Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A former football striker. He was capped by the USSR, and, despite being born in Ukraine and was hon

A former football striker. He was capped by the USSR, and, despite being born in Ukraine and was honored as the best Ukrainian footballer, he chose to represent Russia after the breakup of the USSR. At club level he played in six different countries. After his playing career abruptly ended in 2001 following a skull injury, he became a manager. His first experience in coaching was assistant manager position under Andrey Chernyshov in Spartak Moscow, 2003. After three months, Chernyshov and his assistants were fired from Spartak.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1986 for FC Iskra Smolensk.

Is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FS

Is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk.

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

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Fakel-Voronezh Voronezh.

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

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Is a retired Russian professional basketball player.

Is a retired Russian professional basketball player.

Was a Soviet-Armenian film director. He invented his own unparalleled cinematic style having taken i

Was a Soviet-Armenian film director. He invented his own unparalleled cinematic style having taken inspiration from early works of Andrei Tarkovsky and Pier Paolo Pasolini. His oeuvre is extremely poetic, artistic and visionary and is acclaimed worldwide.

Is an Estonian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier Leag

Is an Estonian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League. In Estonia, Pareiko played for Tallinna Sadam and Levadia Maardu (now Levadia Tallinn), before moving to Russia in 2001, when he signed with Rotor Volgograd. After Rotor's relegation Pareiko moved to Tom Tomsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He made h

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2008 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Is a former professional football player who won 45 full caps for the Soviet Union and made nearly 3

Is a former professional football player who won 45 full caps for the Soviet Union and made nearly 300 appearances for Dynamo Kiev.

Was a Russian ice hockey left winger. He played for Avangard Omsk from 1989-1994 and 1996-1998.

Was a Russian ice hockey left winger. He played for Avangard Omsk from 1989-1994 and 1996-1998.

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 Tyumen.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Irtysh Omsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Torpedo Armavir.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Torpedo Armavir.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second Le

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola.He played 3 games in the UEFA Cup 1994–95 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current football manager. He made his debut in th

Is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current football manager. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1986 for FC Dinamo Minsk.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Is a Russian professional football player.

Is a Russian professional football player.

Is a Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory.

Is a Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory.

A retired Soviet football player.Olshansky made his debut for USSR on August 6, 1972 in a friendly a

A retired Soviet football player.Olshansky made his debut for USSR on August 6, 1972 in a friendly against Sweden. He played in the qualifiers for 1974 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1976 and 1978 FIFA World Cup (USSR did not qualify for the final tournaments for any of those).

Is a former field hockey player from Russia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Field

Is a former field hockey player from Russia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Field Hockey Team from the Soviet Union at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for SKA St. Petersb

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for SKA St. Petersburg.

Is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia, and a current football manager of FC Narva T

Is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia, and a current football manager of FC Narva Trans. Two of his sons, Eduard and Daniil, are playing on that side.