Vladimir (disambiguation)
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Vladimir is a city in Russia. The term may also refer to:
- Names
- Vladimir (name), Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, and Serbian spelling of a Slavic name
- Waldemar (disambiguation) for Germanic version of name
- Volodymyr (name) for Ukrainian version of name
- Places
- Vladimir-Suzdal, medieval principality
- Vladimir, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro
- Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania
- Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania
- Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia
- Volodymyr-Volynskyi, a city in Ukraine
- Religious leaders
- Metropolitan Vladimir (disambiguation), multiple
- Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Musicians
- Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989) Russian American legendary classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937–) Russian-Icelandic renowned classical pianist and conductor
- Nobles
- Vladimir of Bulgaria (fl. 889–893), King of Bulgaria
- Vladimir I of Kiev (980–1015), medieval ruler of Kievan Rus
- Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Veliky Knyaz of Kievan Rus, prince of Kiev; also ruled in Rostov and Suzdal
- Vladimir II Mstislavich (1132–1173), Prince of Dorogobuzh, Vladimir, and Volyn, Slutsk, Tripolye and Grand Prince of Kiev
- Vladimir of Novgorod (1020–1052), Prince of Novgorod
- Vladimir III Rurikovich (1187–1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl, Smolensk and Grand Prince of Kiev
- Vladimir of Staritsa (1533–1569), Appanage Prince of Russia, cousin to Tsar Ivan the Terrible
- Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), Prince of Wallachia and Governor of Transylvania
- Vlad III the Impaler (1431–1476), aka Dracula, Prince of Wallachia
- Political and military leaders
- Vladimir the Bold (1353–1410), commander of the Muscovite armies in the 14th century
- Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), pseudonym of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first leader of the Soviet Union
- Vladimir Putin, current President of the Russian Federation
- Sportspeople
- Wladimir Balentien (b. 1984), outfielder for the Seattle Mariners
- Vladimir González (b. 1978), Colombian road cyclist
- Vladimir Guerrero (b. 1976), baseball player
- Wladimir Klitschko (b. 1976), professional boxer
- Vladimir Latocha (b. 1973), French breaststroke swimmer
- Vladimir Timoshinin (b. 1970), Russian diver
- Vladimir Parfyonov (b. 1970), Uzbekistani javelin thrower
- Vladimir Popov (weightlifter) (b. 1977), Moldovan weightlifter
- Vladimir Portnoi (b. 1931), Soviet Olympic silver and bronze medalist in gymnastics
- Wladimir Ribeiro (b. 1967), Brazilian swimmer
- Vladimir Orlando Cardoso de Araújo Filho (b. 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Oleg Prudius (aka Vladimir Kozlov) (b. 1972), Ukrainian professional wrestler
- Fictional characters
- Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), also known as Vladimir "Albert" and "Didi", a character in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
- Vovochka, diminutive form of Vladimir, common character in Russian jokes
- Count Dracula, aka Vlad Dracula, from Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula
- Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
- Actors, writers, poets
- Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938–1980), actor, poet, bard, writer
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899–1977), multilingual Russian novelist
- Ships
- Vladimir (ship, 1848) Imperial Russian Navy ship
See also
- Vlad
- Volodymyr (disambiguation)
- Vladimirov
- Vladimirovka (disambiguation)
- Vladimirsky (disambiguation)
- Vladimirovsky
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