Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

. It may refer to:

People

Royalty

* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917 * Prince Nikolai of Denmark (born 1999)

Other people

Nikolai

* Nikolai Aleksandrovich (disambiguation) or Nikolay Aleksandrovich, several people *

Nikolai Antropov Nikolai Alexandrovich Antropov (russian: Николай Александрович Антропов; born February 18, 1980) is a Kazakhstani-Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the ...

(born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger *

Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; – 24 March 1948) was a Russian Empire, Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialism, Christian existentialist who e ...

(1874-1948), Russian religious and political philosopher *

Nikolai Bogomolov Nikolai Bogomolov (born May 30, 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for PSK Sakhalin of Asia League Ice Hockey. Bogomolov his professional debut with HC Vityaz Podolsk of the Kontinental Hockey League The ...

(born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman *

Nikolai Bukharin Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Буха́рин) ( – 15 March 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, Marxist philosopher and economist and prolific author on revolutionary theory. ...

(1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician * Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence * Nikolai Chernykh (1931-2004), Russian astronomer *

Nikolai Dudorov Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977) was a Soviet politician who served as the minister of internal affairs between 1956 and 1960. Early life and education Dudorov was born in a village, Mishnevo, in Vladimir province in 1906. In 1927 he joined the ...

(1906–1977), Soviet politician * Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer * Nikolai Goc (born 1986), German ice hockey player * Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian dramatist and novelist * Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) American bassist for The Strokes * Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), Russian former ice hockey goaltender * Nikolai Kinski (born 1976), film actor * Nikolai Kotlyar (1935–2003), Soviet engineer, maritime specialist and politician * Nikolai Kulemin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey winger * Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792-1856), Russian mathematician and geometer * Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004), third son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus * Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951), Russian composer and pianist * Nikolai Melnikov (born 1948), Soviet Olympic champion water polo player * Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950), Russian composer * Nikolai Novosjolov (born 1980), Estonian fencer * Nikolai Onoprienko (1911-1979), Soviet Red Army colonel * Nikolai Pozdneev (1930-1978), Russian painter * Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Russian geographer and explorer * Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Russian composer * Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881), Russian painter, conductor and composer * Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929), Russian politician * Nikolai Shchelokov (1910–1984), Soviet statesman and army general * Nikolay Shubin (born 1956), Georgian-born Russian serial killer * Nikolai Slichenko (1934–2021), Soviet and Russian singer, actor, and theatre director * Nikolai Tanayev (1945–2020), Kyrgyz politician * Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor * Nikolai Tikhonov (writer) (1896-1979), Soviet writer * Nikolai Tikhonov (1905-1997), Russian politician * Nikolai Timkov (1912-1993), Russian painter * Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born 1985), Australian footballer * Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), Russian boxer and world heavyweight champion * Nikolai Vavilov (1887-1943), Russian botanist and geneticist * Nikolai Volkoff (1947–2018), professional WWF wrestler * Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), head of NKVD and perpetrator of the Great Purge * Nikolai Zherdev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey player

Nikolay

* Nikolay Davydenko (born 1981), professional tennis player * Nikolay Epshtein (1919–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach * Nikolay Pechalov (born 1970), Olympic and World champion in weightlifting * Nikolay Peskov (born 1990), Russian army veteran * Nikolay Dollezhal (1899-2000), Soviet nuclear reactor designer, head of NIKIET from 1952-1986

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