Ekaterina is a Russian feminine

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forms of Ekaterina. Its Western counterpart is Catherine (Katherine). Notable people with the name can be found below.

Arts

* Ekaterina Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter * Ekaterina Sedia (born 1970), Russian fantasy author * Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova (born 1982), American Drag Performer

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 (born 1969), Russian water polo player * Ekaterina Antropova (born 2003), Russian-Italian volleyball player * 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 Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva (; born 28 May 1971) is a Soviet and Russian figure skater. With her late husband Sergei Grinkov, she is the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion, a four-time World Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990), a th ...

(born 1971), Russian Olympic and World figure skating champion * Ekaterina Ivanova (biathlete) (born 1977), Belarusian biathlete * Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis) (born 1987), Bychkova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player * Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian rower *

Yekaterina Khramenkova Yekaterina Khramenkova (; 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 Championships (Stuttgart, West Germany ...

(born 1956), Soviet long-distance runner *

Ekaterina Kramarenko Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kramarenko (, born April 22, 1991, in Leningrad) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars and 2014 World bronze medalist in the team competition. Senior career At the ...

(born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast *

Yekaterina Lobaznyuk Ekaterina Vladimirovna Lobaznyuk (; born June 10, 1983, in Fergana, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, winning three medals. Her name is sometimes written Ekateri ...

(born 1983), Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney *

Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva (; born 13 March 1985) is a retired Russian speed skater. She won bronze medals in the team pursuit at the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics. Career In the season of 2005–06 Lobysheva acted for the first time in ...

(born 1985), Russian speed skater *

Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Gra ...

(born 1988), Ivanova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player *

Yekaterina Nesterenko Yekaterina Nesterenko (; born 11 October 1976 in Tambov) is a Russian former alpine skier who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter m ...

(born 1976), Russian alpine skier * Ekaterina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower athlete *

Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Ilyinychna Podkopayeva (; born 11 June 1952 in Moscow) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she won two bronze medals at the World Championships ...

(born 1952), middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia *

Ekaterina Selezneva Ekaterina Sergeyevna Selezneva (, ''Yekaterina Sergeyevna Seleznyova'', born 18 May 1995 in Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform indiv ...

(born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Ekaterina Shatnaya (born 1979), Kazakhstani athlete * Ekaterina Shliapnikova (born 2005), Russian canoeist * Yekaterina Smirnova (born 1956), Soviet heptathlete * Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Vasilieva (born 1976), Russian water polo player * Ekaterina Vandaryeva, a Russian kickboxer

Politics

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

in Russian is called ''Yekaterina Velikaya'' * Ekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974), first woman to be admitted into Politburo * Ekaterina Kalinina (1882–1960), Soviet politician and First Lady of the Soviet Union * Yekaterina Kuskova (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 (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 * Ekaterina Korbut, woman Grandmaster of chess * Ekaterina Maximova (1939–2009), Russian ballerina * Ekaterina Peshkova (1887–1965), Russian human rights activist and humanitarian * Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik (born 1982), Russian-Turkish Grandmaster of chess * Ekaterina Zelyonaya (1902–1991), Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry

Fictional characters

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

Life Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as Cell signaling, signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, Structure#Biological, organisation, met ...

'' *Ekaterina Dmitrievna Smokovnikova, '' The Road to Calvary'' *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 ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial in ...

*Ekaterina 'Kitty' Erzabet Enfield, a character in Spirit Box Radio

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