Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Russian football forward who plays for Vityaz. Yakovlevsky, who moved from Moscow to Antwerp, B

Is a Russian football forward who plays for Vityaz. Yakovlevsky, who moved from Moscow to Antwerp, Belgium with his parents at the age of three, also holds Belgian citizenship. He played for several youth teams, including Belgian Germinal Beerschot and Red Star Waasland as well as Italian Hellas Verona. In February 2009 Yakovlevsky signed for AGOVV Apeldoorn of Dutch Eerste Divisie after a successful trial. He returned to Russia and signed for First Division team Vityaz Podolsk during the 2009 season summer transfer window.

Is a speed skater. Dmitry Dorofeyev won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics. His

Is a speed skater. Dmitry Dorofeyev won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics. His second place finish was Russia's first Olympic speed skating medal since 1994. He placed tenth in the 1,000 m event. Earlier that year, he had won silver

Is the third and current President of the Russian Federation.In the 2000 Presidential elections, Med

Is the third and current President of the Russian Federation.In the 2000 Presidential elections, Medvedev was Putin's campaign manager. On 14 November 2005, Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister and was tasked with overseeing National Priorit

Is a retired Russian ice hockey defender. He played 16 seasons in Ak Bars(Itil, SK imeni Uritskovo).

Is a retired Russian ice hockey defender. He played 16 seasons in Ak Bars(Itil, SK imeni Uritskovo). He played nearly 900 games for Tatarstanian teams.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bankovsky also finished fo

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bankovsky also finished fourth in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Is a retired male boxer from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics i

Is a retired male boxer from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by USA's eventual bronze medalist Antonio Tar

Is a Russian handball player.He played for the Russia national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olym

Is a Russian handball player.He played for the Russia national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where Russia won the gold medal.

Is a Russian professional basketball player.

Is a Russian professional basketball player.

Is a Kazakh professional road bicycle racer who was fired from UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole for dopi

Is a Kazakh professional road bicycle racer who was fired from UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole for doping.Fofonov tested positive for heptaminol after the 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France. Fofonov had completed the race in 19th place, and was fired by Cr

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squads at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further

Is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further his prospects of becoming a professional player. Tursunov went to live in the U.S. and has lived there ever since.

Was a Russian astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics, astrometry, and gravimetry. A crate

Was a Russian astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics, astrometry, and gravimetry. A crater on the Moon is named after Dmitry Dubyago.[1]

Was a Russian chemist, the inventor of hard-paste porcelain in Russia.

Was a Russian chemist, the inventor of hard-paste porcelain in Russia.

Is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 273

Is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 2735, making him the number 10 player in the world.He learned chess from his father at age 3,and was later coached by former Kasparov trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won he U18 World Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open,in 2004 he decided to become a professional chess player (he was a student with outstanding marks in math and science).

Is a Russian actor of Armenian descent. He was born in the Olmaliq, Tashkent region, Soviet Union (n

Is a Russian actor of Armenian descent. He was born in the Olmaliq, Tashkent region, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan). His debut was in Vladimir Menshov's The Prank in 1977.

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1912

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player.

Is a Russian handball player.

Was a Russian-Ukrainian portrait painter. Dmitry was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in a family of clergyman

Was a Russian-Ukrainian portrait painter. Dmitry was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in a family of clergyman and engraver Grigory Levitzky. His father was his first art teacher. Later be became a pupil of Aleksey Antropov who came to Kiev to paint the Cathedral o

Is a Russian professional footballer, who plays in the Meistriliiga the highest level of Estonian fo

Is a Russian professional footballer, who plays in the Meistriliiga the highest level of Estonian for JK Sillamäe Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.70 m tall and weighs 70 kg.

Is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his fa

Is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his favourite. At the 2004 World Single Distance Championships in Seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance, only allowing Jeremy Wotherspoon to be fas

Is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the aerials discipline.

Is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the aerials discipline.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. Matveyev also competed at the 1968 Summer

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. Matveyev also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in the K-4 1000 m event, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

Is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Is a Russian politician. On September 24, 2007 he was appointed to the new Russian cabinet headed by

Is a Russian politician. On September 24, 2007 he was appointed to the new Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov as a Russian regional development minister. Up to that point, he served as a special representative of the Russian president in the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus and southern European Russia). Dmitry Kozak is known as a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and one of the key figures in the presidential team.

Is an Russian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Is an Russian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.