Ekaterina

{{Other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Ekaterina | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = Pristine | region = | languageorigin = Russian | alternative spelling = {{cyrl|Екатерина}} | nickname = | variant forms = Yekaterina, Ekaterine | related names = | seealso = Katerina, Katherine | wikt = | footnotes = }}

'''Ekaterina''' is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian '''Yekaterina'''.<ref>[http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/e/origin-and-meaning-of-ekaterina.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ekaterina]</ref> Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Its Western counterpart is Catherine (Katherine). Notable people with the name can be found below.

==Arts== *Ekaterina Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter *Ekaterina Sedia (born 1970), Russian fantasy author *Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, persona of American drag performer Brian Joseph McCook (born 1982)

==Sports== *Yekaterina Abramova (born 1982), Russian speed skater *Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player *Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (2000–2020), Russian-Australian pairs skater *Ekaterina Anikeeva (born 1969), Russian water polo player *Ekaterina Antropova (born 2003), Russian-Italian volleyball player *Ekaterina Bychkova (born 1985), Russian professional tennis player *Ekaterina Dafovska (born 1975), Bulgarian biathlete *Ekaterina Dzehalevich (born 1986), Belarusian professional tennis player *Yekaterina Gamova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player *Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971), Russian Olympic and World figure skating champion *Ekaterina Ivanova (biathlete) (born 1977), Belarusian biathlete *Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis) (born 1987), Bychkova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player *Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian rower *Yekaterina Khramenkova (born 1956), Soviet long-distance runner *Ekaterina Kramarenko (born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast *Ekaterina Kurakova (born 2002), Russian-Polish figure skater, who represented Poland at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympic Games *Yekaterina Lobaznyuk (born 1983), Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney *Yekaterina Lobysheva (born 1985), Russian speed skater *Ekaterina Makarova (born 1988), Ivanova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player *Yekaterina Nesterenko (born 1976), Russian alpine skier *Ekaterina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower athlete *Yekaterina Podkopayeva (born 1952), middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia *Ekaterina Selezneva (born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast *Ekaterina Shatnaya (born 1979), Kazakhstani athlete *Ekaterina Shliapnikova (born 2005), Russian canoeist *Yekaterina Smirnova (born 1956), Soviet heptathlete *Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Vasilieva (born 1976), Russian water polo player *Ekaterina Vandaryeva, a Russian kickboxer *Ekaterina Yashina (born 1993), Russian tennis player

==Politics== *Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia, called in Russian Yekaterina Velikaya *Ekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974), first woman to be admitted into the Politburo *Ekaterina Kalinina (1882–1960), Soviet politician and First Lady of the Soviet Union *Yekaterina Kuskova (1869–1958), Russian Marxist political figure *Ekaterina Svanidze (1880–1907), Georgian first wife of Joseph Stalin *Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810), the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great

==Other fields== *Yekaterina Geltzer (1876–1962), prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935 *Yekaterina Golubeva (1966–2011), Russian actress *Ekaterina 'Katia' Ivanova (born 1988), Kazakh-born English model and contestant on Celebrity Big Brother 2010 *Ekaterina Korbut, woman Grandmaster of chess *Ekaterina Maximova (1939–2009), Russian ballerina *Ekaterina Peshkova (1887–1965), Russian human rights activist and humanitarian *Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik (born 1982), Russian-Turkish Grandmaster of chess *Ekaterina Zelyonaya (1902–1991), Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry

==Fictional characters== *Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko *Ekaterina Golovkina, a character in the ''Life'' *Ekaterina Dmitrievna Smokovnikova, ''The Road to Calvary'' *Kate Daniels from the Magic Series by Ilona Andrew's. Kate' real name is Ekaterina, but she always calls herself Kate. *Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya (Kitty), a character in Anna Karenina *Ekaterina 'Kitty' Erzabet Enfield, a character in Spirit Box Radio

==See also== *Katherine *Ekaterina, branch in the Cahill family (''The 39 Clues'')

==References== {{Reflist}}

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