Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a Russian model. Born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's fourth largest city), Vodianova, ni

Is a Russian model. Born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's fourth largest city), Vodianova, nickname 'SuperNova', had a difficult childhood.

Is a Russian ice dancer. She competes with Arkadi Sergeev. They are the 2006 World Junior silver med

Is a Russian ice dancer. She competes with Arkadi Sergeev. They are the 2006 World Junior silver medalists.

Is an undefeated professional boxer currently ranked as the top female super middleweight in the wor

Is an undefeated professional boxer currently ranked as the top female super middleweight in the world. Though born in Kazakhstan (formerly a part of the Soviet Union) and currently residing in Germany, she competes professionally for Russia and is of Rus

Was a three-time Academy Award nominated American film actress. Wood began appearing in movies when

Was a three-time Academy Award nominated American film actress. Wood began appearing in movies when she was 5 years old, had parts in successful Hollywood films and unlike many child actors made the difficult transition to adult roles, most notably in Reb

Is a prominent Russian nationalist politician, historian and diplomat.She was finally elected to par

Is a prominent Russian nationalist politician, historian and diplomat.She was finally elected to parliament as a member of the Rodina block in 2003.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games & the 1996

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games & the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the final of the 50 metres freestyle in a time of 25.47 seconds in 1992. Meshcheryakova competed for the Unified t

Is a Soviet speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Is a Soviet speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Is a Russian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Is a Russian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won the silver medal, lifting 272.5 kg in total. The result qualified as a world record, but it was also achieved by Pawina Thongsuk, who wo

Is a former speed skater.Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union,

Is a former speed skater.Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater – once Olympic Champion (on the 1,000 m), twice World Allround Champion, once World Sprint Champion, twice European

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics an

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 200 metres

She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 200 metres where she won the Silver medal. She then helped her team mates Vera Komisova, Lyudmila Zharkova and Vera Anisimova to the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metr

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1984 Winter Olympics and in the 1

Is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1984 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

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

Is a Russian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Gouilly also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh on two occasions (K-4 500 m: 1996, K-4 500 m: 2000).

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Is a Russian short track speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Is a Russian short track speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics an

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a female volleyball player from Russia.

Is a female volleyball player from Russia.

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event while being disqualified in the heats of the K-1 500 m event.

Is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 54.50 s

Is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 54.50 seconds, achieved in May 2000 in Vila Real de Santo António.

Is a sprint athlete. She was born in Moscow. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a f

Is a sprint athlete. She was born in Moscow. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th. She did get

Is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

Is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

Is a notable former Soviet dissident, anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. Sharans

Is a notable former Soviet dissident, anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. Sharansky is a distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center and heads its strategic studies institute. From March 2003 until May 2005, he was a Minister without portfolio, responsible for Jerusalem, social and Jewish diaspora affairs. Previously he served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Minister of Housing and Construction since March 2001, Interior Minister of Israel (J

Is a Russian supermodel. Poly was first discovered after winning a model search competition in Mosco

Is a Russian supermodel. Poly was first discovered after winning a model search competition in Moscow. Her professional modeling career started in 2004.