Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav, is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of the Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацлаў, Croatian Vjenceslav, Czech Václav and Polish Wacław and Wieńczysław, which is Latinised as Wenceslaus.
It is a Slavic dithematic name derived from the Slavic words vyache, "great", and slava, "glory, fame". A common short form is Slava.
Notable people
Notable people with the given name Vyacheslav include:Academia
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian philologist and scholar specialising in Indo-European studies
- Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lebedev, Soviet and Russian mathematician, known for his work on numerical analysis and development of the Lebedev quadrature
- Vyacheslav Lypynsky, Ukrainian historian, social and political activist who founded the Ukrainian Democratic-Agrarian Party
- Vyacheslav Nikonov, Russian political scientist and the grandson of Vyacheslav Molotov, for whom he is named
- Vyacheslav Shokurov (born 1950, Russian mathematician best known for his research in algebraic geometry and now a full Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Arts, entertainment and literature
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian symbolist poet and philosopher
- Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, director of the 1988 Soviet animated film The Kitten from the Lizyukov street
- Vyacheslav Klykov, Russian sculptor who specialized in public monuments to key figures of national history and culture
- Vyacheslav Kryklyvyy, known as Slavik Kryklyvyy, Ukrainian-born ballroom dancer specialising in International Latin
- Vyacheslav Nevinny, Russian actor who worked in the Moscow Art Theatre and was titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986
- Vyacheslav Ivanovich Polunin, better known as Slava Polunin, Russian performance artist and clown
- Vyacheslav Rybakov, Soviet and Russian science fiction author
- Vyacheslav Shalygin, Russian science fiction writer who completed medical school after reaching the rank of starshina in the Soviet Army
- Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, Russian and Soviet actor and director of the Taganka Theatre Studio in Moscow from 1966
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Soviet and Russian actor best known for his role as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series Seventeen Moments of Spring
- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev, more commonly known as Slava Zaitsev, Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer
- Vyacheslav Khrapak, Editor of the Journal of Thought, a biannual publication devoted to the reflective examination of educational issues and problems from the perspective of diverse disciplines.
Diplomats
- Vyacheslav Dolgov, Soviet and Russian diplomat who has served as Ambassador to Australia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Slovenia, and since 2005, he has been lecturing in consular law
- Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Russian diplomat who is presently the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Armenia
- Vyacheslav Trubnikov, Russian journalist, political scientist, spy and diplomat who served as Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and was appointed Ambassador to India in 2004
Military
- Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Russian-born Soviet Guards Junior Sergeant and squad commander who was killed in Afghanistan and posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Borisov, Russian general who commanded troops in the 2008 South Ossetian War
- Vyacheslav Kevorkov, KGB major general who in 2010 published a book about journalist and agent provocateur Victor Louis
- Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof, Ukrainian-born Soviet Commissar and Chief of Naval Forces of the USSR
- Vyacheslav Zudov, Russian-born Soviet cosmonaut who spent 2 days in space in 1976 as Commander on Soyuz 23
Music
- Vyacheslav Artyomov , Russian and Soviet composer
- Vyacheslav Bodolika, Moldavan musician and member of Russian musical group Premyer-Ministr
- Vyacheslav Butusov, lead singer of Russian rock group Nautilus Pompilius, who started his own career as a singer after its disbandment
- Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Russian composer and singer also known as Doctor Shlyager
- Vyacheslav Ganelin, Lithuanian Jewish jazz musician and composer
- Vyacheslav Kruglik, Russian composer and conductor
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov , Austrian-born Belarusian classical music composer
- Vyacheslav Mescherin, Soviet musician noted for producing music with synthesisers and his long-time directorship of the Moscow Orchestra of Electromusical Instruments
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, Russian composer and former student of Dmitri Shostakovich
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Soviet and Russian composer
- Vyacheslav Suk , Czech-born Russian violinist, conductor and composer
- Vyacheslav Bodolika, Moldavan musician and member of Russian musical group Premyer-Ministr
- Vyacheslav Polozov, is an operatic spinto tenor from the former Ukrainian SSR.
Politics
- Vyacheslav Bitarov, Russian politician, Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania and Chairman of the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, one of the commanders during Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Vyacheslav Chornovil, Ukrainian politician and prominent dissident to Soviet policies who paved the path for Ukraine's independence
- Vyacheslav Dudka, Governor of the Russian Oblast of Tula
- Vyacheslav Gayzer, Russian politician who is currently serving as President of the Komi Republic
- Vyacheslav Jordan, Moldovan politician who served as interim general mayor of Chisinau
- Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich, Belarusian political figure who served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus
- Vyacheslav Kislitsyn, Russian politician who served as President of Mari El
- Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov, Belarusian politician who served as Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in 1994
- Vyacheslav Lypynsky, Ukrainian historian, social and political activist who founded the Ukrainian Democratic-Agrarian Party
- Vyacheslav Malyshev, Soviet politician for whom the Malyshev Factory in Ukraine is named
- Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Polish-Russian revolutionary, Soviet statesman and Party official
- Vyacheslav Molotov, birth name Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Scryabin, Soviet politician and diplomat for whom the Molotov cocktail was derisively named
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, President of the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia
- Vyacheslav von Plehve, director of police in Tsarist Russia and later Minister of the Interior
- Vyacheslav Pozgalyov, appointed governor of Vologda Oblast in Russia in 1996
- Vyacheslav Prokopovych, Ukrainian politician and historian
- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Scryabin, birth name of Vyacheslav Molotov
- Vyacheslav Shtyrov, Russian politician who was President of the Sakha Republic, a federal subject of Russia
Royalty
- Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia, Romanov grand duke and youngest son of Grand Duke Constantine Nicholaevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna
- Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl
Sports
Association football (soccer)
- Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan, Russian football player and coach who played 2 matches for the USSR national team
- Vyacheslav Amin, Kyrgyzstani football player and member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team
- Vyacheslav Andreyuk, Russian-born Soviet football player who twice played for the USSR national team
- Vyacheslav Bazylevych, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Chadov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Chanov, Russian football player and current coach
- Vyacheslav Checher, Ukrainian football player who is a member of the Ukrainian national team
- Vyacheslav Danilin, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Dayev, Russian football player who was a member of the Russian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Vyacheslav Dmitriyenko, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Dmitriyev, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Geraschenko, Belarusian football player, member of the Belarus national team, and coach
- Vyacheslav Hleb, Belarusian football player
- Vyacheslav Horbanenko, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Hrozny, Ukrainian soccer coach
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Kamoltsev, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Kartashov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Kernozenko, Cuba-born Ukrainian football player who was also a member of the Ukraine national team
- Vyacheslav Kirillov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Komarov, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Kovneristov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Krendelyov, Turkmenistani football player and member of the Turkmenistan national team
- Vyacheslav Krykanov, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov , Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Leshchuk, Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Lugovkin, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Lychkin, Azerbaijani football player who was a member of the Azerbaijani national team
- Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian football player and member of the Russian national football team
- Vyacheslav Malakeev, Russian-born Finnish football player
- Vyacheslav Marushko, Russian-born Soviet football player, and coach
- Vyacheslav Melnikov, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Melnikov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Nurmagombetov, Russian football player who holds Kazakhstani citizenship
- Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Petrukhin, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Ponomarev, Uzbek football player who made one appearance for the Uzbekistan national team in 2000
- Vyacheslav Protsenko, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Rafikov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Rodin, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Semyonov, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Serdyuk, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian football player who has made 16 appearances for the Ukrainian national team
- Vyacheslav Sobolev, Kazakhstani football player
- Vyacheslav Solovyov, Russian-born Soviet football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Sukristov, Lithuanian football player and manager
- Vyacheslav Sviderskyi, Ukrainian football player who played in Ukraine's 2006 World Cup Squad
- Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Verushkin, Russian football player
- Vyacheslav Volkov, Russian football player and coach
- Vyacheslav Zapoyaska, Ukrainian football player
- Vyacheslav Zemlyanskiy, Russian football player
Athletics
- Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Russian Olympic Gold Medallist in the 50 km race walk event
- Vyacheslav Lykho, Russian Olympic shot putter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia
- Vyacheslav Muravyev, Kazakhstani Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres events
- Vyacheslav Shabunin, Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres
- Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian Olympic athlete who won World and European Indoor championships in high jump
Boxing
- Vyacheslav Glazkov, Ukrainian super heavyweight division boxer and Olympic Bronze Medallist
- Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Russian middleweight boxer and Olympic Gold Medallist representing the USSR
- Vyacheslav Senchenko, Ukrainian boxer who won the WBA welterweight title on April 10, 2009
- Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Belarusian light welterweight boxer and Olympic Gold Medallist for the USSR
Canoeing
- Vyacheslav Ionov, Soviet sprint canoer who won an Olympic gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event
- Vyacheslav Kononov, Soviet sprint canoer who won two World Championship gold medals in the K-2 10000 m event
- Vyacheslav Kutuzin, Soviet Olympic sprint canoer who competed in the K-4 1000 m event
- Vyacheslav Tsekhosh, Ukrainian sprint canoer who won a World Championship silver medal in the C-1 4 × 200 m relay event in 2010
- Vyacheslav Vinnik, Soviet sprint canoer who won World Championship medals Championships in the K-1 4 × 500 m and K-4 1000 m events in 1963
- Vyacheslav Yonov, Soviet sprint canoer who won a World Championship gold medal in the K-4 10 000 m event in 1966
Ice hockey
- Vyacheslav Anisin, Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and is the father Winter Olympic ice dancing champion Marina Anissina
- Vyacheslav Bulanov, Russian ice hockey referee, who has officiated at both Winter Olympics and World Hockey Championship matches
- Vyacheslav Buravchikov, Russian ice hockey player
- Vyacheslav Butsayev, Russian professional ice hockey player and Winter Olympics Gold Medallist
- Vyacheslav Bykov, Soviet and Russian ice hockey player, dual Winter Olympics Gold Medallist, and present head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team
- Vyacheslav Chistyakov, Russian ice hockey player
- Vyacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player and dual Winter Olympics Gold Medallist who was the inaugural Chairman of the WADA Athlete Committee
- Vyacheslav Kozlov, Russian ice hockey player and two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Detroit Red Wings
- Vyacheslav Kulemin, Russian ice hockey player
- Vyacheslav Litovchenko, Russian ice hockey player
- Vyacheslav Starshinov, Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and has been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame
- Vyacheslav Voynov, Russian ice hockey player
Other sports
- Vyacheslav Atavin, Soviet and Russian handball player who has won gold medals at European and World Championships and at the Olympic Games
- Vyacheslav Chukanov, Olympic Gold Medalist in show jumping with the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Denisov, Uzbek basketball player who is a member of the Uzbekistan national team and made his debut at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championships
- Vyacheslav Domani, Russian Olympic volleyball player who won a bronze medal competing for the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Dryagin, Russian Winter Olympic skier and World Championships bronze medalist who competed for the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Dubinin, runner up in the Individual Ice Racing World Championship in 1966 and 1967
- Vyacheslav Ekimov, Russian gold medal-winning Olympic road and track cyclist who was named Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001
- Vyacheslav Gorpishin, Russian Olympic Gold Medalist in handball
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian rower who was the first three-time Olympic gold medalist in the single scull event
- Vyacheslav Koloskov, Russian and Soviet sport functionary who served as vice-president of FIFA
- Vyacheslav Kravtsov, Ukrainian basketball player
- Vyacheslav Kurennoy, Russian Olympic water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Nikulin, represented Russia and later Germany at the Individual Ice Racing World Championship, runner up in 2002 and third place
- Vyacheslav Oleynyk, Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist
- Vyacheslav Pimenov, Russian triathlete, supersprint junior champion and the Olympic Distance junior silver medalist in 2010
- Vyacheslav Savlev, Soviet bobsledder who finished runner-up in the two-man event for the 1985–86 World Cup season
- Vyacheslav Shyrshov, Ukrainian Olympic swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2001 European Championships
- Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, Russian mixed martial arts fighter
- Vyacheslav Vedenin, Russian-born Soviet Olympic and World Championships Gold Medalist in cross country skiing
- Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Russian volleyball player who won Olympic gold and silver medals for the Soviet Union
- Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk, four-time Ukrainian national figure skating champion
Other people
- Vyacheslav Grinko, fictional former Spetznaz soldier in the Splinter Cell series of video games and novels
- Vyacheslav Ivankov, assassinated member of the Russian Mafia
- Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, Russian architect and one of the first Soviet experts in skyscraper construction
- Vyacheslav Ivanovich Silin, Russian gunsmith known for his development of the Silin gun
- Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Tichonitsky, Metropolitan Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe
Other
- Soviet ship Vyacheslav Molotov, one of two Iosif Stalin-class passenger ships launched in 1939