Olga

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Olga or Olha is an East Slavic female given name derived from the Old Slavic Volga (free man) or Volh (pagan priest), or from the Norse Helga. In the Cyrillic alphabet it is written Ольга, which is transliterated from Russian as Olga and from Ukrainian as Olha.

Contents 1 People 1.1 Russian imperial family 1.2 Others 2 Places 3 Other uses

[edit] People

[edit] Russian imperial family

• Olga of Kiev (or Olha of Kyiv) (d. 969), wife of Igor, Grand Prince of Kiev.
• Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822-1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia, wife to Charles I, King of Württemberg
• Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (1839-1891), wife of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
• Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), Queen consort to George I, King of Greece; reigned as Queen regent of Greece in 1920
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882–1960), sister of Nicholas II of Russia
• Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918), the eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia

[edit] Others

• Olga Appell (born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
• Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), a German-Brazilian communist militant
• Olga Desmond (1891-1964), German actress and dancer
• Olga Korbut, gymnast
• Olga Markova (athlete) (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner
• Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater
• Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakhstani high jumper
• Olga Kharitidi Russian psychiatrist and author
• Olha Kobylyanska, Ukrainian writer
• Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian athlete
• Olha Zubaryeva, Ukrainian handball player

[edit] Places

Australia

• Mt Olga (Kata Tjuta), a mountain-like rock formation in central Australia

Russia

• Olga, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai
• Olga Bay, a bay of the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai

United States

• Olga, Florida, a census-designated place
• Olga, Washington, a village on Orcas Island

Canada

• Olha, Manitoba, a village

[edit] Other uses

• OLGA, an acronym for "On-Line Guitar Archive"
• Organic Land Grid Array, a type of packaging for integrated circus
• Olga (opera) (2006), by Jorge Antunes, based on the life of Olga Benário Prestes
• Tropical Storm Olga (2007): a post-season tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Olga Gurlukovich, a fictional character from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Olga, A brand of women's lingerie.