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

Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...

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People

Royalty

Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I, group=pron (Russian language, Russian: Николай I Павлович; – ) was Emperor of Russia, List of rulers of Partitioned Poland#Kings of the Kingdom of Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 18 ...

(1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 *

Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until Abdication of Nicholas II, hi ...

(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 (born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger *

Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; ; – 24 March 1948) was a Russian Empire, Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialism, Christian existentialist who emphasized the existentialism, existential spiritual significance of Pe ...

(1874–1948), Russian religious and political philosopher * Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman *

Nikolai Bukharin Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (; rus, Николай Иванович Бухарин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ bʊˈxarʲɪn; – 15 March 1938) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and Marxist theorist. A prominent Bolshevik ...

(1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician *

Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (; – 24 February 1975) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958. He also served as Minister of Defense (Soviet Union), Minister of Defense, following service in the Red Army during World War II. ...

(1895–1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence *

Nikolai Chernykh Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh ( rus, Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х, , nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈnɨx, links=yes; 6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004Казакова, Р.К. Памяти Николая Сте ...

(1931–2004), Russian astronomer * Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977), Soviet politician * Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer * Nikolai Goc (born 1986), German ice hockey player *

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...

(1809–1852), Russian dramatist and novelist * Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) American bassist for The Strokes *

Nikolai Khabibulin Nikolai Alexandrovich Khabibulin (; rus, Николай Александрович Хабибулин, p=xəbʲɪˈbulʲɪn, born January 13, 1973) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Known by the nickname "The Bulin Wall", h ...

(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 Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (; , ; – ) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry, and also for his fundamental study on Dirichlet integrals, kno ...

(1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer * Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004), third son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus * Nikolai Maspanov (born 1945), Estonian politician * 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 Pegov (1905–1991), Soviet official and diplomat * Nikolai Pozdneev (1930–1978), Russian painter * Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888), Russian geographer and explorer *

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. At the time, his name was spelled , which he romanized as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakow; the BGN/PCGN transliteration of Russian is used for his name here; ALA-LC system: , ISO 9 system: .. (18 March 1844 – 2 ...

(1844–1908), Russian composer * Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian painter, conductor and composer *

Nikolai Ryzhkov Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (; ; 28 September 1929 – 28 February 2024) was a Russian politician. He served as the last Premier of the Soviet Union, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and was succeeded b ...

(1929-2024), Russian politician * Nikolai Shchelokov (1910–1984), Soviet statesman and army general * Nikolai Sinebrychoff (1789-1848), Russian businessman * 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 Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ( – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, ...

(1905–1997), Russian politician * Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Russian painter * Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born 1985), Australian footballer * Nikolai Tirkkonen (1875-1926), Finnish merchant * Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), Russian boxer and world heavyweight champion *

Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Ivanovich_Vavilov.ogg; – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet agronom ...

(1887–1943), Russian botanist and geneticist *

Nikolai Volkoff Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-Americans, Croatian-American professional wrestling, professional wrestler from Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, ...

(1947–2018), professional WWF wrestler *

Nikolai Yezhov Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov ( rus, Николай Иванович Ежов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ (j)ɪˈʐof; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet Chekism, secret police official under Joseph Stalin who ...

(1895–1940), head of NKVD and perpetrator of the Great Purge * Nikolai Zherdev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey player

Nikolay

* Nikolay Baskov (born 1976), Russian singer * Nikolay Bobrikov (1839-1904), Russian Governor-General of Finland *

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...

(born 1981), professional tennis player * Nikolay Dollezhal (1899–2000), Soviet nuclear reactor designer, head of NIKIET from 1952–1986 * 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 Rastorguev (born 1957), lead singer of the Russian group Lyube * Nikolay Shubin (born 1956), Georgian-born Russian serial killer

Other uses

* Nikolai, Alaska, a city in the United States ** Nikolai Airport, an airport serving Nikolai, Alaska *

Nikolai (vodka) Nikolai is a brand of vodka on the market in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, ...