Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, and won a total of six gold medals, which is still a record for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances. She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.
Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova was one of the greatest and best-loved performers of Russian folk songs.
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Olga Petrovna Bondarenko is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.
Lidiya Vladimirovna Alekseyeva was a Russian basketball coach.
Alina Petrovna Ivanova is a retired Russian race walker, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva was a Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activity of human neurons. Member of a documentary film "The Call of the Abyss" and "Storm of consciousness", which aroused wide public resonance.
Lidiya Petrovna Sukharevskaya was a Soviet stage actress and playwright renowned for her work with Nikolay Akimov and Andrey Goncharov. Her frequent stage partner was Boris Tenin, her husband. She also appeared in 14 films between 1939 and 1981. Sukharevskaya was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.
Natalya Petrovna Boyko is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She won two gold medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1970 and 1971.
Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the final.
Maya Petrovna Belenkaya is a former Soviet figure skater. With her partner Igor Moskvin, she became a three-time Soviet national champion (1952–1954).
Viktoria Petrovna Brezhneva was the wife of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. She was the mother of Yuri Brezhnev and Galina Brezhneva.
Nina Nikolayevna Frolova is a retired Soviet rowing cox. She was the first Soviet cox who was promoted to the honored master of sport.
Lidiya Tseraskaya was a Soviet astronomer.
Lidziya “Giant” Marozava is a professional tennis player from Belarus.
Mstislav Gospel is a 12th-century manuscript of the four Gospels on parchment in Old Church Slavonic.
Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva was a Russian and Soviet artist most notable for her watercolor painting. She was also one of the pioneers of the woodcut technique in Russia.
Lidija Liepiņa was a Latvian chemist, and one of the first women to receive a doctorate in chemistry in Russia. Known for her research in colloidal chemistry. She lived in Russia until after World War II and then moved to Latvia for the remainder of her life. As a student, she helped create the first Russian gas mask and later published her theories about gas adsorption. She received many awards for her research contributions including induction into the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic Academy of Sciences, the Medal For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, Hero of Socialist Labor, the Order of Lenin and the "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal.
Natalya Alekseyevna Zakharova is a retired Russian coxswain. She who two European titles, in the coxed fours in 1966 and in the quadruple sculls in 1967. Zakharova graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, and after retiring from competitions worked as an instructor of physical education.
Lidiya Ivanovna Shulaykina was an Ilyushin Il-2 pilot during the Second World War. She was recognized as a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1993.
