Vladimir (disambiguation)

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Vladimir is a city in Russia. The term may also refer to:

Names

• Vladimir (name), Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, and Serbian spelling of a Slavic name
• Waldemar (disambiguation) for Germanic version of name
• Volodymyr (name) for Ukrainian version of name

Places

• Vladimir-Suzdal, medieval principality
• Vladimir, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro
• Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania
• Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania
• Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia
• Volodymyr-Volynskyi, a city in Ukraine

Religious leaders

• Metropolitan Vladimir (disambiguation), multiple
• Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Musicians

• Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Russian American legendary classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937-) Russian-Icelandic renowned classical pianist and conductor

Nobles

• Vladimir of Bulgaria (fl. 889-893), King of Bulgaria
• Vladimir I of Kiev (980–1015), medieval ruler of Kievan Rus
• Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Veliky Knyaz of Kievan Rus, prince of Kiev; also ruled in Rostov and Suzdal
• Vladimir II Mstislavich (1132–1173), Prince of Dorogobuzh, Vladimir, and Volyn, Slutsk, Tripolye and Grand Prince of Kiev
• Vladimir of Novgorod (1020–1052), Prince of Novgorod
• Vladimir III Rurikovich (1187–1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl, Smolensk and Grand Prince of Kiev
• Vladimir of Staritsa (1533–1569), Appanage Prince of Russia, cousin to Tsar Ivan the Terrible
• Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), Prince of Wallachia and Governor of Transylvania
• Vlad III the Impaler (1431–1476), aka Dracula, Prince of Wallachia

Political and military leaders

• Vladimir the Bold (1353–1410), commander of the Muscovite armies in the 14th century
• Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), pseudonym of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first leader of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Putin, current President of the Russian Federation

Sportspeople

• Wladimir Balentien (b. 1984), outfielder for the Seattle Mariners
• Vladimir González (b. 1978), Colombian road cyclist
• Vladimir Guerrero (b. 1976), baseball player
• Vladimir Latocha (b. 1973), French breaststroke swimmer
• Vladimir Timoshinin (b. 1970), Russian diver
• Vladimir Parfyonov (b. 1970), Uzbekistani javelin thrower
• Vladimir Popov (weightlifter) (b. 1977), Moldovan weightlifter
• Vladimir Portnoi (b. 1931), Soviet Olympic silver and bronze medalist in gymnastics
• Wladimir Ribeiro (b. 1967), Brazilian swimmer
• Oleg Prudius (aka Vladimir Koslov) (b. 1972), Russian professional wrestler

Fictional characters

• Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), also known as Vladimir "Albert" and "Didi", a character in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
• Vovochka, diminutive form of Vladimir, common character in Russian jokes
• Count Dracula, aka Vlad Dracula, from Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula
• Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends

Actors, writers, poets

• Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky, 1938-01-25 - 1980-07-25, Actor, Poet, Bard, Writer
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977), multilingual Russian novelist

See also

• Vlad
• Volodymyr (disambiguation)
• Vladimirov
• Vladimirovka (disambiguation)
• Vladimirsky (disambiguation)
• Vladimirovsky

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