Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

A retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.Kopeikin made his debut for USSR on Oct

A retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.Kopeikin made his debut for USSR on October 28, 1970 in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers, but was not selected for the final tournament squad.

Is a former speed skater.Competing for the Soviet Union, Boris Shilkov lived in Leningrad (now Saint

Is a former speed skater.Competing for the Soviet Union, Boris Shilkov lived in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), where he worked as an engineer. He became Soviet Allround Champion in 1953 and made his international debut 3 weeks later at the World Allrou

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Ukrainian-born illustrator active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and of

Was a Ukrainian-born illustrator active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer O

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian pianist. Berezovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Eliso Virsaladze and privat

Is a Russian pianist. Berezovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Eliso Virsaladze and privately with Alexander Satz

A Russian pianist and pedagogueHe was a student of Lev Oborin at the Moscow Conservatory. He made hi

A Russian pianist and pedagogueHe was a student of Lev Oborin at the Moscow Conservatory. He made his debut in Moscow in 1965. He joined an early music ensemble, at the time the only one in Russia, as a harpsichordist. At the same time he worked with contemporary composers such as Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov. He played in the first Russian performances of works by Arnold Schoenberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio and György Ligeti.

Was a prominent Russian physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was

Was a prominent Russian physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern Seismology. In 1911 he was chosen to be the president of the International Sesmiology Association. He belonged to the Galitzine family, one of the leading noble houses of Imperial Russia. According to my sister, Galatzine currently has a town named after him in central Pennsylvania October 14.

Was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. Yegorov came from a medical backgrou

Was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. Yegorov came from a medical background, with his father a prominent heart surgeon, and his mother an ophthalmologist.

Was a Russian and Soviet footballer. He capped 26 times for USSR, playing the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Was a Russian and Soviet footballer. He capped 26 times for USSR, playing the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer.

Is a Soviet and Russian political cartoonist and propaganda artist best known for his political cari

Is a Soviet and Russian political cartoonist and propaganda artist best known for his political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and currently the chief artist of the newspaper Izvestia.

Was a Russian chess master.He played many tournaments in Sankt Petersburg. He took 4th in 1902, 8th

Was a Russian chess master.He played many tournaments in Sankt Petersburg. He took 4th in 1902, 8th in 1903, 13th, 5th, 2nd and 3rd in 1904, tied for 3-4th, tied for 4-5th, and took 3rd (Rice tournament) in 1905, tied for 13-14th in 1905/06 (All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Russian Chess Championship won by Gersz Salwe),[1][2] took 6th in 1906, took 4th in 1907, took 3rd in 1908, tied for 4-6th in 1909 (Alexander Alekhine won), took 5th and tied for 12-13th in 1911 (Stepan Levitsky won).

Was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 160

Was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descending into the Time of Trouble

Was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) a

Was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.

Is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the "founding fath

Is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music. Due as much to his personal contribution as to the undisputed and lasting success of his main effort, the band Ã…quarium, he is

Was a Russian economist, politician, and reformer. He was awarded a doctor of economics degree and a

Was a Russian economist, politician, and reformer. He was awarded a doctor of economics degree and authored over 200 publications. He served as Finance Minister of Russia from 1993 until 1994, when he resigned. Fyodorov was Minister of Finance of the Russ

A Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team.As a

A Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team.As a footballer, Ignatyev spent only one season in the Soviet Top League, with Volga Gorky in 1964. He played as a midfielder.

Was a Soviet Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1989.

Was a Soviet Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1989.

Was the first permanent Russian ambassador abroad, and one of the closest associates of Peter the Gr

Was the first permanent Russian ambassador abroad, and one of the closest associates of Peter the Great. He was also the tsar's brother-in-law, being married to a sister of Eudoxia Lopukhina.

Was a Russian sculptor.Born into a peasant family in Tula, Russia, his artistic talent led to him be

Was a Russian sculptor.Born into a peasant family in Tula, Russia, his artistic talent led to him being freed by his master and sent to the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. After studying in Italy under Bertel Thorvaldsen, he returned to teac

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Was a Latvian Communist political figure.Between 1990 and 1991, he was the Minister of the Interior

Was a Latvian Communist political figure.Between 1990 and 1991, he was the Minister of the Interior Affairs of the USSR. He was a member of the August Coup in 1991. He soon after committed suicide. He shot his wife and himself as soon as he realized that the coup had failed.

Was a Russian-American chess master.He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Geo

Was a Russian-American chess master.He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Georgia, USA champion seven years in a row (1980–1986) and won it a total of nine times (additional wins in 1988 and 1992).

Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel Doctor Zhivag

Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel Doctor Zhivago. The novel is a tragedy, whose events span through the last period of Tsarist Russia and early days of Soviet Union, and was first translated and published in Italy in 1957.