Galina
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This article is about the given name "Galina". For other uses, see Galina (disambiguation).
Galina (Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian; Галина) is a Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian feminine form of Galen. Also Galene was one of the Nereid mermaids 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
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