Mels (name)

Mels is a given name. It was created in the Soviet Union as an acronym of the major Communist figures:
Мэлс (Маркс, Энгельс, Ленин и Сталин),
Mels (Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin).

Notable people with the given name include:

• Mels An (born 1949) Soviet and Uzbekistani sambo wrestler, Honored Coach of Uzbekistan (1982)
• Mels Bekboyev (born 1952), Kyrgyzstani military commander
• Mels Dabayev Soviet and Russian arher
• Mels Eleusizov (born 1950), Kazakh public figure and ecologist. He was a candidate for President of Kazakhstan in the 2005 and 2011 elections
• Mels Kosymbayev (born 1970), Kazakhstani poet
• Mels Safin, Soviet and Kazakhstani architect
• Sambuyev (1940–1981), was a Buryat poet in the Soviet Union.
• Mels Turjanov (1940–2004) Russian physician and public figure

Fictional characters

• Mels Biryukov, main character in the 2008 Russian film Stilyagi