Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a boxer from Russia.

Is a boxer from Russia.

Was a Russian navigator. In 1848 Nevelskoy led the expedition in the Russian Far East, exploring the

Was a Russian navigator. In 1848 Nevelskoy led the expedition in the Russian Far East, exploring the area of the Sakhalin and the outlet of the Amur River.

Is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. He is married to Irina Anatolievna Padalka (Pon

Is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. He is married to Irina Anatolievna Padalka (Ponomareva). They have three daughters: Yulia, Ekaterina and Sonya. Gennady enjoys the theater, parachute sport and diving.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event.

Was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He has b

Was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He has been decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and April 11, 1984). He also received the Ashoka Chakra Award from India in 1984.

Was a Russian radio talk show host and producer. Bachinsky was born in Yarovoye in the Altai Krai, h

Was a Russian radio talk show host and producer. Bachinsky was born in Yarovoye in the Altai Krai, he originally trained as a systems engineer.[2] He started his radio career in St. Petersburg where he co-hosted several popular shows with Sergei Stillavin

Is a Russian conductor. Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow to musician parents as Gennady Nikolayevic

Is a Russian conductor. Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow to musician parents as Gennady Nikolayevich Anosov, but adopted his mother's maiden name in its masculine form for his professional career.

Is a former Soviet Russian footballer and a current coach. He earned 17 caps for the USSR national f

Is a former Soviet Russian footballer and a current coach. He earned 17 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Soviet - Ukrainian chess master and trainer. He should not be confused with Russian Grandmaster

Is a Soviet - Ukrainian chess master and trainer. He should not be confused with Russian Grandmaster, Alexey Kuzmin.A great patron of the Soviet Chess Championship, he participated eleven times between 1965 and 1991. His best results occurred in 1972 in Baku (3rd= behind Tal and Tukmakov) and 1973 in Moscow (2nd= behind Spassky). The Baku final was also a qualifier for the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal in which he placed 7th from 18, a respectable result.

Is a Soviet and Russian diplomat.From 24 October 1986 to 24 May 1990, Shikin was Ambassador of the S

Is a Soviet and Russian diplomat.From 24 October 1986 to 24 May 1990, Shikin was Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria,and from 25 December 1991 to 29 January 1996 he was Ambassador of Russia to Yugoslavia.

A former football player and current manager.Morozov made his debut for USSR on August 7, 1985 in a

A former football player and current manager.Morozov made his debut for USSR on August 7, 1985 in a friendly against Romania. He played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in a game against Canada.

Is a Russian politician and businessman.Since 2001, he has been a deputy in the State Duma of the Ru

Is a Russian politician and businessman.Since 2001, he has been a deputy in the State Duma of the Russian Federation; he was most recently elected to this post in December 2007. He has been the Chairman of the People's Party of the Russian Federation sinc

Is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 199

Is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993), Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) (since 2001), deputy of the State Duma (since 1995), and a

Was a Soviet football player.Fedosov made his debut for USSR on November 24, 1957 in a 1958 FIFA Wor

Was a Soviet football player.Fedosov made his debut for USSR on November 24, 1957 in a 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Poland and scored on his debut.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Was a Russian engineer and scientist, journalist and writer. He created the Teoriya Resheniya Izobre

Was a Russian engineer and scientist, journalist and writer. He created the Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch (Theory of Solving Inventive Problems or TRIZ), in English called the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS).

Was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet internal affairs and border guards body, from 1934 to 1936. Yag

Was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet internal affairs and border guards body, from 1934 to 1936. Yagoda was born in Rybinsk in a Jewish[2] family, and joined the Bolsheviks in 1907.

Was an Estonian wrestler who competed for Russian Empire, world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. H

Was an Estonian wrestler who competed for Russian Empire, world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, August Kippasto and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stoc

Was an Estonian sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was an Estonian sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was an early 20th-century strongman and professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Russian Lion", Hackens

Was an early 20th-century strongman and professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Russian Lion", Hackenschmidt was actually an Estonian of Estonian, Swedish and German heritage.

Was a prominent Estonian Greco-Roman and free-style wrestler of the early 20th century. Born on Apri

Was a prominent Estonian Greco-Roman and free-style wrestler of the early 20th century. Born on April 22, 1876 in the village of Väike-Maarja in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia, Lurich began participating in sporting activities at an early age.

Was an Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots.

Was an Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots.

Was a Russian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and

Was a Russian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Eisenhower's Science Advisor. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire, he attended private schools in Kyiv and Moscow until the Rus

Was a Russian Empire-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He discovered alpha decay via quant

Was a Russian Empire-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling and worked on radioactive decay of the atomic nucleus, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, nucleocosmogenesis a