Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is an Estonian figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating.

Is an Estonian figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating.

Is a retired Latvian basketball player. He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 19

Is a retired Latvian basketball player. He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).

Was a Latvian football goalkeeper, one of the most known Latvian footballers of the early post-World

Was a Latvian football goalkeeper, one of the most known Latvian footballers of the early post-World War II era. His first professional football team was Daugava Liepaja in 1946 from which he moved to Dinamo Riga and when Dinamo was merged with Daugava Riga - Pultraks became goalkeeper with the best football club in Latvia.

Is a basketball coach who has coached many of the most talented players in Latvian basketball histor

Is a basketball coach who has coached many of the most talented players in Latvian basketball history. He founded the former Valtera Basketbola Skola (VBS), now known as Keizarmezs.

Is the 7th and current president of Latvia. He won the Latvian presidential election of May 31, 2007

Is the 7th and current president of Latvia. He won the Latvian presidential election of May 31, 2007. He became President of Latvia on 8 July 2007. Valdis Zatlers is an orthopedic surgeon, who graduated from the Institute of Medicine in Riga in 1979. Afte

Was a Latvian-American linguist and college professor. His parents, Jazeps and Anna Zeps, were World

Was a Latvian-American linguist and college professor. His parents, Jazeps and Anna Zeps, were World War II refugees. In 1944, he fled the Russian occupation of Latvia with his parents and brother, Aivars Zeps. They arrived first in the displaced persons

A retired Soviet football player and coach.Nikolayev made his debut for USSR on July 20, 1952 in a O

A retired Soviet football player and coach.Nikolayev made his debut for USSR on July 20, 1952 in a Olympics game against Bulgaria. As a manager, he was in charge of USSR national football team from October 1970 until the end of 1971.

Was a Russian painter, and one of the premier portrait artists of his era. Serov was born in St. Pet

Was a Russian painter, and one of the premier portrait artists of his era. Serov was born in St. Petersburg, son of the Russian composer Alexander Serov, and his wife Valentina Bergman, a composer of German-Jewish and English background.

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 Angusht Nazran.

A former Soviet Russian footballer.Bubukin made his debut for USSR on September 6, 1959 in a friendl

A former Soviet Russian footballer.Bubukin made his debut for USSR on September 6, 1959 in a friendly against Czechoslovakia (he was selected for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow.

Was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow.

Is a Russian-American cybernetician and computer scientist. He developed the Refal programming langu

Is a Russian-American cybernetician and computer scientist. He developed the Refal programming language, the theory of metasystem transitions and the notion of supercompilation. As such he can be seen as a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and one of the

Is a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia

Is a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life. Rasputin covers complex que

A former Soviet football player.He played for Soviet Union national team (42 matches), and was a par

A former Soviet football player.He played for Soviet Union national team (42 matches), and was a participant at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and at the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship.

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the 1956 tournament. He played six matches without scoring a goal

Was a Soviet/Russian general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of

Was a Soviet/Russian general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as well as one of the instigators of the Soviet coup attempt of 1991.

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 Sportakademklub Moscow.

A football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup

A football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer. He was known for blistering pace, excellent technique and great dribbling. He could score and create goals equally well. He also took defending seriously and would track back and defend.

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Was a Soviet/Russian linguist, whose work has been influential in the field of literary theory and M

Was a Soviet/Russian linguist, whose work has been influential in the field of literary theory and Marxist theory of ideology.Written in the late 1920s in the USSR, Voloshinov's Marxism and the Philosophy of Language (tr.: Marksizm i Filosofiya Yazyka) attempts to incorporate the field of linguistics into Marxism. The book's main inspiration does not, however, come from previous Marxists, whom Voloshinov saw as largely indifferent towards the study of language.[1] Instead, Voloshinov's theories are built on critical engagement with Wilhelm von Humboldt's concept of language as a continuous creative or 'generative' process,[2] and with the view of language as a sign-system posited by Ferdinand de Saussure.[3]To some extent, Voloshinov's linguistic thought was also mediated by the analyses of his Soviet contemporary Nikolai Marr,[4] and by the work of the Crocean linguist Karl Vossler.[5]

Is a Russian orienteering competitor.He finished second in the 2004 World Orienteering Championships

Is a Russian orienteering competitor.He finished second in the 2004 World Orienteering Championships, Middle distance, and third in 2007. He is two times Relay World Champion, from 2006 and 2007 as a member of the Russian winning teams, and obtained a sil

Was a Soviet engineer, and one of the three principal Soviet "Chief Designers" (along with Vladimir

Was a Soviet engineer, and one of the three principal Soviet "Chief Designers" (along with Vladimir Chelomei and Sergey Korolev) of spacecraft and rockets during the Soviet/American Space Race. His father was Ukrainian and his mother worked as a nurse. At

Was a Russian novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing postrevolut

Was a Russian novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing postrevolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the demands of official Soviet style, an impressive accomplishment. His brother was Yevgeny Petrov. Katae

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2007 for FC Kuban Krasnodar.