Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for Nõmme Kalju. He pla

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of central midfielder.Novikov is capped 13 times, scoring 2 goals. He made his national debut on March 19, 2001 in a friendly match against Egypt. He scored his first goal in 2002 against Cyprus.

Is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2006.

Is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2006.

Is a Latvian organist of Russian descent. evgenija Lisicina was born in Stupino, near Moscow, in a f

Is a Latvian organist of Russian descent. evgenija Lisicina was born in Stupino, near Moscow, in a family descended from Tula armourers, grew up in the Urals. Her father passionately wished a musician’s career for his daughter. She herself dreamed of play

Is a Latvian professional footballer. He plays the position of defender and is 1.84 m tall and weigh

Is a Latvian professional footballer. He plays the position of defender and is 1.84 m tall and weighs 75 kg.

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is FK Ventspils.

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is FK Ventspils.

Is a football goalkeeper from Latvia. His current club is Dinaburg FC.

Is a football goalkeeper from Latvia. His current club is Dinaburg FC.

Is a former Latvia football striker of Jewish origin, together with Aleksandrs Starkovs he was the m

Is a former Latvia football striker of Jewish origin, together with Aleksandrs Starkovs he was the main goal scoring force of FK Daugava Riga.Milevskis started playing under the best Latvian youth football coach Krišs Maisitajs in the Riga football school, later he played with FK Progress under Janis Skredelis. In 1981 Milevskis joined Daugava Riga and with his smart and elegant playing style soon attracted the interest of both fans and specialists.

Was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Lõ

Was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn.

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Norwegian Tippeligaen, for Tromsø IL. He plays

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Norwegian Tippeligaen, for Tromsø IL. He plays the position of midfielder and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.

Was one of the seminal figures of Estonian history between the World Wars. His highest position was

Was one of the seminal figures of Estonian history between the World Wars. His highest position was Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army in 1918–1920, 1924–1925, 1934–1940.

Was a famous Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence. Pitka studied at K

Was a famous Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence. Pitka studied at Käsmu, Kuressaare and Paldiski marine schools and became Captain. From 1889 to 1907 he commanded different ships.

Was a botanist from St. Petersburg, Russia.He studied from 1795-1796 in the medical school of St. Pe

Was a botanist from St. Petersburg, Russia.He studied from 1795-1796 in the medical school of St. Petersburg. In the years 1800-1802 he traveled across Transcaucasia in the entourage of Count Apollo Mussin-Pushkin (1760-1805). In the following he led a mission of Count Juri Alexandrowich Golowkin to China being the zoologist of the school. The mission failed and he was sent to Yakutsk. In 1805-1806 he travelled along the Lena river to find a famous mammoth, after which he returned to St. Petersburg.

Was an Estonian journalist and poet. He wrote the words of the Estonian national anthem, Mu isamaa,

Was an Estonian journalist and poet. He wrote the words of the Estonian national anthem, Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm, and was the father of the poet Lydia Koidula

Is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2008 & 2010 Estonian silver medalist.

Is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2008 & 2010 Estonian silver medalist.

Is a University Professor (universiteitshoogleraar) of logic at the University of Amsterdam at the I

Is a University Professor (universiteitshoogleraar) of logic at the University of Amsterdam at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation and professor of philosophy at Stanford University (at CSLI). He was awarded the Spinozapremie in 1996.

Was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics

Was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was an Estonian photographer and filmmaker.Very little is known of the youth of Johannes Pääsuke,

Was an Estonian photographer and filmmaker.Very little is known of the youth of Johannes Pääsuke, the fourth of six children to a comfortably-off couple living in Tartu. Johannes's siblings were well educated, but all that is known about Johannes's own education is that he studied photography. On his own account, he started photography at fifteen, in 1907, and it is likely that he contacted the Estonian National Museum (ERM) in 1912, having already taken photographs in various places in Estonia.

Was an Estonian writer and translator. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of

Was an Estonian writer and translator. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of the Estonian SSR when the country was a republic of the Soviet Union in 1940.

Was first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister. Sikkar served in Estoni

Was first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister. Sikkar served in Estonian Liberation War against Soviet Russia on armoured train as a voluntary and an officer, him was granted a farm, which he held until 1944. He finished econ

Was an Estonian chess player.Türn played in several Estonian championships. In 1923, he took 2nd, b

Was an Estonian chess player.Türn played in several Estonian championships. In 1923, he took 2nd, behind Paul Rinne, in Tallinn (1st EST-ch). In 1925, he won in Tallinn (2nd EST-ch). In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Vladas Mikenas (3rd EST-ch). In 1932, he ti

Commonly known as Johannes Vares Barbarus, was an Estonian poet, doctor, and politician. Vares was b

Commonly known as Johannes Vares Barbarus, was an Estonian poet, doctor, and politician. Vares was born in Heimtali, current Viljandi County, and educated at Pärnu Gymnasium. He later studied medicine at the University of Kiev, in present-day Ukraine.

Is an American-born, naturalized Russian professional basketball player. In Russian, his name is spe

Is an American-born, naturalized Russian professional basketball player. In Russian, his name is spelled in Latin form as Dzhon-Robert Kholdin. He played NCAA Division I college basketball at Bucknell University from 1994-98. He has also been a member of

Was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival movement, founder of the first Lithuan

Was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival movement, founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Auszra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Sei

Is a former heavyweight boxer from present day Lithuania.Cepulis represented the Soviet Union and pa

Is a former heavyweight boxer from present day Lithuania.Cepulis represented the Soviet Union and participated in the 1968 Mexico City Olympiad, where he lost by later World Champion George Foreman for the Heavyweight Gold Medal.

Was a distinguished Lithuanian practical linguist and the founder of standard Lithuanian language. H

Was a distinguished Lithuanian practical linguist and the founder of standard Lithuanian language. He used pseudonym Rygiškiu Jonas, from a small town Rygiškiai where he spent his childhood. Jablonskis studied classical languages at the University of Mosc