Ekaterina is a Russian feminine

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, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian Yekaterina.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 (born 1982), American Drag Performer

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 * 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

Politics

* Catherine the Great in Russian is called ''Yekaterina Velikaya'' * Ekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974), first woman to be admitted into Politburo * Ekaterina Kalinina (1882–1960), Soviet politician and First Lady of the Soviet Union * Yekaterina Kuskova (1869–1958), Russian Marxist political figure * Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810), the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great * Ekaterina Svanidze (1880–1907), Georgian first wife of Joseph Stalin * Eka (Ekaterine) Tkeshelashvili (born 1977), Georgian jurist and former minister of foreign affairs of Georgia

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 ''

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'' *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

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