Flashcards: Russian journalists

Nikolay Karlovich Svanidze (Russian: Николай Карлович Сванидзе, born 2 April 1955 in Moscow) is a Russian TV and radio host and member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

Pavel Aleksandrovich Krushevan (Russian: Павел Александрович Крушеван; Romanian: Pavel Cruşeveanu) (27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1860 – 18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1909) was a journalist, editor, publisher and an official in the Imperial Russia.

Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Колесников) is a Russian journalist, an author of a series of books about Anatoly Chubais.

Mikhail Ivanovich Trepashkin (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Трепа́шкин) (born 7 April 1957) is a Moscow attorney and former Federal Security Service colonel who was invited by MP Sergei Kovalev to assist in an independent inquiry of the Russian apartment bombings in September 1999 that followed the Dagestan war and were one of the causes of the Second Chechen War.

Peter (or Pyotr or Petr) Berngardovich Struve (Russian: Пётр Бернга́рдович Стру́ве; pronounced [pʲɵtr bʲɪrnˈɡardəvʲɪtɕˈstruvʲɪ]; January 26, 1870 in Perm – February 22, 1944 in Paris) was a Russian political economist, philosopher and editor.

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Galkovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Галковский; born 4 June 1960 in USSR) is a Russian writer, journalist, philosopher and blogger.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, Anatolij Evgen'evič Karpov; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

Sergei Svatikov (1880–1942) was a historian and political figure who presented critical evidence and/or testimony in 1935 in the Berne Trial regarding the notorious Protocols of Zion.

Afanasii Ivanovich Seredin-Sabatin (Афанасий Иванович Середин-Сабатин) was a Russian-born steersman-pilot and reporter for an English newspaper, but is best known as the first European (Russian) architect to live and work in the Korean Empire from (approximately) 1890 to 1904.

Narek Seferjan (born August 20, 1974) is a Russian by nationality ethnic Armenian chess Grandmaster, journalist and script writer.

Nikolai Dmitrievich Sergeevsky (1849—1908) was a Russian law professor and statesman.

Alexander Yevseyevich Khinshtein (Russian: Александр Евсеевич Хинштейн; born October 26, 1974) is a Russian politician and journalist.

Konkordiia Nikolavna Samoilova (née Gromova) (1876-June 3, 1921), a bolshevik, was a founding editor of the Russian newspaper, Pravda, in 1912.

Before becoming a journalist, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev spent his time in the medical field.

(This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Strelkov.) Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, born Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Стрелко́в; IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ strʲɪlˈkof], Russian: И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин; IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲɛvələdəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn]), born on 17 December 1970 is a Russian army artillery veteran who played a key role in the Russian occupation of Crimea, and next the War in Donbass as an organizer of the Donetsk People's Republic's militant groups.

Larisa Yudina (Russian: Лариса Юдина; 22 October 1945 – 8 June 1998) was a journalist and the editor of the opposition newspaper, Sovietskaya Kalmykia Sevodnya (Soviet Kalmykia Today).

Sergei Shipov (born April 17, 1966 in Murom) is a Russian chess grandmaster with a peak FIDE rating of 2662 (No. 23 in the world on the January 1999 list), chess journalist and author.

Shulim or Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich (Николай Александрович Нотович), known in the West as Nicolas Notovitch (1858-after 1916) was a Crimean Jewish adventurer who claimed to be a Russian aristocrat and journalist.

Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (born 16 February 1945) is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer.

Alla Yefremovna Gerber (Russian: А́лла Ефре́мовна Ге́рбер, born 3 January 1932 in Moscow) is a Russian politician, journalist and film critic.

Georgy Butmi de Katzman (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Бутми-де-Кацман, 1856 — 1919) — Russian journalist, writer and economist (author of books and papers on economy), member of the Union of the Russian People.

Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Гле́бович Невзо́ров; born on August 3, 1958 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian and Soviet TV journalist, a film director and a former member of the Russian parliament.

(This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Nikolayevna and the family name is Prozumenshchikova.) Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova (Russian: Галина Николаевна Прозуменщикова; IPA: [ɡɐˈlʲinə nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvnə prəzʊˈmʲenɕːɪkəvə]; 26 November 1948 – 19 July 2015) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who also competed in medley relays.

Andrey Andreyevich Piontkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Пионтко́вский, born June 30, 1940, Moscow) is Russian scientist and political writer and analyst, a member of International PEN Club.

Maxim Alexandrovich Gromov (Russian: Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Гро́мов; born 1973) is a Russian political dissident, human rights activist, former political prisoner, publicist, member of National Bolshevik Party since 1999 and one of the leaders of the political party The Other Russia.

Andrey Nikolaevich Derevyankin (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Деревя́нкин, 10 July 1959) is a politician, Soviet dissident, and former political prisoner in 1984-1987, 1997–1998, 2000–2004.

Alexey Vasilyevich Peshekhonov (Russian: Алексе́й Васи́льевич Пешехо́нов) (February 2, 1867 (January 21 old style) – April 3, 1933) was a Russian economist, publicist, and statistician.

The dangers to journalists in Russia have been well known since the early 1990s but concern at the number of unsolved killings soared after Anna Politkovskaya's murder in Moscow on 7 October 2006.

Evgeny Morozov (Russian: Евгений Морозов, Belarusian: Яўгені Марозаў) is a writer and researcher of Belarusian origin who studies political and social implications of technology.

Alexander Ivanovich Dubrovin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Дубро́вин) (1855, Kungur - unknown) was a Russian right wing politician, a leader of the Union of the Russian People (URP).

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Кара́-Мурза́, born 7 September 1981) is a Russian politician and journalist and, since 2012, Senior Policy Advisor at the Institute of Modern Russia.

Otto Rudolfovich Latsis (Russian: Отто Рудольфович Лацис; 22 June 1934 – 3 November 2005) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, of Latvian descent.

Vasily Ivanovich Modestov (Russian: Василий Иванович Модестов, 24 January 1839, Valday, Novgorod Governorate, Imperial Russia, — 13 February 1907, Rome, Italy) was a Russian historian, philologist, publicist and translator.

Alexander Irakliyevich Metreveli (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, Russian: Александр Ираклиевич Метревели; born 2 November 1944) is a retired Soviet tennis player of Georgian background.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Peláez and the second or maternal family name is Ocampo.) Virginia "Vicky" Peláez Ocampo (born 1956 in Cuzco, Peru) is a Peruvian journalist and columnist, currently for The Moscow News newspaper.

The Very Reverend Archpriest Victor Sokolov (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Соколов) (February 21, 1947 – March 12, 2006) was a Russian-American former dissident Soviet journalist and an Eastern Orthodox priest.

Viktor Sergeyevich Mirolyubov (Russian: Виктор Серге́евич Миролюбов, January 22, 1860, Moscow, Russian Empire, – October 26, 1939, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian journalist, editor and publisher.

Vitali Vitaliev (Виталий Витальев) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, England, Scotland, Australia and Ireland.

Svetlana Mikhailovna Pasti (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Пасти, until 2003: Juskevits Russian: Юшкевич) is a senior researcher at the Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Tampere.

Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Безменов, also known as Tomas David Schuman; 1939 – 1993) was a journalist for RIA Novosti and a former PGU KGB informant from the Soviet Union who defected to Canada.

Malik Akhmedilov (Russian: Малик Ахмедилов; c. 1976 – 11 August 2009), also known as Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, was a Russian investigative journalist based in the southern Republic of Dagestan.

Adlan Khasanov (May 25, 1970 – May 9, 2004) was a Chechen, Russian journalist and photographer, killed in action in Grozny.

Alexandra Sviridova (Russian: Александра Свиридова, alternate spellings: Alexandra Sviridov, Aleksandra Sviridov, and Aleksandra Sviridova) is a writer, journalist and filmmaker from Moscow, Russia.

Gennady Katsov Russian: Геннадий Кацов (born February 13, 1956 in (Yevpatoria, Ukraine) – a Russian-American poet, writer and journalist. Born and raised in the Crimean peninsula, in the early 1980s Gennady Katsov moved to Moscow where in 1986 he was one of the founders of the legendary Moscow Poetry Club and from 1987 to 1989 served as its director, as well as an active participant of the Epsilon salon, a famous Moscow underground literary group.

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Russian: Тигра́н Варта́нович Петрося́н; Armenian: Տիգրան Պետրոսյան; June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984) was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.

Elena Palmer is a German journalist and author with Russian origins.

Elina Fuhrman is a Russian-American journalist, author, and wellness activist.

Kazbek Gekkiyev (c.1984 – 5 December 2012) was a Russian television journalist who was killed on 5 December 2012 in the North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Lev Timofeev (Russian: Russian Лев Миха́йлович Тимофе́ев, born 1936), is a Russian economist, political commentator and novelist.

Egor Kuroptev (Russian: Егор Куроптев) is a Russian media manager and TV producer.

Olga Sergeyevna Li (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Ли;born 22 July 1986) is a Russian politician and journalist.

Dmitry Chebotayev (20 January 1978 – 6 May 2007), was a Russian photojournalist for Newsweek magazine (the Russia edition) in Moscow.

Yuliy Burkin (Russian: Юлий Серге́евич Буркин) (b. 1960, Tomsk) is a Russian science fiction writer and musician.

Sergei Aleksandrovich Vinogradov (April 16, 1958 – December 16, 2010) was a Russian journalist, translator and writer.

Andrei Navrozov, poet and writer, was born in Moscow in 1956, grandson of the playwright Andrei Navrozov (1899–1941) and son of the essayist and translator Lev Navrozov (born 1928).

Andrew Rothstein (26 September 1898 – 22 September 1994) was a British journalist.

Oleg Frish is a Russian entertainer, singer, actor, television and radio personality, journalist, music historian, and is the Owner of New Age Media.

According to Reporters Without Borders, “Tolmachev is renowned in the Rostov region for denouncing judicial and political corruption and organized crime.

A Russian state television correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin were with a group of LPR rebel separatist fighters during the ongoing war in Donbass as they came under a mortar strike launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, near Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine, on 17 June 2014.

Yuri Karash or Yury Karash, is a US-trained Russian space policy expert and journalist.

Oleg Slabynko was born in 1962 in Moscow, Russia.

(This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Alexeyevich and the family name is Kropotkin.) Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (/kroʊˈpɒtkɪn, krə-/; Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин; December 9, 1842 – February 8, 1921) was a Russian activist, scientist, and philosopher, who advocated anarchism.

Nadira Isayeva or Isaeva (Russian: Нади́ра Иса́ева) is a Russian journalist who has been internationally recognized for her reporting on security issues in North Caucasus.

Abdulla Telman Alishayev (died 2 September 2008) was a Russian Dagestani journalist and writer.

Irina Borogan (Russian: Ирина Петровна Бороган, born in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian investigative journalist.

Joe Adamov, Name in Russian: Иосиф Адамов (Yosif Adamov) (7 January 1920 - 18 December 2005) was a journalist and presenter on Radio Moscow and its successor the Voice of Russia for over sixty years.