. Her peak was in the 1950s and 1960s. She was three times Sovie

Is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. Her peak was in the 1950s and 1960s. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959).

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a

Is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.

Is a retired heptathlete who represents Estonia, having changed nationality from her birth country U

Is a retired heptathlete who represents Estonia, having changed nationality from her birth country Ukraine.

Is an former Ukrainian butterfly swimmer who competed for the former Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer

Is an former Ukrainian butterfly swimmer who competed for the former Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, competing in the 200 metre and 100 metre events. Polivoda represent?d USSR at the 1979 Tokyo World Cup, and in international meets with USA, UK,

Was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the

Was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). Born Larisa Dirij, she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to Kiev to attend the Lenin Polytechnic Institute and continue training.

Is a Latvian speed skater. Lasma Avotina married Estonian speed skater Toivo Kauniste in 1962 and th

Is a Latvian speed skater. Lasma Avotina married Estonian speed skater Toivo Kauniste in 1962 and they settled in Riga. Competing for the Soviet Union as Lasma Kauniste, she won bronze at the Soviet Allround Championships in 1967 and silver at the World A

Is an Estonian musician, singer, songwriter, and a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja. Born to R

Is an Estonian musician, singer, songwriter, and a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja. Born to Rain and Anne Kuurmaa, she has one brother, Raido, who is 3 years older.

Was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she and

Was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she and her partner Genovaite Ramoškiene won the bronze medal in the double sculls event.

She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach continues the tradition

She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach continues the tradition of virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. She is the youngest composer on the roster of the international music publishing company Hans Sikorski well-known as a home to Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Gubaidulina and Kancheli. Auerbach's music is characterized by stylistic freedom and juxtaposition of tonal and atonal musical language.Auerbach made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2002 performing her own Suite for Violin, Piano and Orchestra with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica. Ms. Auerbach's music has been presented at Carnegie Hall each season since then.[2] In 2005, she was awarded the Hindemith Prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany.

Was one of the greatest and best-loved performers of Russian folk songs.[1]Ruslanova gave her first

Was one of the greatest and best-loved performers of Russian folk songs.[1]Ruslanova gave her first concert at the age of 16, to a military audience, where she sang everything she knew.[5] She first started singing for Russian soldiers during the Russian Civil War, and debuted as a professional singer in Rostov-on-Don in 1923.[4] She was noted for her peculiar singing voice and timbre, which was a revival of old traditions in which female soloists would perform on festive occasions.[1] Until 1929, she lived with a Cheka official, then she married again, this time to Vladimir Kryuchkov.[7]

Is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals. Representing the USSR O

Is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25

Is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals. Representing the USSR O

Is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25

Is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Gambrinus Sika Brno and Latvia women's

Is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Gambrinus Sika Brno and Latvia women's national basketball team. Both of her parents were basketball coaches and her younger sister, Liga, is a former basketball player. Jansone started playing

Is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won sixteen International Tennis Federation doub

Is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won sixteen International Tennis Federation doubles titles and one Women's Tennis Association doubles title. Dekmeijere has been as high as World Number 54 in the overall women's doubles rankings, a rank

Was an Academy Award-winning Russian-born actress in French cinema. Born in Petrograd, Russia, Kedro

Was an Academy Award-winning Russian-born actress in French cinema. Born in Petrograd, Russia, Kedrova spent most of her life in France.

Is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2005-2006 Russian national bronze medalist.

Is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2005-2006 Russian national bronze medalist.

Is a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986, training at Trudovye Rezervy

Is a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986, training at Trudovye Rezervy in Novosibirsk. She won a gold medal in the 4x5 km at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld and finished 8th in the 20 km at those same ch

Is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststr

Is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Was a notable biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of liv

Was a notable biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II. She is best known for her pioneering work on blood-brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 192