Mykola

Mykola (, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian and Belarusian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to:

== People == thumb|Mykola Voronyi (1871–1938), Ukrainian writer, poet, actor, director, and political activist Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, writer, historian, and cultural activist Mykola Avilov (born 1948), Ukrainian Soviet decathlete, competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics Mykola Azarov (born 1947), Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 Mykola Babak (born 1954) is a Ukrainian artist, writer, publisher, and art collector Mykola Bahlay (born 1976), Ukrainian football forward Mykola Bakay (1931–1998), Ukrainian singer, composer, poet, author and Soviet dissident Mykola Balan, Ukrainian military official, Lieutenant General, a commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet and politician Mykola Belokurov (1926–2006), Soviet middle-distance runner Mykola Berezutskiy (born 1937), Ukrainian hurdler Mykola Bevz (born 1954), Ukrainian scientist, architect, member of ICOMOS Mykola Biliashivsky (1867–1926), Ukrainian archaeologist, ethnographer, art historian Mykola Bilokon (born 1955), Ukrainian politician, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2003–2005) Mykola Bohuslavsky (1850–1933), organiser & sponsor of the kobzar renaissance in the Kuban, a community leader, publisher Mykola Budnyk, luthier and traditional performer in the Kobzar tradition Mykola Burachek (1871–1942), Ukrainian Impressionist painter and pedagogue Mykola Butsenko (born 1991), Ukrainian amateur boxer Mykola Buy (born 1996), professional Ukrainian football midfielder Mykola Bychok (born 1980), cardinal and catholic Ukrainian bishop Mykola Chaban, Soviet and Ukrainian journalist, Ukrainian prose writer, specialist in Dnipropetrovsk region Mykola Chupryna (born 1962), Ukrainian rower Mykola Dementiuk (born 1949), American author Mykola Dibrova, Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy Mykola Dmitrishin (born 1990), Ukrainian badminton player Mykola Dovhan (born 1955), Ukrainian Olympic rower Mykola Dzhyha (born 1949), Ukrainian career militsiya officer and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada Mykola Fedorenko (born 1955), Soviet football player, current Ukrainian football coach Mykola Fedoruk (1954–2025), Ukrainian politician, mayor of Chernivtsi Mykola Fomin (1905–1975), Soviet football player Mykola Fominykh (1927–1996), Soviet football coach and football administrator Mykola Gogol (1809–1852), Ukrainian-born writer who wrote in Russian because the Ukrainian language was banned in the Russian Empire Mykola Grigoriev (1885–1919), paramilitary leader noted for numerous switching of sides during the civil war in Ukraine Mykola Hlushchenko (1901–1977), Ukrainian artist Mykola Hnatyuk (born 1952), Soviet, Ukrainian singer, popular in the early 1980s Mykola Hobdych (born 1961), Ukrainian choral conductor, founder and director of the Kyiv Chamber Choir Mykola Holonyak (1928–2022), American engineer and educator Mykola Holovko (1937–2004), Ukrainian football (soccer) player and coach Mykola Holubets (1891–1942), Ukrainian historian, archivist, local historian, art historian, poet, prose writer, publicist, editor, translator, and bibliographer. Mykola Horbal (born 1940), Ukrainian dissident, human right activist, member of parliament of Ukraine Mykola Hordiychuk (born 1983), Ukrainian weightlifter Mykola Hrabar, self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Mykola Hreshta (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer Mykola Hrinchenko (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder Mykola Hulak (1821–1899), Ukrainian political and cultural activist, journalist, scientist, interpreter, lawyer Mykola Ischenko (born 1983), Ukrainian footballer Mykola Ivanovych Tseluiko (1937–2007), Ukrainian painter and textile artist Mykola Ivasyuk (1865–1937), Ukrainian painter; executed during the Great Purge Mykola Kanevets, Artistic Director & Ballet Master of the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Mykola Kapustiansky (1879–1969), General in the army of the Ukrainian National Republic, founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Mykola Karpov (1929–2003), Ukrainian playwright Mykola Karpuk (born 1982), Ukrainian bodybuilder and personal trainer Mykola Karpyuk, Ukrainian political activist, former vice leader of the UNA-UNSO, member of the central council of the Right Sector Mykola Katerynchuk, Ukrainian politician and lawyer, former member of the Ukrainian parliament Mykola Khvylovy (1893–1933), Ukrainian writer and poet of the early Communist era Ukrainian Renaissance (1920–1930) Mykola Kmit (born 1966), Ukrainian politician and the former head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration Mykola Kniazhytskyi (born 1968), Ukrainian journalist, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Head of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality Mykola Kolessa (1903–2006), Ukrainian composer and conductor Mykola Koltsov (1936–2011), Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer Mykola Kolumbet (1933–2012), Ukrainian cyclist Mykola Komarov (born 1961), Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics Mykola Kondratyuk (1931–2006), Soviet and Ukrainian Chamber concert and opera singer (baritone), educator, social activist Mykola Konrad, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest who became a martyr in 1941 Mykola Kostyak (born 1954), Ukrainian politician Mykola Koval (born 1952), Belarusian-born operatic baritone Mykola Kovtalyuk (born 1995), Ukrainian football forward Mykola Kravchenko (1983 – 2022), Ukrainian public and political figure, historian Mykola Kremer, Ukrainian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s Mykola Krotov (1898–1978), Ukrainian and Soviet football player and manager Mykola Krupnyk (born 1972), Ukrainian biathlete Mykola Kucher (born 1959), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur Mykola Kudrytsky (born 1962), Ukrainian professional football player Mykola Kulinich (born 1953), Ukrainian diplomat Mykola Kulish (1892–1937), Ukrainian prose writer, playwright, pedagogue, veteran of World War I, Red Army veteran Mykola Kut (born 1952), Ukrainian artist Mykola Kvasnyi (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender Mykola Labovskyi (born 1983), Ukrainian middle-distance runner Mykola Lahun, Ukrainian businessman, the majority shareholder and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of JSC Delta Bank Mykola Lebed (1909–1998), Ukrainian political activist, Ukrainian nationalist, and guerrilla fighter Mykola Lebid (1936–2007), Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, designer, Honored Artist of Ukraine, and professor Mykola Lemyk (1914–1941), Ukrainian political activist and leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921), Ukrainian composer, choral conductor, and teacher Mykola Liubynsky (died 1938), Ukrainian politician and diplomat Mykola Livytskyi (1907–1989), Ukrainian politician and journalist Mykola Luchok (born 1974), Ukrainian prelate of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli, Auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Mukachevo Mykola Lukash (1919–1988), Ukrainian literary translator, theorist and lexicographer Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912), Ukrainian musician and composer Mykola Lytvyn, chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, General of the Army of Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn (footballer) (born 1963), professional Ukrainian football coach and former player Mykola Makhynia (1912–1990), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach Mykola Malomuzh (born 1955), Ukrainian politician, General of the army of Ukraine Mykola Marchak (1904–1938), Ukrainian and Soviet politician, acting Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR Mykola Marchenko (1943–2018), sculptor, a representative of realism in Ukrainian art Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), Russian Imperial historian, ethnographer, musician and poet of Ukrainian Cossack descent Mykola Martynenko (born 1961), Ukrainian politician Mykola Matviyenko (born 1996), Ukrainian football left defender Mykola Medin (born 1972), Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player Mykola Melnychenko (born 1966), bodyguard of Leonid Kuchma (President of Ukraine), an officer of the State Security Administration Mykola Melnyk (1953–2013), Ukrainian pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter mission on the dangerously-radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Mykola Mikhnovsky (1873–1924), Ukrainian political and social activist, lawyer, journalist, founder, ideologue and leader of a Ukrainian independence movement Mykola Milchev (born 1967), Ukrainian sports shooter and 2000 Olympic skeet champion Mykola Morozyuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer Mykola Mozghovyi (1947–2010), Ukrainian and Soviet composer, producer, and songwriter Mykola Musiyenko (born 1959), Ukrainian former triple jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine Mykola Musolitin (born 1999), professional Ukrainian football midfielder Mykola Mykhailov (1903–1936), Ukrainian bandurist, composer and arranger Mykola Nakonechnyi (born 1981), retired Ukrainian football player Mykola Nechyporuk (1952–2025), Ukrainian scientist Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky (1768–1846), purported author of a famous musical hoax Symphony No. 21, perpetrated by composer and violinist Mikhail Goldstein Mykola Pavlenko (born 1979), Ukrainian football player Mykola Pavlov (born 1954), former Ukrainian football defender, former head-coach of Illychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League Mykola Pavlyuk (born 1995), professional Ukrainian football defender Mykola Pawluk (born 1956), television video editor over four decades Mykola Pinchuk (born 1946), retired Ukrainian and Soviet football player Mykola Plaviuk (1925–2012), Ukrainian social and political activist in emigration, who served as the last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile Mykola Polyakov, Ukrainian scientist and rector of Dnipropetovsk National University Mykola Popovych (born 1971), Ukrainian cross-country skier Mykola Porsh, political and civil activist of Ukraine, economist, member of the Russian Constituent Assembly Mykola Prostorov (born 1994), Ukrainian male trampoline gymnast and member of the national team Mykola Prystay (born 1954), retired Soviet football player and current Ukrainian coach Mykola Prysyazhnyuk (born 1960), the former Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Puzderko (born 1990), Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials Mykola Pymonenko (1862–1912), Ukrainian painter Mykola Redkin (born 1928), Ukrainian athlete Mykola Riabchuk (born 1953), Ukrainian public intellectual, journalist, political analyst, literary critic, translator and writer Mykola Riabovil (1883–1919), Ukrainian political figure in the Kuban Mykola Rohozhynskyy, self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Mykola Rudenko (1920–2004), Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissident, human rights activist, founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Mykola Savolaynen (born 1980), Ukrainian triple jumper Mykola Selivon, Ukrainian jurist, judge, diplomat and former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Mykola Semena (born 1950), Ukrainian journalist who worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mykola Shaparenko (born 1998), Ukrainian professional football midfielder Mykola Shapoval (1886–1948), military, public and political figure, Major General of the Ukrainian People's Army Mykola Shevchenko, former Ukrainian football player, former head coach of Indian I-League side Churchill Brothers Mykola Shmatko (1943–2020), contemporary Ukrainian sculptor and painter Mykola Shytyuk (1953–2018), Ukrainian academician, historian, doctor of historical sciences Mykola Simkaylo (1952–2013), eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi in Ukraine since 2 June 2005 until his death Mykola Skorodynskyi (1751–1805), Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch Mykola Skoryk (born 1972), Ukrainian politician who was Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mykola Skriabin (born 1978), Ukrainian alpine skier Mykola Skrypnyk (1872–1933), Ukrainian Communist leader, proponent of the Ukrainian Republic's independence Mykola Soroka (1952–2024), Ukrainian mechanical engineer and politician Mykola Stakhovsky (1879–1948), Ukrainian diplomat, politician, medic Mykola Stasyuk, Ukrainian political and public figure Mykola Storozhenko (painter) (1928–2015), Ukrainian painter Mykola Stsiborskyi (1897–1941), Ukrainian nationalist politician, chief theorist of the central leadership council of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian American pianist and Merited Artist of Ukraine Mykola Sumtsov (1854–1922), Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, art historian, literary scholar, educator and museum expert Mykola Syniuk (born 1988), Ukrainian paracanoeist Mykola Szczerbak (1927–1998), Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist, a prolific herpetologist, a full professor and a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mykola Tabola (1952–2025), Ukrainian oncologist Mykola Temniuk (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer Mykola Tomenko (born 1964), Ukrainian politician Mykola Tomyn (born 1948), former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics Mykola Tsybulenko (1942–1998), Ukrainian major general Mykola Tsygan (born 1984), Ukrainian football goalkeeper Mykola Vasylenko (1866–1935), Ukrainian academician historian and law professor Mykola Vechurko (born 1992), professional Ukrainian football midfielder Mykola Velychkivsky (1889–1976), economist, professor, Ukrainian politician and statesman, chairman of the Ukrainian National Council Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956), Ukrainian composer, professor at the Odesa and Kyiv Conservatories Mykola Volosyanko (1972–2012), Ukrainian professional footballer and assistant manager Mykola Voronyi (1871–1938), Ukrainian writer, poet, actor, director, and political activist Mykola Vynnychenko (born 1958), former Soviet Ukrainian race walker Mykola Yankovsky (born 1944), former Ukrainian businessman who has influenced Ukraine's chemical production landscape and made it environmentally friendly Mykola Yunakiv (1871–1931), Ukrainian general, military pedagogue Mykola Yurchenko (born 1966), Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer Mykola Zaichenkov, Ukrainian sprint canoeist Mykola Zaludyak (1941–2010), Ukrainian politician and the first secretary (mayor) of Kremenchuk city committee of Communist Party of Ukraine Mykola Zerov (1890–1937), Ukrainian poet, translator, classical and literary scholar and critic Mykola Zhabnyak (born 1979), Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events Mykola Zhovtyuk (born 1992), professional Ukrainian football defender Mykola Zlochevsky (born 1966), Ukrainian oil and natural gas businessman, politician and a Ukrainian oligarch