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A few years before the Shoah, the Jewish population of the Soviet lands (excluding the Baltic states) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that over half died directly as a result of the Shoah. Many more emigrated to Israel, USA, Argentina, and Germany, though Russia and Ukraine still have among the larger Jewish populations in the world today (440,000 Russia, 300,000 Ukraine). The following is a list of Jews from the Soviet Union lands. It is geographically defined, so it includes people born before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1917 and people who became prominent subsequent to its break-up in 1990. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:NOR Wikipedia is not the place for original research such as new theories. ... kobe is the best NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yesssssssssss not because KG is. ... The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. ... Ashkenazi (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי, Standard Hebrew Aškanazi, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAškănāzî) Jews or Ashkenazic Jews, also called Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי&#1501... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardîm) is a Jew original to the... Karaite Judaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by reliance on the Tanakh as the sole scripture, and rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmuds) as halakha (Legally Binding, i. ... kobe is the best NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yesssssssssss not because KG is. ...

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Many Jews from those areas reached greatness, those are examples of few of them. Up: Isaac Levitan, Lev Landau, Osip Mandelstam, Shalom Aleichem, Boris Pasternak. Down: Anton Rubinstein, Isaac Babel, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Perelman, Leon Trotsky.

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Issac Levitan. ... Lev Davidovich Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у) (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist, who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. ... Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (also spelled Mandelshtam) (Russian: ) (January 15 [O.S. January 3] 1891 – December 27, 1938) was a Jewish Russian poet and essayist, one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets. ... Shalom aleichem (or sholom aleichem) (Hebrew שלום עליכם ; Yiddish שלום־עליכם ÅŸolem aleyxem) is a greeting in Hebrew, meaning Peace be upon you. The appropriate response is Aleichem shalom. This form of greeting is common in the Middle East. ... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Russian: ) (February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1890 – May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel Doctor Zhivago. ... Rubinsteins portrait by Ilya Repin. ... Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Latvian: Sergejs EizenÅ¡teins) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ... Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman (Russian: ), born 13 June 1966 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. ...   (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ...

Historical figures

Politicians

• Yuri Andropov,^[1]a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just fifteen months later.
• Georgy Arbatov, Soviet politician, academic & political advisor ^[2]
• Dimitri Bogrov, Soviet politician ^[3]
• Anatoly Chubais, Deputy Prime Minister, now Chairman of UES^[18]
• Mikhail Fradkov, Prime Minister ^[4]
• Adolf Joffe, Bolshevik diplomat ^[5][6][7]
• Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician ^[8][19][20]
• Lev Kamenev, Bolshevik leader ^[21] (half Jewish)
• Maxim Litvinov, Soviet ambassador and Minister of Foreign Affairs ^[22][9][10]
• Julius Martov, Menshevik leader^[23][11]
• Boris Nemtsov, Deputy Prime Minister ^[24] (half Jewish)
• Karl Radek, Soviet politician ^[25][12], ^[13]
• Grigory Sokolnikov, Bolshevik politician ^[14]
• Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik leader, the first head of state of the Russian SFSR ^[15], ^[16]
• Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik politician, the founder of the Red Army^{[26][27][17][18]}
• Moisei Uritsky, Soviet politician ^[28][19]
• Genrikh Yagoda, head of Secret Police in the Stalin era (1934-1936) ^[20][29]
• Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian politician, head of a liberal "Yabloko" party^[30] (half Jewish)
• Grigory Zinoviev, Soviet politician ^[21][31][32]

Andropov, then the LKSM KFSSR First Secretary, speaks at the May 9, 1945, victory celebrations Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Russian: , Jurij Vladimirovič Andropov) (June 15 [O.S. June 2] 1914 – February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just... Soviet redirects here. ... Joseph Stalin, first General Secretary The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (First Secretary in 1953-1966) was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenins death in 1924. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian... is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Unified Energy System (UES) is Russias state electric power monopoly. ... Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (Russian: ) (born September 1, 1950) is a Russian politician, and the current Prime Minister of Russia. ... Adolf Abramovich Joffe (Адольф Абрамович Йоффе) (October 10, 1883 – November 16, 1927) was a Russian revolutionary and an associate of Leon Trotsky. ... Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (Russian: ) (November 22, 1893–July 25, 1991) was a Soviet politician and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. ... Lev Borisovich Kamenev   (Russian: Лев Борисович Каменев, born Rosenfeld, Розенфельд) (July 18 [O.S. July 6] 1883 – August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. ... Maxim Litvinov Maxim Maksimovich Litvinov (ru: Макси́м Макси́мович Литви́нов) (July 17, 1876–December 31, 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet diplomat. ... Julius Martov or L. Martov (Ма́ртов, real name Yuli Osipovich Zederbaum (Russian Ю́лий О́сипович Цедерба́ум)) (November 24, 1873 – April 4, 1923) was born in Constantinople in 1873. ... Boris Nemtsov Boris Efimovich Nemtsov (Борис Ефимович Немцов) (born October 9, 1959) is one of the leading members of the liberal Union of Right Forces political party in Russia. ... Karl Radek Karl Radek Karl Berngardovich Radek (October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1885 - May 19, 1939) was a Bolshevik and an international Communist leader. ... Grigory Sokolnikov (1888 - 1939) was a Bolshevik, and a friend of Leon Trotsky. ... Yakov Sverdlov Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в), born Yankel Movshevich Eiman (Russian: Я́нкель Мовшевич Эйман); known under pseudonyms Andrey, Mikhalych, Max, Smirnov, Permyakov (June 3 [O.S. May 22] 1885 – March 16, 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of pre-Soviet Union Soviet Russia. ... State motto: Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Translation: Workers of the world, unite! Capital Moscow Official language Russian Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 November 7, 1917 December 12, 1991 (dissolution) Area  - Total  - Water (%) Ranked 1st in the USSR 17,075,200 km² 13% Population  - Total   - Density Ranked 1st in the...   (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader whose assassination helped precipitate the Red Terror. ... Genrikh Yagoda Genrikh Grigorevich Yagoda (Russian: ; born Yenokh (Enoch) Gershonovich Ieguda (Russian: )[1]; 1891 – March 15, 1938) was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, from 1934 to 1936. ... Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky (born 1952) is a Russian economist, political figure, and reformer. ... Yabloko (official title: the Russian Democratic Party Yabloko, in Russian: Российская демократическая партия Яблоко, (Russian: — Apple)) is a Russian social-liberal party, led by Grigory Yavlinsky. ... Grigory Zinoviev Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евс́еевич Зин́овьев, alternative transliteration Grigorii Ovseyevish Zinoviev, born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky (Радомысльский), also known as Hirsch Apfelbaum, (September 23 [O.S. September 11] 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. ...

Israeli politicians

• Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, Nobel Prize (1978)^[33][34]
• Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, second President of Israel (1952-63)^[35][36]
• Shmuel Dayan, Zionist activist, Israeli politician^[37]
• Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister (1963-69)^[22][38]
• Ephraim Katzir, fourth President of Israel (1973-78)^[23][39]
• Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister (1969-74)^[24][40]
• Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister (1984-86), Nobel Prize (1994)^[41]
• Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister (1983-84, 1986-92)^[42]
• Natan Sharansky, Israeli politician^[43]
• Moshe Sharett, Israeli Prime Minister (1954-55)^[25][44]
• Zalman Shazar, third President of Israel (1963-73)^[26][45]
• Chaim Weizman, first President of Israel (1949-52)^[27][46]

  (August 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992) (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בְּגִין) was a Polish-Jewish head of the Zionist underground group the Irgun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. ... Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (November 24, 1884, Poltava, Ukraine - April 23, 1963, Jerusalem, Israel) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving Israeli president (1952 - 1963). ... Shmuel Dayan (8 August 1891 – 11 August 1968) was a Zionist activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets. ... â–¶(?) (Hebrew לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ) (Born Levi Skolnick) (Hebrew לֵוִי שְׁקוֹלְנִיק) (October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969. ... Ephraim Katzir (born May 16, 1916) is an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labour Party politician. ... Golda Meir (‎, born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898 - December 8, 1978), also known as Golda Myerson from 1917-1956, was one of the founders of the State of Israel. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...   (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. ... Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי, Russian: Натан Борисович Щаранский; born January 20, 1948) is a notable former Soviet anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. ... Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת); born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק), (October 15, 1894 – July 7, 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954-1955), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurions two terms. ... Zalman Shazar (Shneiur Zalman Robshov) (24 November 1889 - October 5, 1974) was an author, poet and the third president of Israel (1963 - 1973). ... Chaim Azriel Weizmann (Hebrew: חיים עזריאל ויצמן) (also: Chaijim W. or Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) was a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann...

Israeli military persons

• Yaakov Dori, the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (1948-1949) ^[47]
• Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of British Jewish Legion ^[28][48]
• Chaim Laskov, the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1958-1961)^[49]
• Joseph Trumpeldor, founder of British Jewish Legion and early pioneer-settler in Israel (born in Pyatigorsk)^[29]
• Tzvi Tzur, the sixth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1961-1964) ^[50]

Yaakov Dori (1899-1973) was the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ... Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... Zeev Jabotinsky in military uniform Zeev Vladimir (Evgenevich) Jabotinsky (or Zhabotinski) (October 18, 1880 - August 4, 1940) was a Zionist leader, author, orator, and founder of the Jewish Legion in World War I. During World War II a similar and larger unit known as the Jewish Brigade would follow. ... Chaim Laskov (1919-1983) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. ... Joseph Trumpeldor in uniform c. ... Pyatigorsk (Russian: Пятигорск) is a city of a population of over 200,000 (2002) located in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River in the Northern Caucasus Federal District of Russia about twenty kilometers from Mineralnye Vody, at 44°2′N 43°4′E. The name Pyatigorsk means five mountains in Russian... Tzvi Tzur ( צבי צור in Hebrew ) (1923 - December 28, 2004) was the Israel Defense Forces 6th Chief of Staff and an Israeli public figure. ...

Soldiers and Revolutionaries

• Osip Aptekman, revolutionary^[51]
• Pavel Axelrod, Menshevik, Marxist revolutionary ^[52][53]
• Yevno Azef, revolutionary ^[54]
• Yakov Blumkin, Soviet spy ^[55]
• Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Soviet Front Commander, WWII ^[56]
• Fedor Dan, revolutionary ^[57]
• Leo Deutsch, revolutionary ^[30]
• David Dragunsky, Soviet tank brigade commander, WWII ^[58]
• Raya Dunayevskaya, founder of Marxist Humanism in the U.S. ^[59]
• Gesya Gelfman, revolutionary ^[60]
• Grigory Gershuni, revolutionary ^[61]
• Moshe Gildenman, partisan commander ^[62]
• Grigory Goldenberg, revolutionary ^[63]
• Olga Kameneva, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician (sister of Leon Trotsky) [64]
• Walter Krivitsky (1899 - 1941) Soviet spy^[65]
• Semyon Krivoshein (1899 - 1978) Soviet mechanized corps commander, WWII^[66]
• Rodion Malinovsky (1898 - 1967) Soviet front commander, WWII, Minister of Defence^[67]
• Mark Natanson (1850 - 1919) revolutionary^[68]
• Alexander Parvus (1867 - 1924) revolutionary^[69][31]
• Theodore Rothstein (1871 - 1953) Russian-British communist^[32]
• Pinhas Rutenberg (1877 - 1942) Zionist, Social revolutionary^[33]
• Moisei Uritsky (1873 - 1918) communist revolutionary^[34]
• V. Volodarsky (1891 - 1918) communist revolutionary^[35]
• Iona Yakir (1896 - 1937) Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II^[36]

Osip Vasiliyevich Aptekman (Russian: Осип Васильевич Аптекман) (March 18(30), 1849 - July 8, 1926) was a Russian revolutionary, member of the Land and Liberty, and one of the founders of the Black Repartition. ... Pavel Borissovich Axelrod (1850-1928). ... Yevno Azef Yevno Azef (1869-1918, also transliterated as Evno Azef), was a Russian socialist revolutionary who was also a double agent working for both as an organizer of assassinations for the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and a police spy for Okhrana. ... Yakov Blumkin Yakov Grigorevich Blumkin (Russian: ; 1898 – 3 November 1929) was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary, assassin, Bolshevik, Checka agent, GPU spy, Trotskyist, and adventurer. ... Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, (Cherniakhovsky), 1906 - 1945, Russian General of the Army (the youngest ever to have this rank), twice Hero of the Soviet Union, brilliant commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, died from wounds received outside Königsberg at age 39. ... Fedor Dan (1871-1949) was born in St Petersburg. ... Lev Grigoriyevich Deich, also known as Leo Deutsch (Russian: Лев Григорьевич Дейч) (September 26, 1855 - August 4, 1941) was a Russian revolutionary, member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and one of the leaders of the mensheviks. ... Categories: People stubs | Anti-Semitism | Russian Jews | Heroes of the Soviet Union | Soldiers ... Raya Dunayevskaya (1910 – 1987) was a Ukrainian born immigrant to the United States of America who was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... The term Marxist humanism has as its foundation Marxs conception of the alienation of the labourer as he advances it in his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844--an alienation that is born of a capitalist system in which the worker no longer functions as (what Marx terms) a... Gesya Mironovna Gelfman (Гельфман, Геся Мироновна in Russian) (between 1852 and 1855 — 2. ... Grigory Andreyevich Gershuni (Russian: Григорий Андреевич Гершуни) (September 29 (O.S. September 17), 1870 - March 29 (O.S. March 16), 1908) was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. ... Grigory Goldenberg also referred to as Gregory Goldenberg born 1856 was a Russian revolutionary and member of Narodnaya Volya (Peoples Will). ... Olga Davidovna Kameneva (1883 (?) - 1941) (nee Bronstein, sometimes translated as Olga Kamenev) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and an early Soviet functionary in the theater field. ...   (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein (November 28, 1899, Voronezh, Russian Empire-September 16, 1978, Moscow, Soviet Union) Soviet tank commander, played a vital part in the reform of the Red Army tank forces and in momentous defeat of German panzer in the great battle of Kursk. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: , Rodion Jakovlevič Malinovskij; November 23, 1898-March 31, 1967) was a Soviet military commander, Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s, who played a key role in World War II, including the major defeat... Mark Andreyevich Natanson (Russian: Марк Андреевич Натансон; alias - Бобров, or Bobrov) (December 25, 1850 (N.S. January 6, 1851) - July 29, 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Circle of Tchaikovsky and Land and Liberty. ... Dr. Helphand (Parvus) Dr. Israel Lazarevich Helphand (last name also spelt as Gelfant), in Russian: Израиль Лазаревич Гельфанд, is known also by his frequently used pseudonym Alexander Parvus. ... Theodore Rothstein (1871 - 1953) was a Russian communist. ... Pinhas Rutenberg (February 5, 1879 — January 3, 1942; Russian: , Pyotr Moiseyevich Rutenberg; Hebrew: ) was a prominent engineer and a businessman, a Russian socialist and a Zionist leader. ... Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader whose assassination helped precipitate the Red Terror. ... V. Volodarsky (1891, Volhyna (Western Ukraine) — June 20, 1918, Petrograd) (Russian: ) born Moisei Markovich Goldshtein or Goldstein (Моисей Маркович Гольдштейн), was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and early Soviet politician. ... Iona Yakir Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir, (August 3, 1896, Kishinev, Bessarabia province, Russian Empire – June 11, 1937, Moscow, Soviet Union), was the Red Army commander and one of the worlds major military reformers between WWI and WWII. // Early years Yakir was born in well to do family of Jewish pharmacist. ...

Business figures

• Roman Abramovich, billionaire, owner of Chelsea F.C. [70]
• Pyotr Aven, billionaire [71]
• Leon Bagrit, pioneer of automation Time Magazine
• Bernhard Baron, cigarette maker and philanthropist [72]
• Sergey Brin,billionaire, co-founder of Google [73]
• Zino Davidoff
• Bernard Delfont [74], impresario
• Mikhail Fridman, billionaire [75]
• Arcadi Gaydamak,billionaire, owner of Portsmouth F.C. , AJ Auxerre, Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC [76]
• Leslie Grade [77], executive
• Lew Grade [78], founder of ATV
• Vladimir Gusinsky, exile,billionaire, former media tycoon [79]
• Boris Khait, businessman and vice-president of the Russian Jewish Congress [80]
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky,billionaire, businessman ^[37]
• Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal [81]
• Morris Markin, founder of Checker Cab [82]
• Michael Marks, co-founder of Marks and Spencers [83]
• Alexander Mashkevich, businessman [84]
• Louis B. Mayer, co-founder MGM [85]
• Leonid Nevzlin, billionaire,businessman [86]
• Ida Rosenthal, founder of Maidenform Brassieres [87]
• David Sarnoff, head of RCA [88]
• Viktor Vekselberg, billionaire ,steelmaker [89]

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (IPA: ) (Russian: ) (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian oil billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Pyotr Olegovich Aven (Peter O. Aven) (Russian: ; b. ... Sir Leon Bagrit (13 March 1902-22 April 1979) was a leading British industrialist and pioneer of automation. ... Bernhard Baron (1850-1929) was a Jewish cigarette-manufacturer and philanthropist. ... Sergey Brin (Russian: ) (born August 21, 1973) is a Russian American entrepreneur. ... Not to be confused with googol. ... Zino Davidoff was born on March 11, 1906 in Kiev in what is now Ukraine, then a part of Czarist Russia. ... Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont of Stepney Kt (5 September 1909-28 July 1994) was a leading Ukrainian-born theatrical impresario. ... Mikhail Fridman (born 26 June 1963) is a Russian businessman. ... Arcadi Gaydamak during a press conference Arcadi Alexandrovich Gaydamak (also spelled Arkadi Gaydamak, Russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак, Hebrew: ארקדי גיידמק) (born 1952 in Ukraine (USSR)) is an Israeli billionaire businessman, and member of the wealthy Gaydamak family. ... Portsmouth Football Club are an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ... Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise, or AJ Auxerre, is a French football team, founded in 1905, playing in the town of Auxerre in Burgundy. ... Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC is an Israeli football club, playing in Sakhnin. ... Leslie Grade (1916-1979) is a British agent and executive with The Grade Organisation. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Vladimir Gusinsky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (Владимир Александрович Гусинский in Russian) (born 1952), a Russian media baron, is known as the founder of Media-Most holding that included Most Bank, the NTV channel, the newspaper Segodnya and magazines. ... The quality of this article or section may be compromised by peacock terms. You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. ... Max Levchin (b. ... eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. ... Born in 1893 in Smolensk, a city in western Russia, Morris Markin worked in a clothing factory during his young years. ... Metal die-cast model of a Checker taxicab Originally, a Checker Cab was a taxi produced by the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company (later known as Checker Motors Corporation) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and operating under the name Checker Cabs in New York and other American cities. ... Michael Marks, (June 1859 – December 31, 1907), was one of the two co-founders of the retail chain Marks and Spencer. ... Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ... Alexander Mashkevich (also transliterated: Alexandr Mashkevic; born in 1954) is a Jewish businessman who holds both Kazakh and Israeli citizenship although, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mashkevich usually travels on his Israeli passport and rarely spends more than a week each month in Kazakhstan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Leonid Nevzlin is a former Russian oligarch and the former CEO of the Russian oil company Yukos. ... Ida Rosenthal (January 9, 1886 - March 29, 1973) (born Ida Kaganovich) was a U.S. (Russian-born) dressmaker and businesswoman who is often credited as the inventor of the brassiere. ... David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891–December 12, 1971) was the Pioneer of American Television and founder of the [National Broadcasting Corporation][1], NBC. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities shortly after its founding in 1919 to his retirement in 1970. ... RCA, formerly an acronym for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark owned by Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson. ... Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg (Russian: ; born April 14, 1957) is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russias third-largest oil and gas company. ...

Scientists

Natural scientists

• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003) [90]
• Zhores Alferov, physicist, Nobel Prize (2000) [91]
• Gersh Budker, nuclear physicist^[38]
• Ilya Frank, physicist, Nobel Prize (1958) ^[39]
• Yakov Frenkel, physicist^[92]
• Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003)^[93]
• Vladimir Gribov, physicist^[94]
• Mikhail Gurevich, co-inventor of the MiG^[95]
• Waldemar Haffkine, biologist, vaccine against colera and plague [96]
• Boris Hessen, physicist^[97]
• Abram Ioffe, nuclear scientist^[40]
• Leonid Keldysh, physicist [98]
• Vladimir Keilis-Borok, physicist^[99]
• Yuli Khariton, physicist^[100]
• Semyon Kosberg, engineer^[101]
• Lev Landau, physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)^[102]
• Semyon Lavochkin, engineer^[103]
• Veniamin Levich, electrochemist^[104]
• Alexander Vilenkin, cosmologist^[105]
• Selman Waksman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)^[106]

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1928, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (also Alfyorov) (Russian: Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров) (born March 15, 1930) is a Soviet/Russian physicist with a Belarusian origin. ... Gersh Itzkovich Budker Gersh Itskovich Budker (Герш Ицкович Будкер) (May 1, 1918 - July 4, 1977) was a Russian nuclear physicist. ... Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (Russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк) (October 23, 1908 – June 22, 1990) was a Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Yakov Frenkel Yakov Ilich Frenkel, Russian: (February 10, 1894, Rostov-on-Don – January 23, 1952, St. ... Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (Russian: ; born October 4, 1916 in Moscow) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the successor to Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of Academys physics institute (FIAN). ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Russian language: Михаил Иосифович Гуревич (December 31, 1892 - November, 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer, a partner (with Artem Mikoyan) of the famous MiG military... Mig may refer to: Mikoyan or MiG, formerly Mikoyan-Gurevich, a Russian military aircraft manufacturer Gas metal arc welding, also called MIG welding Mig Greengard, an online chess columnist (Mig on Chess) Main Industrial Groupings classification in trade statistics Mig Ayesa, an Australian singer-songwriter. ... Indian postage stamp dedicated to W.M. Haffkine Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (March 15, 1860, Odessa, Russia - October 20, 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a Russian bacteriologist of Jewish ancestry. ... Boris M. Hessen. ... Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, October 29, 1880 (new style) – October 14, 1960) was a prominent Soviet/Russian physicist. ... Vladimir Keilis-Borok was born in Moscow, Russia on July 31, 1921. ... Julii Borisovich Khariton (Ю́лий Бори́сович Харито́н, February 27, 1904 - December 18, 1996) was a Soviet physicist working in the field of atomic energy. ... Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg (Семен Ариевич Косберг in Russian) (October 1(14), 1903, Slutsk - January 3, 1965, Voronezh) was a Soviet constructor, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961). ... Lev Davidovich Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у) (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist, who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Semyon Lavochkin Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин in Russian) (August 29, 1900 - June 9, 1960), a Soviet aircraft designer, Corresponding Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1958), Major General of the Aviation Engineering (1944), Hero of Socialist Labor (1943 and 1956), member of the CPSU from 1953. ... ALEXANDER VILENKIN is Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University. ... Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – 16 August 1973) was an Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition lead to the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. ...

Mathematicians

• Georgy Adelson-Velsky, mathematician [107]
• Vladimir Arnold, mathematician ^[41]
• Joseph Bernstein, mathematician [108]

Georgy M. Adelson-Velsky Georgy Maximovich Adelson-Velsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Макси́мович Адельсо́н-Ве́льский; name is sometimes transliterated as Georgii Adelson-Velskii), (b. ... Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (Russian: Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, born June 12, 1937 in Odessa, USSR) is one of the worlds most prolific mathematicians. ... Joseph Bernstein recruited his fellow Communist T.A. Bisson who had stopped working at the Board of Economic Warfare (BEW) and began working in the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) and in the editorial offices of Bernstein’s periodical Amerasia. ...

Social scientists

• Solomon Buber, Hebraist [109]
• Jean Gottmann, geographer ^[42]
• Simon Kuznets, economist, Nobel Prize (1971)^[43]
• Wassily Leontief, economist, Nobel Prize (1973)^[44]
• Jacob Marschak, economist [110]
• Alexander Nove, economist (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)

Solomon (or Salomon) Buber was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works; born at Lemberg (currently Lviv, Ukraine) on Feb. ... Jean Gottmann (October 10, 1915 – February 28, 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for coining the term megalopolis to describe the condition of the Boston-Washington corridor. ... Simon Smith Kuznets (April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was an American economist at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Economics for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social... Wassily Leontief (August 5, 1905, Munich, Germany – February 5, 1999, New York)[1], was an economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Jacob Marschak (* 23 July 1898 Kiev, Ukraine; † 27 July 1977 Los Angeles, USA) was an American economist of Ukrainian origin. ... Alexander Nove FRSE, FBA (24 November 1915, Saint Petersburg - 15 May 1994, Glasgow) was Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow. ... The Jewish Year Book is an almanac targetted at the Jewish community in the United Kingdom. ...

Cultural figures

Musicians

• Yuri Bashmet, violist [111]
• Irving Berlin composer and lyricist^[45]
• Mischa Elman, violinist^[46]
• Anthony Fedorov, singer, American Idol finalist^[47]
• Josef Gingold (1909-1995) violinist^[48]
• Tina Karol, singer^[49]
• Andrei Makarevich, singer/songwriter^[50]
• Regina Spektor, singer-songwriter and pianist^[51]

Yuri Bashmet (Russian: Юрий Башмет, Ukrainian: Юрій Башмет, (24 January 1953, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia), Moscow-based contemporary conductor and viola soloist. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... Mischa Elman Mischa Elman (January 20, 1891 – April 5, 1967) was a Ukrainian-born violinist, famed for his passionate style and the beauty of his tone. ... Anthony Fedorov (born Anatoliy Vladimirovich Fedorov (Russian: Анатолий Владимирович Фёдоров) (Ukrainian: Анатолій Володимирович Фёдоров) on May 4, 1985) is a Ukrainian-American singer who was the fourth place finalist on the fourth season of the American Idol reality show series. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tina Karol Tina Karol (Ukrainian: , born on January 25, 1985) is a Ukrainian singer. ... Andrei Vadimovich Makarevich (Russian: (born December 11, 1953, Moscow) is a Russian bard, musician, composer, poet, writer, graphics artist and producer of Jewish origin[1]. He is a cofounder and a leader of cult rock group Mashina Vremeni. ... Regina Spektor (Russian: ) (born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. ...

Performing and fine artists

• Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908), playwright and theatre director [112]
• Roman Kartsev, actor^[52]
• Gennady Khazanov, comedian ^[53]
• Jacob Kramer, painter ^[54]
• Mila Kunis, television actress Kunis explains at ^[55]
• Ernst Neizvestny, sculptor ^[56]
• Elena Ralph, model ^[57]
• Issachar Rybak, painter from Yelizavetgrad ^[58]
• Yakov Smirnoff, American comedian ^[59]
• Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American film/television actor ^[60]
• Ossip Zadkine, sculptor (Jewish father) ^[61]

Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 – January 9, 1908), born Abraham Goldenfoden (first name alternately Avram, Avron, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last name alternately Goldfadn; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common) was a Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright, author of some 40 plays. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jacob Kramer (1892–1962) was a Ukrainian-born painter who spent all of his working life in England. ... Milena Markovna Kunis (Милена Маркoвна Кунис) (born August 14, 1983), better known as Mila Kunis, is a Ukrainian-American actress. ... Khrushchevs tomb at the Novodevichy Cemetery was sculpted by Neizvestny. ... Elena Ralph (born in 1984, in Donetsk, Ukraine) won the 2005 Miss Israel title. ... Kirovohrad (Ukrainian: Кіровоград; Russian: ) is a city in Ukraine, and the capital of the Kirovohrad Oblast. ... Yakov Smirnoff (born January 24, 1951) is, according to his own description, a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter. ... Anton Yelchin (born March 11, 1989) is an American film and television actor. ... Ossip Zadkine (July 14, 1890 – November 25, 1967) was an Russian Jewish artist and sculptor. ...

Sport figures

Chess

• Konstantin Lerner ^[62]

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other sports

• Irena Szewińska (born Irena Kirszenstein in Leningrad[113])

Irena Szewińska (born Irena Kirszenstein on May 24, 1946 in St. ... Leningrad (Russian: Ленинград) may mean: St. ...

See also

• History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union
• Lists of Jews
• List of Russians
• List of Galician Jews

The vast territories of the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest Jewish population in the world. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today. ... List of Galician Jews // Martin Buber Elimelech of Lizhensk Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov) Jacob Frank Ben Zion Halberstam (I) Chaim Halberstam Shlomo Halberstam (I) Arthur Hertzberg Samuel Judah Lob Rapoport Aharon Rokeach Shalom Rokeach Yehoshua Rokeach Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I) Isaac Deutscher Karl Radek Adam Daniel Rotfeld Simon...

Footnotes

Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation. ... ... The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith, Judaism. ... The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Prominent Jews based on "Russian Jewish Encyclopedia"