Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:

People

Royalty

* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917 * Prince Nikolai of Denmark (born 1999)

Other people

Nikolai

* Nikolai Aleksandrovich (disambiguation) or Nikolay Aleksandrovich, several people * Nikolai Antropov (born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger *

Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; ; – 24 March 1948) was a Russian Empire, Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialism, Christian existentialist who emphasized the existentialism, existential spiritual significance of Pe ...

(1874–1948), Russian religious and political philosopher * Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician * Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence * Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomer * Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977), Soviet politician * Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer * Nikolai Goc (born 1986), German ice hockey player * Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), Russian dramatist and novelist * Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) American bassist for The Strokes * Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), Russian former ice hockey goaltender * Nikolai Kinski (born 1976), film actor * Nikolai Kotlyar (1935–2003), Soviet engineer, maritime specialist and politician * Nikolai Kulemin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey winger * Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer * Nikolai Lukashenko (born 2004), third son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus * Nikolai Maspanov (born 1945), Estonian politician * Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), Russian composer and pianist * Nikolai Melnikov (born 1948), Soviet Olympic champion water polo player * Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), Russian composer * Nikolai Novosjolov (born 1980), Estonian fencer * Nikolai Onoprienko (1911–1979), Soviet Red Army colonel * Nikolai Pegov (1905–1991), Soviet official and diplomat * Nikolai Pozdneev (1930–1978), Russian painter * Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888), Russian geographer and explorer * Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer * Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian painter, conductor and composer * Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929-2024), Russian politician * Nikolai Shchelokov (1910–1984), Soviet statesman and army general * Nikolai Sinebrychoff (1789-1848), Russian businessman * Nikolai Slichenko (1934–2021), Soviet and Russian singer, actor, and theatre director * Nikolai Tanayev (1945–2020), Kyrgyz politician * Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor * Nikolai Tikhonov (writer) (1896–1979), Soviet writer * Nikolai Tikhonov (1905–1997), Russian politician * Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Russian painter * Nikolai Topor-Stanley (born 1985), Australian footballer * Nikolai Tirkkonen (1875-1926), Finnish merchant * Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), Russian boxer and world heavyweight champion * Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), Russian botanist and geneticist * Nikolai Volkoff (1947–2018), professional WWF wrestler *

Nikolai Yezhov Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov ( rus, Николай Иванович Ежов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ (j)ɪˈʐof; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet Chekism, secret police official under Joseph Stalin who ...

(1895–1940), head of NKVD and perpetrator of the Great Purge * Nikolai Zherdev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey player

Nikolay

* Nikolay Baskov (born 1976), Russian singer * Nikolay Bobrikov (1839-1904), Russian Governor-General of Finland * Nikolay Davydenko (born 1981), professional tennis player * Nikolay Dollezhal (1899–2000), Soviet nuclear reactor designer, head of NIKIET from 1952–1986 * Nikolay Epshtein (1919–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach * Nikolay Pechalov (born 1970), Olympic and World champion in weightlifting * Nikolay Peskov (born 1990), Russian army veteran * Nikolay Rastorguev (born 1957), lead singer of the Russian group Lyube * Nikolay Shubin (born 1956), Georgian-born Russian serial killer

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