Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Was a female diver from Russia, best known for twice winning the gold medal at the European Champion

Was a female diver from Russia, best known for twice winning the gold medal at the European Championships in the women's 10 m platform.

Is a Russian race walker. Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Ch

Is a Russian race walker. Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling. Success followed over the next years, and in 1996 she became the second and last Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres distance, which was replaced by 20 km

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best is 76.21 metres, achieved in May 2007 in S

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best is 76.21 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sochi. She finished tenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 World Championships. In addition she competed at the 2002 European Ch

Is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.She also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Champions

Is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.She also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Is a retired Kazakhstani long jumper.She competed at the World Championships in 1997[1] and 1999[2]

Is a retired Kazakhstani long jumper.She competed at the World Championships in 1997[1] and 1999[2] as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 without reaching the final round.

Is an rower from the Soviet Union.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held

Is an rower from the Soviet Union.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the single sculls event where she finished in third place.

Is a female volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Oly

Is a female volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she won the silver medal with the Women's National Team, for which she made her debut in 1998.

Known as Lena Katina is one half of the Russian music duo t.A.T.u.; the other being Yulia Volkova. B

Known as Lena Katina is one half of the Russian music duo t.A.T.u.; the other being Yulia Volkova. Born in Moscow, Katina is the eldest of three children, and the only daughter of Sergey Katin, a renowned Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina.

Is a Kazakh wrestler, who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a

Is a Kazakh wrestler, who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal.

Is a Russian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Tissina also competed at

Is a Russian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Tissina also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing seventh in the K-4 500 m event and ninth in the K-2 500 m event.

Is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 20

Is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian (formerly, Soviet) gymnast, winner of the Olympic all-around title in Gymnastics at the

Is a Russian (formerly, Soviet) gymnast, winner of the Olympic all-around title in Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Davydova became interested in gymnastics at age six after seeing on television the famous Soviet Olympic gold medallists Larissa Pet

Is a Russian professional basketball player. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association

Is a Russian professional basketball player. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player and played for the New York Liberty until the 2005 season.

Was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-

Was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at t

Was a Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three medals, of which one gold and two silver in

Was a Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three medals, of which one gold and two silver in dressage during the Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s.

Was an Empress of Russia (1741 – 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Successi

Was an Empress of Russia (1741 – 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Succession (1740 – 1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756 – 1763). Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain dominance in local government while shortening their ter

Served as the Finance Minister of Kazakhstan from 16 June 2003[2] to 5 April 2004[3][4], head of the

Served as the Finance Minister of Kazakhstan from 16 June 2003[2] to 5 April 2004[3][4], head of the Agency for Regulating Natural Monopolies,[1] and later as the Minister of Health Care. He was fired on 20 September 2006 after 56 patients in an hospital in South Kazakhstan Region (Yuzhno-Kazahstanskaya Oblast), all but one of which were children, were accidentally infected with HIV,[5] and five of the children died.

Is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2

Is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the bronze medal at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won

Is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Was a Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubism, Constructivism, Neo-Primitivism), and d

Was a Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubism, Constructivism, Neo-Primitivism), and designer. Vasiliy Yermilov was born in Kharkov.

Is a gymnast from Kazakhstan. He has been Kazakhstan's most successful gymnast of the new millennium

Is a gymnast from Kazakhstan. He has been Kazakhstan's most successful gymnast of the new millennium.

Is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is currently an assistant coach with FC Khimki.H

Is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is currently an assistant coach with FC Khimki.He played for Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Torpedo Moscow and Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Irtysh Omsk.