Varvara
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Varvara (Cyrillic: Варвара; Greek: Βαρβάρα, romanized: Varvára), a variant of "Barbara", may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Varvara, Azerbaijan
- Varvara, Prozor, on the Rama river, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Varvara, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
- Varvara, Pazardzhik Province, Septemvri Municipality, Bulgaria
- Varvara, Chalkidiki, Greece
- Varvara, Tearce, Tearce Municipality, Republic of North Macedonia
Books
[edit]- Varvara, US title of 1956 novel Sea of Glass by Dennis Parry
People
[edit]- Varvara (singer)
- Varvara Annenkova (1795–1866), Russian poet
- Varvara Bakhmeteva, Mikhail Lermontov's muse
- Varvara Baruzdina (1862–1941), Russian painter
- Varvara Barysheva (born 1977), Russian speed skater
- Varvara Bubnova (1886–1983), Russian painter and pedagogue
- Varvara Flink, Russian tennis player
- Varvara Golitsyna (née Engelhardt (1752–1815), Russian lady in waiting and noble
- Varvara Ivanova (born 1987), Russian virtuoso harpist
- Varvara Lepchenko (born 1986), former Uzbekistan and now American tennis player
- Varvara Massalitinova (1878–1945), Russian theatre and film actress
- Varvara Mestnikova, Russian chess player
- Varvara Rudneva (1844–1899), first Russian women physician
- Varvara Saulina, Russian chess player
- Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958), Russian artist
- Varvara Subbotina, Russian synchronized swimmer
- Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox saint
- Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884–1941 or 1944), Russian politician
- Varvara Zelenskaya (born 1972), Russian alpine skier
- Varvara Zubova, Russian gymnast