Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Nicknamed Cinderella of Vyatka, is a former World Champion speed skater. She was born in Vyatka (now

Nicknamed Cinderella of Vyatka, is a former World Champion speed skater. She was born in Vyatka (now Kirov), Russian SFSR, and competed for the Soviet Union.Maria Isakova started skating at a very young age, spending many hours every day on the ice becaus

Was a Russian pianist and teacher.Maria Grinberg was a Ukrainian-born pianist, born in 1908 in Odess

Was a Russian pianist and teacher.Maria Grinberg was a Ukrainian-born pianist, born in 1908 in Odessa, Ukraine into a family of the local intelligentsia. Her father was a Hebrew scholar and her mother taught piano privately. Until the age of 18, Maria took piano lessons from Odessa's noted teacher David Aisberg. Eventually she became a pupil of Felix Blumenfeld (who also taught Vladimir Horowitz) and later, after his death, continued her studies with Konstantin Igumnov at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1935, she won the Second Prize at the Second All-Union Pianist Competition.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 68, set at 26 Octobe

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 68, set at 26 October 2009. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.

Is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, born in Russia. During her chess career, in several years she lived

Is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, born in Russia. During her chess career, in several years she lived in Serbia and played for Yugoslav chess women's team.

Is a Russian women's épée fencer.

Is a Russian women's épée fencer.

A Russian ice dancer.

A Russian ice dancer.

Was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder followi

Was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Is a Russian pair skater.

Is a Russian pair skater.

Is an Estonian pair skater.

Is an Estonian pair skater.

Was a figure in Russian revolutionary circles at the beginning of the 20th century. She joined the S

Was a figure in Russian revolutionary circles at the beginning of the 20th century. She joined the Socialist-Revolutionary Party during her training to became a nurse. In January, 1906, Spiridonova assassinated Police Inspector General G.N. Luzhenovsky who had ordered the brutal police suppression of a peasant uprising during Russian Revolution of 1905. She shot General Luzhenovsky in the face with a revolver at the provincial railway station of Borisoglebsk. Following the assassination, and after her arrest, she was subjected to horrendous physical and sexual abuse at the hands of soldiers.

Was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science.[1]Kleno

Was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science.[1]Klenova began her marine geology career in 1925 as a researcher aboard the Soviet research vessel Persey, attached to the Floating Marine Research Institute in the Barents Sea and the archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land. In 1933 Klenova produced the first complete seabed map of the Barents Sea.In 1949 Klenova became a senior research associate at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Her work included analyses of seabed geology in the Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic, and in the Caspian, Barents and White Seas.

Is a Russian figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion, becoming the oldest lady to win that tit

Is a Russian figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion, becoming the oldest lady to win that title and the first Russian lady to become a World champion

Is a Russian water polo player, who was part of the Bronze Medal winning team at the 2000 Summer Oly

Is a Russian water polo player, who was part of the Bronze Medal winning team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Is a Russian pair skater.

Is a Russian pair skater.

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Born in Moscow, she won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, d

Is a Russian professional tennis player. Born in Moscow, she won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6–3, 6–4 in the China Open. Kirilenko reached #18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She is a good friend of Maria Sharapova. She is affectionately called Makiri.

Is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3. She

Is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles. In 2004 at the age of 17, she defeated Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final. Two years later, she defeated Justi

Was a Russian-Swiss Expressionist painter. Marianne von Werefkin was born the daughter of the comman

Was a Russian-Swiss Expressionist painter. Marianne von Werefkin was born the daughter of the commander of the Ekaterinaburg Regiment. In 1880, she became a student of Ilya Repin, the most important painter of Russian Realism. Her progress was dealt a set

Is a Latvian football player. He has spent most of his career as a striker for Southampton, who at t

Is a Latvian football player. He has spent most of his career as a striker for Southampton, who at that time played in the English Premier League. He currently plays for FK Jurmala.

Is a Kazakhstan wrestler, who has won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Kazakhstan wrestler, who has won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Was a Ukrainian-born Russian diarist, painter and sculptor. Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva i

Was a Ukrainian-born Russian diarist, painter and sculptor. Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsy near Poltava, to a wealthy noble family, she grew up abroad, traveling with her mother across most of Europe

Was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was a pi

Was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the only person honored with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, and the first female professor at the University of Paris.She was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, Vistula Country, Russian Empire, and lived there until she was 24. In 1891 she followed her elder sister Bronislawa to study in Paris, where she obtained her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw. Her husband Pierre Curie was also a Nobel laureate, as were her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and son-in-law Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

Was an Estonian poet. Under attended a private German girl's school. After graduating, she worked as

Was an Estonian poet. Under attended a private German girl's school. After graduating, she worked as a salesclerk in a bookstore. In her free time, she wrote poetry in German. In 1902, she married an Estonian accountant, Carl Hacker. The couple had two ch

Was a Lithuanian-American archeologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cult

Was a Lithuanian-American archeologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe", a term she introduced. Her works, published between 1946 and 1971, introduced new views by combining traditional spadework with lingu