Ekaterina is a Russian feminine

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, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''.MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ekaterina
/ref> Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below.

Arts

* Ekaterina Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter * Ekaterina Sedia (born 1970), Russian fantasy author

Sports

* Yekaterina Abramova (born 1982), Russian speed skater * Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player * Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (2000–2020), Russian-Australian pairs skater *

Ekaterina Anikeeva Ekaterina Yevgenyevna Anikeeva (russian: Екатерина Евгеньевна Аникеева, born January 22, 1969 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Ekaterina Bychkova (born 1985), Russian professional tennis player * Ekaterina Dafovska (born 1975), Bulgarian biathlete * Ekaterina Dzehalevich (born 1986), Belarusian professional tennis player * Yekaterina Gamova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player * Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971), Russian Olympic and World figure skating champion * Ekaterina Ivanova (biathlete) (born 1977), Belarusian biathlete *

Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis) Ekaterina Lopes (née Ivanova; born 18 December 1987) is a Russian former tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are 136 in singles, which she reached in June 2009, and 142 in doubles, set in January 2012. Her strongest showing in a tour even ...

(born 1987), Bychkova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player *

Ekaterina Karsten Ekaterina Karsten ( be, Кацярына Карстэн, ''Kaciaryna Karsten''; russian: Екатерина Карстен; born 2 June 1972) is a Belarusian rower, a seven-time Olym ...

(born 1972), Belarusian rower *

Yekaterina Khramenkova Yekaterina Khramenkova ( be, Кацярына Храменкава; born October 16, 1956) is a retired long-distance runner from Belarus, best known for winning the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1986 European Cha ...

(born 1956), Soviet long-distance runner * Ekaterina Kramarenko (born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast * Yekaterina Lobaznyuk (born 1983), Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney * Yekaterina Lobysheva (born 1985), Russian speed skater * Ekaterina Makarova (born 1988), Ivanova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player * Ekaterina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower athlete * Yekaterina Podkopayeva (born 1952), middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia * Ekaterina Shatnaya (born 1979), Kazakhstani athlete * Yekaterina Smirnova (born 1956), Soviet heptathlete * Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Vasilieva (born 1976), Russian water polo player * Ekaterina Vandaryeva, a Russian kickboxer * Ekaterina Selezneva (born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast

Politics

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in Russian called as ''Yekaterina Velikaya'' *

Ekaterina Furtseva Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva (russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева; 7 December 1910 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet politician and the second woman to be admitted as secretary of the Central Committee of the Comm ...

(1910–1974), first woman to be admitted into Politburo * Ekaterina Kalinina (1882-1960), Soviet politician and First Lady of the Soviet Union *

Yekaterina Kuskova Yekaterina Dmitriyevna Kuskova (russian: Екатери́на Дми́триевна Куско́ва; 1869–1958) was a Russian Empire economist, journalist and politician involved in founding both the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party ( ...

(1869–1958), Russian Marxist political figure * Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810), the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great * Ekaterina Svanidze (1880–1907), Georgian first wife of Joseph Stalin * Eka (Ekaterine) Tkeshelashvili (born 1977), Georgian jurist and former minister of foreign affairs of Georgia

Other fields

Yekaterina Geltzer Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer (November 2, 1876 – December 12, 1962) was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935. She was the daughter of the famous Russian dancer Vasily Geltzer. She worked with Mari ...

(1876–1962), prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935 * Yekaterina Golubeva (1966–2011), Russian actress *Ekaterina 'Katia' Ivanova (born 1988), Kazakh-born English model and contestant on

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 ''Celebrity Big Brother 2010'', also known as ''Celebrity Big Brother 7'', was the seventh series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series), Celebrity Big Brother'' and the final series aired on Channel ...

Ekaterina Korbut Ekaterina Valerievna Korbut (born February 9, 1985 in Tashkent) is a Russian chess player, who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She won the World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in 2004, and the Russian women's ...

, woman Grandmaster of chess * Ekaterina Maximova (1939–2009), Russian ballerina *

Ekaterina Peshkova Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova, née Volzhina (russian: Екатерина Павловна Пешкова, née Волжина; 26 July 1887 – 26 March 1965) was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian, first wife of Maxim Gorky. Li ...

(1887–1965), Russian human rights activist and humanitarian * Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik (born 1982), Russian-Turkish Grandmaster of chess *

Ekaterina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named Peopl ...

(1902–1991), Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry * Yekaterina 'Katya' Petrovna Zamolodchikova (born 1982), American drag queen and actor

Fictional characters

* Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko *Ekaterina Golovkina, a character in the '' Life'' *Ekaterina Dmitrievna Smokovnikova, ''

The Road to Calvary ''The Road to Calvary'' (russian: Хождение по мукам, Khozhdeniye po mukam, Walking Through Torments), also translated as ''Ordeal'', is a trilogy of novels by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, tracing the fate of the Russian intelligen ...

'' *Kate Daniels from the Magic Series by Ilona Andrew's. Kate' real name is Ekaterina, but she always calls herself Kate. *Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya (Kitty), a character in Anna Karenina

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