Galina, Halyna, or Halina (russian: Галина; from Greek ''γαλήνη'' "Serenity") is an East Slavic feminine given name, also popular in Bulgaria and Slovenia during the period of Soviet influence. Galina is the standard transliteration from Russian. It is generally transliterated as Halyna from Ukrainian ( uk, Галина) and as Halina from Belarusian ( be, Галіна). The latter form is also frequently found in Poland. Nicknames include Galya (or Halya), Galka (or Halka), Gala, Galochka, and Galechka. In ancient Greek mythology, Galene was one of the Nereid mermaids, known as the goddess of calm seas. Two Christian female martyrs of this name are recognized by the Orthodox church: the first died in 252 (feast day March 10), the other one, the more famous

Galene of Corinth Galene can refer to: *Galene (mythology), one of the Nereids * 427 Galene, a main belt asteroid * ''Galene'' (crab), a genus of crabs * Galene, a genus of Algae, See also * Galen (disambiguation) * Galena (disambiguation) * Galina Galina, Haly ...

, in 290 (feast day April 16).

Given name

Notable bearers of this name include: * Galina Antyufeyeva,

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

n politician and the wife of Vladimir Antyufeyev. *

Alina Astafei Alina Astafei (known before 1995 as Galina Astafei; born 7 June 1969) is a Romanian-German track and field athlete who attained German citizenship in 1995. She was one of the world's leading high jumpers in the 1990s. Representing Romania, sh ...

known before 1995 as ''Galina Astafei'' *

Galina Beloglazova Galina Beloglazova (russian: Галина Павловна Белоглазова; born June 10, 1967 Astrakhan, Soviet Union) is a Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1983 World All-around silver medalist and the 1984 European Al ...

, Russian rhythmic gymnast * Galina Borzenkova, Russian handball player *

Galina Brezhneva Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva (russian: Галина Леонидовна Брежнева, link=no; 18 April 1929 – 30 June 1998) was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva. Li ...

, daughter of the Soviet leader

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Gener ...

Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Богомолова) (born 15 October 1977 in Beloretsk) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. In 1996, she finished i ...

, Russian long-distance runner *

Galina Bukharina Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of Ind ...

, Soviet athlete *

Galina Burdina Galina Pavlovna Ermak née Burdina (russian: Галина Павловна Бурдина; 24 March 1919 25 November 2006) was a fighter pilot for the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. Early life Galina Burdina grew up in a large fam ...

, Soviet fighter pilot *

Galina Bystrova Galina Petrovna Bystrova (née ''Dolzhenkova''; russian: Галина Петровна Быстрова; 8 February 1934 – 11 October 1999) was a Soviet athlete. She competed in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best ...

, Soviet athlete * Galina Chistyakova, Soviet long jumper *

Galina Danilchenko Galina Vitkorovna Danilchenko (born 5 July 1964) is a Russian and Ukrainian accountant and politician who was installed by Russia as the acting mayor of Melitopol during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, following the kidnapping of Ivan Fed ...

(born 1964), Ukrainian accountant and politician *

Galina Dodon Galina Dodon (Russian: Галина Додон; born 12 February 1977) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. Biography She was born on 12 February 1977 in the Molda ...

, Moldovan First Lady * Galina Dyuragina, Russian author and child psychologist *

Galina Dzhugashvili Galina Yakovlevna Dzhugashvili (russian: Галина Яковлевна Джугашвили; 19 February 1938 – 27 August 2007) was a Russian translator of French. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Stalin, the daughter of Stalin's elder ...

, Russian translator of French * Galina Efremenko, Ukrainian figure skater *

Galina Eguiazarova Galina Eguiazarova (russian: Галина Егиазарова, also latinized ''Yegiazarova'') is a Russian pianist and professor. Biography Galina Eguiazarova was born in Russia. She studied at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoty, where she was a ...

, Russian pianist * Galina Gorokhova, Soviet and Russian fencer *

Galina Grzhibovskaya Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar or Hrzhybovska ( uk, Галина Владиславівна Кухар (Гржибовська)), née Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (russian: Галина Владиславовна Гржибовская; born 1 ...

, Soviet figure skater * Galina Kakovkina, Russian artist *

Galina Kreft Galina Sergeyevna Kreft-Alekseyeva (russian: Галина Серге́евна Крефт-Алексеева; 14 March 1950 – 24 February 2005) was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competin ...

, Soviet sprint canoer *

Galina Korchuganova Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova (russian: link=no, Галина Гавриловна Корчуганова; 22 March 1935 – 18 January 2004) was a Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion. After graduating from studies in aviation technology i ...

, Soviet/Russian test pilot and aerobatics champion * Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier * Galina Kofman, Russian-born, American computer scientist *

Galina Kopernak Galina Kopernak (March 22, 1902 – July 11, 1985) was a Russian theater actress who appeared on Broadway in the 1920s. She may have been originally from Shanghai. She came to the United States from Moscow. Stage career Kopernak performed a ...

, Russian theater actress *

Galina Koukleva Galina Alekseyevna Kukleva or Koukleva (russian: Галина Алексеевна Куклева, born 21 November 1972) is a retired Russian biathlon, biathlete. At the 1998 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint, and w ...

, Russian biathlete *

Halyna Kuzmenko Agafya "Halyna" Andriivna Kuzmenko ( ukr, Галина Андріївна Кузьменко; 1897–1978) was a Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary. After moving to southern Ukraine, she became a prominent figure within the ranks of ...

, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary *

Galina Likhachova Galina Vladimirovna Likhachova (russian: Галина Владимировна Лихачёва; born July 15, 1977 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors rac ...

, Russian speed skater *

Galina Lukashenko Galina Rodionovna Lukashenko ( be, Галіна Радзівонаўна Лукашэнка, Halina Radzivonaŭna Łukašenka, russian: Галина Родионовна Лукашенко), née Zhelnerovich ( be, Жэлняровіч, russian: ...

, First Lady of Belarus *

Galina Malchugina Galina Vyacheslavovna Malchugina (russian: Галина Вячеславовна Мальчугина, born December 17, 1962 in Bryansk) is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet (later Unified Team, later Russian) relay team, ...

, Russian sprinter *

Galina Mezentseva Galina Sergeyevna Mezentseva (russian: Галина Серге́евна Мéзенцева, born 8 November 1952, Tolyatti, Stavropol) is a Russian ballerina, with a career as professional classic dancer from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. Mez ...

, Russian ballerina * Galina Miklínová, Czech illustrator and director *

Galina Mishenina Galina Andreevna Mishenina (russian: Галина Андреевна Мишенина, born 5 August 1950) is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Internat ...

, Russian rower * Galina Mitrokhina (rowing) (born 1940), Russian rower * Galina Mitrokhina (athletics) (born 1944), Russian track and field athlete *

Galina Murašova Galina Murašova (russian: Галина Мурашова; born December 22, 1955, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also ...

, Lithuanian discus thrower * Galina Onopriyenko, Russian handball player * Galina Pedan, Kyrgyzstani athlete * Galina Penkova, Bulgarian sprinter * Galina Pilyushenko, Soviet cross country skier * Galina Polskikh, Soviet film actress * Galina Poryvayeva, Russian sprint canoeist * Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer *

Galina Rytova Galina Mikhailovna Rytova (russian: Галина Михайловна Рытова, born 10 September 1975 in Moscow) is a Russian/Kazakhstani water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Russia and in the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

, Russian-Kazakhstani water polo player * Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina *

Galina Savenko Galina Savenko (March 28, 1966 – March 31, 2012) was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She won two bronze medals at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv, earning them in th ...

, Soviet sprint canoeist *

Galina Savinkova Galina Savinkova (russian: Галина Савинкова; born 15 July 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 23 May 1983 with a distance of 73.26 metres. ...

, track and field athlete * Galina Sergeyeva, (1914–2000) Russian actress * Galina Shamrai, Soviet gymnast *

Galina Shubina Galina Konstantinovna Shubina (Russian: Галина Константиновна Шубина; 1902–1980), was a Soviet poster and graphics artist. Biography Galina Shubina was born in Voronezh in 1902. From the age of 13 she studied in th ...

, Russian poster and graphics artist * Galina Stancheva, Bulgarian volleyball player * Galina Starovoytova, Russian politician and ethnographer * Galina Stepanskaya, speed skater * Galina Timchenko (born 1962), Russian journalist *

Galina Tyurina Galina Nikolaevna Tyurina (July 19, 1938 – July 21, 1970) was a Soviet mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. Despite dying young, she was known for "a series of brilliant papers" on the classification of complex or algebraic struct ...

(1938–1970), Soviet mathematician *

Galina Ulanova Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, ; 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Biography Ulanova was born ...

, Russian ballerina *

Galina Varlamova Galina Ivanovna Varlamova or Keptuke (native name) (18 January 1951 – 19 June 2019) (russian: Галина Ивановна Варламова, Кэптукэ) was an Evenk writer, philologist and folklorist. She was an expert in Evenk language ...

, Evenk writer * Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer * Galina Vecherkovskaya (born 1926), Russian rower *

Galina Vinogradova Galina Vladimirovna Vinogradova (russian: Галина Владимировна Виноградова; née Galkina) (born 10 February 1979) is a Russian orienteering competitor. She received her first medal in the ''relay'' event at the 2008 ...

, Russian orienteering competitor * Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian opera singer * Galina Voskoboeva, Russian-Kazakhstani tennis player * Galina Yermolayeva (rower), Russian rower *

Galina Yershova Galina Gavrilovna Yershova, or Ershova (russian: Гали́на Гаври́ловна Ершо́ва; born 17 March 1955) is a Russian academic historian, linguist, and epigrapher, who specialises in the study of the ancient civilisations ...

, Russian academic historian *

Galina Zmievskaya Galina Yakovlevna Zmievskaya (russian: Галина Яковлевна Змиевская, uk, Галина Яківна Змієвська, ''Halyna Yakivna Zmievs'ka'') (born 1952) is a Ukrainian-American figure skating coach in the United Stat ...

, Ukrainian figure skating coach *

Galina Zhikareva Galina Zhikareva is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital an ...

, Soviet sprint canoeist *

Galina Zybina Galina Ivanovna Zybina (russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Зы́бина, born 22 January 1931) is a retired Soviet and Russian athlete and coach. She competed in the shot put at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fir ...

, Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower

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