Nikolay

Nikolay or Nikolai is a Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people." It may refer to:

People

• Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or I, the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
• Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, the last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917
• Nikolai Antropov (1980), Kazhakstani ice hockey player for the Atlanta Thrashers
• Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian religious and political philosopher
• Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
• Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence
• Nikolai Chernykh (1931-2004), Russian astronomer
• Nikolai Goc (b. 1986), German ice hockey player
• Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian dramatist and novelist
• Nikolai Khabibulin (b. 1973), NHL ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers
• Nikolai Kinski (b. 1976), film actor
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792-1856), Russian mathematician and geometer
• Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951), Russian composer and pianist
• Nikolai Melnikov (b. 1948), Soviet Olympic champion water polo player
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950), Russian composer
• Nikolai Novosjolov (b. 1980), Estonian fencer
• Nikolai Pozdneev (1930-1978), Russian painter
• Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Russian geographer and explorer
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), a Russian composer
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881), Russian painter, conductor and composer
• Nikolai Ryzhkov (b. 1929), Russian politician
• Nikolai Slichenko (b. 1934), leader of the Moscow "Romen" Music and Drama Gypsy Theater
• Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor
• Nikolai Tikhonov (1905-1997), Russian politician
• Nikolai Tikhonov (writer) (1896-1979), Soviet writer
• Nikolai Timkov (1912-1993), Russian painter
• Nikolai Valuev (b. 1973), professional boxer and former heavyweight champion
• Nikolai Vavilov (1887-1943), Russian botanist and geneticist
• Nikolai Volkoff (b. 1947), professional WWF wrestler
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), head of NKVD and perpetrator of the Great Purge
• Nikolai Zherdev (1984), Russian ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
• Nikolay Davydenko (b. 1981), professional tennis player
• Nikolay Epshtein (born 1918), Soviet ice hockey coach
• Nikolay Pechalov (b. 1970), Olympic and World champion in weightlifting
• Prince Nikolai of Denmark (b. 1999)

Places

United States

• Nikolai, Alaska, a city

Other

• Nikolai (vodka), a brand of vodka.

See also

• Alwin Nikolais