Yuriy
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Yury, Yuri, or Yuriy is the Slavic version of the Greek given name
George
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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Politics
- Yuriy KravchenkoYuriy KravchenkoYuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko , was a Ukrainian police officer and statesman. In 2000, while a Minister of Internal Affairs, Kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of Georgiy Gongadze and subsequent Cassette Scandal...
(1951–2005), Ukrainian police officer and statesman - Yuriy LutsenkoYuriy LutsenkoYuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko is a Ukrainian politician and statesman and former Minister of Internal Affairs, he occupied this post in the two Cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in Cabinets of Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych...
(born 1964), Ukrainian politician and statesman - Yuriy Platonov, politician
- Yuriy MolchanovYuriy MolchanovYury Vyacheslavovich Molchanov is a Russian businessman and politician.From 1987 to 1999, he was the Deputy Rector of Saint Petersburg State University...
(born 1952), Russian businessman and politician - Yuriy YekhanurovYuriy YekhanurovYuriy Ivanovych Yekhanurov is a Ukrainian politician who was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2005 to 2006 and Minister of Defense in from 2007 to 2009...
(born 1948), Ukrainian politician - Yuriy ZbitnyevYuriy ZbitnyevYuriy Ivanovych Zbitnyev was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "New Power" Party.- Background :Zbitnyev was a founding member of the "Young Ukraine" party in 1999 and is a member of the coordinating board of public non-governmental organization "Union of tax...
, Ukrainian politician
Sports
- Yuriy BurlakovYuriy BurlakovYuriy Burlakov is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1997. He won two medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km and a silver in the 50 km....
(born 1960), Russian-Soviet cross country skier - Yuriy ChebanYuriy ChebanYuriy Cheban is a Soviet-born, Ukrainian sprint canoer who has been competing since 2003. He was born in Mykolaiv....
(born 1986), Ukrainian sprint canoer - Yuriy GavrilovYuriy GavrilovYuriy Anatoliyovich Gavrilov is a Ukrainian former handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kiev.In 1992 he won the gold medal with the Unified Team. He played all seven matches and scored 19 goals....
(born 1967), Ukrainian handball player - Yuriy GurinYuriy GurinYuriy Gurin is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds , one silver , and two bronzes .-References:**...
, Soviet sprint canoer - Yuriy HaydukYuriy HaydukYuriy Hayduk is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 14th in the men's doubles event at Turin in 2006....
(born 1985), Ukrainian luger - Yuriy KrymarenkoYuriy KrymarenkoYuriy Krymarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump in a long time. The favorites of the contest, most...
(born 1983), Ukrainian high jumper - Yuriy KrivtsovYuriy KrivtsovYuriy Krivtsov is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Ukrainian by birth, he became a naturalized French citizen in May 2010, and was able to change his nationality per the UCI effective with the 2011 season.- Palmares :1996...
(born 1979), Ukrainian road bicycle racer - Yuriy KunakovYuriy KunakovYuriy Aleksandrovič Kunakov is a Russian diver who won the silver medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Dmitri Sautin in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:*...
(born 1990), Russian diver - Yuriy LahutynYuriy LahutynYuriy Vasilyevich Lahutyn is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth. He played three matches and scored four goals....
(1949–1978), Ukrainian-Soviet handball player - Yuriy LaptikovYuriy LaptikovYuriy Laptikov is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze .-References:**...
, Soviet sprint canoer - Yuriy MelnichenkoYuriy MelnichenkoYuriy Melnichenko is an Kazakhstani wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight category.-External links:*...
(born 1972), Kazakhstani wrestler - Yuriy NuzhnenkoYuriy NuzhnenkoYuriy Nuzhnenko is a Ukrainian boxer who captured the vacant WBA Interim Welterweight belt on December 8, 2007 in Le Cannet, France against Frédéric Klose of France by twelve-round unanimous decision.-Amateur career:*Amateur record: 190-67...
(born 1976), Ukrainian boxer - Yuriy PanchenkoYuriy PanchenkoYuriy Petrovych Panchenko is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...
(born 1959), Ukrainian-Soviet volleyball player - Yuriy PoyarkovYuriy PoyarkovYuriy Mikhaylovich Poyarkov is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kharkiv....
(born 1937), Ukrainian volleyball player - Yuriy RybinYuriy RybinYuriy Rybin is a retired male javelin thrower from Russia. He set his personal best on 26 August 1995 in Nitra.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1963), Russian javelin thrower - Yuriy VenherovskyYuriy VenherovskyYury Naumovich Vengerovsky was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was Jewish, born in Kharkiv, and died in Belgorod, Russia....
(1941–2004), Ukrainian-Soviet volleyball player - Yuriy VinogradovYuriy VinogradovYuriy Vinogradov is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia .-References:**...
, Soviet sprint canoer
Association football
- Yuriy Dmytrulin (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer
- Yuriy Dyachuk-StavytskyiYuriy Dyachuk-StavytskyiYuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi is currently a sport-director of FC Karpaty Lviv. He was born on January 26, 1947 in Lviv, Ukrainian RSR. He coached following teams FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi, FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, FC Volyn Lutsk, FC Hazovyk Komarne , FC Anzhi Makhachkala, and FC Metalurh...
(born 1947), Ukrainian football coach - Yuriy FedosenkoYuriy FedosenkoYuriy Fedosenko is a professional Ukrainian footballer midfielder playing in the professional Ukrainian First League club Desna Chernihiv. He moved from the Ukrainian First League club Helios Kharkiv during the 2008-09 summer transfer season.- References :...
(born 1989), Ukrainian football midfielder - Yuriy FeninYuriy FeninYuriy Fenin is a Ukrainian professional footballer. He plays the position of striker.Fenin began his playing career with SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.-References:...
(born 1977), Ukrainian footballer - Yuriy FurtaYuriy FurtaYuriy Furta is a professional Ukrainian football striker who currently plays on loan for Ukrainian First League club FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva. He is the product of the Karpaty Lviv Youth School System...
(born 1988), Ukrainian football striker - Yuriy HabovdaYuriy HabovdaYuriy Habovda is a professional Ukrainian football striker who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.Habovda made his debut for FC Karpaty Lviv entering as a second-half substitute against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 24 April 2010 in Ukrainian Premier League.-External...
(born 1989), Ukrainian football striker - Yuriy MaleevYuriy MaleevYuriy Maleev is a retired Belarusian professional football player who played for FC Dnepr Mahilyow and FC Torpedo Zhodino in the Belarusian Premier League and Zawisza Bydgoszcz the Polish Ekstraklasa....
(born 1968), Belarusian footballer - Yuriy Martyshchuk (born 1986), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
- Yuriy NaydovskiyYuriy NaydovskiyYuriy Naydovskiy is a former Kazakhstani professional football player. He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League and Kazakhstan Premier League....
(born 1963), Kazakhstani football player - Yuriy TselykhYuriy TselykhYuriy Tselykh is a Ukrainian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FK Andijan.-External links:*...
(born 1979), Ukrainian football striker - Yuriy VirtYuriy VirtYuriy Mykolayovych Virt is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.-External links:*...
(born 1974), Ukrainian football goalkeeper - Yuri ZhirkovYuri ZhirkovYuri Valentinovich Zhirkov is a Russian footballer who plays for Anzhi Makhachkala and the Russian national team.-Early life:Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov was born in Tambov, on 20 August 1983. His father, Valentin Ivanovich Zhirkov worked at the "Revtrud" factory and his mother was a postwoman. Yuri...
(born 1983), Russian footballer
Track and field
- Yuriy AndronovYuriy Andronov-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1971), Russian race walker - Yuriy BilonohYuriy BilonohYuriy Bilonoh is a Ukrainian shot putter. Born in Bilopillya, Sumy, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillya, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov. Bilonoh won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth....
(born 1974), Ukrainian shot putter - Yuriy BorzakovskiyYuriy BorzakovskiyYuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...
(born 1981), Russian middle distance athlete - Yuriy ChervanyevYuriy ChervanyevYuriy Chervanyev is a retired Soviet hurdler.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1958), Soviet hurdler - Yuriy DumchevYuriy DumchevYuriy Dumchev is a retired track and field athlete from the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the men's discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a distance of 71.86 metres. That mark still is the Russian record...
(born 1958), Soviet track and field athlete - Yuriy NaumkinYuriy NaumkinYuriy Naumkin is a retired Russian long jumper.He finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and tenth at the 1996 Olympic Games.-References:...
(born 1968), Russian long jumper - Yuriy SedykhYuriy SedykhYuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw....
(born 1955), Ukrainian-Soviet athlete - Yuriy VoronkinYuriy VoronkinYuriy Voronkin is a Russian hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.69 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula.He won the silver medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships. On senior level he competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1979), Russian hammer thrower - Yuriy ZorinYuriy ZorinYuriy Zorin was a Russian athlete who participated in world athletics representing the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and 1970s. He specialized in the 400-meter and won a bronze medal in Vienna at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. He also won a gold medal in the 4x200m relay with...
, Russian-Soviet athlete
Other
- Yuriy DrohobychYuriy DrohobychYuriy Drohobych, was a philosopher, astrologist, writer, medical doctor, rector of the University of Bologna, professor of Kraków Academy, first publisher of a Ukrainian printed text...
(1450–1494), Ukrainian philosopher, astrologist, writer, and doctor - Yury Kovalchuk (born 1951), Russian businessman and financier
- Yuriy KuzubovYuriy KuzubovYuriy Kuzubov , is one of the youngest International Grandmasters in the history of chess. As of April 2008, his rating was 2603. He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 7 months, 12 days in 2004...
(born 1990) - Yuriy NorshteynYuriy NorshteynYuriy Borisovich Norshteyn , or Yuri Norstein is an award-winning Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales...
(born 1941), Russian animator - Yuriy Oliynyk, Ukrainian composer, concert pianist, and professor of music
- Yuriy PolyakovYuriy PolyakovYuriy Sergeyevich Polyakov is a Russian-American scientist at USPolyResearch...
(born 1980), Russian-American scientist - Yuriy Rumer (1901–1985), Russian physicist
- Yuriy TarnawskyYuriy TarnawskyYuriy Tarnawsky is one of the founding members of the New York Group, a Ukrainian émigré avant-garde group of writers, and co-founder and co-editor of the journal Novi Poeziyi . He writes fiction, poetry, plays, translations, and criticism in both Ukrainian and English...
- Yuriy TrubetskoyYuriy TrubetskoyYuriy Trubetskoy was a Ruthenian Prince, boyar of the Trubetsky family. In 1657, Prince Jurij Trubetsky went to Moscow with his uncle Aleksandr Yurievitch Trubetzkoy...
(c. 1643–1679), Ruthenian Prince