Mikhail Gorbachev
Last Soviet leader, ended Cold War, glasnost and perestroika
The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union who introduced glasnost and perestroika, leading to the end of the Cold War. His reforms fundamentally transformed Soviet politics.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russian oligarch, Yukos founder, imprisoned by Putin regime
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Principal ballet dancer, defected from USSR, choreographer
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle
Mikhail Lomonosov
Polymath, chemist, physicist, founder of Moscow State University
Political Leader
Russian
1931
2022
Thinking about the name
Mikail
Hebrew origin
“A Slavic or Eastern European form of Michael, derived from Hebrew 'who is like God?' Mikail has a distinctly European, intellectual character that appeals to families with Eastern Orthodox or Slavic heritage. The name maintains the spiritual weight of Michael while offering a more cosmopolitan, worldly quality.”