Galina

Galina (Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian; Галина) is a Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian feminine form of Galen. Also Galene was one of the Nereid Nymphs and the goddess of calm seas.^[1]

Galina is also a surname.

Notable bearers of this name include:

• Galina Antyufeyeva Transnistrian politician and the wife of Vladimir Antyufeyev.
• Alina Astafei known before 1995 as ‘’’Galina Astafei’’’
• Galina Beloglazova Russian rhythmic gymnast
• Galina Borzenkova Russian handball player
• Galina Brezhneva daughter of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
• Galina Bogomolova Russian long-distance runner
• Galina Bukharina Soviet athlete
• Galina Bystrova Soviet athlete
• Galina Chistyakova, Soviet long jumper
• Galina Dyuragina Russian author and child psychologist
• Galina Dzhugashvili Russian translator of French
• Galina Efremenko Ukrainian figure skater
• Galina Eguiazarova Russian pianist
• Galina Ermolaeva Russian rower
• Galina Gorokhova Russian and former Soviet fencer
• Galina Grzhibovskaya former Soviet figure skater
• Galina Kakovkina Russian artist
• Galina Kreft Soviet sprint canoer
• Galina Kulakova Soviet cross country skier
• Galina Kofman Russian-born, American computer scientist
• Galina Kopernak Russian theater actress
• Galina Koukleva Russian biathlete
• Galina Likhachova Russian speed skater
• Galina Malchugina Russian sprinter
• Galina Mezentseva Russian ballerina
• Galina Miklínová Czech illustrator and director
• Galina Mishenina Russian rower
• Galina Murašova Lithuanian is a discus thrower
• Galina Onoprienko Russian handball
• Galina Pedan Kyrgyz athlete
• Galina Penkova Bulgarian sprinter
• Galina Pilyushenko Soviet cross country skier
• Galina Polskikh Soviet film actress
• Galina Poryvayeva Russian sprint canoer
• Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet swimmer
• Galina Rytova Russian/Kazakhstani water polo player
• Galina Samsova Russian ballerina
• Galina Savenko Soviet sprint canoer
• Galina Savinkova, track and field athlete
• Galina Sergeyeva (1914–2000) Russian actress
• Galina Shatalova neurosurgeon, MD, clinical researcher
• Galina Shamrai Soviet gymnast
• Galina Shubina Russian poster and graphics artist.
• Galina Stancheva Bulgarian volleyball player
• Galina Starovoytova Russian politician and ethnographer
• Galina Stepanskaya speed skater
• Galina Ulanova Russian ballerina
• Galina Ustvolskaya Russian composer of classical music
• Galina Vale Ukrainian virtuoso guitarist
• Galina Varlamova Evenk writer
• Galina Vinogradova Russian orienteering competitor
• Galina Vishnevskaya Russian soprano opera singer
• Galina Voskoboeva Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player
• Galina Yershova prominent Russian academic historian
• Galina Zmievskaya Ukrainian figure skating coach
• Galina Zhikareva Soviet sprint canoer
• Galina Zybina Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower

1. ^ http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/NereisGalene.html