Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common
East Slavic given name derived from the
Norse name
Ingvar, that was brought to ancient
Rus' by the Norse
Varangians, in the form ''Ingvar'' or ''Yngvar''. Igor, the son of the Varangian chief
Rurik) was left with Rurik's distant relative, first Grand Prince of Kiev Oleg, as a child. Igor after the death of Oleg replaced him on Kiev's throne.
[Melvin G. Wren "The Course of Russian History"] Outside of the Slavic language sphere, the name has also become common in Brazil and Portugal, and in the
Basque-speaking part of Spain.
People
Igor
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Igor of Kiev, ruler of
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas o ...
from 913 to 945
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Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
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Igor the Assassin, name given to one of the alleged assassins of
Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Valterovich "Sasha" Litvinenko (30 August 1962 ( at WebCite) or 4 December 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised i ...
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Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
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Igor Andreev
Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles t ...
(born 1983), Russian tennis player
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Igor Angulo (born 1984), Basque-Spanish footballer
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Igor Antón (born 1983), Basque-Spanish cyclist
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Igor Arnáez (born 1991), Basque-Spanish footballer
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Igor Astarloa (born 1976), Basque-Spanish cyclist
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Igor Belousov (1928–2005), Soviet statesman
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Igor Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
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Igor Bogdanoff (1949–2022), French science fiction author
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Igor Boki (born 1994), Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
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Igor Cavalera (born 1970), Brazilian musician
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Igor Chernykh
Igor Anatolievich Chernykh (June 12, 1932 – July 15, 2020) was a Soviet cinematographer. He worked for Mosfilm. Chernykh was honored with Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. He was best known for his works in ''The Diamond Arm'', '' Partic ...
(1932–2020), Russian camera operator
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Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894–1918), Russian royalty
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Igor Chugainov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
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Igor Danchenko
Igor Yurievich Danchenko (born May 5, 1978) is a Russian citizen and U.S. resident currently residing in Virginia who works as a Eurasia political risk, defense and economics analyst. Together with Clifford Gaddy he analyzed Vladimir Putin's 1996 ...
(born 1978), Russian-American analyst
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Igor M. Diakonoff
Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (occasionally spelled Diakonov, russian: link=no, И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on th ...
(1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
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Igor Dodon (born 1975), Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
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Igor de Camargo
Igor Alberto Rinck de Diver Camargo (born 12 May 1983), known as Igor de Camargo, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
He is also a former Belgium international.
Club career Early career
Born in Porto Feliz, São P ...
(born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
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Igor Gabilondo
Igor Gabilondo del Campo (born 10 February 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left midfielder.
He played mainly for Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao (six seasons apiece) during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 276 gam ...
(born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
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Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
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Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian army artillery veteran
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Igor Golomstock
Igor Golomstock (11 January 1929 - 12 July 2017) was a London-based Russian art historian. He was the author of several books about Western artists like Pablo Picasso, Hieronymus Bosch, Paul Cézanne, Hans Holbein and Damien Hirst. In ''Tota ...
(1929–2017), London-based Russian art historian
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Igor González de Galdeano
Igor González de Galdeano Aranzabal (born 1 November 1973 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer and most recently, the team manager of UCI ProTeam . Following a promising start to his career a ...
(born 1973), Basque-Spanish cyclist
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Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo
Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo (born 7 February 1998), known as Igor Julio or simply Igor, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Career
Born in Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Igor joi ...
(born 1998), Brazilian footballer
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Igor Jankowski
Igor Jankowski (born November 23, 1983, in Minsk, Belarus) – Polish-Belarusian composer, teacher and music activist.
Biography
He studied composition with Dmitry Smolski at the Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk (BA, 2006–2009) by ...
(born 1983), Belarusian-Polish composer
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Igor Kholmanskikh (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
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Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born December 17, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He had spen ...
(born 1971), Serbian basketball coach
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Igor Kunitsyn (born 1981), Russian tennis player
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Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
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Igor Larionov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...
player
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Igor Lewczuk
Igor Lewczuk (born 30 May 1985) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Weszło Warsaw. Besides Poland, he has played in France.
Career
Club
In January 2011, he was loaned to Piast Gliwice.
In June 2011, he was loane ...
(born 1985), Polish football defender
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Igor López de Munain (1983/1984–2022), Basque politician
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Igor Luzhkovsky (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
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Igor Markevitch (1912-1983), 20th-century Ukrainian-born composer and conductor
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Igor Martinez (born 1989), Basque-Spanish footballer
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Igor Matovič
Igor Matovič (born May 11, 1973) is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and Prime Minister from March 2020 to March 2021.
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(born 1973), Slovak politician
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Igor Medved (born 1981), Slovenian ski jumper
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Igor Menshchikov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
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Igor Merino (born 1990), Basque-Spanish cyclist
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Igor V. Minin
Igor V. Minin (russian: link=no, Игорь Владиленович Минин) (born March 22, 1960 in Novosibirsk Academytown, Russia), a Russian physicist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Metrology and a full professor of Ph ...
(born 1960), Russian physicist
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Igor Nesterenko (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
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Igor Nikitin (ice hockey) (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
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Igor Oistrakh (born 1931), Ukrainian violinist
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Igor Olshanetskyi (born 1986), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
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Igor Olshansky
Igor Olshansky (; born 3 May 1982) is a Ukrainian-born former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2004 ...
(born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
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Igor Omura Fraga (born 1998), Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
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Igor Pavlov (athlete)
Igor Vladimirovich Pavlov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Павлов, born 18 July 1979 in Moscow) is a Russian pole vaulter.
He won the silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, and in the following years he became indoor cham ...
(born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
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Igor Rasko
Igor Vladimirovich Rasko (russian: Игорь Владимирович Расько; born October 7, 1966) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre.
Rasko played 170 games for Krylya Sovetov Moscow of the Soviet Hockey League from 1981 ...
(born 1966), Russian ice hockey player
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Igor Savitsky (1915–1984), Russian art collector and art museum director.
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Igor Sechin (born 1960), Russian businessman and politician
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Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), Russian poet
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Igor Shesterkin
Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin (russian: Игорь Олегович Шестёркин, commonly spelled as Shesterkin; born 30 December 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (N ...
(born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
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Igor Shuvalov (born 1967), Russian politician
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Igor Sijsling (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
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Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (russian: И́горь Ива́нович Сико́рский, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvitʃ sʲɪˈkorskʲɪj, a=Ru-Igor Sikorsky.ogg, tr. ''Ígor' Ivánovich Sikórskiy''; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972)Fortie ...
(1889–1972), Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
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Igor Smirnov (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century clas ...
(1882–1971), Russian-born composer of Ukrainian descent
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Igor Subbotin
Igor Subbotin (born 26 June 1990) is an Estonian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Estonian Meistriliiga club Nõmme Kalju.
Club career
Levadia
Subbotin made his debut for Levadia in 2009. He won his first Meistriliiga tit ...
(born 1990), Estonian footballer
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Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), Ukrainian prince
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Igor Sypniewski
Igor Sypniewski (10 November 1974 – 4 November 2022) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a forward.
A resident of the Bałuty area of Łódź, he was believed to be one of the greatest prospects of Polish football, however ...
(1974–2022), Polish football forward
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Igor Śmiałowski (1917–2006), Polish actor
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Igor Tudor
Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille.
Tudor spent most of his playing career at Juventus, winning several trophies during that time. H ...
(born 1978), Croatian footballer and manager
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Igor Ursov (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
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Igor Yebra (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
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Igor Zubeldia (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer
Ihor
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Ihor Bazhan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Chuchman
Ihor Chuchman ( uk, Ігор Романович Чучман; born 15 February 1985) is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for Irtysh Pavlodar in the Kazakhstan Premier League.
He transferred to Illychivets Mariupol during the 2007–08 ...
(born 1985), Kazakhstani footballer
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Ihor Della-Rossa
Ihor Della-Rossa (born 25 April 1939) is a Ukrainian racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of ...
(born 1939), Ukrainian racewalker
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Ihor Huz (born 1982), Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
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Ihor Kalynets
Ihor Myronovych Kalynets ( uk, Ігор Миронович Калинець; born 1939) is a Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissident.
Background
Kalynets was born in Khodoriv, the son of an agronomist. His parents upheld Ukrainian cultural tradition ...
(b. 1939), Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
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Ihor Kharatin (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Kharchenko (born 1962), Ukrainian diplomat
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Ihor Kirienko (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Kohut (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Kolykhaiev (born 1971), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
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Ihor Kolomoyskyi (born 1963), Ukrainian businessman
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Ihor Kononenko
Ihor Vitaliiovych Kononenko ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Кононенко; born 21 August 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician.
Kononenko is a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (8th convocation) since November 2014, first depu ...
(born 1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician
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Ihor Kyrylenko (born 1991), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
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Ihor Kyryukhantsev (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Lytovchenko (born 1966), Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
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Ihor Lutsenko (politician) (born 1978), Ukrainian journalist and politician
*Igor Melnik (born 1997), Russian footballer
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Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Nasalyk (born 1962), Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
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Ihor Olefirenko (born 1990), Ukrainian long distance runner
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Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
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Ihor Plastun (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Podolchak
Ihor Podolchak ( ua, Ігор Подольчак, pl, Ihor Podolczak; born April 9, 1962) is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist. He is a co-founder of the creative association Masoch Fund, participant of the Ukrainian New Wave.
Ihor Podo ...
(born 1962), Ukrainian film director and visual artist
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Ihor Prokopchuk (born 1968), Ukrainian diplomat
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Ihor Rainin or Raynin (born 1973), Ukrainian politician
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Ihor Reptyukh (born 1994), Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
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Ihor Rybak
Ihor Mykhaylovych Rybak ( ua, Ігор Михайлович Рибак, also spelled Igor Rybak, 21 March 1934 – 28 September 2005) was a Ukrainian weightlifter. He competed for the Soviet Union twice, at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956 Euro ...
(1934–2005), Ukrainian weightlifter
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Ihor Reznichenko
Ihor Reznichenko ( uk, Ігор Резніченко, pl, Igor Rezniczenko; born 30 December 1994) is a former Ukrainian figure skater who competed for Poland. He is the 2017 Slovenia Open champion and a three-time Polish national champion (20 ...
(born 1994), Ukrainian figure skater
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Ihor Sahach
Ihor Sahach ( uk, Ігор Михайлович Сагач) (born 19 May 1956) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.
Education
Ihor Sahach graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in ...
(born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat
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Ihor Shcherbak
Ihor Oleksandrovych Shcherbak ( uk, Ігор Олександрович Щербак, 9 June 1943 – 20 November 2002) was a Ukrainian middle-distance runner who represented Soviet Union in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
References
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(1943-2002), Soviet long-distance runner
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Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
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Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
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Ihor Sorkin
Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin ( uk, Ігор В'ячеславович Соркін, Ihor Vyacheslavovych Sorkin) is a former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.
Biography
Early years. Military career
Igor Sorkin was born on March 3, 1967 i ...
(born 1967), Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
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Ihor Surkis
Ihor Mikhaylovich Surkis ( uk, Ігор Михайлович Суркіс; born 22 November 1958) is a Ukrainian oligarch best known for being an owner and President of Dynamo Kyiv since 2002. His brother, Hryhoriy Surkis, was the head of the Fo ...
(born 1958), Ukrainian businessman
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Ihor Tsvietov
Ihor Tsvietov (born 2 March 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes as T35-classified athlete in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events. He won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, ...
(born 1994), Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
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Ihor Tyschenko (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
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Ihor Yukhnovskyi (born 1925), Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
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Ihor Zubko
Ihor Zubko ( ua, Ігор Альбертович Зубко; born 30 September 1991) is a Ukrainian football striker. In 2014, he acquired Russian citizenship as Igor Albertovich Zubko (russian: Игорь Альбертович Зубко).
I ...
(born 1991), Ukrainian footballer
Ihar
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Ihar Hermianchuk (1961–2002), Belarusian journalist and political activist.
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Ihar Hershankou (1981—2018), convicted Belarusian murderer and fraudster
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Ihar Makarau
Ihar Viktaravich Makarau ( be, Ігар Віктаравіч Макараў; born 20 July 1979 in Kimry, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union), also commonly known by the Russian spelling Igor Viktorovich Makarov (russian: И́горь Ви́кторов ...
(born 1979), Belarusian judoka
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Ihar Maystrenka (born 1959), Belarusian former rower
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Ihar Razhkow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
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Ihar Rynkevich (born 1968), Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
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Ihar Stasevich (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
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Ihar Tarlowski (born 1974), Belarusian footballer and coach
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Ihar Truhaw (born 1976), Belarusian footballer and coach
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Ihar Tsaplyuk
Ihar Yuryevich Tsaplyuk ( be, Ігар Юр'евіч Цаплюк; russian: Игорь Юрьевич Цаплюк, ''Igor Yuryevich Tsaplyuk''; born 15 July 1970) is a former Belarusian football player.
Between 2004 and 2010 he worked at Torpe ...
(born 1970), Belarusian footballer
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Ihar Zyankovich (born 1987), Belarusian footballer
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Ihar Zyulew
Ihar Zyulew ( be, Ігар Зюлеў; russian: Игорь Зюлев; born 5 January 1984) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player.
Honours
Naftan Novopolotsk
*Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual associati ...
(born 1984), Belarusian footballer and coach
See also
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Yegor
References
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