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This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today. For a long time Russia has been a multinational country, and many people of different ethnicity contributed to its culture, to its glory, and to its sorrow. They may be ethnic Ukrainians (like Nikolai Gogol and Milla Jovovich), Georgians (like Stalin and Georgi Daneliya), Belarusians (like Kazimir Malevich), Tatars (like Rudolf Nureyev and Marat Safin), Azerbaijanis (like Kerim Kerimov and Uzeyir Hajibeyov), Jews (like Trotsky and Maya Plisetskaya), Poles (like Vaslav Nijinsky), Armenians (like Aram Katchaturian and Victor Ampartsoumian), Germans (like Catherine the Great), Danish (like Vitus Bering and Vladimir Dal), French (like Karl Briullov, Marius Petipa), Greeks (like John Capodistria), Romanians (like Mikhail Kheraskov), Dutch (like Sergius Witte), Portuguese (like Anton de Vieira), or, naturally, ethnic Russians. Sometimes their exact ancestry is unknown. Sometimes their formal nationality was written down at random or for political or other reasons. They may have emigrated or immigrated, and thus may appear in other "Lists of...", but nevertheless their names are linked to the words "Russia", "Russian". Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: ; IPA: ; Ukrainian: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Russian-language writer of Ukrainian origin. ... Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Милица Јововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian: Мілла Йовович/MÑ–lla Jovovič; born Milica NataÅ¡a Jovović on December 17, 1975) is an American supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer. ... The Georgians (ქართველი ერი (Kartveli Eri) or ქართველები (Kartvelebi) in the Georgian language) are a nation or an ethnic group, originating in the Caucasus. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... Georgi Daneliya Georgi Daneliya Georgi Danelia (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია, Russian: ; born Tbilisi, 25 August 1930) is a Russian film director of Georgian descent, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his sad comedies (as he styles them), bittersweet as the life itself. ... Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian: , Polish: , Ukrainian Казимір Северинович Малевич, German: ), (February 23, 1878 – May 15, 1935) was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian avant-garde. ... This article is about the people. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Marat Mikhailovich Safin (Tatar: ; Russian: ; b. ... Azerbaijanis are a people numbering more than 35 million worldwide. ... Kerim Kerimov Kerim Kerimov (Azerbaijani: KÉ™rim Əli oÄŸlu KÉ™rimov, Russian: Керим Алиевич Керимов; 1917 – 2003) was a Soviet rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program. ... Uzeyir Abdulhuseyn oglu Hajibeyov (Azeri: Ãœzeyir HacıbÉ™yov) (September 18, 1885, Agjabadi – November 23, 1948, Baku) was an Azerbaijani composer, conductor, scientist, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator and social figure. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ... Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Russian: ; born November 20, 1925) is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as the greatest ballerina of modern times. ... Vaslav Nijinsky as Vayou in Nikolai Legats revival of Marius Petipas The Talisman, St. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Catherine II (Екатерина II Алексеевна: Yekaterína II Alekséyevna, April 21, 1729 - November 6, 1796), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka, known as Catherine the Great, reigned as empress of Russia from June 28, 1762, to her death on November 6, 1796. ... The Danish nation is a concept closely connected to 19th century ethnic nationalism. ... A portrait attributed to Vitus Bering (according to modern data, his uncles portrait) Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. ... Dahls portrait by Vasily Perov. ... Karl Pavlovich Briullov (Карл Павлович Брюллов), called by his friends the Great Karl (December 12, 1799, St Petersburg - June 11, 1852, Rome), was the first Russian painter of international standing. ... Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres. ... Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831). ... Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov (1733-1807) was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries. ... The Dutch (Ethnonym: Nederlanders meaning Lowlanders) are the dominant ethnic group[1] of the Netherlands[2]. They are usually seen as a Germanic people. ... Sergei Iulevich Witte (Серге́й Ю́льевич Ви́тте) (June 29, 1849 – March 13, 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, served as Russian Director of Railway Affairs within the Finance Ministry from 1889 – 1891, Transportation Minister (1892), Finance Minister from 1892 to 1903, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers (1903 – 1905) and Chairman... Antonio Manuel de Vieira, known in Russia as Count Anton Manuilovich Devier (1682-1745), was one of Peter Is foreign associates, who proved to be an efficient administrator in St Petersburg and Siberia. ... A memorial statue in Hanko, Finland, commemorating the thousands of emigrants who left the country to start a new life in the United States Emigration is the act and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country or region to settle in another. ...

Art

Architects

• Vasily Bazhenov (1738–1799)
• Savva Chevakinsky (1709 – between 1774 and 1780)
• Matvei Kazakov (1738–1812)
• Alexander Kokorinov (1725–1772)
• Ivan Sergei Kuznetsov (1867–1942)
• Andrey Kvasov (1720 – after 1770)
• Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974)
• Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin (1700–1763)
• Alfred Alexandrovich Parland (1842–1920)
• Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771)
• Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775–1849)
• Andrei Stackenschneider (1802–1865)
• Aleksey Shchusev (1873–1949)
• Vasily Stasov (1769–1848)
• Ivan Starov (1745–1808)
• Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953)
• Konstantin Thon (1794–1881)
• Dmitry Ukhtomsky (1719–1774)
• Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814)
• Yury Velten (1730–1801)
• Postnik Yakovlev (1524–1612)
• Mikhail Zemtsov (1688–1743)

Pashkov House in Moscow was designed by Vasily Bazhenov Vasili Ivanovich Bazhenov (Василий Иванович Баженов in Russian) (March 1(12), 1737 or 1738 - August 2(13), 1799) was a famous Russian architect, graphic artist, architectural theorist, and teacher. ... Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov (Russian: , 1738, Moscow - 1812, Ryazan) was a Russian Neoclassicist architect. ... Kokorinovs portrait by Dmitry Levitsky. ... Ivan Sergei Kuznetsov (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Кузнецов) (May 27, 1867 – June 3, 1942) was a Russian architect primarily known for his pre-1917 works in Moscow, Moscow suburbs, and Vichuga. ... Church on Hay Square in St Petersburg, attributed to Kvasov and demolished by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. ... One of buildings designed by Melnikov Konstantin Stepanovitch Melnikov (Russian Константин Степанович Мельников; July 22 (August 3) 1890, Moscow - November 28, 1974, Moscow) was a Russian architect and major figure member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. ... Upon its construction, the lavra belltower was presumably the tallest structure in Russia. ... Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-71) was the most important baroque architect working in Russia. ... Carlo Rossi (Russian: Карл Иванович Росси; Italian: Carlo di Giovanni Rossi; 1775 - 1849) - Russian architect, Italian on the origin, major portion of the life lived and worked in Russia. ... Andrei Stackenschneider Andrei Ivanovich Stackenschneider (Андрей Иванович Штакеншнейдер) (1802-1865), also spelled Stuckenschneider, was a Russian architect who is credited with having turned Russian architecture from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. ... Aleksey Viktorovich Shchusev (Russian: ) (September 26, 1873, Chisinau, now in Republic of Moldova - May 24, 1949, Moscow) was an acclaimed Russian architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting Revivalist architecture of Imperial Russia with Stalins Empire Style. ... Stasov is a quintessential family of Russian intelligentsia. ... Demidov chateau in Taitsy near Gatchina, 1770s. ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ... Annunciation church in St. ... Red Gate in the 1840s. ... 19th-century view of the Kazan Cathedral. ... Cast-iron grille of the Summer Garden in St Petersburg Yury Matveyevich Felten (or Georg Friedrich Velten, born 1730, died 1801) was a court architect to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia who worked on Palace Square in St. ... Postnik Yakovlev (Постник Яковлев), nicknamed Barma (Барма) (the mumbler), was the architect of St. ... The small church of Sts Simon and Anne (1734) is one of a few extant buildings by Zemtsov. ...

Artists

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• Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) painter (of armenian descent)
• Fedor Alekseev (1753–1824), landscape painter
• Nikolay Andreyev (1873–1932), sculptor, graphic artist and stage designer
• Mikhail Anikushin (1917–1997), sculptor
• Aleksei Antropov (1716–1795) painter
• Ivan Petrovich Argunov (1729–1802) painter
• Boris Artzybasheff (1899–1965) painter
• Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (1858–1884), painter
• Sergei Bongart (1918–1985)
• Ksenia Boguslavskaya (1892–1972), painter
• Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825) painter
• Alexandre Benois (1870–1960), seminal influence on modern design
• Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, illustrator
• Karl Briullov (1799–1852), painter
• Feodor Bruni (1801–1875) painter
• Marc Chagall (1887–1985), painter
• Pavel Chistyakov (1832–1919), painter, Russian teacher
• Carl-Ludwig Christinek (1732–1792)
• Dionisy, medieval icon-painter
• Aleksandra Ekster (1882–1949), painter, one of the founders of Art Deco
• Robert Falk (1886–1958), painter
• Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920), jewellery designer
• Pavel Fedotov (1815–1852) painter
• Nikolai Ge (1831–1894) painter
• Nina Genke-Meller avant-garde artist (suprematist)
• Feofan Grek, medieval icon-painter
• Alexej Harlamoff (1842–1922) painter
• Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858) painter
• Anton Ivanov-Goluboy (1818–1863) painter
• Anton Ivanov (1818–1864) painter
• Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941) painter
• Nikolai Kasatkin (1859–1930) painter
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), first abstract painter
• Ivan Khrutsky (1810–1885) painter
• Orest Kiprensky (1782–1836) painter
• Andrei Kolkoutine (born 1957)
• Pyotr Konchalovsky painter
• Konstantin Korovin (1861–1932) painter
• Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837–1887), painter and the art critic
• Nikifor Krylov (1802–1831) painter
• Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842–1910) painter
• Alexander V. Kuprin (1880–1960), painter
• Nikolai Dmitrievich Kuznetsov (1850–1929) painter
• Igor Kufayev (1966 - ) artist, painter
• Mikhail Larionov (1881–1964) painter
• Aristarkh Lentulov (1882–1943) painter
• Isaac Levitan (1860–1900), landscape painter
• Dmitry Levitzky (1735–1822), portrait painter
• Ernst Lipgart (1847–1932) painter
• Anton Losenko (1737–1773) painter
• Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935), suprematist painter, Black square
• Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915) painter
• Ilya Mashkov (1881–1944) painter
• Vadym Meller (1884–1962) painter (constructivist),theatrical designer
• Vera Mukhina (1889–1953), sculptress
• Grigoriis Musikiysky (1670–1740)

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: , Armenian: - Hovhannes Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 - May 5, 1900) was a Russian painter of Armenian descent, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings. ... The Foundling Hospital in Moscow by Fedor Alekseev, 1800 Fedor Yakovlevich Alekseev (Russian: Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев) (c. ... Nikolay Andreyev (1873-1932) was a Russian sculptor, graphic artist and stage designer. ... The monument to Pushkin on Square of Art in Saint Petersburg Mikhail Konstantinovitch Anikushin (Russian: ; 1917—1997) was a famous Russian sculptor. ... Self-portrait, 1784 Alexei Petrovich Antropov (Russian: ; 25 March 1716 [O.S. 14 March] - 23 June 1795 [O.S. 12 June]) was a Russian barocco painter active primarily in St. ... Self-portrait, end of 1750ies Ivan Petrovich Argunov (Russian: ; 1727–1802) was a Russian painter, one of the founders of the Russian school of portrait painting. ... Buckminster Fuller, based on Time Magazine cover by Boris Artzybasheff (January 10, 1964). ... Marie Bashkirtseff (November 11, 1858 - October 31, 1884) was a Ukrainian-born Russian diarist, painter and sculptor Marie Bashkirtseff Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsy near Poltava, to a wealthy noble family, she grew up abroad, traveling with her mother across most of Europe. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Ivan Puni Velemir Khlebnikov reads poetry to Ksenia Boguslavskaya, 1915 Ksenia or Kseniya Boguslavskaya (1892-1972) - Russian avant-garde artist (Futurist, Suprematist) poet and interior decorator. ... Bugaevsky-Blagodatny (pupil of Borovikovsky. ... Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (May 4, 1870, St Petersburg - February 9, 1960, Paris) was probably the most important member of the artistic Benois family. ... Ivan Ya. ... Karl Pavlovich Briullov (Карл Павлович Брюллов), called by his friends the Great Karl (December 12, 1799, St Petersburg - June 11, 1852, Rome), was the first Russian painter of international standing. ... Fyodor (Fidelio) Antonovich Bruni (Russian: Федор (Фиделио) Антонович Бруни) (June 10, 1799, Milan - August 30 (N.S. September 11), 1875, Petersburg) was a Russian painter of Italian descent. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich (Russian: Чистяков Павел Петрович, 1832 – 1919) was a Russian painter and teacher of art. ... Dionysius, also spelled Dionisy or Dionisius the Wise, was acknowledged as a head of the Moscow school of icon painters at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Asheville City Hall. ... Self portrait Robert Rafailovich Falk (Russian: , 1886 - 1958) was a famous Russian painter. ... Bouquet of Lilies or Madonna Lily Egg by Fabergé Peter Carl Fabergé original name Carl Gustavovich Fabergé(May 30, 1846–September 24, 1920) was a Russian jeweller, best known for the fabulous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than... Pavel Fedotov Pavel Fedotov (1815 – 1852) was a Russian painter. ... Portrait of Alexei Potechin, painted by Nikolai Ge Nikolai Ge (Russian: ; 1831 – 1894) was a Russian painter. ... Suprematic Composition, late 1910s; Silk on moire Nina Genke or Nina Genke-Meller, or Nina Henke-Meller, (1893 - 1954) was a Ukrainian-Russian avant-garde artist, (Suprematist), designer, graphic artist and scenographer. ... Dormition of Mary (Uspenie Bogoroditsy) 1392 Biography Feofan Grek 1340?-1410? is one of Russian greatest icon painters or iconographer. ... Alexei Alexeievich Harlamoff (A.K.A Alexej Harlamoff - Alexej Charlamoff) (1842-1922) was a Russian painter. ... Ivanovs vast canvas illustrates the Baptism of Jesus. ... Fishing Vessels off a Jetty, believed to be Kostroma, 1839 Anton Ivanovich Ivanov-Goluboy (Russian: ; 1818-December 6, 1863 [O.S. 24 November]) was a Russian painter. ... Artists in Munich 1914: (from left) Alexej von Jawlensky, Clotilde von Derp, Marianne von Werefkin, Alexander Sacharoff Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (?March 13, 1864 – March 15, 1941) was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. ... Nikolai Kasatkin may refer to: Saint Nikolai of Japan, Nikolai Kasatkin (born Ivan Dimitrovich Kasatkin August 1 of Julian calendar/ August 13 of Gregorian calendar, 1836 ; died February 16, 1912) Russian painter Nikolai Alekseyevich Kasatkin (1859 – 1930) This is a disambiguation page — a list of topics associated with the same... Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16 [O.S. December 4] 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. ... Kazimir Malevich, Black square 1915 Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way. ... Self-Portrait, 1883 Ivan Fomich Khrutsky (Russian: ; 1810-1885) was a Russian-Polish painter known by his still-lives and portraits. ... Self Portrait 1828 Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (Russian: 24 March (O.S. 13 March) 1782-17 October (O.S. 5 October) 1836) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский) (1876 - 1956), Russian Painter, a member of Jack of Diamonds group. ... Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (Russian: Константин Алексеевич Коровин) (November 23 (N.S. December 5), 1861, Moscow - September 11, 1939, Paris) was a Russian painter. ... Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837 - 1887) was a Russian painter and the art critic. ... Portrait of Arkhip Kuindzhi by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1869 Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (or Arkhip Kuinji , Russian: (January 27, [[1842 ]] (?) – July 24, 1910) - Russian landscape painter. ... Alexander Vasilievich Kuprin (Александр Васильевич Куприн) was a Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamond group. ... Self-Portrait, 1910 Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (1881-1964) was a celebrated Russian painter, husband of Natalia Goncharova. ... Saint Basils Cathedral, 1913 Aristarkh Lentulov (Russian: Лентулов, Аристарх Васильевич) (1882 - 1943) was a Russian avant garde artist who also worked for theatre. ... Issac Levitan. ... Dmitry Levitzky (Dmitry Grigoryevich Levitsky) (Russian: Дмитрий Григорьевич Левицкий, 1735-1822) was a Russian portrait painter. ... Anton Losenko (ukr. ... Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian: , Polish: , Ukrainian Казимір Северинович Малевич, German: ), (February 23, 1878 – May 15, 1935) was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian avant-garde. ... This term is not to be confused with supremacism. ... Self-Portrait Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian: ; June 20, 1839 [O.S. July 2] —September 17, 1915 [O.S. September 30]) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the Wanderers. Many of his historical paintings, such as The Russian Brides Attire (1889), showed an idealized view of Russian life of... Landscape with a Town, 1910. ... Sketch of the decoration to the performance Hello, on the wave 477 1929 Vadym Meller (or Vadim Meller, 1884–1962) was a Ukrainian-Russian Soviet painter, avant-garde artist (Cubist, Constructivist), theatrical designer, book illustrator and architect. ... A portrait of Vera Mukhina, the work of Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov The Worker and Kolhoz Woman Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: ; July 1, 1889 [O.S. June 19] in Riga — 6 October 1953 in Moscow) was a prominent Soviet sculptor. ...

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• Dmitri Nalbandian Kremlin's painter of armenian descent
• Ivan Nikitin (1690–1742) painter
• Alexander Nikulin (1878–1945), painter
• Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), painter
• Vasily Perov (1834–1882) painter
• Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939), painter
• Vasily Polenov (1844–1927), landscape painter
• Serge Poliakoff (1900–1969), painter
• Liubov Popova (1889–1924), cubist, abstract painter
• Prokhor, medieval icon-painter
• Charles Radoff (1894–1986), painter
• Ilya Repin (1844–1930), painter
• Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891–1956), designer, constructivist painter
• Konstantin Rodko (1908–1995), naïve painter
• Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), painter
• Svetoslav Roerich (1904–1993), painter
• Fyodor Rokotov (1736–1809), portrait painter
• Andrei Rublev (c. 1360 – 1430), medieval icon-painter
• Andrei Ryabushkin (1861–1904), historical subjects
• Konstantin Savitsky (1844–1905) painter
• Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov (1830–1897) painter
• Silvestr Feodosievich Shchedrin (1791–1830) painter
• Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967), painter of female nudes
• Valentin Serov (1865–1911) painter
• Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898) painter
• Fedor Slavyansky (1817–1876) painter
• Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (1905–1993) painter
• Konstantin Somov (1869–1939) illustrator
• Grigory Soroka (1823–1864) painter
• Vasily Surikov (1848–1916) painter
• Pavel Tchelitchew (1898–1957) painter
• Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953), painter and architect.
• Count Feodor Tolstoy (1783–1873) painter
• Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776–1857) painter
• Simon Ushakov (1626–1686), painter
• Vasiliy Yermilov avant-garde artist(costructivist)
• Feodor Vasilyev (1850–1873) painter
• Konstantin Vasiliev (1942–1976), painter
• Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856–1933), painter
• Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926), painter
• Alexey Venetsianov (1780–1847) painter
• Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904), war artist
• Ivan Vishnyakov (1699–1761), painter
• Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910) painter
• Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938) painter
• Alexandr Zhdanov (1938–2006) painter and sculptor
• Anna Zinkovsky (1972) fantasy painter

Ivan Nikitin A Malorossian Hetman (Ivan Skoropadsky?, 1720es Ivan Nikitich Nikitin (Russian: c. ... Alexander Nikulin (born August 25, 1985 in Perm, Russia, is an ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators organization of the National Hockey League. ... Self portrait with the wife Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (Russian: , April 4, 1862 N.S. - May 31, 1945) was a Russian Impressionist painter. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1872. ... Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin (Кузьма Сергеевич Петров-Водкин), 1878-1937, is a famous Russian and Soviet painter. ... Polenov Vasily Dmitrievich (20. ... Serge Poliakoff (January 8, 1900 - October 12, 1969) was a Russia-born French modernist painter. ... Liubov Sergeyevna Popova (Любовь Сергеевна Попова) 1889-1924. ... Georges Braque, Woman with a guitar, 1913 Cubism was a 20th century art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. ... Kazimir Malevich, Black square 1915 Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way. ... Prokhor, also known as Prokhor of/from Gorodets (Прохор, Прохор с Городца in Russian) (? - ?) was a Russian painter. ... Xavier Basil Radoff(1894 – 1986) - Russian painter. ... Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) (August 5, 1844 (Julian calendar: July 24) – September 29, 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. ... Alexandr Rodchenko (November 23(Old Style) December 5(New Style), 1891 in St. ... Tatlin Tower. ... Konstantin Rodko 1908–1995) was a Russian naive painter who arived in America as a refugee in 1950. ... Guests from Overseas, 1899 (Varangians in Russia) Longships Are Built in the Land of the Slavs (1903) Nicholas Roerich, (October 9, 1874 - December 13, 1947) also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Николай Константинович Рёрих), was a Russian painter and spiritual teacher. ... Svetoslav Roerich (1904-January 9, 1993) Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his fathers tutelage. ... Lady in a pink dress, 1770s Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov (Fedor Rokotov) (Фёдор Степанович Рокотов 1736-1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits. ... Andrei Rublev (Andrey Rublev, Andrey Roublyov, Russian: Андре́й Рублёв) (1360? – 1430?) is considered to be the greatest Russian iconographer. ... Andrei Ryabushkin by Vasily Mathe Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (Russian: ; October 29 [O.S. October 17] 1861 - May 10 [O.S. April 27] 1904) was a Russian painter. ... Repairing the Railroad by Konstantin Savitsky Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky (Russian: , 1844-1905) was born in the city of Taganrog in the village Frankovka or Baronovka, named after former Mayor Baron Otto Frank. ... Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov, 1870s Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov 1830 – 1897 was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape]] style. ... At the Dressing-Table, 1909 Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (née Lanceray) [1] (Russian: ) (December 10, 1884–September 19, 1967) was the first female Russian painter of distinction. ... Self-portrait, 1880ies Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Валентин Александрович Серов) (1865 - 1911) was a Russian painter. ... Portrait of Ivan Shishkin by Vasiliy Mate, 1898 Ivan Shishkin (Иван Иванович Шишкин, 1832–1898) was a Russian landscape painter. ... Fedor Slavyansky (1817-1876) was a Russian painter. ... Painting of 1985 Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky (January 21, 1905 – August 7, 1993; Russian: ) was a Russian painter, member of Amaravella group. ... Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (1869-1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. ... Self-portrait Grigoriy Vasilyevich Soroka (Russian: , real surname Vasilyev (Васильев); November 27, 1823 [O.S. November 15]—April 22, 1864 [O.S. April 10]) was a Russian painter, one of the most notable members of Venetsianov school. ... Self-Portrait Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков) (January 24, 1848 (Julian calendar: January 12) – March 19, 1916 (Julian calendar: March 6)) was the foremost Russian painter of large-scale historical subjects. ... Categories: Stub | 1898 births | 1957 deaths ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ... Portrait of Alexander Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (Russian: ) (March 30 [O.S. March 19] 1776 – May 16 [O.S. May 4] 1857) was a Russian painter who worked in the Romantic movement. ... Saviour Not Made by Hands, written by Ushakov for the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1658, is a key painting of the Stroganov School of Muscovite icon-painting. ... Yermilov Vasiliy or Vasyl (1894 - 1967) was Ukrainian-Russian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubism, Constructivism, Neo-Primitivism), and designer. ... Feodor Vasilyev. ... Konstantín Alekséevich Vasíliev (Russian: born September 3, 1942, in Maikop, deceased tragically in 1976) - Russian artist, leaved more then 400 works of art, both paintings and drawings. ... Mikhail Nesterov: Portrait of Apollinary Vasnetsov. ... Self-portrait 1873 Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Виктор Михайлович Васнецов) (May 15 (N.S.), 1848—1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. ... Self-portrait, 1811 Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (Russian: ; 18 February 1780–04 January 1840) was a Russian painter, renown for his paintings devoted to the peasant life and ordinary people. ... Vasily Vereshchagin Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842 - 1904) was the most famous Russian battle painter and the first Russian artist to be widely recognized abroad. ... Self-portrait, 1885 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаил Александрович Врубель;March 17, 1856 - April 14, 1910, all n. ... Image:Jawlensky-Derp-Werefkin. ... Alexandr Pavlovich Zhdanov (Russian: ; January 11, 1938 - July 18, 2006) was a Russian avant-garde painter. ...

Authors

See also List of Russian authors, which lists authors who wrote in Russian language. This is the list of authors that wrote in Russian language. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , Russian pronunciation: ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. ...

A-E

• Chinghiz Aitmatov, author
• Anna Akhmatova, poet
• Bella Akhmadulina, poet
• Konstantin Aksakov
• Sergei Aksakov, author
• Boris Akunin (born 1956), author, essayist, translator, literary critic
• Mark Aldanov novelist
• Genrich Altov, science fiction writer
• Vasily Aksyonov, author
• Daniil Andreyev, Roza Mira
• Leonid Andreyev, The Seven Who Were Hanged
• Innokenty Annensky, poet
• Mikhail Artsybashev, author
• Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko, satirist
• Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006), author, translator
• Isaac Babel (1894–1940), author
• Eduard Bagritsky, poet
• Mikhail Bakhtin, philosopher
• Konstantin Balmont, poet
• Evgeny Baratynsky, poet
• Ivan Barkov, poet, diplomat and translator
• Konstantin Batyushkov, poet
• Pavel Bazhov, fair tales author, The Malachite Casket
• Aleksandr Bek (1903–1972), author
• Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher
• Andrey Bely (1880–1934), poet and author, Petersburg
• Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942), science fiction author
• Olga Berggolts, poet
• Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) "The Secret Doctrine", "Isis Unveiled"
• Aleksandr Blok, poet
• Alexander Bogdanov, writer, philosopher, politician, Red Star
• Osip Maximovich Brik
• Joseph Brodsky, poet and esseyist, Nobel Prize laureat
• Valery Bryusov (1873–1924), poet
• Vladimir Bukovsky (born 1942), writer and dissident
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), playwright and author, Master and Margarita
• Kir Bulychev (1934–2003), science fiction author
• Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), first Russian Nobel Prize Winner
• Vasil Bykov
• Anton Chekhov (1860–1904),short stories author and playwright, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull
• Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), writer, journalist, politician
• Sasha Cherny (1880–1932), poet
• Korney Chukovsky
• Vladimir Dal
• Denis Davydov
• Gavrila Derzhavin
• Nikolay Dobrolyubov
• Yuri Dombrovsky, author
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment
• Sergei Dovlatov
• Ivan Efremov, science fiction writer and geologist
• Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow-Petushki
• Viktor Erofeev
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet

Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Aitmatov (Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Айтматов (Çıňğız Aytmatov); Russian: ; born on 12 December 1928 in Sheker (Kyrgyz: Шекер (Åžeker)), near Talas in Kyrgyzstan, is a Kyrgyz writer who composed works in both Russian and Kyrgyz, the best known figure of his countrys literature. ... Akhmatova in 1922 (Portrait by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin) Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (June 23 [O.S. June 11] 1889 — March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of the Saint Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry for half a century. ... Bella Akhmadulina Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Белла Ахмадулина) is a Russian poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. ... Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov (1817 - 1860) was a Russian critic and writer, one of the earliest and most notable Slavophiles. ... Sergei Aksakov was a nineteenth century Russian writer. ... Boris Akunin (born May 20, 1956) (Russian: ) is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили). Akunin is a Russian essayist, literary translator, and fiction writer. ... Mark Aldanov (Mark Alexandrovich Landau) (November 7 (October 26(O.S.)), 1889 -- February 25, 1957 was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his criticism of the Soviet system. ... Genrih Altshuller Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер) (October 15, 1926 - September 24, 1998), penname Genrikh Altov was born in Tashkent. ... Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (Russian: Василий Павлович Аксёнов, born August 20, 1932 in Kazan) is a Russian novelist who began his career in the Soviet era. ... Daniil Andreev 1943 Daniil Leonidovich Andreev (Russian: ) (b. ... Roza Mira (full title in Russian: , literally ) is the title of the main book by Russian mystic Daniil Andreev. ... Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian Short story writer, who was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. ... Alexandre Benois Portrait of Innokenty Annensky Innokentiy Fyodorovich Annensky (Russian: , 1855-1909) was a poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of the Russian Symbolism. ... Mikhail Artsybashev Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev ( Russian: October 24 Old Style 1878- March 3, 1927) was a leading exponent of Naturalism in the Russian literature. ... Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (Russian Аркадий Тимофеевич Аверченко), born on 27th March 1881 in Sevastopol, died on 12 March 1925 in Prague, was a Russian playwright and satirist. ... Gennadiy Aygi (Russian: Геннадий Николаевич Айги) is a Chuvashian poet and a translator. ... 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. ... Eduard Bagritsky () (November 3 (O.S. October 22) 1895 Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire - February 16, 1934, Moscow, RSFSR) was a Russian poet. ... Mikhail Bakhtin. ... Valentin Serov: Portrait of Konstantin Balmont. ... Evgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844) was a Russian Romantic and symbolic poet. ... Ivan Barkov Ivan Semenovich Barkov, Иван Семенович Барков (ca. ... Konstantin Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (1787, Vologda - 1855, Vologda) was an important precursor of Alexander Pushkin in the Russian poetry. ... Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (Russian: Павел Петрович Бажов) (January 27, 1879 - December 3, 1950) was a famous Russian writer, the author of the collection of fairy-tale stories The Malachite Casket based on the Urals folklor. ... Aleksandr Bek (1903-1972) was a Soviet novelist whose main themes included Red Army military action during the Second World War, particularly the defense of Moscow (Volokolamskoe shosse (Volokolamsk Highway, 1944)). Categories: Stub | 1903 births | 1972 deaths | Russian writers ... Vissarion Grigorievich Belinskii (Виссарио́н Григо́рьевич Бели́нский) (1811 - 1848) was Russian writer, literary critic, philosopher and revolutionary activist (a Westernizer). ... Boris Budaev Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880 - 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ... Alexander Beliaev (Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев) (1884-1942) is a Russian author of science fiction whose body of work from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded Russian author in that field. ... Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts (also Berggoltz or Bergholz) (Russian: , May 16 [O.S. May 3] 1910 — November 13, 1975) was a Soviet poet. ... Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, 1880-1921) was probably the most gifted lyrical poet that Russia produced since Alexander Pushkin. ... Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov Russian: (born Alyaksandr Malinouski, Belarusian: ) August 22 (Old Style), 1873, Hrodna, Russia (today Belarus) - April 7, 1928, Moscow) was a Russian physician, philosopher, economist, science fiction writer, and revolutionary of Belarusian ethnicity whose scientific interests ranged from the universal systems theory to the possibility of human rejuvenation... Bookcover of Works and Days in Russian Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Russian: ) was a Russian-born poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) and was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States (1991-1992). ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Portrait by Mikhail Vrubel Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Russian: ) (December 1, 1873 – October 9, 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian. ... Vladimir Bukovsky early photo Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: ; b. ... Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... Kir Bulychev in 1997 Kir Bulychev or Bulychyov (Russian: Кир Булычёв) (October 18, 1934—September 5, 2003) was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), who was a Russian science fiction writer and historian. ... Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин) (October 10, 1870 – November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Vasil Bykaŭ Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў; Russian: Васи́ль Влади́мирович Бы́ков) (June 19, 1924 - June 22, 2003) a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II, is a monumental figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (born January 29, 1860 (Jan. ... Chernyshevsky redirects here. ... Sasha Cherny (Russian: , real name Alexander Mikhailovich Glickberg, Russian: , 1880-1932) was a Russian poet, satirist and childrens writer. ... Mayakovskys cartoon of Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: , March 31 NS 1882 - October 28, 1968) is probably the most popular poet for children in the Russian language. ... Dahls portrait by Vasily Perov. ... Denis Davydov (Russian:Денис Васильевич Давыдов) (27. ... Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврила Романович Державин, 1743 – 1816) was the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. ... Nikolay Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (Russian: Николай Александрович Добролюбов) (January 24 (N.S. February 5), 1836 - November 17(29), 1861) was a Russian literary critic, publicist, and revolutionary democrat. ... Yuri Dombrovsky (1909-1978 - a Russian writer. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... Sergei Dovlatov on the cover of one of his books Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Russian: September 3, 1941-August 24, 1990) was a Russian short-story writer and novelist. ... Ivan Antonovich Efremov (Иван Антонович Ефремов) (1907-1972) was a Russian science fiction author. ... Venedikt Erofeev (Венедикт Ерофеев), (October 24, 1938—May 11, 1990), was a Russian writer. ... Victor Erofeyev (Russian: ; born 1947) is a highly controversial Russian author, the son of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat (who worked closely with Stalin). ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: ) (born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet. ...

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• Alexander Fadeyev (1901–1956), author, Molodaya gvardiya, Chapayev
• Konstantin Fedin
• Afanasy Fet
• Denis Fonvizin
• Arkady Gaydar (1904–1941)
• Vladimir Gilyarovsky
• Nikolay Gnedich
• Sergei Gorodetsky
• Alexander Gorodnitsky
• Zinaida Gippius
• Anatoly Gladilin
• Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka
• Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), author, Dead Souls, Revizor
• Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), Oblomov
• Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), novelist, My Universities
• Aleksandr Griboyedov (1795–1828), writer, statesman, Woe from Wit
• Semyon Gudzenko, poet
• Lev Gumilyov (Lev Gumilev), historian
• Nikolay Gumilyov, poet
• Boris Grebenshchikov, a musician, a band Aquarium
• Dmitry Grigorovich
• Alexandr Grin, novelist, Alye Parusa
• Igor Guberman, humorist
• Alexander Herzen
• Ilya Ilf
• Fazil Iskander (born 1929), novelist
• Vyacheslav Ivanov
• Dmitri Kantemir
• Nikolai Karamzin (1766–1826), poet, author, historian
• Lev Kassil
• Valentin Katayev
• Veniamin Kaverin
• Daniil Kharms
• Velimir Khlebnikov
• Vladislav Khodasevich, Gavrila Derghavin
• Mikhail Koltsov, journalist and satirist
• Lev Kopelev
• Vladimir Korolenko
• Peter Borisovich Kozlovski (1783–1840), diplomat and man of letters
• Vladislav Krapivin
• Ivan Krylov
• Aleksandr Kuprin, Poedinok/ Duel
• Lazar Lagin, Hottabych
• Peter Lavrovitch Lavrov (1823–1900), socialist and revolutionist
• Leonid Leonov
• Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), poet, author and painter
• Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), storyteller, novelist, and journalist, Levsha
• Eduard Limonov, Edichka
• Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), linguistic reformer
• Osip Mandelstam, poet
• Alexandra Marinina
• Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Apollon Maykov
• Dmitriy Merezhkovsky, playwriter
• Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of Lolita
• Semen Nadson, poet
• Vladimir Narbut, poet
• Alexandr Nekrasov
• Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1878), poet, journalist and editor
• Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1988), writer
• Nikolay Nosov, Neznaika
• Vladimir Obruchev, Plutonia
• Vladimir Odoevsky
• Nikolai Ogaryov (1813–1877)
• Yuri Olesha, Tri tolstyaka
• Alexandr Ostrovsky, playwriter
• Nikolai Ostrovsky, Kak Zakalylas Stal
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), was not permitted by USSR to accept the Nobel Prize, Doctor Zhivago
• Konstantin Paustovsky
• Viktor Pelevin (born 1962), novelist, Omon Ra, Chapaev i Pustota
• Yakov Perelman
• Evgeny Petrov
• Boris Pilnyak
• Dmitri Pisarev
• Aleksey Pisemsky
• Andrei Platonov, author, Kotlovan, Chelengur
• Yakov Polonsky
• Boris Polevoy
• Nikolay Pomyalovsky, Ocherki Bursy
• Mikhail Prishvin
• Kozma Prutkov, a pen name
• Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837), the greatest Russian poet, novelist, Evgenij Onegin
• Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), social critic
• Xavier (Charles) Basil Radoff (1894–1986)
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982), American novelist
• Valentin Rasputin
• Irina Ratushinskaya
• Aleksei Remizov
• Helena Roerich (1879–1949)
• K.R., Konstantin Romanov, Silver Age poet
• Viktor Rozov

Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Александрович Фадеев; December 24, 1901 – May 13, Russian writer. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... Fets portrait by Ilya Repin. ... Denis Fonvizin (1744?–92). ... Arkady Petrovich Golikov (, in Russian) (January 22 (January 9 (O.S.)) 1904 — October 26, 1941), better known as Arkady Gaidar (), was a Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich (Russian: ) (February 2(13), 1784, Poltava - February 3(15), 1833, Petersburg) was a Russian poet and translator best known for his idyll The Fishers (1822). ... Sergei Gorodetsky (Russian: January 17 (January 5 (O.S.)), 1884— June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet, one of the founders (together with Nikolay Gumilyov) of Guild of Poets (Цех поэтов). Categories: Russian poets | 1884 births | 1967 deaths | Russian people stubs ... Alexander Gorodnitsky 2005 Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky (Алекса́ндр Моисе́евич Городни́цкий) (b. ... Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (1865 - 1945) was a Russian symbolist poet and author. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka (1788-1849), Russian poet and author is the younger brother of Sergy Nikolaevich Glinka and was born at Smolensk in 1788, and was specially educated for the army. ... Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: ; IPA: ; Ukrainian: ) (April 1, 1809 — March 4, 1852) was a Russian-language writer of Ukrainian origin. ... Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (June 18, 1812 - September 15, 1891) was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov (1859). ... Oblomov (first published: 1858) is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov. ... Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. ... Semyon Gudzenko is the pseudonym of Gudzenko Semen Petrovich (Семен Петрович Гудзенко) (5. ... Lev Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, 1960s Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (Russian: ) (October 1, 1912, St. ... Lev Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, 1960s Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (Russian: ) (October 1, 1912, St. ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... Boris Grebenshchikov, 1985 Boris Grebenshchikov (Russian: ) is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the founding fathers of Russian rock music. ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ... Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (Russian: ) (March 19 (N.S. March 31), 1822, Simbirsk - December 22, 1899 (N.S. January 3, 1900), Petersburg) was a Russian writer. ... Alexander Grin (Russian: , born August 23, 1880, died July 7, 1932) was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or Latin American flavor (Grins fans often refer to this land as Grinlandia). ... We dont have an article called Igor Guberman Start this article Search for Igor Guberman in. ... Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен) (April 6 [O.S. 25 March] 1812 in Moscow - January 21 [O.S. 9 January] 1870 in Paris) was a major Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the father of Russian socialism. He is held responsible for creating a political climate leading to the emancipation... Ilf (left) and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, Илья Ильф, October 15 (October 3 O.S.), 1897 – April 13, 1937) is an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Evgeny Petrov. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Portrait by Konstantin Somov (1906). ... Dimitrie Cantemir (Дмитрий Кантемир in Russian, Kantemiroğlu in Turkish), (October 26, 1673 - 1723) was a Moldavian linguist and scholar. ... Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (December 1, 1766--1826) a Russian author credited with reforming the Russian literary language. ... Lev Kassil (Russian: Лев Кассиль) (1905 - 1970) was a Russian writer. ... Katayev, Valentin (Petrovich) (b. ... Veniamin Alexandrovich Kaverin (Вениамин Александрович Каверин in Russian; real name - Вениамин Александрович Зильбер, or Veniamin Alexandrovich Silber) (April 6 (19), 1902, Pskov — May 2, 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet writer associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers. ... Daniil Kharms Daniil Kharms (Russian: ) (30 December 1905/Gregorian calendar: 12 January 1906 - 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. ... Velemir Khlebnikov portrait by Wladimir Burliuk, 1913 Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian: Велимир Хлебников; first name also spelled Velemir; last name also spelled Chlebnikov, Hlebnikov, Xlebnikov), pseudonym of Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov (November 9, 1885 (October 28, 1885 (O.S.)) – June 28, 1922), was a central part of the Russian Futurist movement but his work... Vladislav Khodasevich and Nina Berberova in Sorrento in 1925 Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre litterateurs. ... Mikhail Efimovich Koltsov (Russian: Михаил Ефимович Кольцов) (June 12 [O.S. May 31] 1898, Kiev - February 2, 1940 or April 4, 1942, Moscow), born Mikhail Efimovich Friedland (Михаил Ефимович Фридлянд), was a Soviet journalist. ... Lev Kopelev Lev Kopelev (Russian: Лев Зиновьевич Копелев, German spelling Lew Kopelew: April 9, 1912 – June 18, 1997) was a Soviet Russian author and a dissident. ... Vladimir Galktionovich Korolenko (Владимир Галактионович Короленко) (July 27, 1853- December 25, 1921) was a Russian short story writer and journalist. ... Prince Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky (Russian: , born December 1783 in Moscow; died October 26, 1840 in Baden-Baden) was a Russian diplomat and a man of letters. ... Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin - Russian writer, the author of the books about the children and for the children. ... Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Иван Андреевич Крылов in Russian) (February 13, 1769 - November 21, 1844) was a famous Russian fabulist. ... Kuprin in Gatchina (cartoon from the 1910s) Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Александр Иванович Куприн, September 7, 1870 in the Penza Oblast - August 25, 1938 in Leningrad) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer whose best known novellas include Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), The Duel (1905), Junior Captain Rybnikov (1906), Emerald (1907), and The... Lazar Lagin (Russian: Лазарь Иосифович Лагин) (b. ... Peter Lavrovitch Lavrov (1823-1900) was a Russian revolutionist, scientist, and philosopher who entered a military academy and graduated in 1842 as an army officer. ... Leonid Leonov (born 1899) was a Russian novelist, best known for his psychological novel The Thief, which he wrote in 1927. ... Lermontov redirects here. ... Nikolai Leskov by Valentin Serov, 1894 Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov ((Russian: , 16 February 1831 - 5 March 1895) was a Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer. ... The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea (Russian: ) or simply Levsha (Russian: , left-handed) is a well-known story (1881) by Nikolai Leskov. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ломоно́сов) (November 19 (November 8, Old Style), 1711 – April 15 (April 4, Old Style), 1765) was a Russian writer and polymath who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. ... 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. ... Alexandra Marinina (born July 16, 1957, real name Alekseyeva Marina Anatolyevna) is a Russian best-seller detective stories writer. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1893 – April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism. ... Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (Russian: , June 4, 1821, Moscow - March 20, 1897, Petersburg) - Russian poet. ... Dmitry Merezhkovsky Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (August 14, 1865, St Petersburg-December 9, 1941, Paris) was one of the earliest and most eminent ideologues of Russian Symbolism. ... This page is about the novelist. ... This article is about the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ... Semen Yakovlevich Nadson (also Semen Nadson, Semyon Nadson) (Russian: Семён Яковлевич Надсон) (born December 14, 1862 — died January 19, 1887) was a Russian poet. ... Vladimir Narbut (Russian: ) (1888-1938) was a Russian poet, a member of the Akmeist group. ... Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (November 28, 1821 - January 8, 1878 {O.S.: December 28, 1877}) was a Russian poet, best remembered as the long standing publisher of Современник (The Contemporary) (from 1846 until July 1866, when the journal was shut down by the government in connection with the arrest of its... Viktor Nekrasov (Víktor Platónovich Nekrásov) (Kíev, 1911-Paris, 1988) Soviet Writer. ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov (Николай Николаевич Носов) (23 November 1908 [O.S. 10 November] Kiev - 26 July 1976 Moscow) was a Russian childrens literature writer, the author of a number of humorous short stories, a school novel, and the popular trilogy of fairy tale novels about the adventures of the infamous Neznaika and... Vladimir Obruchev. ... Prince Vladimir Odoevsky (1803 – 1869) is credited to have predicted blogging, and the basic principles of the Internet, as early as 1837. ... Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev (Russian: НИКОЛАЙ ПЛАТОНОВИЧ ОГАРЕВ) (1813 - 1877) - a Russian poet, historian. ... Yuri Olesha (1899 – 1960) was a Russian novelist. ... Portrait of A. N. Ostrowskij by Vasily Perov. ... Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky (born 29 September 1904, died 22 December 1936) was a socialist realism writer who published most of his works during the Stalins era. ... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Борис Леонидович Пастернак) was a major Russian poet and writer. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (Russian: , 1892- July 14, 1968) was a Russian writer. ... Victor Pelevin Victor Pelevin (Виктор Олегович Пелевин, b. ... Yakov Perelman is a Russian author, who is credited with writing science books for children. ... Petrov (right) and Ilf Evgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, Евгений Петров, December 13 (November 30 O.S.), 1903 – July 2, 1942) is an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. ... Boris Pilnyak (October 11, 1894–September 9, 1941) was a Russian author. ... Dimitri Ivanovich Pisarev (Russian: ; 14 August (O.S. 2 August) 1840 - 16 July (O.S. 4 July) 1868) was a radical Russian writer and social critic who, according to Georgi Plekhanov, spent the best years of his life in a fortress. Pisarev was one of the writers who propelled the... Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky (Алексей Феофилактович Писемский in Russian) (3. ... Andrei Platonov (Russian: Андрей Плато́нов) (1899-1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Russian writer of the Soviet period whose works anticipate existentialism. ... Yakov P. Polonsky Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (Russian: Яков Петрович Полонский, 18 December 1819 — 30 October 1898) was a leading Pushkinist poet who tried to uphold the waning traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. ... Boris Nikolaevich Polevoy (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Полевой; March 17 [4], 1908 – July 12, 1981) was a notable Russian writer. ... Nikolay Pomyalovsky Nikolay Gerasimovich Pomyalovsky (23 April [O.S. 11 April] 1835–17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1863) was a Russian writer. ... Mikhail Prishvin Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (Russian: ) (January 23 (N.S. February 4), 1873 - January 16, 1954, Moscow) was a Russian/Soviet writer. ... Kozma Prutkov was a psuedonym of Russian author Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. ... Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S.), 1799 - February 10 (January 29, O.S.), 1837), Russian author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ... Portrait and signature of Alexander Radishchev Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ради́щев) (September 2, 1749 – September 24, 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under... Xavier Basil Radoff(1894 – 1986) - Russian painter. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. ... Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин) (born March 15, 1937) is a Russian writer. ... Irina Ratushinskaya (Ирина Ратушинская), prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer, born March 4, 1954. ... Aleksey M. Remizov was known for his unorthodox appearance. ... Helena Roerich (1879-1954) was born in Russia on February 12, 1879. ... K. R. is the pen name of Grand prince Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov Categories: People stubs | Russian writers ...

S-Z

• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), novelist
• Benedikt Sarnov, literary critic, social and political commentator
• Boris Savinkov, writer and terrorist
• Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968)
• Alexander Serafimovich
• Igor Severyanin, poet
• Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), author of tales about Gulag
• Mikhail Shishkin
• Mikhail Sholokhov
• Vasily Shukshin, Kalina Krasnaya
• Konstantin Simonov
• Andrei Sinyavsky
• Boris Slutsky, poet
• Fyodor Sologub
• Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (born 1918), Nobel Prize for Literature
• Vladimir Sorokin
• Ivan N. Smirnov
• Ivan Smirnov, guitarist
• Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
• Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov
• Alexandr Sukhovo-Kobylin
• Viktor Suvorov, writer and spy
• Nadezhda Teffi, humorist
• Vladimir Tendryakov
• Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Knyaz Serebrynyj
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi Aelita
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) War and Peace, Anna Karenina
• Tatyana Tolstaya
• Vasily Trediakovsky
• Yury Trifonov, Dom na Naberezhnoi/ House on the Embankment
• Leon Trotsky
• Marina Tsvetaeva
• Ivan Turgenev
• Aleksandr Tvardovsky
• Fyodor Tyutchev
• Yury Tynyanov
• Lyudmila Ulitskaya
• Eduard Uspensky
• Boris Vasilyev, A zori zdes tikhie
• Alexander M. Volkov
• Maximilian Voloshin
• Vladimir Voinovich
• Mikhail Veller
• Nicholas Yermakov
• Pyotr Yershov
• Sergei Yesenin
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko
• Nikolay Zabolotsky
• Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937), author of We
• Iuliia Zhádovskaia
• Vasily Zhukovsky
• Mikhail Zoshchenko

Saltykov-Shchedrin. ... Benedikt Sarnov (born 1927) is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer old enough to have vivid memories of the Stalin period. ... Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (Russian:Борис Викторович Савинков) (1879-1925) was a Russian writer and terrorist. ... Ilya Selvinsky (1899-1968) - oviet poet, known leader of the Constructivist movement; as such, implemented a scientific approach into the realm of poetry. ... Igor Severyanin. ... Varlam Shalamov Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (Варлам Тихонович Шаламов, July 1, 1907–January 17, 1982) was a Russian writer, journalist, poet, political prisoner and Gulag survivor. ... Nikolai Getman Moving out. ... Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (ru: Михаил Александрович Шолохов) (May 24, 1905 (Old Style May 11) - February 21, 1984) was a Russian novelist. ... Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Васи́лий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a notable Russian actor. ... Konstantin Simonov (Russian: ; 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 in Petrograd - August 28, 1979 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian author. ... Andrei Sinyavsky Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (1925 - 1997) was a Russian writer, dissident, gulag survivor, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher. ... Boris Slutsky was born in the Ukraine in 1919. ... Fyodor Sologub (Russian: , real name Фёдор Кузьмыч Тетерников) (March 1 (O.S. February 17) 1863 - December 5, 1927) was the pen name of Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, a Russian Symbolist poet and author. ... Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (Russian: , IPA:  ; born December 11, 1918) is a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Vladimir Georgievich Sorokin (, in Russian) (born August 7, 1955 in Bykovo, a small town near Moscow in Russia) is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer. ... Ivan Nikitich Smirnov (Иван Никитич Смирнов in Russian) (1881 - August 25, 1936) was a Communist Party activist. ... Ivan Nikolaevitch Smirnov (Russian: born September 9, 1955) — a Russian guitarist. ... Boris and Arkady Strugatsky The two brothers Arkady (Арка́дий, August 28, 1925 – October 12, 1991) and Boris (Бори́с, born April 14, 1933) Strugatsky (Струга́цкий; alternate spelling: Strugatski) are Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction. ... Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (1717 - 1774) wrote severely classical 18th-century Russian dramas based on proto_Russian legends (Mstislav) or on Shakespearean plots (Makbet). ... Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin Alexander Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Сухово-Кобылин) (September 29 [O.S. September 17] 1817, Moscow - September 24 [O.S. September 11] 1903, Beaulieu, France), was a Russian nobleman, chiefly known for his activity as an amateur playwright. ... Viktor Suvorov (; real name Vladimir Rezun : ) (born April 20, 1947) is a Russian writer and historian. ... Nadezhda Teffi Nadezhda Teffi known simply as Teffi (Russian: Надежда Тэффи) (1872-1952) was a Russian humorist writer. ... Vladimir Tendryakov Владимир Федорович Тендряков (December 5, 1923-August 3, 1984, Moscow) was a Russian writer. ... Aleksey Tolstoy (September 5, 1817 (Julian calendar: August 24) – October 10, 1875 (Julian calendar: September 28) was a Russian poet, novelist and dramatist. ... Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Толстой) (January 10, 1883 (December 29, 1882 (O.S.)) - February 23, 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Soviet Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) (Russian: , Russian pronunciation:  ), commonly referred to in English as Leo (Lyof, Lyoff) Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. ... Tatyana Tolstaya (also Tatiana Tolstaya) is a well-known modern Russian writer, TV-host, publicist, novelist, and essayist. ... Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (February 22 (March 5, New Style), 1703 -- August 6 (August 17), 1768) a Russian poet, who laid foundations of classical Russian literature. ... Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (Russian: Юрий Трифонов; 1925-1981) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet urban prose, a 1970s movement inspired by the psychologically complicated works of Anton Chekhov and his 20th-century American followers. ... Leon Trotsky (Russian:  , 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. ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: ) (October 9, 1892 – August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... Ivan Turgenev, photo by Félix Nadar (1820-1910) “Turgenev” redirects here. ... Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский) (21 June 1910 — 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet, chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine (1950-1954, 1958-1970). ... Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев) (December 5 [O.S. November 23] 1803 - July 27 [O.S. July 15] 1873) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. ... Yury Tynyanov Yury Tynyanov (Ю́рий Никола́евич (Насонович) Тыня́нов) (October 18, 1894 - December 20, 1943) was a famous Soviet/Russian writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and scriptwriter of Jewish origin. ... Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1995 Ludmila Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. ... Eduard Uspensky Eduard Uspensky (in Russian Эдуард Успенский, b. ... Alexander Melentyevich Volkov (Russian: ) (1891 – 1977) was a Russian novelist and mathematician. ... Maximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (1877 - 1932) was one of the significant representatives of the epoch of symbolism in Russian culture and literature. ... Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (alternatively spelled Voynovich, ru: Владимир Войнович, born September 26, 1932 in Dushanbe) is a prominent Russian writer and a dissident. ... Mikhail Veller is one of the most widely-read representatives of the so-called intellectual prose. His books The Adventures Of Major Zviagin, The Legends Of The Nevsky Avenue, The Samovar and others are both amusing and profoundly philosophic. ... Simon Hawke (born September 30, 1951) is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. ... Pyotr Ershov was a Russian writer, the author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Humpbacked Horse (konek-gorbunok). ... Sergei Yesenin Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled Esenin (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин; October 3, 1895 [O.S. September 21] – December 28, 1925) was a famous Russian lyrical poet. ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: ) (born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet. ... Nikolay Zabolotsky - (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Заболоцкий) (1903-1958) a Russian poet. ... Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev (1923) Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxleys Brave... We (Russian: )[1] is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. ... On the publication of Pushkins first major work in 1820, Zhukovsky presented the younger poet with this famous portrait of himself, over the inscription: To the victorious disciple from his vanquished tutor Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (b. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko (1895 - 1958) was a Russian satirist of the Soviet period. ...

Movie directors

A-M

• Fyodor Bondarchuk
• Sergei Bondarchuk
• Yevgeni Bauer
• Grigori Chukhrai
• Pavel Chukhrai
• Georgi Daneliya
• Alexander Dovzhenko
• Sergei Eisenstein
• Leonid Gaidai
• Andrei Konchalovsky
• Edmond Keosayan (of armenian descent)
• Fjodor Khitruk
• Elem Klimov
• Grigori Kozintsev
• Lev Kuleshov
• Pavel Lungin
• Nikita Mikhalkov

Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (IPA: , Russian: , b. ... Bondarchuk as Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (IPA: , Russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; Ukrainian: Сергі́й Фе́дорович Бондарчу́к September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor. ... Yevgeni Bauer (or Yevgeny Bauer or Evgeni Bauer or Evgenii Bauer or Ievgueni Bauer) (1865 - June 2, 1917, Crimea) was a Russian film director. ... Grigori Naumovich Chukhrai (Russian: ; May 23, 1921--October 28, 2001) was a prominent film director and screenwriter in the former Soviet Union. ... Pavel Grigorovich Chukhrai (Russian: ; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, 14 October 1946) is a Russian film director. ... Georgi Daneliya Georgi Daneliya Georgi Danelia (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია, Russian: ; born Tbilisi, 25 August 1930) is a Russian film director of Georgian descent, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his sad comedies (as he styles them), bittersweet as the life itself. ... Alexander Dovzhenko was a Soviet filmmaker. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ... Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай) (January 30, 1923 in Slobodny (Oblast Amur); † November 19, 1993, Moscow) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia. ... Andron Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: ) (born August 20, 1937 in Moscow) is an acclaimed Russian film writer and director. ... Edmond Keosayan was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician. ... Fjodor Saveljevich Khitruk is one of the most influential animators and animation directors in Russian animation. ... Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: ; Stalingrad, current Volgograd, 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director. ... Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (Russian: ; Kiev, 22 March (O.S. 9 March) 1905 – Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, 11 May 1973) was a Soviet Russian film director. ... Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (1899 - 1970) was a Russian filmmaker known for his work on film editing and the impact it has on the viewers. ... Pavel Semyonovich Lungin (Russian: ; born July 12, 1949) is a Russian film director. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ...

P-Z

• Sergei Parajanov (of armenian descent)
• Aleksandr Petrov
• Yakov Protazanov
• Aleksandr Ptushko
• Vsevolod Pudovkin
• Mikhail Romm
• Eldar Ryazanov
• Karen Shakhnazarov (of armenian descent)
• Larisa Shepitko
• Vasily Shukshin
• Alexander Sokurov
• Ladislas Starevich
• Andrei Tarkovsky
• Dziga Vertov

Sergei Parajanov and Lilya Brik, a sister of Aragons wife Elsa Triolet. ... Aleksandr Petrovs animated film from 1999 (Academy Award for Animated Short Film) Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov (also Alexander or Alexandre) (Russian: ) (July 17, 1957) is a Russian animator and animation director. ... Yakov A. Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (1881–1945) was, together with Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vladimir Gardin, one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. ... Aleksandr Ptushko (April 19, 1900 in Lugansk, Ukraine--March 6, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet animation and film director. ... Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: ) (February 16, 1893–June 20, 1953) was a Russian film director who developed influential theories of montage. ... Cover of Romms book of memoirs Mikhail Romm (Михаил Ромм) (January 24, 1901 - November 01, 1971) was a Russian film director. ... The cover of Ryazanovs memoir book Unsummarized conclusions Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Russian: ); b. ... Karen Shakhnazarov (1952-) is a Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. ... Larisa Shepitko (b Ukraine 1939 d 1979) was a Russian film director. ... Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Васи́лий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a notable Russian actor. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov is a Russian auteur filmmaker from St Petersburg who has been hailed as successor to Andrei Tarkovsky. ... Ladislas Starevich (August 8, 1882 - February 26, 1965), born WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Starewicz, was a Polish, Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists. ... “Tarkovsky” redirects here. ... Dziga Vertov Dziga (Dzyga) Vertov (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) January 2, 1896–February 12, 1954) was a Russian pioneer documentary film and newsreel director. ...

Musicians and Composers

For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

A-O

• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, composer
• Achilles Alferaki (1846–1919), composer
• Alexander Alyabyev, composer
• Anton Arensky, composer
• Boris Asafiev, composer
• Mily Balakirev, composer
• Boris Berezovsky, pianist
• Dima Bilan (born 1981), singer
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), composer
• Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer
• Dmytro Bortniansky, composer
• Valeri Brainin (born 1948), composer, musical scientist
• Tatyana Bulanova (born 1969), singer
• Fyodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), opera singer, bass
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky, composer
• Edison Denisov, composer
• Nikolai Demidenko, composer
• Valery Gergiev (born 1953), pianist, conductor
• Emil Gilels (1916–1985), pianist
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), composer
• Artem Ivanov (born 1986), singer
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), composer of Russlan and Ludmilla
• Alexander Goedicke, composer
• Evgeny Golubev, composer
• Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1953), conductor
• Alexander Gretchaninoff, composer
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989), pianist
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Vasily Kalinnikov
• Nikolai Kapustin
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978) Armenian worldwide famous composer
• Grigori Korchmar
• Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963), composer, pianist, and conductor
• Lena Katina (born 1984), singer
• Tikhon Khrennikov (born 1913), composer
• Kyril Kondrashin (1914–1981), conductor
• Leonid Kogan (1924–1982), violinist
• Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer
• Sergei Lyapunov, composer
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), composer, pianist
• Vyacheslav Mescherin (died 1995), Synthesizer music composer, audio engineer
• Viktoria Mullova (born 1959), violinist
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), composer of Boris Godunov, Pictures at an Exhibition
• Origa (born 1970), singer, performs theme songs for various anime series
• Yuri Antonov (born 1945), composer, singer

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (Александр Васильевич Александров) (1883-1946) was a Russian composer who created the musical score to the national anthem of both the Soviet Union and, when it was restored with new lyrics in 2001, the Russian Federation. ... Russian composer Achilles Nikolaevich Alferaki © TaganrogCity. ... Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev (Александр Александрович Алябьев) (August 15, 1787, Tobolsk – March 6, 1851, Moscow) was a Russian composer. ... Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: ) (born July 12, 1861 in Novgorod, Russia – died February 25, 1906 in Perkijarvi, Finland), was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. ... Boris Asafiev (1884-1949) was a composer and writer. ... Portrait of Balakirev Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian: , Milij Alekseevič Balakirev) (January 2, 1837 – May 29, 1910) was a Russian composer. ... Boris Berezovsky (pianist) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Dima Bilan (Russian: ; real name Viktor Belan, , 24 December 1981 in Karachay-Cherkessia) is a Russian pop artist of Karachay descent. ... Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: , Aleksandr Porfirevič Borodin) (31 Oct. ... Bortkiewicz in 1905, at age 28 Sergei Bortkiewicz (Ukrainian: , Sergey Eduardovich Bortkevich; 28 February 1877 [O.S. 16 February] – October 25, 1952) was a Ukrainian-born Polish Romantic composer and pianist. ... Dmytro Stepanovych Bortniansky (Ukrainian: , Dmitro Stepanovych Bortnians’kyi; Russian: , Dmitrij Stepanovič Bortnjanskij; also referred to as Dmitry or Dmitri Bortnyansky; 1751-1825) was a Ukrainian composer in Imperial Russia. ... Tatiana Bulanova (Russian: Татьяна Буланова), sometimes shown as Tanya Bulanova or Tatyana Bulanova (a direct transliteration of her name) was born on March 6, 1969 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. ... The Russian opera singer Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin () (February 13 (February 1, Old Style), 1873–April 12, 1938) was the most famous bass in the first half of the 20th century. ... César Antonovich Cui (Russian: , Tsezar Antonovič Kjui) (January 6, 1835 (Old Style)-March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский (February 14, 1813–May 17, 1869) was a 19th century Russian composer. ... Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 - November 24, 1996) was a Russian composer from Tomsk, Siberia. ... Nikolai Demidenko (born 1956) is a Russian pianist. ... Valery Gergiev (on the left) Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Ossetic: ; Russian: ) (b. ... Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Э́миль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс) (October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Ukrainian classical pianist of the Soviet era. ... Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1887. ... Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка) (June 1, 1804 – February 15, 1857) was a Russian composer. ... Ruslan and Lyudmila (Russian: , transliteration: Ruslan i Lyudmila) is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. ... Alexander Goedicke (b. ... Evgeny Golubev (February 16, 1910, Moscow – December 25, 1988, Moscow) (ru: Эвгэний Голуъэв) was a Russian composer. ... Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov ( [o. ... Alexander Gretchaninoff (October 25, 1864 Moscow, – January 3, 1956 New York) was a Russian Romantic composer, a student of Sergei Taneyev and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov known for his childrens music, and also for his liturgical and other choral music. ... Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ) (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was a Russian-American[1][2] pianist. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (November 19, 1859 – January 28, 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher. ... Dmitrij Borisovič Kabalevskij (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский, commonly transliterated in English as Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky) (1904 - 1987) His Life Dmitri Kabalevsky Kabalevsky was a celebrated Soviet composer. ... Vasily Kalinnikov (January 13 (January 1, Old Style), 1866 – January 11, 1901) was a Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of folksong. ... The Russian composer and pianist Nikolai Kapustin [Капустин] (born 1937 in Gorlovka, Ukraine) studied piano with Avrelian Rubakh (pupil of Felix Blumenfeld who also taught Simon Barere and Vladimir Horowitz) and, later, Alexander Goldenweiser at the Moscow Conservatoire. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Grigory Korchmar (born 1947) is a Russian composer and cellist. ... Evgeni Kostitsyn (b. ... Yelena Sergeyevna Katina (Russian: , born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina is one half of the Russian music duo t. ... Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Russian: ) (born June 10 [O.S. May 28] 1913 in Yelets, Orel District - died 14 August 2007 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet composer, leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, who was also known for his political activities. ... Kiril Petrovich Kondrashin (March 6, 1914 – March 7, 1981) was a conductor. ... Leonid Borisovich Kogan (November 17, 1924 - December 17, 1982) (Russian: Леонид Борисович Коган) was a violin virtuoso, and one of the 20th centurys most famous Soviet violinists. ... Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (Анатолий Константинович Лядов), often transliterated Liadov, (May 11, 1855 - August 28, 1914) was a Russian composer, teacher and conductor. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (November 30, 1859 - November 8, 1924) was a Russian composer. ... Nicolai Karlovich Medtner Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Николай Карлович Метнер) (January 5, 1880 – November 13, 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Vyacheslav Mescherin (died 1995) was a Soviet musician who used synthesisers to produce his music. ... Viktoria Mullova (Виктория Муллова) (born in 1959) is a Russian violin virtuoso. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881; sometimes spelt Modeste Moussorgsky), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful, exotic, and lush orchestral pieces dedicated to various subjects of medieval Russian history. ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ... Origa (also known as Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (Ольга Витальевна Яковлева), born October 12, 1970 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a Russian singer and vocalist. ... Animé redirects here. ...

P-Z

• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), composer
• Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929), composer
• Nikolai Petrov (born 1943), composer
• Mikhail Pletnev (born 1957), composer
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), composer
• Valery Polekh (1918–1992), composer, hornist
• Alla Pugacheva (born 1949), singer and composer
• Vadim Repin (born 1971), composer, violinist
• Mstislav Rostropovich (born 1927), cellist
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky (born 1931), composer
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), composer
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Sergey Lazarev (born 1983), vocalist
• Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), pianist
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), composer
• Mstislav Rostropovich (born 1927), cellist and conductor
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), pianist, conductor and composer
• Vasily Ilyich Safonov (1852–1918), composer and music educator
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998), composer
• Alexander Scriabin (1871–1915), composer and pianist
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), composer
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), composer
• Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978), composer
• Vasilii Sarenko (1814–1881), composer
• Alexander Serov (1820–1871), composer
• Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932), composer
• Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), composer
• Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995), composer
• Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998), composer
• Andrei Sychra (1881–1956), composer
• Aleksandr Taneyev (1881–1956), composer
• Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915), composer
• Mikael Tariverdiev (1893–1986), composer
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), composer
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1881–1956), composer
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), composer
• Vera Timanova (1855-1942), pianist
• Viktor Tsoy (1962–1990), poet, composer, musician, actor (one of the figures who defined the era of 80's)
• Serafim Tulikov (1913–2004), composer
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006), composer
• Yulia Volkova (born 1985), singer
• Arcadi Volodos (born 1972), pianist
• Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1881–1956), composer
• Alexander Zhiroff - cellist

Nikolai Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Мясковский) (April 20, 1881 – August 8, 1950) was a Russian composer. ... Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Russian: ; born November 9, 1929) has remained one of the best known figures in Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s. ... Nikolai Petrov (born April 14, 1943) is a Russian pianist. ... Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Плетнёв, Mikhail Vaciljievič Pletnev) (born 14 April 1957) in Arkhangelsk, Russia is a pianist, conductor, and composer. ... Piatigorsky in 1945 Gregor Piatigorsky (April 17, 1903 – August 6, 1976) was a Ukrainian cellist well known in his time. ... Valery Vladimirovich Polekh (born July 5, 1918) is a former Russian horn player of the 20th century. ... Alla on the Star Factory television show, 2004 Alla Borisovna Pugachyova (А́лла Бори́совна Пугачёва), pronounced Pougachiova and commonly anglicized as Pugacheva, born April 15, 1949 in Moscow, Russia, is perhaps the best known musical performer in Russia, her career having started in 1965 and continuing to this day. ... Vadim Repin (born Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, 31 August 1971) is a Russian violinist. ... Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE (Russian: Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, Mstislav Leopoldovič Rostropovič, IPA: ), (March 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007), known to close friends as “Slava”, was a Russian cellist and conductor. ... Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky (left) with Czech composer Lukáš MatouÅ¡ek at the closing concert of Prague Spring Festival 2007, Municipal Hall, Prague. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ... Rachmaninoff, in his later years, toured the United States extensively, and remained there from 1918 until his death. ... Sergey Vyacheslavovich Lazarev (Russian: ), born 01 April 1983) is a vocalist, dancer and actor based in Moscow, Russia. ... Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (Святосла́в Теофи́лович Ри́хтер) (March 20, 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Russian pianist of German extraction. ... Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: , Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6 (N.S. March 18), 1844 – June 8 (N.S. June 21) 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a... Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE (Russian: Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, Mstislav Leopoldovič Rostropovič, IPA: ), (March 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007), known to close friends as “Slava”, was a Russian cellist and conductor. ... Categories: Stub | 1835 births | 1881 deaths | Russian composers | Pianists | Russian musicians ... Vasily Ilyich Safonov (Васи́лий Ильи́ч Сафо́нов) (February 6, 1852 - February 27, 1918); Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer. ... Alfred Schnittke April 6, 1989, Moscow Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 Engels - August 3, 1998 Hamburg) was a Russian and Soviet composer. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин, Aleksandr Nikolajevič Skriabin; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin or Scriabine (6 January 1872 [O.S. 26 December 1871]—27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Dmitri Shostakovich in 1942 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich   (Russian: ) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906 – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... The composer Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov (born in Leningrad on November 4, 1912, died in Leningrad on February 27, 1978) is perhaps best known for his . ... Vasilii Stepanovich Sarenko (born 1814 in Voronezh; died 1881) was a Russian guitarist and composer. ... Composer Alexander Serov by Valentin Serov, 1887-1888 Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration) (11/23 Jan. ... Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (born December 16, 1932) is a Russian composer. ... Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963) was born on June 11, 1902 in Omsk. ... Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27, 1894 - December 25, 1995) was a Russian-American composer, conductor, music critic, musician, and author. ... Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов, Georgy Vasiljevič Svirídov; (December 16, 1915 – January 5, 1998), also transliterated Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov, Georgy Vasilievich Sviridov, Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov, Georgii Sviridov or Gyorgy Sviridov, was a Russian and Soviet neoromantic composer. ... Andrei Osipovich Sychra (Sikhra, Sichra, in Russian Андрей Осипович Сихра) (born 1773 (?1776) in Vilnius; died November 21/December 3, 1850 in St Petersburg) was a Russian guitarist, composer and teacher, of Czech ancestry. ... Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (January 17, 1850 – February 7, 1918) was a Russian composer of the late Romantic era, specifically of the nationalist school. ... Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (also Taneev or Taneiev) (November 25 (old system??), 1856 - June 19, 1915), a pupil of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer, teacher, theorist and author. ... Mikael Tariverdiev (August 15, 1931—July 25, 1996) was a prominent Soviet composer, who was born of Armenian parents in Georgia but lived in Russia. ... “Tchaikovsky” redirects here. ... Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996) was a Soviet composer whose works included Slavic rhapsody for large symphony orchestra (1951), Sonata in three movements for two pianos (1973) and Symphony with harp for large symphony orchestra (1993) along with much chamber music and film music. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (January 20, 1899 – September 29, 1977) was a Russian composer, and pianist. ... Viktor Tsoi Viktor Tsoi was a famous Russian rock artist and leader of the rock group Kino. ... Serafim Tulikov Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, (Russian: Серафим Сергеевич Туликов; July 7, 1914 - January 29, 2004), was a Russian composer who was born in the Imperial Russia, and passed away in the Russian Federation. ... Galina Ustvolskaya (born June 17, 1919) is a Russian composer of classical music. ... Yuliya Olegovna Volkova (Russian: , born February 20, 1985) is one half of the Russian music duo t. ... Arcadi Volodos (Russian: , Arcadij Volodos) (born February 24, 1972) is a Russian pianist. ... Ivan Alexandrovich Vïshnegradsky (1893-1979, also Wyschnegradsky) was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone scale, though he used scales of up to 71 divisions. ... Alexander Sasha Zhiroff, (born in Russia), is a Russian cellist whose performing career has included appearances as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Russia, Cuba, recitals in major concert halls, and recordings as a soloist for BBC Scotland, Gostelradio (Russia), and EGREM (Cuba). ...

Performing Arts

Theatre Directors

• Anatoly Efros
• Yury Lyubimov
• Leonid Varpakhovsky
• Konstantin Stanislavski
• Michael Chekhov
• Yevgeny Vakhtangov (of armenian origin)

Anatoly Vasilievich Efros (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Эфрос) (1925 - 1987) was a famous Russian and Soviet theatre director. ... Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (born September 17, 1917, Yaroslavl) is a Russian stage actor and director. ... Leonid Varpakhovsky Leonid Viktorovich Varpakhovsky (Russian: Леонид Викторович Варпаховский ) - (29 March 1908, Moscow - 12 February 1976, Moscow), director, scenarist. ... A portrait of Konstantin Stanislavski by Valentin Serov. ... Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов, August 29, 1891 in Moscow – September 30, 1955 in Beverly Hills, California) was an Academy Award-nominated Russian-American actor, director, author, and developer of his own acting technique used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. ... Yevgeny Vakhtangov Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene) (13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a renowned Russian director who was associated with the State Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow in the early 20th century, and founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. ...

Performers

• Vera Alentova (born 1942), actress
• Mikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948), ballet dancer
• Sergei Bodrov, filmmaker
• Sergei Bodrov Jr. (1971–2002), actor
• Sergei Bondarchuk (1920–1994), film director
• Boris Brunov (1922–1997), actor
• Yul Brynner, actor
• Dmitry Chaplin dancer So You Think You Can Dance Season 2
• Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), ballet impresario
• Michel Fokine (1880–1942), choreographer, dancer
• Leonid Filatov, actor
• Milla Jovovich, actress, model, and musician
• Elizaveta Gerdt (1891–1975), ballerina
• Pavel Gerdt (1844–1917), danseur
• Vera Karalli (1889–1972), ballerina and actress
• Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), ballerina
• Lila Kedrova (1918–2000), actress
• Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), prima ballerina assoluta
• Lydia Lopokova (1892–1971), ballerina
• Nikita Mikhalkov (born 1945), filmmaker and politician
• Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet-Yiddish actor
• Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (1890–1950), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Ivan Novikoff (1899–2002), ballet master
• Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), ballet dancer
• Lubov Orlova (1902–1975), actress
• Anna Pavlova (1882–1931), ballerina
• Maya Plisetskaya (born 1925), ballerina
• Olga Preobrajenska (1871–1962), ballerina
• Alexander Ptushko (1900–1973), animation & film director
• Stanislav Savich dancer So You Think You Can Dance Season 2
• Roupen Simonov actor in Vakhtankov theatre (of armenian origin)
• Yuri Soloviev (1940–1977), ballet dancer
• Konstantin Stanislavsky (1868–1938), actor
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress
• Galina Ulanova (1910–1988), ballerina
• Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951), ballet teacher
• Vera Volkova (1904–1975), ballerina

For the Russian athlete, see Aleksandr Baryshnikov. ... Sergei Bodrov was born on June 26, 1948 in Khabarovsk, USSR (part of modern day Russia). ... Sergei Bodrov Jr. ... Bondarchuk as Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (IPA: , Russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; Ukrainian: Сергі́й Фе́дорович Бондарчу́к September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor. ... Boris Sergeyevich Brunov (Russian: ; 10 June 1922 – 2 September 1997) was the most famous Soviet compere. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Dmitry Chaplin Dmitry Chaplin (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Чаплин Dimitry Alexandrovich Chaplin) is an International Latin dancer, best known for being a Top 10 finalist on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2). ... So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia. ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ... Michel Fokine or Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokin (Михаил Михайлович Фокин) (April 23 [O.S. April 11] 1880) – August 22, 1942) was a groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer. ... Leonid Filatov on the cover of his book of poetry Oranges of beige color Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov (Russian: Леонид Алексеевич Филатов) (24 December 1946 - 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who reached popularity acting in the Taganka Theatre run by Yury Lyubimov. ... Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Милица Јововић/Milica Jovović, Ukrainian: Мілла Йовович/MÑ–lla Jovovič; born Milica NataÅ¡a Jovović on December 17, 1975) is an American supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer. ... Elizaveta Gerdt in the Bolshoi ballet school, 1960s Elizaveta Pavlovna Gerdt (1891-1975) was a Russian dancer and teacher whose career links the Russian imperial and Soviet schools of classical dance. ... Pavel Gerdt Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt, better known as Paul Gerdt (1844-1917), was the foremost male dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre for 50 years. ... Vera Karalli (July 27, 1889 - November 16, 1972) was a notable Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and actress during the early years of the twentieth century. ... Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (March 10, 1885 – May 26, 1978) was a famous Russian ballerina who eventually settled in England, where she helped found the Royal Academy of Dancing in 1920. ... Lila Kedrova (October 9, 1918 – February 16, 2000) was a Russian actress. ... Mathilde Kschessinska (Polish: Matylda KrzesiÅ„ska, 19 August 1872 (O.S.) — 7 June 1971), (also known as Her Serene Highness Princess Romanova-Krasinskaya since 1921) was a Polish-born ballerina and the second prima ballerina assoluta in the world. ... Lydia Lopokova (October 21, 1892-June 8, 1981) was a famous Russian ballerina dancer during the early 20th-century and was the wife of the economist, John Maynard Keynes. ... Nikita Mikhalkov in the 2005 Fandorin movie The Councillor of State. ... Young Mikhoels Solomon Mikhoels (real surname - Vovsi), Yiddish: ; Russian: (16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1890 - January 12/13, 1948) was a Soviet Jewish actor and director in Yiddish theater and the chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Polish language: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1890 – April 8, 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Kiev, Ukraine, of Polish descent. ... Ivan Novikoff (August 26, 1899 - March 20, 2002) was a ballet master. ... Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (Russian spelling Рудольф Хаметович Нуреев, Tatar form Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev) (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993), Russian-born dancer, was regarded by many critics as the greatest male dancer of the 20th century, alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov. ... Lubov Orlova Lubov Petrovna Orlova, Russian language: Любовь Петровна Орлова (January 29 (new style), 1902 - January 26, 1975) was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theater actor and a gifted singer. ... For the Olympic gymnast, see Anna Pavlova (gymnast). ... Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Russian: ; born November 20, 1925) is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as the greatest ballerina of modern times. ... Olga Preobrajenska (1871-1962) was probably the best loved ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet. ... Aleksandr Ptushko (April 19, 1900 in Lugansk, Ukraine--March 6, 1973 in Russia) was a Soviet animation and film director. ... Stanislav Savich (b. ... So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia. ... Yuri Soloviev 1940-1977 Yuri Vladimirovich Soloviev was a premier danseur of the Kirov Ballet, in Leningrad, Russia. ... A portrait of Konstantin Stanislavsky by Valentin Serov. ... Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was a three time Academy Award nominated American film actress. ... Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: ; 8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. ... Vaganova as Odette-Odile, 1900es Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova (July 6, 1879 - November 5, 1951) was an outstanding Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method. ... Vera Volkova (1904-1975) was an influential Russian ballet dancer and dance teacher. ...

Poets

(who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language, see List of Russian language poets) A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , Russian pronunciation: ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. ... Poets who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language. ...

Cosmonauts

U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ...

A-N

• Yuri Artyukhin (1930–1998)
• Julia Anoshechkina
• Pavel Belyayev (1925–1970)
• Georgi Beregovoi (1921–1995)
• Valery Bykovsky
• Lev Demin (1926–1998)
• Georgi Dobrovolski (1928–1971)
• Vladimir Dzhanibekov
• Konstantin Feoktistov
• Anatoli Filipchenko
• Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), first human in space
• Viktor Gorbatko
• Georgi Grechko
• Aleksei Gubarev
• Alexandr Kaleri
• Yevgeny Khrunov (1933–2000)
• Pyotr Klimuk
• Vladimir Komarov (1927–1967)
• Sergei Krikalyov, the person who accumulated most time in space (803 days)
• Valeri Kubasov
• Vasili Lazarev (1929–1990)
• Valentin Lebedev
• Aleksei Leonov, first person to walk in space
• Oleg Makarov (1933–2003)
• Andrian Nikolayev (1929–2004)

Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Юрий Петрович Артюхин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made a single flight into space. ... Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев), June 26, 1925, Chelizshevo – January 10, 1970, Moscow, was a cosmonaut who flew on the historic Voskhod 2 mission. ... Georgi Beregovoi Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Береговой; April 15, 1921, Fedorovka – June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on a single space mission, Soyuz 3. ... Valery Bykovsky Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Валерий Фёдорович Быковский; born 2 August 1934, Pavlovsky Posad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. ... Lev Stepanovich Demin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; born January 11, 1926 in Moscow, died December 18, 1998 in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission. ... Georgi Dobrovolski Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; June 1, 1928 – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Vladimir Dzhanibekov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков; born May 13, 1942) was a cosmonaut who made five flights. ... Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; born February 7, 1926 in Voronezh) was a cosmonaut and space engineer. ... Image:Filipchenko. ... “Gagarin” redirects here. ... Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Горбатко; born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. ... Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; born May 25, 1931 in Leningrad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, and Soyuz T-14. ... Image:Gubarev. ... External link NASA Biography Categories: Stub | 1956 births | Russian astronauts | Crew members of ISS Expeditions ... Yevgeny Khrunov Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5 mission. ... Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільі́ч Кліму́к; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Komarovka, USSR (now in Belarus)) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. ... For other persons of the same name, see Komarov. ... Roskosmos photo. ... Valeri Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Кубасов; born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. ... Vasili Grigoryevich Lazarev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Лазарев; February 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch. ... Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. ... General Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov, Soviet Air Force (Ret. ... For other persons of the same name, see Makarov. ... Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев), (September 5, 1929–July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ...

P-Z

• Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971)
• Valeri Polyakov, the person who accumulated most time in space in a single spaceflight (437 days)
• Pavel Popovich
• Nikolai Rukavishnikov (1932–2002)
• Valeri Ryumin
• Gennadi Sarafanov (1942–2005)
• Svetlana Savitskaya, second woman in space
• Vladimir Shatalov
• Georgi Shonin (1935–1997)
• Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937), first woman in space
• Gherman Titov (1935–2000)
• Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971)
• Boris Volynov
• Boris Yegorov(1937–1994)
• Aleksei Yeliseyev
• Vitali Zholobov

Viktor Patsayev Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Пацаев; June 19, 1933, Aktuybinsk – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight. ... Valeri Polyakov Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: , Valeriy Vladmirovič Poljakov) (born April 27, 1942) is the Russian cosmonaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months during one trip. ... Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: ; born October 5, 1930 in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space. ... Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников; September 18, 1932, Tomsk – October 19, 2002) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. ... ... Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (Russian: Геннадий Васильевич Сарафанов; (born January 1, 1942 in Sinenkie, died September 29, 2005) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission. ... Svetlana Yevgeniyena Savitskaya - first woman to perform a space-walk Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: ; born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet female cosmonaut who flew the Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova. ... Vladimir Shatalov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. ... Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: Георгий Степанович Шонин; August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ... 1963 USSR postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: ; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963. ... Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; September 11, 1935, Verkhnee Zhilino – September 20, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the second person to orbit the Earth. ... Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; b. ... Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Борис Валентинович Волынов; born December 18, 1934 in Irkutsk) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. ... 1964 USSR postage stamp honouring Boris Yegorov Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Борис Борисович Егоров; November 26, 1937, Moscow – September 12, 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. ... Aleksei Yeliseyev Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. ... Zholobov in his spacesuit Vitali Mikhailovich Zholobov (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов; born June 18, 1937 in Zburjevka, Ukraine) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on one space flight, Soyuz 21, as the flight engineer. ...

Explorers

• Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, the Russian officer who discovered Antarctica
• Vitus Bering (1681–1741), explorer of north-western and south-western Alaska
• Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev (c. 1605 – 1673), explorer of north-eastern Asia
• Ivan Fedorov, explorer of north-western Alaska
• Gerasim Izmailov, explorer of Alaska
• Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, explorer of Mongolia and Tibet
• Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern, the first Russian to circumnavigate the world
• Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai (1846–1888), anthropologist who lived among the natives of Papua New Guinea
• Afanasiy Nikitin, the first European who documented his visit to India
• Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888), explorer of central and eastern Asia
• Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827–1885)
• Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel (1796–1870), explorer of Arctica

This list of explorers is sorted by surname. ... A portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (also known as Russian: ; Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen) (September 20, 1778–January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second Russian expedition to circumnavigate the globe. ... A portrait attributed to Vitus Bering (according to modern data, his uncles portrait) Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Semion Ivanovich Dezhnev (Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв) (circa 1605 – 1673), Russian explorer who led the expedition that doubled the known extent of the easternmost promontory of the Eurasian continent in 1648, discovering that Asia is not connected to Alaska. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Ivan Fedorov () († 1733), Russian navigator, commanding officer of the expedition to northern Alaska in 1732. ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Gerasim Grigorevich Izmailov (Герасим Григорьевич Измайлов) (circa 1745 - after 1795) was a Russian sea explorer who did much to map the Russian Far East and the Aleutian Islands and Russian America (Alaska). ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (October 3, 1863 near Smolensk - September 26, 1935, Peterhof) was a Russian explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskiy in Mongolia and Tibet. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern was a Baltic German explorer and admiral in the Russian Empire who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth. ... Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai (Николай Николаевич Миклухо-Маклай in Russian) (1846 – 1888) was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist. ... Afanasiy Nikitin (Никитин, Афанасий in Russian) (? _ 1472) was a Russian traveller, writer and the first European to visit India. ... Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky (Russian: ) (April 12, 1839—November 1, 1888 (Gregorian calendar)), was a Russian geographer and explorer in central and eastern Asia. ... Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827 - February 8, 1885) was a Russian explorer and naturalist. ... Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrovich (Врангель, Фердинанд Петрович in Russian) (12. ... Arctica was an ancient continent approximately 2. ...

Inventors

• Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (born 1930), physicist
• Oleg Antonov(1906–1984) airplane designer
• Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (1922–2001), laser inventor, Nobel Prize for Physics 1964, together with Alexandr Prokhorov
• Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1947), weapons designer
• Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov (1775–1839), mining engineer and inventor horse-railway
• Leonid Gobyato (1875–1915), Russian general, inventor of the modern Mortar (weapon)
• Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (1894–1977), aircraft constructor
• Nikolai Kibalchich (1853–1881)
• Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907–1966), rocket engineer and designer, Father of the space program
• Gleb Yevgeniyevich Kotelnikov (1872–1944), inventor of the knapsack parachute.
• Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (1735–1818), mechanic
• Semyon Lavochkin (1900–1960), aircraft designer
• Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847–1923), electrical engineer and inventor
• Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905–1970), aircraft designer of armenian descent
• Constantin Perskyi engineer, invented word "television"
• Alexander Popov (1859–1906), Russia's Marconi, a developer of radio
• Alexandr Prokhorov (1916–2002), physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics 1964, born in Queensland, Australia
• Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944), father of colour photography
• Boris Rosing (1869–1933)
• Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), helicopter and aircraft designer
• Nikolai Rynin (1887–1942) engineer
• Pavel Sukhoi (1895–1975), aircraft constructor and designer
• Leon Theremin (1896–1993), inventor of one of the first electronic musical instruments, the Theremin
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautics
• Andrey Tupolev (1888–1972), aircraft designer and builder
• Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov (c. 1720 – 1758), inventor of the Russian porcelain
• Pavel Yablochkov, electrical engineer, inventor of Yablochkov candle
• Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky
• Vladimir Zworykin (1889–1982) pioneer of TV technology

For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (also Alfyorov) (Russian: Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров) (born March 15, 1930) is a Russian physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. ... Oleg Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Антонов, Олег Константинович in Russian) (1. ... Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian:Николай Геннадиевич Басов) (December 14, 1922 – July 1, 2001) was a Soviet/Russian physicist and educator. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Alexandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров) (1916 – 2002), physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, member of Soviet Academy of Sciences (since 1966). ... Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyarev (Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв) (January 2, 1880, Tula - January 16, 1949, Moscow) was a Russian weapons designer, Major General of the Engineering and Artillery Service, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1940), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1940). ... Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov (Фролов, Пётр Козьмич in Russian) (January 16(27), 1775 – December 10(22), 1839), Russian mining engineer and inventor who built the first horse-railway in Russia in 1809, elaborated projects of canals and other artificial water constructions, contributed to the development of scientific researches and culture of... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... General Leonid Gobyato Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (Russian: ; 6 February 1875 - 21 May 1915) was a Russian lieutenant-general (posthumously in 1915) and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ... Categories: Aircraft stubs | 1894 births | 1977 deaths ... Nikolai Kibalchich (1850, Chernihiv (Ukraine) - April 3, 1881) was a pioneer of rocketry, revolutionary and a terrorist. ... Korolev was key in the design and launch of Sputnik 1, the first ever artificial satellite Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (Серге́й Па́влович Королёв) (January 12, 1907 - January 14, 1966) was the head Soviet rocket engineer and designer during the space race, known only as the chief designer during his lifetime. ... Gleb Yevgeniyevich Kotelnikov (Котельников, Глеб Евгеньевич in Russian)(1. ... Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (April 21, 1735 - August 11, 1818) was a Russian mechanic and inventor. ... 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 Nikolayevich Lodygin Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847 – 1923) (Александр Николаевич Лодыгин in Russian) was a Russian electrical engineer and inventor, one of inventors of the Incandescent light bulb. ... Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (Արտյոմ Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան in Armenian; Артё́м Ива́нович Микоя́н in Russian) (August 5, 1905 – December 9, 1970) was an Armenian / Soviet aircraft designer, in partnership with Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft. ... Constantin Perskyi was a Russian scientist who is credited with coining the word television in a paper read (in French) to the 1900 Paris World Exhibitions 1st International Congress of Electricity. ... Alexander Stepanovich Popov (Russian: Александр Степанович Попов) (March 4, 1859 - December 31, 1905) was a Russian physicist who publicly demonstrate transmission of radio waves (March 1896) but didnt apply for a patent an apparatus or method for radio. ... // Within the timeline of radio, many people were involved in the invention of radio transmission of information as we know it today. ... Alexandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров) (1916 – 2002), physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, member of Soviet Academy of Sciences (since 1966). ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For other uses, see Queensland (disambiguation). ... Sergei Prokudin-Gorski. ... Color photography was explored throughout the 1800s. ... Boris Lvovich Rosing (Russian: ) (1869 – 1933) was a Russian scientist and inventor in the field of television. ... Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (May 25, 1889 - October 26, 1972) was a Ukrainian of Polish descent and a pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine aeroplanes and the first modern helicopter. ... Nikolai Alexsevitch Rynin (December 23, 1887–1942) was a Russian civil engineer, teacher, aerospace researcher, author, historian, and promoter of space travel. ... Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Павел Осипович Сухой) (July 22, 1895 – September 15, 1975) was a Belarusian aircraft constructor and designer. ... A young Leon Theremin playing his invention Leon Theremin (born Lev Sergeivitch Termen) (August 15, 1896–November 3, 1993) was the Russian inventor of the Theremin, an electronic musical instrument. ... Telharmonium, created by Thaddeus Cahill 1897 Luigi Russolo and his assistant Ugo Piatti with their Intonarumori, 1913 Léon Theremin and his Theremin, 1919 Trautonium, 1928 An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. ... Léon Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]), or thereminvox, is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ... Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Константин Эдуардович Циолковский, Konstanty CioÅ‚kowski) (September 5, 1857 new style – September 19, 1935) was a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of cosmonautics who spent most of his life in a log house on the outskirts of the Russian town of Kaluga. ... Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Туполев; November 10, 1888 – December 23, 1972) was a pioneering Russian aircraft designer. ... Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Виноградов) (1720? - September 5 (O.S. August 25), 1758) was a Russian inventor of porcelain. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov (Павел Николаевич Яблочков in Russian) (September 14/September 2 (O. S.), 1847 – March 31/March 19 (O.S.) 1894 ) was a Russian electrical engineer, the inventor of the Yablochkov candle (a type of electric carbon arc lamp) and businessman. ... A Yablochkov candle (sometimes electric candle) is a type of electric carbon arc lamp, invented in 1876 by Pavel Yablochkov. ... Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Russian: ) (January 17 [O.S. January 5] 1847 – March 17, 1921) was a Russian scientist, founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. ... Vladimir Zworykin, 1929, holding his kinescope Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin (Russian: ) (July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. ...

Scientists and Scholars

A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy. ...

A-C

• Alexei Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize recipient
• Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, mathematician
• Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, Armenian astronomer and astrophysicist
• Delibash Boris Apostolovich, worked on the Sputnik program.
• Lev Artsimovich, physicist
• Ivan Aksakov, philosopher
• Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, mathematician
• Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Nobel Prize winner
• Aleksandr Amfiteatrov, historian
• Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, mathematician
• Vladimir Arnold, mathematician
• Vladimir Arnoldi, botanist
• Mikhail Bakhtin, philosopher and anthropologist
• Mikhail Bakunin, political philosopher
• Aleksei Aleksandrovich Balandin, chemist
• Vasily Bartold, historian, orientalist, sociologist
• Nikolai P. Barabashov, astronomer
• Valeri L. Barsukov, chemist
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Beketov, chemist
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, psychologist and neuropathologist
• Boris Belousov, chemist / biophysicist
• Lev Semenovich Berg, biologist
• Nikolai Berdyaev, philosopher
• Nikolay Bogolyubov, mathematician and theoretical physicist
• Vladimir Bogoraz, anthropologist
• Dmitri Bondarenko, anthropologist
• Alexander Borodin, chemist
• Aleksandr L'vovich Brudno, computer scientist
• Boris Yakovych Bukreyev, mathematician
• Leonid Bunimovich, mathematician
• Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov
• Nikolai Bugaev, mathematician
• Pafnuti Chebyshev, mathematician
• Pavel Cherenkov, physicist, Nobel Prize
• Aleksei Chichibabin, chemist

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. ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Tatyana Afanasyeva Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (Russian: ) (Kiev, November 19, 1876 – Leiden, April 14, 1964) was a Russian /Dutch mathematician. ... Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (ÕŽÕ«Õ¯Õ¿Õ¸Ö€ Õ€Õ¡Õ´Õ¢Õ¡Ö€Õ±Õ¸Ö‚Õ´ÕµÕ¡Õ¶ in Armenian, Виктор Амазаспович Амбарцумян in Russian) (September 18, 1908 (Julian calendar: September 5) – August 12, 1996) was an Armenian-Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. ... Delibash Boris Apostolovich (Делибаш, Борис Апостолович) (1896-1977) was a Russian and Soviet scientist. ... Sputnik redirects here. ... Lev Andreevich Artsimovich (Арцимович, Лев Андреевич in Russian) (2. ... Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Аксаков) (October 8 [O.S. September 26] 1823 - February 8 [O.S. January 27] 1886, Moscow) was a Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile. ... Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov (Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров, sometimes romanized Alexandroff or Aleksandrov) (born May 7, 1896 - died November 16, 1982) was a Russian mathematician. ... Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (also Alfyorov) (Russian: Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров) (born March 15, 1930) is a Russian physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. ... Aleksandr Amfiteatrov (1862 – 1938) was a Russian writer. ... Dmitri Victorovich Anosov is a Russian mathematician, known for his contributions to dynamical systems theory. ... Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (Russian: Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, born June 12, 1937 in Odessa, USSR) is one of the worlds most prolific mathematicians. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Mikhail Bakhtin. ... Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Бакунин, Michel Bakunin on the grave in Bern), (May 18 (30 N.S.), 1814 – June 19 (July 1 N.S.), 1876) was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and often considered one of the “fathers of modern anarchism. Born in the Russian Empire to a family of Russian... Aleksei Aleksandrovich Balandin (December 20n. ... Vasily Vladimirovich Bartold (Russian: , also known as Wilhelm Barthold; 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1869 in Saint Petersburg — 19 August 1930 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet historian who succeeded Wilhelm Radloff as the greatest authority in the field of Turcology. ... Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Russian astronomer. ... Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov (Валерий Леонидович Барсуков) (March 14, 1928 – July 22, 1992) was a Soviet geochemist. ... Nikolay Nikolayevich Beketov (Бекетов, Николай Николаевич in Russian) (1. ... Vladimir Bekhterev (January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who noted the role of the hippocampus in memory around 1900. ... Boris Pavlovich Belousov (1893 - 1970) was a Soviet chemist / biophysicist who discovered the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (BZ reaction) in the early 50s. ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. ... Lev Semënovich Berg (Russian: , 1876, Bessarabia - December 24, 1950) was a Soviet geographer, biologist. ... Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (Николай Александрович Бердяев) (March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1874 – March 24, 1948) was a Russian religious and political philosopher. ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov (21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992) was a Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for his work in statistical field theory and dynamical systems. ... Vladimir Tan-Bogoraz Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz, best known under literary pseudonym N.A. Tan (April 27, 1865 — May 10, 1936) was a Russian writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. ... Dmitri Bondarenko (born in Moscow in 1968 ) is a Russian anthropologist, historian, and Africanist. ... Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: , Aleksandr Porfirevič Borodin) (31 Oct. ... Aleksandr Lvovich Brudno (Alexander Lvovich Brudno) (Russian: ) is a Russian computer scientist, best known for fully describing the alpha-beta (α-β) search algorithm. ... Boris Yakovych Bukreyev (September 6, 1859 - October 2, 1962) was a Ukrainian mathematician who worked in the areas of complex functions and differential equations. ... Leonid Bunimovich is a Russian mathematician, currently residing in the USA, who specializes in dynamical systems and known for his discovery of focusing chaotic billiards. ... Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (Александр Михайлович Бутлеров) (September 15, 1828 – August 17, 1886, Russian chemist, the creator of the theory of chemical structure (1861), and the discoverer of formaldehyde. ... Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev (Russian: , September 14, 1837 - June 11, 1903 ) was a prominent Russian mathematician. ... Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Пафнутий Львович Чебышёв) (May 4, 1821 - November 26, 1894) was a Russian mathematician. ... Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian Павел Алексеевич Черенков) (July 28, 1904 - January 6, 1990) was a Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Aleksei Yevgenevich Chichibabin (Russian: ; Kuzemino village, current Poltava Oblast, 29 March (O.S. 17 March) 1871; Paris 15 August 1945) was a Soviet/Russian chemist. ...

D-J

• Vladimir Dal, linguist
• Igor Diakonov, historian and linguist
• Vasily V. Dokuchaev, the founder of the modern soil science
• Dimitri Fedorovich Egorov, mathematician
• Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermolyeva, microbiologist
• Dmitry Aleksandrovich Fadeyev, mathematician
• Andrey Famitsyn, biologist
• Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, physicist
• Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, mathematician, chronologist
• Valentin Fomine, physicist
• Sergei Fomin, mathematician
• Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• Eugène Gabritschevsky, biologist
• Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist, Nobel Prize recipient
• Nikolai Girenko, anthropologist
• Boris Grakov, archaeologist
• Leonid Grinin, philosopher
• Lev Gumilev, geographer and ethnologist
• Alexander Gurwitsch, biologist
• Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, physicist
• Vladimir Ipatieff, chemist
• Dmitri Ivanenko, physicist
• Vladimir Jochelson, anthropologist

Dahls portrait by Vasily Perov. ... Igor Mikhailovich Diakonov (Russian: ) (born December 30, 1914 in Petrograd) is a Russian historian who should be ranked among the greatest authorities on Ancient East and its languages. ... Vasily Vasilievich Dokuchaev (Василий Васильевич Докучаев) (1840 – 1903) was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying foundations of soil science. ... Dimitri Fedorovich Egorov (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Егоров, December 22, 1869 - September 10, 1931) was a Russian mathematician born in Moscow. ... Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (or Fok, Владимир Александрович Фок) (December 22, 1898 - December 27, 1974) was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sergei Vasilovich Fomin (9 December 1917 – 17 August 1975) was a Russian mathematician who, among his other accomplishments was a co-author with Kolmogorov of Introductory real analysis, a book that is widely read in Russian and English. ... Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (Russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк) (1908 – 1990) was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Eugène Gabritschevsky (December 1893 - April 5, 1979) was a Russian biologist and artist. ... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ... 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). ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Boris Nikolaevich Grakov (Russian: ) (December 13 [O.S. December 1] 1899 in Onega — September 14, 1970 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian archaeologist, who specialized in Scythian and Sarmatian archeology, classical philology and ancient epigraphy. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Leonid Grinin (born in 1958) is a philosopher of history. ... Lev Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, 1960s Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (Russian: ) (October 1, 1912, St. ... Alexander Gurwitsch, Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch (1874 - 1954), a famous Russian biologist. ... Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, October 29, 1880 (new style) – October 14, 1960) was a prominent Soviet/Russian physicist. ... Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatieff (Vladimir Ipatiev) (1867 - 1952) was a U.S. (Russian-born) chemist. ... Dmitri Ivanenko (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Иваненко) (1904 - 1994) was a Professor of Moscow State University (since 1943), made the great contribution to the physical science (especialy, to gravitational physics) of the twentieth century. ... Vladimir Ilyich Jochelson (Russian: Владимир Ильич Иохельсон) (January 14 (N.S. January 26), 1855, Vilnius - November 2, 1937, New York) was a Russian ethnographer and researcher of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North. ...

K-M

• Pyotr Kafarov, sinologist
• Leonid Kantorovich, mathematician and economist
• Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, physicist, discoverer of superfluidity, Nobel Prize in physics
• Nikolai Kardashev, astrophysicist
• Kerim Kerimov, engineer
• Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, physicist
• Julii Khariton, physicist
• Anatoly Khazanov, anthropologist
• Orest Khvolson, physicist
• Karl Klaus (1796–1864), chemist, discoverer of ruthenium.
• Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, mathematician
• Nikolai Koltsov, famous Russian biologist
• Sergei Kopeikin, physicist
• Andrey Korotayev, historian, economist, anthropologist
• Sofia Kovalevskaya, mathematician
• Alexander Kovalevsky, embryologist
• Boris Kozo-Polyansky, biologist
• Stepan Krasheninnikov
• Feodosy Krasovsky
• Aleksandr Semenovich Kronrod, mathematician, computer scientist, economist
• Nikolay Mitrofanovich Krylov, mathematician and theoretical physicist
• Mikhail Kryukov, anthropologist
• Igor Kurchatov, atomic bomb physicist
• Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, mathematician
• Lev Landau, physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in physics
• Georgy Langemak
• Mikhail Lavrentyev, physicist and mathematician
• Mikhail Lebedev, neuroscientist
• Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev, physicist
• Nikolai Lobachevsky, mathematician
• Mikhail Lomonosov, polymath
• Nikolai Nikolaevich Lusin, mathematician
• Aleksandr Lyapunov, mathematician
• Trofim Lysenko, biologist
• Dmitri Maksutov
• Anatoly Maltsev
• Leonid Mandelshtam, physicist
• Yuri Ivanovich Manin, mathematician
• Andrei Markov, mathematician
• Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, biologist, Nobel Prize in medicine
• Roy Medvedev, historian
• Zhores Medvedev
• Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements
• Konstantin Merezhkovsky, biologist, one of the creators of theory of endosymbiosis
• Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, selectionist
• Aleksandr Fyodorovich Middendorf, zoologist
• Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, anthropologist
• Peter Moscovic, known for his work with MRSA, MRi Techniques and sexually transmitted diseases
• Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky

Pyotr Ivanovich Kafarov (Пётр Ива́нович Кафа́ров), also known by his monk name Palladiy (Палла́дий), (1817 – 1878) was an early Russian sinologist. ... Sinology is the study of China, and things related to China, using a combination of Western and traditional Chinese methodologies, concepts, and theories. ... Leonid V. Kantorovich. ... Semenov (on the right) and Kapitsa (on the left), portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1921 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Russian Пётр Леонидович Капица) (July 9, 1894 – April 8, 1984) was a Soviet/Russian physicist who discovered superfluidity with some contribution from John F. Allen and Don Misener in 1937. ... Superfluidity is a phase of matter characterised by the complete absence of viscosity. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kerim Kerimov Kerim Kerimov (Azerbaijani: KÉ™rim Əli oÄŸlu KÉ™rimov, Russian: Керим Алиевич Керимов; 1917 – 2003) was a Soviet rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program. ... Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (Russian: ; b. ... Julii Borisovich Khariton (Ю́лий Бори́сович Харито́н, February 27, 1904 - December 18, 1996) was a Soviet physicist working in the field of atomic energy. ... Anatoly Khazanov (born in 1937) is an anthropologist and historian. ... Orest Danilovich Khvolson (Орест Данилович Хвольсон in Russian) (November 22 (N.S. December 4), 1852, Petersburg - May 11, 1934, Leningrad) was a Russian physisist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920). ... Karl Klaus Karl Klaus (22 January 1796 – 24 March 1864) was a Russian chemist, professor at Kazan State University, and discoverer of ruthenium. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Ruthenium, Ru, 44 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 5, d Appearance silvery white metallic Standard atomic weight 101. ... Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров) (kahl-mah-GAW-raff) (April 25, 1903 in Tambov - October 20, 1987 in Moscow) was a Russian mathematician who made major advances in the fields of probability theory and topology. ... Nikolai Konstantinovich Koltsov (cyrillic; July 14, 1872– December 2, 1940), a Russian biologist. ... Sergei Kopeikin (born April 10, 1956) is a USSR-born physicist presently living and working in the United States, where he holds the position of Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC). ... Andrey Korotayev (born in 1961) is an anthropologist, economic historian, and sociologist. ... Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Russian Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), also known as Sonya Kovalevsky (January 15, 1850-February 10, 1891), was the first major Russian female mathematician, and also the first woman who was appointed to a full professorship in Europe 1889 (Sweden). ... Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (7 November 1840 Dvinsk, Russia - 1901) was a Russian embryologist who studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and became professor at St Petersburg. ... Stepan P. Krasheninnikov Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755) was a Russian explorer and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early eighteenth century. ... Feodosy Nikolaevich Krasovsky (Russian:Феодосий Николаевич Красовский) (September 26, 1878 (September 14 (O.S.)) - October 1, 1948) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and geodesist. ... Aleksandr (Alexander) Semenovich Kronrod (Russian Александр Семёнович Кронрод) (October 22, 1921 – October 6, 1986) was a Russian mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss-Kronrod quadrature which he published in 1964. ... Nikolay Mitrofanovich Krylov. ... Igor The Beard Kurchatov Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов) (January 8, 1903 – February 7, 1960), Soviet/Russian physicist. ... Olga Alexandrowna Ladyzhenskaya (Ольга Александровна Ладыженская; born March 7, 1922 Kologrive (Russia), died January 12, 2004 St. ... 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. ... Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (July 20, 1898–January 11, 1938) was a Soviet rocket designer of Swedish background. ... Mikhail A. Lavrentyev Mikhail Alexeyevich Lavrentyev (Russian: ) (November 19, 1900, Kazan – October 15, 1980, Moscow) was a Soviet physicist and mathematician. ... Mikhail A. Lebedev (Михаил Альбертович Лебедев) is a Russian-born (1963) Neuroscientist known for his neurophysiological studies of cerebral cortex. ... Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (Russian Пётр Николаевич Лебедев), February 24, 1866 - January 1, 1912 (new style). ... Nikolay Ivanovich Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский) (December 1, 1792 - February 24, 1856) was a Russian mathematician. ... For other uses, see Lomonosov (disambiguation). ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin (Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин) (December 9, 1883 - January 28, 1950), Soviet/Russian mathematician. ... Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (Александр Михайлович Ляпунов) (June 6, 1857 – November 3, 1918, all new style) was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. ... Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Russian: Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко) (September 29, 1898–November 20, 1976) was a Soviet politician who made pretense of being a biologist. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov (Russian:Дмитрий Дмитриевич Максутов) (April 23 (April 11 (O.S.)) 1896-August 12, 1964) was a Soviet/Russian optician. ... Anatoly Ivanovich Malcev Anatoly Ivanovich Maltsev (Malcev) (Russian: Анато́лий Ива́нович Ма́льцев) was born 27 November (14 November, old style) 1909 in Misheronsky, near Moscow, and died 7 June 1967 in Novosibirsk, USSR. He was a mathematician noted for his work on the decidability of various algebraic groups. ... Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam (Леонид Исаакович Мандельштам, last name more often spelled as Mandelstam) (May 4, 1879 - November 27, 1944) was a Russian/Soviet physicist of Jewish background. ... Yuri Ivanovitch Manin (born 1937) is a Russian-born mathematician, known for work in algebraic geometry and diophantine geometry, and many expository works ranging from mathematical logic to theoretical physics. ... Andrey Andreyevich Markov (Андрей Андреевич Марков) (June 14, 1856 N.S. _ July 20, 1922) was a Russian mathematician. ... Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Илья Ильич Мечников, also known as Eli Metchnikoff, May 16, 1845, Ukraine – July 16, 1916, Paris) was a Russian microbiologist best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. ... Roi Medvedev, (b. ... Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (born in the former USSR on November 14, 1925) is a Russian biologist and dissident. ... Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleyev by Ilya Repin Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (Russian: â–¶(?)) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 in Tobolsk – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907 in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. ... Konstantin Sergivich Merezhkovsky (1855-1921) (also transliterated Konstantin Sergeevich Merezhkovsky, Constantin Sergeevič Mérejkovski, Constantin Sergejewicz Mereschcowsky, Konstantin Sergejewicz Mereschkovsky and Konstantin Sergejewicz Mereschkowsky) was a prominent Russian biologist and botanist active mainly around Kazan, whose research on lichens led him to propose the theory of symbiogenesis - that larger, more... Ivan Michurin Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (Иван Владимирович Мичурин in Russian) (October 27 (or October 15, O.S.), 1855–June 7, 1935), a Russian practicioner selectionist, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1935), academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture (1935). ... Alexander Theodor (Aleksandr Fyodorovich) Middendorf (or Middendorff) (August 6, 1815 - January 16, 1894) was a Russian zoologist and explorer of German origin. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai (Николай Николаевич Миклухо-Маклай in Russian) (1846 – 1888) was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

N-S

• Gennadi Nevelskoi, captain and navigator
• Boris Nikolsky
• Igor Novikov, theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist
• Sergei Petrovich Novikov, mathematician
• Aleksandr Oparin, biologist and biochemist
• Yuri Orlov, physict, dissident and human rights activist
• Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, mathematician, mechanician and physicist
• Peter D. Ouspensky, polymath
• Peter Simon Pallas, a German working in Russia zoologist
• Ivan Pavlov, physician and physiologist
• Svetlana Pletneva, archeologist
• Eugene Podkletnov, physicist
• Alexander Stepanovich Popov, physicist
• Boris Rybakov, historian
• Viktor Safronov, astronomer
• Andrei Sakharov, nuclear physicist
• Viktor Sarianidi, archaeologist
• Afanasy Shchapov, historian, anthropologist
• Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov, father of Russian physiology
• Nikolay Semyonov , physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura
• Iosif Shklovsky, astronomer and astrophysicist
• Dmitri Skobeltsyn, physisist
• Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, mathematician
• Yulian Sokhotski, mathematician
• Sergei Starostin, linguist
• Vladimir Steklov, physicist and mathematician
• Georg Steller, naturalist and ornithologist of German origin.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Struve (Vasily Yakovlevich Struve), astronomer

Gennadi Nevelskoi, Russian navigator. ... Boris Petrovich Nikolsky (1900-1990) – Russian (Soviet) was a physical chemist and radiochemist, Academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and professor of Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) State University. ... Igor Dmitrievich Novikov (И́горь Дми́триевич Но́виков) (born November 10, 1935) is a Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist. ... Sergei Petrovich Novikov (also Serguei) (Russian: Сергей Петрович Новиков) (born 20 March 1938) is a Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. ... Aleksandr Oparin Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (Russian: ) (March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1894 – April 21, 1980) was a Soviet biochemist and author of the theory of the origin of life. ... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ... A biochemist is a scientist trained and dedicated to producing results in the discipline of biochemistry. ... Yuri Feodorovich Orlov (Russian: , born August 13, 1924) is a prominent nuclear physicist, a former Soviet dissident, and a human rights activist. ... Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky (transcribed also Ostrogradskii, OstrogradskiÄ­, Mykhailo Vasylovych Ostrohradskyi[1]) (Михаил Васильевич Остроградский) (September 24, 1801 - January 1, 1862) was a Ukrainian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. ... Peter D. Ouspensky (1878 - 1947), (Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii or Uspensky) was born in Moscow and died in England. ... Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741 - September 8, 1811) was a German-born Russian zoologist. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... For other uses, see Pavlov (disambiguation). ... Svetlana Aleksandrovna Pletneva (also called Pletnyeva and Pletnyova Russian: , born April 1, 1926 in Vyatka) is a Russian archaeologist and historian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alexander Popov (1859-1905) Alexander Stepanovich Popov (Russian: Александр Степанович Попов) (March 4/16 1859 - January 13/December 31 1905/6) was a Russian physicist who publicly demonstrated the transmission of radio waves (but did not apply for a patent for this invention). ... Boris Alexandrovich Rybakov (1908-2001) was an orthodox Soviet historian who personified the anti-Normanist vision of Russian history. ... Viktor Sergeevich Safronov (Russian:Виктор Сергеевич Сафронов) (1917 - September 19, 1999) is a Soviet astronomer who was one of the first to put forward a consistent picture of how the planets formed from a disk of gas and dust around the Sun. ... Andrei Sakharov, 1943 For the historian, see Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov. ... Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi (russ. ... Afanasy P. Schapov Afanasiy Prokopievich Shchapov (Афанасий Прокофьевич Щапов in Russian) (May 10(17). ... Ivan Sechenov Ivan Mikhaylovich Sechenov (Russian: ; August 1, 1829, Tyoply Stan (now Sechenovo) near Simbirsk, Russia–November 2, 1905, Moscow), was a Russian physiologist, named by Ivan Pavlov as The Father of Russian physiology. Sechenov authored major classic Reflexes of the Brain introducing electrophysiology and neurophysiology into laboratories and teaching... Semyonov (right) and Kapitsa, portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1921. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura (Николай Иванович Шакура) was born in Belarus SSR on October 7, 1945. ... Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский) (July 1, 1916 – March 3, 1985) was a Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. ... Dmitri Vladimirovich Skobeltsyn (Дмитрий Владимирович Скобельцын in Russian) (November 12(25), Petersburg - 1990) was a Soviet physisist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1946), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). ... Sobolev, Sergei Lvovich (Russian: Сергей Львович Соболев) (6 October 1908- 3 January 1989) was a Russian mathematician, working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations. ... Yulian Karl Vasilievich Sokhotsky (Юлиан Карл Васильевич Сохоцкий) (February 2, 1842 - December 14, 1927) was a Russian mathematician. ... Dr. Starostin on June 2, 2005 Dr. Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin, Cyrillic Серге́й Анато́льевич Ста́ростин, (March 24, 1953 – September 30, 2005[1]) was a Russian historical linguist and scholar, best known for his work with hypothetical proto-languages, especially the controversial theory of Altaic languages and the formulation of the Dene-Caucasian hypothesis that... Vladimir Andreevich Steklov (January 9, 1864 - May 30, 1926) was a Soviet/Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. ... Georg Wilhelm Steller (March 10, 1709 - November 14, 1746) was a Russian botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer of German origin. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ... Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (April 15, 1793 – November 23, 1864 (Julian calendar: November 11)) was a German-Russian astronomer. ...

T - Z

• Igor Tamm, physicist, Nobel Prize
• Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev, botanist
• Nikolai V. Timofeeff-Ressovsky, biologist
• Valery Tishkov, anthropologist
• Mikhail Tsvet, botanist, inventor of chromatography
• Peter Turchin, biologist and historian
• Valentin Turchin, cybernetician
• Nikolay Umov, mathematician
• Max Vasmer, linguist
• Nikolai Vavilov, biologist
• Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, physicist
• Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, geochemist, creator of the Noosphere theory
• Alexander Vilentin, physicist
• Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov, mathematician
• Grigory Volovik, physicist
• Sergei Winogradsky, microbiologist, ecologist, and soil scientist
• Mikhail Yangel
• Sabir Yunusov
• Andrey Zaliznyak, linguist
• Tatyana Zaslavskaya
• Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko
• Yakov Zel'dovich, physicist, astrophysicist and cosmologist
• Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy, chemist
• Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky, aero- and hydrodynamics.

Igor Tamm. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev (1843-1920), Russian botanist, physiologist; founded a faculty of vegetable physiology and a laboratory at the Petrov Academy. ... Nikolay Vladimirovich Timofeeff-Ressovski (Russian: ; September 7, 1900 - March 28, 1981) was a Russian biologist. ... Valery Tishkov (born in 1941) is an ethnologist. ... Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet (Михаил Семенович Цвет, also spelled Tsvett, Tswett, Tswet, Zwet, and Cvet) (1872–1919) was a Russian botanist who invented adsorption chromatography. ... Peter Turchin, is a world known specialist in population dynamics and mathematical modeling of historical dynamics. ... Valentin Turchin (born 1931) is a Russian-American cybernetician and computer scientist. ... Nikolay Alekseevich Umov (Russian: , February 4 (O.S. January 23) 1846 - 28 January (O.S. 15 January) 1915) was a Russian physicist and mathematician, discoverer of the Umov effect and the author of the Umov vector concept. ... Max Vasmer (1886 – 1962), German linguist. ... Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Николай Иванович Вавилов, November 25 [O.S. November 13] 1887 – January 26, 1943) was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of the cultivated plants. ... Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian Сергей Иванович Вавилов) (March 12, 1891–January 25, 1951) was a Soviet physicist, the President of the USSR Academy of Sciences from July 1945 until his death, and the brother of Nikolai Vavilov. ... Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (Владимир Иванович Вернадский) (March 12, 1863, N.S. [ February 28, O.S. ] – January 6, 1945) was a Russian mineralogist and geochemist who first popularized the concept of the noosphere and deepened the idea biosphere to the meaning largely recognized by todays scientific community. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Nitrogen cycle Sergei Nikolaievich Winogradsky (1856, Kiev - 1953, Paris) is a Russian microbiologist who discovered the biological process of nitrification, the first known form of chemoautotrophy. ... Mikhail Yangel (1911-1971) was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union. ... Sabir Yunusov (March 18, 1909 - November 28, 1995) was a Soviet scientist, known for his research in alkaloid chemistry. ... Andrey Anatolyevich Zaliznyak (born April 29, 1935) is a Russian linguist who specializes in the research of linguistic monuments of Old Novgorod. ... Tatyana Zaslavskaya (Татьяна Ивановна Заславская) (b. ... Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko (Засядко, Александр Дмитриевич in Russian) (1779 — 5. ... Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian:Яков Борисович Зельдович) (March 8, 1914 – December 2, 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist. ... Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy (Зелинский, Николай Дмитриевич in Russian) (February 6 n. ... Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Russian: ) (January 17 [O.S. January 5] 1847 – March 17, 1921) was a Russian scientist, founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. ...

Statesmen and military

Before 1917

Royal

See also Tsar for the list of old Russian rulers Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ...

A-F

• Alexei Nikolaevich (1904–1918) Son of Nicholas II
• Alexis (1629–1676), "Aleksey Mikhaylovich the Quietest"
• Alexander I (1777–1825), "Alexander the Blessed"
• Alexander II (1818–1881), "Alexander the Liberator"
• Alexander III (1845–1894), "Alexander the Peacemaker"
• Alexandra (1872–1918), Tsarina of Russia
• Alexius Petrovich (1690–1718)
• Anastasia (1901–1918), youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
• Anna (1693–1740), empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740
• Boris Godunov (1551–1605)
• Catherine I (1683–1727)
• Catherine II (1729–1796), "Catherine the Great" (More German Ancestry than Russian)
• Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich (1779–1831), viceroy of Poland who abdicated the Russian throne
• Elizabeth (1709–1761), daughter of Peter I the Great and Catherine I
• Fyodor I (1557–1598)
• Fyodor II (1589–1605)
• Fyodor III (1661–1682)
• Patriarch Filaret, father of the first Romanov tsar

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (Russian: ), full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Russian: ) (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 — July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and... Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (In Russian Алексей Михаилович Романов) (March 9, 1629 (O.S.) - January 29, 1676 (O.S.)) was a Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid_17th century. ... Alexander I of Russia (Russian: Александр I Павлович / Aleksandr I Pavlovich) (December 23, 1777 – December 1?, 1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ... Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (Moscow, 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881 in St. ... Alexander III Alexandrovich (10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Russian: Александр III Александрович) reigned as Emperor of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. ... Alexandra is the feminine version of the given name Alexander. ... Alexei Petrovich interrogated by his father Alexius Petrovich (Алексей Петрович in Russian) (1690-1718), a Russian tsarevich, was the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina. ... Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (1901-1918) Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, in Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна ) (June 18, 1901 – July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra. ... The crown of Anna Ioannovna Anna Ivanovna (In Russian: Анна Ивановна) (February 7, 1693 - October 28, 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ... Yekaterina (Catherine) I Alexeyevna (In Russian: Екатерина I Алексеевна) (born Martha Scowronska, Latvian: , later Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya) (April 15, 1684 – May 17, 1727) (April 5, 1684–May 6, 1727 O.S.), the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. ... Catherine the Great redirects here. ... Constantine was known for his repugnant physical features which resembled those of his father, Emperor Paul. ... Charles van Loo. ... Feodor presents a golden chain to Boris Godunov. ... Feodor II of Russia (Russian: Фёдор II Борисович) (1589 - July 20, 1605) was a tsar of Russia (1605) during the Time of Troubles. ... Feodor (Theodore) III of Russia (In Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) (June 9, 1661 - May 7, 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia, during whose short reign (1676-82) the Polish cultural influence in the Kremlin was paramount. ... Patriarch Filaret may refer to: Patriarch Filaret of Moscow and All Rus (Feodor Nikitich Romanov), a father of Tzar Michael I of Russia. ... The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country for five generations from 1613 to 1761. ...

I-Z

• Ivan III (1440–1505)
• Ivan IV (1530–1584)
• Ivan V, joint ruler with Peter I
• Ivan VI (1740–1764)
• Maria Nikolayevna Romanova (1899–1918)
• Marie Fyodorovna Romanova (1847–1928)
• Michael (1596–1645)
• Michael II (1878–1918)
• Nicholas I (1825–1831)
• Nicholas II (1868–1918)
• Olga Nikolayevna Romanova (1895–1918)
• Olga Romanova (1882–1960)
• Paul I (1754–1801)
• Peter I (1672–1725)
• Peter II (1715–1730)
• Peter III (1728–1762)
• Tatiana Romanova (1897–1918)
• Vasily (IV) Shuysky (1552–1612)

Albus rex Ivan III Ivan III Vasilevich (Иван III Васильевич) (January 22, 1440, Moscow – October 27, 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great, was a grand duke of Muscovy who first adopted a more pretentious title of the grand duke of all the Russias. Sometimes referred to as the gatherer of... Ivan the Terrible redirects here. ... Ivan V Ivan V Alekseyevich (Russian: Иван V Алексеевич, September 6 [O.S. August 27] 1666 — February 8 [O.S. January 29] 1696) was a joint tsar of Russia (with his younger half-brother Peter I) who co-reigned between 1682 and 1696. ... Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekse`yevich, Пётр Великий Pyotr Veli`kiy) (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.][1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his... H.I.M. Ivan, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, with his mother Anna Leopoldovna Ivan VI of Russia (Иоанн Антонович), (August 23, 1740 - July 16, 1764), reigned as Emperor of Russia 1740 - 1741, was the son of Prince Antony Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the princess Anna Leopoldovna... Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1899-1918) Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна), also known as Marie or Mashka (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 - July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse. ... Maria Feodorovna Romanova, born Princess Dagmar of Denmark (November 26, 1847–October 13, 1928) was Empress Consort of Russia. ... Mikhail at the Ipatiev Monastery by Grigory Ugryumov Michael Romanov redirects here. ... Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Романов), sometimes called Emperor Michael II (November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - about June 12, 1918) was the son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, Nikolaj I Pavlovič), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796 – March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. ... Nicholas II redirects here. ... Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна), also known as Olishka or Olya. ... Grand Duchess Olga of Russia could be: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (November 15, 1895 - July 17, 1918) Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960) Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (September 3, 1851 - June 18, 1926). ... Paul I of Russia Paul I of Russia (Russian: Pavel Petrovich, Павел I Петрович) (October 1, 1754 - March 23, 1801) was an Emperor (Tsar) of Russia (1796 - 1801). ... Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekse`yevich, Пётр Великий Pyotr Veli`kiy) (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.][1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his... Pyotr (Peter) II Alekseyevich (Russian: Пётр II Алексеевич or Pyotr II Alekseyevich) (October 23, 1715 – January 30, 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his death. ... Peter III (February 21, 1728 – July 17, 1762) (Russian: ) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. ... Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Татьяна Николаевна) Tanya, Tatya or Tanushka (May 29 (O.S.)/June 10 (N.S.), 1897 - July 17, 1918) was the second daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse. ... Vasili IV of Russia (1552 – September 12, 1612) was the last Rurikid tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610. ...

Politicians and diplomats

See also List of Russian Foreign Ministers The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... This page lists foreign ministers of Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation: // Heads of Posolsky Prikaz, 1549-1699 Ivan Viskovatyi 1549-70 Brothers Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov 1570-1601 Ivan Gramotin 1605-06, 1610-12, 1618-26, 1634-35 Pyotr Tretyakov 1608-10, 1613-18 Almaz Ivanov 1635-67...

• Alexander Bezborodko (1747–1799)
• Aleksei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693–1768)
• Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1688–1760)
• Zakhar Chernyshev (1722–1784)
• Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov (1672–1739)
• Nikolay Karlovich Giers (1820–1885)
• Vasily Golitsyn (1643–1714) of the Galitzine family
• Alexander Gorchakov (1798–1883) of the Gorchakov family
• Ivan Andreyevich Khovansky (c. 1600 – 1682)
• Peter Borisovich Kozlovski (1783–1840)
• Boris Ivanovich Kurakin (1676–1727)
• Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824–1896)
• Artamon Matveev (1625–1682)
• Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729)
• Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879–1940), liberal politician
• Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809–1881)
• Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (1605–1680)
• Andrey Ivanovich Osterman (1686–1747)
• Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718–1783)
• Nikita Petrovich Panin (1770–1837)
• Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907)
• Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin (1739–1791)
• Alexei Grigorevich Razumovsky (1709–1771)
• Anikita Ivanovich Repnin (1668–1726) of the Repnin family
• Mikhail Speransky (1772–1839)
• Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams (1869–1962), liberal politician
• Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (1714–1767)
• Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (1744–1810)
• Artemy Petrovich Volynsky (1689–1740)

Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko (Russian: ) (1747–1799) was the Grand Chancellor of Russia and chief architect of Catherine the Greats foreign policy after the death of Nikita Panin. ... Count Aleksei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Алексе́й Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин) (June 1, 1693 - April 21, 1768), Grand Chancellor of Russia, who was chiefly responsible for the Russian foreign policy during the reign of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. ... Count Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Михаи́л Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин) (1688 – 1760), Russian diplomat. ... Count Zakhar Grigorevich Chernyshev or Chernyshov (1722 - 1784), rose to become Minister of War to the empress Catherine the Great of Russia. ... Count Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov (Васи́лий Луки́ч Долгору́ков) (c. ... Nikolay Karlovich Giers (1820-1895) was a Russian Foreign Minister during the reign of Alexander III. He was one of the architects of the Franco-Russian Alliance, which was later transformed into the Triple Entente. ... Peter I permitted the Galitzines to take an emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as their coat of arms Galitzine, more correctly Golitsyn (Russian: Голицын), is one of the largest and noblest princely houses of Russia. ... Peter I permitted the Galitzines to incorporate the emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into their coat of arms. ... Pushkins portrait of Alexander Gorchakov Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. ... Coat of arms of the Gorchakov family Gorchakov, or Gortchakoff (Russian: Горчаков) is a Russian princely family of Rurikid stock, descended from Michael Vsevolodovich, prince of Chernigov, who, in 1246, was assassinated by the Mongols in Karakorum. ... Ivan Andreyevich Khovansky (Иван Андреевич Хованский) (ca. ... Prince Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky (Russian: , born December 1783 in Moscow; died October 26, 1840 in Baden-Baden) was a Russian diplomat and a man of letters. ... Prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin (Бори́с Ива́нович Кура́кин) (1676 – 1727) was a Russian diplomat and Peter the Greats brother_in_law. ... Prince Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky (December 30, 1824 - August 30, 1896) was a Russian statesman, probably best remembered for having published the Russian Genealogical Book (in 2 volumes). ... Artamon Matveev Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev (Артамон Сергеевич Матвеев in Russian) (1625 - 1682) was a Russian statesman, diplomat and reformer. ... Menshikov in Exile Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (Александр Данилович Меншиков) (1673 – 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Izhora. ... Nikolai Vissarianovitch Nekrasov (1879 - 1918) was the last Governor-General of Finland. ... Count Nikolay N. Muravyov-Amursky Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy) (Russian: ) (August 11 (August 23 in the Julian calendar), 1809—November 30(18), 1881) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in expansion of the Russian Empire to the Pacific... Afanasy Lavrentievich Ordin-Naschokin ( 1605 - 1680) was one of the greatest Russian statesmen of the 17th century. ... Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann (1686-1747) Count Andrei Ivanovich Osterman (June 9, 1686 _ May 31, 1747) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth. ... Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Russian: ) (September 18, 1718–March 31, 1783) was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great for the first eighteen years of her reign. ... Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (Russian: Ники́та Петро́вич Па́нин) (1770 - 1837), a famous Russian diplomat, vice-chancellor, State Chancellor 6 Oct 1799 - 18 Nov 1800 (acting). ... Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev (Константин Иванович Победоносцев in Russian) (1827 - 1907) was a Russian jurist, statesman, and thinker. ... Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin (Russian: Григорий Александрович Потемкин) (September 13, 1739 (NS: September 24) – October 5, 1791 (NS: October 16)) was a Russian general-field marshal, statesman, and favorite of Catherine II the Great. ... Count A. G. Razumovsky Count Alexei Grigorevich Razumovsky (Алексей Григорьевич Разумовский) (1709–1771), was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and, probably, a secret spouse of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. ... Coat of arms of the Repnin family Repnin (Russian: Репнин), the name of an old Russian princely family of Rurikid stock. ... Coat of arms of the Repnin family Repnin (Russian: Репнин), the name of an old Russian princely family of Rurikid stock. ... Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772-1839) was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between Peter the Great and Alexander the Liberator. ... Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams (November 13, 1869, Saint Petersburg - January 12, 1962, Washington, DC, Ariadna Borman during the first marriage) was a Russian liberal politician, journalist, writer and feminist. ... Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (Михаи́л Илларио́нович Воронцо́в) (1714 - 1767) was a Russian statesman and diplomat. ... Portrait of Princess Dashkov from the Hermitage Museum. ... Artemy Petrovich Volynsky (Арте́мий Петро́вич Волы́нский in Russian) (1689 – 1740) was a Russian statesman and diplomat. ...

After 1917

Heads of state

• Yuri Andropov (1914–1984), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years
• Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985), general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party
• Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931), general secretary of the Communist Party and president of the USSR
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), general secretary of the communist party of the USSR and head of state
• Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Bolshevik party leader and the first Soviet head of state
• Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years.
• Vladimir Putin (born 1952), president of Russia since 2000
• Joseph Stalin (1879–1953), Soviet Union premier.
• Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), president of Russia from 1991 to 1999

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов), (June 2 (O.S.) = June 15 (N.S.), 1914 - February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just sixteen months later. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за, transliterated Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, acronym: КПСС (KPSS)) was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union. ... Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леонид Ильич Брежнев) (December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982) was effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: ; Pronunciation: mih-kha-ILL ser-GHE-ye-vich gor-bah-CHOFF) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... Khrushchev redirects here. ... Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan (Armenian Ô±Õ¶Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ½ Õ€Õ¸Õ¾Õ°Õ¡Õ¶Õ¶Õ¥Õ½Õ« Õ„Õ«Õ¯Õ¸ÕµÕ¡Õ¶; (November 25, 1895 [O.S. November 13] - October 21, 1978) was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Russian pronunciation: ) (born October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., now Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian politician who was the 2nd President of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2008. ... The President of Russia (Russian: , President of the Russian Federation, Russian: ) (before December 25, 1991: Russian: ) is the Head of State and highest office within the Government of Russia. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. ... The President of Russia (Russian: , President of the Russian Federation, Russian: ) (before December 25, 1991: Russian: ) is the Head of State and highest office within the Government of Russia. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...

Revolution, politics and state figures

See List of socialists: Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, Communists.

See White Russians for opponents of Bolsheviks.

The following is a list of self-identified socialists, divided by geographical location. ... The White movement, whose military arm is known as the White Army (Белая Армия) or White Guard (Белая Гвардия, белогвардейцы) and whose members are known as Whites (Белые, Беляки) or White Russians (a term which has other meanings) comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed...

A-L

• Viktor Abakumov, head of the SMERSH counter-intelligence agency (1943–1946) and the MGB secret police (1946-1951)
• Lavrenty Beria (1899–1953), Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin
• Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Politburo member (1919-1929), Pravda editor
• Viktor Chernomyrdin (born 1938), Prime Minister of Russia (1992-1998)
• Sergey Mikhaylovich Darkin (born 1963), governor of Primorsky Krai
• Fedor Dan (1871–1949), Menshevik leader
• Feliks Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Cheka secret police
• Viktor Grishin (died 1992), Politburo member, head of the Moscow party organization
• Andrei Gromyko (1908–1989), Soviet foreign minister (1957-1985) and head of state (1985-1988)
• Lazar Kaganovich, Politburo member (1930–1957), People's Commissar, deputy prime minister
• Mikhail Kasyanov (born 1957), Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004
• Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), revolutionary, diplomat
• Nikolai Krestinsky, Soviet finance minister and secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee (1919–1921)
• Yegor Ligachev, second secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee under Mikhail Gorbachev
• Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign minster (1930–1939)

Viktor Abakumov Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов) (1894 - December 18, 1954), Soviet police official, was a protege and subordinate of Lavrenty Beria, head of the Soviet political police aparatus from 1938 to 1953. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The word MGB has several different meanings: MGB (USSR) was a predecessor of the KGB (secret police). ... Lavrenty Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Берия; (29 March 1899 – 23 December 1953), was a Soviet politician and chief of the Soviet security and police apparatus. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (Russian: Николай Иванович Бухарин), (October 9 (September 27 Old Style) 1888 - March 13, 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and then a Soviet politician, and intellectual. ... For other uses, see Pravda (disambiguation). ... Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин) (born April 9, 1938) is a Russian politician. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Sergey Mikhaylovich Darkin (or Sergei Mikhailovich Darkin) (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Да́рькин) is the current Governor of Primorsky Krai, Russia. ... For other uses, see Primorsky. ... Fedor Dan (1871-1949) was born in St Petersburg. ... Leaders of the Menshevik Party at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden, May 1917. ... Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks DzierżyÅ„ski, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский, Belarusian: Фелікс Эдмундавіч Дзяржынскі; September 11, 1877 [O.S. August 30] –July 20, 1926) was a Polish Communist revolutionary, famous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, later known by many names during the history of the Soviet... For the reggaeton aritst, see Cheka (artist). ... Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin (Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Гри́шин) (1914?-May 25, 1992) was a Soviet communist and member of the Politburo. ... Andrei Andreyevitch Gromyko (Андре́й Андре́евич Громы́ко) (July 5, 1909 – July 2, 1989) was foreign minister and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. ... 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. ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with: :Sovnarkom. ... Mikhail Mikhailovitch Kasyanov (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов) (born 8 December 1957) was the Prime Minister of Russia from January 2000 to February 2004. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й — born Domontovich, Домонто́вич) (March 31 (March 19, O.S.), 1872 - March 9, 1952) was a Ukrainian Communist revolutionary, first as a member of the Mensheviks, then from 1914 on as a Bolshevik. ... Krestinsky Nikolai Nikolaevich Krestinsky (Николай Николаевич Крестинский) (October 13, 1883 - March 15, 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. ... Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev (Его́р Кузьми́ч Лигачёв) (b. ... Maxim Litvinov Maxim Maksimovich Litvinov (ru: Макси́м Макси́мович Литви́нов) (July 17, 1876–December 31, 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet diplomat. ...

M-Z

• Julius Martov, Menshevik leader
• Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Soviet prime minister (1930-1941) and foreign minister (1939-1949 and 1953-1956)
• George Plekhanov, founder of Russian Marxism
• Alexei Rykov, Soviet prime minister (1924–1930)
• Stepan Shahoumian revolutionist and Lenin's friend of armenian origin
• Anatoly Sobchak, first post-Soviet mayor of Saint Petersburg
• Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Soviet foreign minister (1917-1918) and defense minister (1918-1925), creator of Trotskyism, founder of the Fourth International
• Irakli Tsereteli, Menshevik leader
• Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet Prosecutor General and foreign minister (1949–1953)
• Genrikh Yagoda, interior minister and head of the Soviet secret police (1934–1936)
• Nikolai Yezhov, interior minister and head of the Soviet secret police (1936–1938)
• Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944), head of the Russian Communist Party since 1993

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. ... Leaders of the Menshevik Party at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden, May 1917. ... For other uses, see Molotov (disambiguation). ... Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (December 11, 1856 – May 30, 1918; Old Style: November 29, 1856 – May 17, 1918) was a Russian revolutionary and a Marxist theoretician. ... Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (Russian: Алексей Иванович Рыков, Aleksej Ivanovič Rykov; February 25 [O.S. February 13] 1881 – March 15, 1938) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician. ... Official photography of Anatoly Sobchack as Mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (Russian: , August 10, 1937 - February 20, 2000) was a Russian politician, co-author of Constitution of the Russian Federation, first democratically-elected Mayor of Saint-Petersburg and mentor of Vladimir Putin. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Leon Trotsky (Russian:  , 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. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... For other uses, see Fourth International (disambiguation). ... Irakli Tsereteli (also spelled Irakly Tsereteli) (Georgian: ირაკლი წერეთელი) commonly known as Kaki Tsereteli (1881–1959) was a Georgian politician, one of the leaders of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party and the Georgian Mensheviks. ... Leaders of the Menshevik Party at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden, May 1917. ... Andrey Vyshinsky Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinskiy (Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский) (December 10, 1883 [O.S. November 28]–November 22, 1954), also spelt Vishinsky, Vyshinski, was a Russian and Soviet jurist and later diplomat. ... 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. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Николай Иванович Ежов) (May 1, 1895–February 4?, 1940) was a head of the Soviet secret police, the NKVD (1936–1938), during the Great Purge (sometimes known as the Yezhovschina (Yezhovshchina, Ежовщина, Yezhov era) after him). ... Zyuganov on a November 7 rally Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov or Guennady Ziuganov (Russian: ) (born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, and head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993), a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (since 1996). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Military

See also List of people associated with World War II: Soviet Union.
See also List of Marshals of the Soviet Union.
See also List of Russian Field Marshals. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskovo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... The following sixty-four officers held the rank of Field Marshal during the Russian Empire. ...

A-N

• Prince Pyotr Bagration (1765–1812)
• Semion Cheliuskin (c. 1700 – after 1760), Polar explorer, lieutenant-captain of the Russian Imperial Navy
• Valery Chkalov (1904–1938), aircraft pilot
• Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (1900–1982), commanded the Soviet 62nd Army to victory at the Battle of Stalingrad.
• Lev Dovator (1903–1941), WWII general and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko, commander-in-chief during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78.
• Mikhail Kamensky (1738–1809), Catherinian Field Marshal
• Konstantin Kaufmann (1818–1882), general who conquered the Khanate of Khiva
• Ivan Kozhedub (1920–1991), WWII fighter pilot, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Kutuzov
• Sigismund Levanevsky (1902–1937), aircraft pilot, among the first to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
• Anatoly Liapidevsky (1908–1983), aircraft pilot, among the first to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
• Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1848–1904), admiral, explorer
• Alexander Matrosov, soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union
• Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov, commander-in-chief during the Crimean War
• Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich, hero of the Napoleonic wars
• Pavel Nakhimov (1802–1855), legendary admiral
• Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy, hero of the Napoleonic wars

Prince Pyotr Bagration (Пётр Иванович Багратион) (1765 - September 12, 1812), a descendant of the Georgian Royal family of the Bagrations, served as a Russian general. ... Chelyuskin, Semion Ivanovich (Челюскин, Семен Иванович in Russian)(c. ... A geographical pole is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Navy of Imperial Russia, before the Soviet Union. ... A bust of Chkalov at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington commemorating his trans-polar flight Chkalov meets with Stalin Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Вале́рий Па́влович Чка́лов) (February 2, 1904 – December 15, 1938) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1938). ... Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в) (February 12, 1900 - March 18, 1982) was a lieutenant general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, two times Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union. ... Belligerents Germany Romania Italy Hungary Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Wolfram von Richthofen Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Italo Gariboldi Gusztáv Vitéz Jány Viktor Pavičić Josef Stalin Vasily Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovsky Rodion Malinovsky Andrei Yeremenko Strength... Lev Mikhailovich Dovator (1903 - December 19, 1941) was a Soviet major-general and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1941). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Field Marshal Joseph Gourko Count Joseph Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gourko (the first name is also sometimes transliterated Ossip) (16/28 July 1828, Mogilev region - 15/28 January 1901, near Tver) was a Russian Field Marshal prominent during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78. ... The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in the Russian goal of gaining access to the Mediterranean Sea and dominating Constantinople (Istanbul) and the adjacent Turkish Straits. ... Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky (Михаил Федотович Каменский in Russian) (1738-1809) was a Russian Field Marshal. ... Konstantin Petrovich Kaufmann (Константин Петрович Кауфман in Russian) (2. ... Khiva (alternative names include Khorasam, Khoresm, Khwarezm, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Chiwa and Chorezm) is the former capital of Khwarezmia, which lies in the present-day Khorezm Province of Uzbekistan. ... (Marshal) Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub ((Ukrainian: , Russian: , June 8, 1920 - August 12, 1991) was a Soviet hero military aviator of Ukrainian descent. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: ) (September 16, 1745 – April 28, 1813 (n. ... Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky (1902 - August 13, 1937) was a Soviet aircraft pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1934). ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Anatoly Vasilyevich Liapidevsky (1908 - 1983) was a Soviet aircraft pilot and one of the first to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (in 1934). ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Russian: Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров) (January 8, 1848/1849 — March 31, 1904) was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Russian Navy, and a distingushed oceanographer, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, an author of several books. ... Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov (Александр Матвеевич Матросов) ( 1924- 1943) was a famous Soviet infantry soldier during the Great Patriotic War. ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov (Александр Сергеевич Меншиков in Russian)(August 26, 1787 — May 1, 1869, all n. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought... Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (October 1 (O.S.), 1771 - December 14 (O.S.), 1825) was a Russian general prominent during the Napoleonic wars. ... Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (June 23, 1802 - June 28, 1855) was one of the most famous admirals in Russian naval history, best remembered as the commander of naval and land forces during the Siege of Sevastopol (Sevastopol) in the Crimean War. ... Coat of arms of Count Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: Толсто́й) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i. ...

P-Z

• Ivan Panfilov (1893–1941), WWII general and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Paskevich, conqueror of Warsaw in 1831
• Alexander Pokryshkin (1913–1985), WWII fighter pilot, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Rokossovsky, marshal (a Pole)
• Mikhail Skobelev, "White General" who conquered Central Asia
• Oskar Victorovich Stark commander of the Port Arthur Squadron of the Imperial Russian fleet in 1904
• Aleksandr Suvorov, Generaslissimo who never lost a battle
• Victor Talalikhin (1918–1941), WWII lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Tukhachevsky, marshal
• Aleksandr Vasilevsky, marshal
• Andrey Vlasov (1900–1946), Red Army general turned Nazi collaborator and the commander of volunteer Russian forces (ROA, "Russian Liberation Army") of the German army during WWII
• Mikhail Vodopianov (1899–1975), aircraft pilot, among the first to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
• Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969), marshal and politician
• Aleksey Yermolov, hero of Battle of Borodino; military ruler of the Caucasus
• Vasily Zaytsev, notable Soviet sniper who killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers during the Battle of Stalingrad.
• Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974), marshal, chief of general staff of the Red Army and representative of STAVKA, four times Hero of the Soviet Union

Ivan Panfilov (Панфилов Иван Васильевич) (1892—1941) - a Russian general, Hero of the Soviet Union 1942 (posthumously). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Portrait by George Dawe from the Military Gallery Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich (Russian: ) (18 August [O.S. 5 August] 1782 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1856) was a Ukrainian-born military leader in the Russian service. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin (Russian: March 6, 1913–November 13, 1985) was a marshal of the Soviet Air Force. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovskiy (Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский, Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski) (December 21, 1896 – August 3, 1968) was a Soviet military commander and Polish Defence Minister. ... Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev (Russian: ) (September 29, 1843 – July 7, 1882; September 17, 1843 — June 25, 1882, O.S.) was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to... Rear-Admiral Oskar Victorovich Stark was the explorer of Peter the Great Bay and the Far Eastern seas (the straight in Peter the Great Bay and the bay in the Tatar Straight are named after Stark). ... Location within China Lüshun city or Lüshunkou or (literally) Lüshun Port (Simplified Chinese: 旅顺口; Traditional Chinese: 旅順口; Pinyin: , formerly in historic references both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town in the southernmost administrative district of Dalian of the Peoples Republic of China. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Russian: ) (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy () (November 24, 1729 – May 18, 1800), was the fourth and last Russian Generalissimo (not counting Stalin). ... ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (Russian: ; Polish: ) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1893 â€“ June 12, 1937), was a Soviet military commander, chief of the Red Army (1925–1928), and one of the most prominent victims of Stalins Great Purge of the late 1930s. ... Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Russian: , September 30, 1895 – December 5, 1977) was a Soviet military commander, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943. ... General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov or Wlassow (Russian: Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов, September 14 [O.S. September 1] 1900 — August 2, 1946) was a Soviet Army General who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. // Born in Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Vlasov was originally a student at a Russian seminary. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (1899 - 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, a Hero of the Soviet Union (1934), and a major-general of the Soviet Air Force. ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ...   (Russian: ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (Russian: ) (February 4 [O.S. January 23] 1881 – December 2, 1969) was a Soviet military commander and politician. ... Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, or Ermolov (1777-1861), was the premier Russian military hero during the golden age of Russian Romanticism. ... Combatants First French Empire Russian Empire Commanders Napoleon I Mikhail Kutuzov Strength 82,400 infantry 26,700 cavalry 14,900 artillery troops with 587 guns[1] 72,000 infantry 17,300 cavalry 14,500 artillery troops with 637 guns[2] Casualties ~6,600 killed ~21,400 wounded [3] ~43,000... Captain Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (Russian: , pronounced ) (March 23, 1915–December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... The straight-armed Balkenkreuz, a stylized version of the Iron Cross, the emblem of the Wehrmacht. ... Black: Zenith of the Axis Powers Capital Not applicable Political structure Military alliance Historical era World War II  - Tripartite Pact September 27, 1940  - Anti-Comintern Pact November 25, 1936  - Pact of Steel May 22, 1939  - Dissolved 1945 This article is about the independent countries (states) that comprised the Axis powers. ... Belligerents Germany Romania Italy Hungary Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Wolfram von Richthofen Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Italo Gariboldi Gusztáv Vitéz Jány Viktor Pavičić Josef Stalin Vasily Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovsky Rodion Malinovsky Andrei Yeremenko Strength... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1, 1896 [O.S. November 19]–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation, to overrun... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Stavka (Ставка) was the General Headquarters of armed forces in late Imperial Russia and in the Soviet Union. ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ...

Sport

Chess

• Alexander Alekhine
• Yuri Averbakh
• Mikhail Chigorin
• Mikhail Botvinnik
• Semen Furman
• Anatoly Karpov
• Garry Kasparov
• Alexander Khalifman
• Victor Korchnoi
• Alexander Kotov
• Vladimir Kramnik
• Grigory Levenfish
• Alexander Petrov
• Peter Romanovsky
• Emmanuel Schiffers
• Vasily Smyslov
• Boris Spassky
• Peter Svidler
• Mark Taimanov

This article is about the Western board game. ... This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. ... Averbakh in the 1950s Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (born February 8, 1922) is a Russian chess player and author. ... Mikhail Chigorin (12 November 1850–25 January 1908) was a leading Russian chess player and the first grandmaster from Russia. ... Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (pronounced ; Russian: ) (August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911 â€“ May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Chess Champion. ... Semen Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920, Pinsk – March 16, 1978) also known as Semyon Furman or Simeon Furman was a Soviet chess grandmaster and chess theorist. ... Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Garry Kasparov (Russian: ; Russian pronunciation: , Armenian: [1]) (born as Garri Kimovich Weinstein [2] on April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR; now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer and political activist. ... Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former world champion. ... Viktor Korchnoi (Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й) (born March 23, 1931) is sometimes reckoned to be the strongest chess player never to have been world champion. ... Alexander Kotov (Александр Александрович Котов) (August 12, 1913 – January 8, 1981) was a chess grandmaster and author. ... Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007. ... Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish (March 9, 1889 - February 9, 1961) was a leading Jewish Russian chess grandmaster of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Alexander Petrov Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov (Rus. ... Peter Romanovsky Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky (Russian: ; 29 July 1892, St Petersburg – 1 March 1964, Moscow) was a Russian chess master. ... Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers (1850 - 1904) was a Russian chess player. ... Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Russian: ) (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. ... Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (Russian: ) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian-French chess grandmaster. ... Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ... Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов) (born February 7, 1926) is a leading Russian chess player and concert pianist. ...

Gymnastics

• Nikolai Andrianov (born 1952), gymnast, world record for men for most Olympic medals
• Yelena Davydova (born 1961), Olympic gymnast
• Maria Filatova (born 1961), Olympic gymnast
• Alina Kabaeva, Olympic gymnast
• Svetlana Khorkina, Olympic gymnast. Known for her diva-like behavior. She is the most decorated gymnast though.
• Sofia Muratova (born 1929), Olympic gymnast
• Alexei Nemov (born 1976), Olympic gymnast
• Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Olympic gymnast
• Yelena Shushunova (born 1969), Olympic gymnast
• Alexander Tkachyov (born 1957), Olympic gymnast

Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Efimovich Andrianov (Russian:Николай Ефимович Андрианов) (b. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Yelena Victorovna Davydova (born August 7, 1961 in Voronezh),a city about 400 miles south of Moscow, is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, winner of the Olympic all-around title in 1980 Summer Olympics. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Maria Evgenievna Filatova (Russian:Мария Евгеньевна Филатова) (born July 19, 1961, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Siberia) is a retired Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Alina Maratovna Kabaeva (Russian: ; Tatar: Älinä Marat qızı Qabayeva; born May 12, 1983[1] to Tatar father and Russian mother. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Rhythmic gymnasts from Greece in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or pairs, trios or even more manipulate one or two apparatuses: Ball, Clubs, Hoop, Ribbon, and Rope. ... Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina (Russian: , born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (Russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова) (born July 13, 1929 in Leningrad) was a Soviet gymnast. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Alexei Yurievich Nemov (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Немов; born May 28, 1976, Barashevo) is a famous gymnast from Russia. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (Russian:Наталья Витальевна Шапошникова), (b. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова) (born April 23, 1969 in Leningrad) is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov (Russian: ) (b. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Artistic Gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ...

Tennis

• Igor Andreev (born 1983), tennis player
• Anna Chakvetadze (born 1987), tennis player
• Andrei Chesnokov (born 1966), tennis player
• Nikolay Davydenko (born 1981), current world number 4 tennis player.
• Elena Dementieva (born 1981), current top 10 tennis player. Reached 2 Grand Slam finals in 2004 (French Open and U.S. Open), as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics final.
• Vera Dushevina (born 1986), tennis player
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov (born 1974), former world no. 1 tennis player.
• Maria Kirilenko (born 1987), tennis player
• Anna Kournikova (born 1981), former top 10 tennis player, celebrity, and model.
• Evgeny Korolev (born 1988), tennis player
• Igor Kunitsyn (born 1981), tennis player
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), former world no. 2 and current top 4 tennis player. Won the 2004 U.S. Open.
• Anastasia Myskina (born 1981), former world no. 2 tennis player. Won the 2004 French Open (becoming the first Russian woman to win a grand slam title).
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (born 1991), tennis player
• Nadia Petrova (born 1982), former top 3 tennis player.
• Evgeniya Rodina (born 1989), tennis player
• Marat Safin (born 1980), former world no. 1 tennis player. Won 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open.
• Dinara Safina (born 1986), 2008 French Open runner-up
• Maria Sharapova (born 1987), former world no. 1 tennis player. Won 2004 Wimbledon at age of 17 as well as 2006 U.S. Open and 2008 Australian Open. Only Russian woman with more than 1 Grand Slam title and only Russian female to take the spot of world no. 1.
• Paul Triukas (born 1994), tennis player
• Dmitry Tursunov (born 1982), tennis player
• Mikhail Youzhny (born 1982), tennis player
• Elena Vesnina (born 1986), tennis player

For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Igor Andreev (born July 14, 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow, Russia. ... Anna Chakvetadze (last named proncounced chuck-veh-tud-zeh) (born March 5, 1987, Moscow, Russia) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. ... Andrei Chesnokov (February 2, 1966, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Russian: ; born June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian[1] tennis player. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:  ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Vera Douchevina (Russian: Вера Дучевина; born October 6, 1986) is a Russian professional female tennis player. ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (born 18 February 1974; Russian: , yev-GHE-neey KAH-fill-nee-coff) is a former World No. ... Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко; born January 25, 1987 in Moscow) is a Russian professional tennis player. ... Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Курникова ( ), Anna Sergeevna Kurnikova; born June 7, 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. ... Evgeny Korolev is a Russian tennis player. ... Igor Kunitsyn (born September 30, 1981 in Vladivostok, Soviet Union, now Russia) is a professional male tennis player from Russia. ... Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic:  ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. ... Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina (Анастасия Мыскина; in Russian pronounced //) (born July 8, 1981, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (born 3 July 1991 in Samara, Russia) is a Russian tennis player. ... Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian:  , Nadézhda Petróva; born June 8, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Marat Mikhailovich Safin (Tatar: ; Russian: ; b. ... Safina at the 2007 Australian Open. ... Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian:  ) (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. ... For other uses, see Grand Slam. ... Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (Russian: Дми́трий И́горевич Турсу́нов ( ) (born December 12, 1982 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional male tennis player from Russia. ... Mikhail Youzhny (Russian:  ) born June 25, 1982 in Moscow, USSR (now Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Elena Sergejevna Vesnina (Russian: ) (born Lviv, August 1, 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. ...

Ice hockey

• Maxim Afinogenov, NHL star
• Pavel Bure (born 1971), NHL star
• Sergei Fedorov (born 1969), NHL star
• Viacheslav Fetisov (born 1958)
• Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), NHL star goalie
• Valery Kharlamov (1948–1981), Russia's most popular international ice hockey player
• Vladimir Konstantinov
• Ilya Kovalchuk, NHL star
• Vyacheslav Kozlov
• Oleg Kvasha (born 1978)
• Igor Larionov
• Sergei Makarov
• Evgeni Malkin, a Pittsburgh Penguin star
• Alexander Ovechkin, NHL star
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov
• Alexei Ponikarovsky
• Vladislav Tretiak (born 1952), goalie
• Alexander Yakushev (born 1947)
• Alexie Yashin forward
• Sergei Zubov
• Alexei Kovalev from the Montreal Canadiens. Forward. Best 2007 Montreal Canadiens scorer on December 1st of 2007 (before the game) with 12 goals, 10 assists (and so 22 points)
• Andrei Markov from the Montreal Canadiens. Defenseman. In nomination for the 2007-2008 All Star Game

Sergei Gonchar-Pittsburgh Penguins Defenseman Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Maxim Sergeyevich Afinogenov (Russian: , Maksim Sergejevič Afinogenov, IPA: ; born September 4, 1979 in Moscow, USSR; now Russia) is a professional ice hockey player. ... NHL redirects here. ... Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (Russian: ; born on March 31, 1971 in Moscow, USSR) is a former professional ice hockey player. ... NHL redirects here. ... Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov (Russian:Сергей Викторович Фёдоров, Sergey Viktorovich Fyodorov; born December 13, 1969 in Pskov, Soviet Union; now Russia) is a professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman[1] who plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League. ... NHL redirects here. ... Viacheslav (Slava) Alexandrovich Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав (Слава) Александрович Фетисов, Vjačeslav (Slava) Aleksandrovič Fetisov; born April 20, 1958, in Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia) is the current Minister of Sport in Russia, and a former ice hockey defenseman, considered one of the best defensemen of all time, a long-time captain for the Soviet... Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin (Russian: , Nikolaj Ivanovič Chabibulin; born January 13, 1973 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia), nicknamed the Bulin Wall,[2] is an NHL goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. ... NHL redirects here. ... Valery Borisovich Kharlamov (Russian: Валерий Борисович Харламов; January 14, 1948 - August 27, 1981) was a star ice hockey player from the Soviet Union. ... Vladimir Konstantinov (Владимир Константинов — born March 19, 1967 in Murmansk, Russia) is a former professional hockey player. ... Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук, Ilja Valerjevič Kovalčuk; born April 15, 1983, in Tver, USSR) is a professional ice hockey player. ... NHL redirects here. ... Vyacheslav Slava Kozlov (Вячеслав Козлов, born May 3, 1972 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union) is a Russian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL. Kozlov was drafted 45th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. ... Oleg Kvasha born July 26th, 1978 in Moscow, U.S.S.R., is a Russian ice hockey forward who plays for the New York Islanders of the NHL. Kvasha was a 3rd round selection, 65th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. ... L-to-R: Kozlov, Konstantinov, Fedorov, Fetisov, Larionov (June 1997) Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; born December 3, 1960 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union, now Russia) is a Russian former ice hockey player. ... This article is about the ice hockey player. ... Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin (Russian: Евгений Влади́мирович Малкин, Jevgenij Malkin) (born July 31, 1986 in Magnitogorsk, U.S.S.R.) is a ice hockey player currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. // The 6 foot 3 inch, 195 pound center was drafted 2nd overall (behind Alexander Ovechkin) in the 2004 NHL Entry... The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (AmE IPA: ) (Russian: ; born September 17, 1985 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. ... NHL redirects here. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (Russian: ) (b. ... Alexei Ponikarovsky (Ukrainian: , born April 9, 1980 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, SU, now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player in the NHL. Since 1998 he has played left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their former AHL affiliate, the St. ... Vladislav Tretiak This article is about the goaltender. ... Alexander Yakushev (b. ... Sergei Zubov (born July 22, 1970, in Moscow, USSR) is a defenseman for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. // Playing career He is considered one of the better offensive defensemen in the NHL today. ... Alexei Alex Vyacheslavovich Kovalev (Russian: , Aleksey Vyacheslavovich Kovalyov; born February 24, 1973, in Togliatti, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian professional ice hockey player in the NHL currently playing with the Montreal Canadiens as a right winger and an alternate captain. ... Andrey Andreyevich Markov (Андрей Андреевич Марков) (June 14, 1856 N.S. _ July 20, 1922) was a Russian mathematician. ...

• Darius Kasparaitis, NHL star

Darius Kasparaitis (born October 16, 1972 in ElektrÄ—nai, U.S.S.R.) is an ethnic Lithuanian professional ice hockey defenseman, also known by the nickname Kaspar. He has Russian citizenship and plays for the Russian national hockey team. ... NHL redirects here. ...

Weightlifting

• Vasily Alexeev (born 1942), Olympic weightlifter, set 80 World Records
• Yuri Vlasov, Olympic weightlifter
• Arkady Vorobyov (born 1924), Olympic weightlifter
• Leonid Zhabotinsky (born 1938), Olympic weightlifter

-1... Vasily Alexeev (born January 27, 1942) is a former weightlifter from the Soviet Union whose career spanned the 1960s and 1970s. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Yury Petrovich Vlasov (Also commonly spelled Yuri, Russian: ; born December 5, 1935 in Makiivka, Ukraine) is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Arkady Nikitich Vorobyev (Russian: Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв; born October 3, 1924 in village Mordovo, Tambov Oblast) was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky (Russian: Леонид Иванович Жаботинский; born January 28, 1938 in village Uspenka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) was an outstanding Soviet weightlifter who set 17 world records in the superheavyweight class and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...

Basketball

• Andrei Kirilenko (born 1981), NBA basketball player and EuroBasket 2007 champion
• Aleksey Savrasenko (born 1979), EuroBasket 2007 champion
• Sergei Monia (born 1983), EuroBasket 2007 champion
• Viktor Khryapa (born 1982), former NBA basketball player and EuroBasket 2007 champion
• Nikita Morgunov (born 1975), EuroBasket 2007 champion and 1998 FIBA World Championships silver medalist
• Jon Robert Holden (born 1976]], 2-time Euroleague champion and EuroBasket 2007 champion

This article is about the sport. ... Andrei Kirilenko (Russian: Андрей Кириле́нко; born February 18, 1981 in Izhevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a professional basketball player, playing at the forward position for the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association. ... NBA redirects here. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... Aleksey Savrasenko (Russian: Алексей Саврасенко; born February 28, 1979) is a Russian professional basketball player who currently plays for CSKA Moscow. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... Sergei Monia (born April 15, 1983 in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 2004 NBA Draft. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... Viktor Khryapa (pronounced Veek-tor Ha-RAP-ah[1]) (born August 3, 1982, in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine)) is a Russian professional basketball player in the NBA. He was the 22nd overall selection of the 2004 NBA Draft, chosen by the New Jersey Nets and subsequently... NBA redirects here. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... Nikita Leonidovich Morgunov (Cyrillic: Никита Леонидович Моргунов) (born June 29, 1975 in Novokuznetsk, Russia, Soviet Union) is a Russian basketball player playing the power forward position currently under contract with Triumph Lyubertsy (formerly Dinamo Moscow Region) of the Russian Basketball Super League. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... The 1998 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Greece. ... Jon Robert Holden (born August 10, 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), also known as J. R. Holden, is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States. ... The Euroleague (EL) is the highest caliber professional basketball competition in Europe, with teams from thirteen different European countries. ... The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, is the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ...

Football

• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Dmitri Sychev (born 1983)
• Lev Yashin (1929–1990), football goalkeeper
• Igor Akinfeev (born 1986)
• Yuri Zhirkov (born 1983)
• Dmitri Torbinski (born 1984)
• Andrei Arshavin (born 1981)
• Roman Pavlyuchenko (born 1981)

Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Vladimir Beschastnykh (Владимир Евгеньевич Бесчастных), born April 1, 1974 in Moscow, USSR, is a Russian football striker, the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team. ... Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev (Russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Сычёв  ) (born October 26, 1983) is a soccer player from Russia. ... Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: ) (October 22, 1929 – March 20, 1990) was a Russian Soviet football goalkeeper, known for his supreme athleticism in goal, imposing stature (he was 6 3, 189 cm) and amazing reflex saves. ... Igor Akinfeev (Russian: ) (born on April 8, 1986) is a Russian football (soccer) goalkeeper currently playing for CSKA Moscow. ... Yuri Zhirkov (born 20 August 1983 in Tambov, USSR) is a Russian football (soccer) midfielder. ... Andrei Arshavin (Russian: ) (born May 30, 1981 in Leningrad) is a Russian international football forward who currently plays for Zenit St. ... Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russian: ) (born December 15, 1981 in Stavropol) is a Russian footballer. ...

Other

• Evgeny Abalakov, mountaineer
• Vitaly Abalakov, mountaineer
• Inga Artamonova (1936–1966), 4-time world all-around speed skating champion
• Gennady Bachinsky (1971-2008), radio talk show presenter
• Yuriy Borzakovskiy
• Anatoli Boukreev (1958–1997), mountaineer
• Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), Heavyweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships
• Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971), figure skater, two-time Olympic pairs champion
• Sergei Grinkov (1967-1995), figure skater, two-time Olympic pairs champion
• Yelena Isinbayeva (born 1982), athlete
• Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (born 1979), athlete
• Svetlana Kapanina (born 1968), powered aerobatic pilot
• Alexander Karelin (born 1967), Greco-Roman wrestling, champion
• Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii , photographer
• Svetlana Krivelyova (born 1969), athlete
• Mikhail Mamistov (born 1961), powered and glider aerobatic pilot
• Natalya Nazarova (born 1979), athlete
• Evgeny Plushenko (born 1982), figure skater
• Roho (Boradzov Soslan Feliksovich) (born 1980), Sumo wrestler
• Nina Romashkova (born 1929), athlete, the first Soviet Olympic Champion
• Lidia Skoblikova (born 1939), speed skater, most Olympic medals in speed skating
• Irina Slutskaya (born 1979), figure skater, an incredible athlete and second most successful female figure skater next to Michelle Kwan.
• Kostya Tszyu (born 1969), boxer
• Alexei Yagudin (born 1980), figure skater
• Julia Vlassov (born 1990), figure skater
• Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), Heavyweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships
• Natasha Polevshchikova, Supermodel
• Natalia Vodianova, Supermodel

Yevgeniy Abalakov Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Abalakov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Абалаков; February 7, 1907, Yeniseysk — March 23/24, 1948, Moscow) was a Soviet alpinist, famous for reaching the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m) on September 3, 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: ) (January 13 [O.S. December 31] 1906 in Yeniseysk – May 26, 1986 in Moscow[1]) was a Soviet/Russian mountaineer and inventor. ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... Inga Grigorevna Artamonova (Russian: ) (born 29 August 1936 in Moscow – died 4 January 1966 in Moscow[1]) was a Soviet speed skater, the first four-time Allround World Champion in womens speed skating history. ... Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский) (born 12 April, 1981 in Kratovo, Russia) is a Russian athlete. ... Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev (January 16, 1958 - December 25, 1997) was a Russian climber who made seven ascents of 8,000 metre peaks without supplemental oxygen. ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... Fedor Emelianenko (IPA: , Russian: Федор Емельяненко, sometimes romanized as Fyodor Yemelyanenko) (born September 28, 1976) is a Ukrainian-born Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist and the last person to hold the PRIDE heavyweight championship. ... This article is about the emotion. ... Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gordeeva (Russian: ) (born May 28, 1971) is a former Soviet Olympic and World figure skating champion. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov (February 4, 1967 - November 20, 1995, Lake Placid, New York, United States) was an Olympic and World figure skating champion. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Исинбаева; born June 3, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian pole vaulter. ... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (born: November 20, 1979 in Moscow, Russia) is a sprint athlete. ... There are five levels in aerobatic competition, Primary or Beginner Sportsman Intermediate Advanced Unlimited There may also be a Classic class for airplanes without inverted fuel and oil systems. ... Alexandr Alexandrovich Karelin, or simply Alexander Karelin, (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин; born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR) was a dominant Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union and later, after its dissolution, for Russia. ... FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman) Alexander Karelin throws Olympian Jeff Blatnick with his Karelin Lift. Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. ... Sergei Prokudin-Gorski. ... Svetlana Krivelyova (born: June 13, 1969 in Bryansk, Russia) is an athlete who specialises in the shot put. ... For other uses, see Glider (disambiguation). ... There are five levels in aerobatic competition, Primary or Beginner Sportsman Intermediate Advanced Unlimited There may also be a Classic class for airplanes without inverted fuel and oil systems. ... Natalya Nazarova (born: May 24, 1979 in Moscow, Russia. ... Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushenko (in fact: Evgeny Plushchenko, Евгений Плющенко) (born November 3, 1982 in Siberia) is the six-time National Champion, four-time European Champion, three-time world champion, and 2002 Winter Olympics silver medallist. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Roho is the Sumo name of Boradzov Soslan Feliksovich (born 9 March 1980). ... For other uses, see Sumo (disambiguation). ... Nina Apollonovna Romashkova (Ponomaryova) (Russian: Нина Аполлоновна Ромашкова (Пономарёва)) (born April 27, 1929 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion. ... CCCP redirects here. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Lidia Skoblikova was born in Zlatoust Soviet Union, March 8, 1939, some 60 km west of Chelyabinsk, Siberia. ... Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ... Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: ) (born February 9, 1979) is a Russian figure skater. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (關穎珊) (born 7 July 1980) is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Konstantin Kostya the Goit Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Цзю, pronounced in Australian English) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russian- born boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent. ... Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (Russian: ) (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian figure skater. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Julia Vlassov (born August 29, 1990 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an American pair skater. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Fedor Emelianenko (IPA: , Russian: Федор Емельяненко, sometimes romanized as Fyodor Yemelyanenko) (born September 28, 1976) is a Ukrainian-born Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist and the last person to hold the PRIDE heavyweight championship. ... This article is about the emotion. ... Natasha Polevshchikova, generally shortened to Natasha Poly (born July 12, 1985), is a Russian supermodel. ... For the RuPaul song, see Supermodel (You Better Work). ... Natalia Vodianova (Russian: , born February 28, 1982) is a Russian supermodel. ... For the RuPaul song, see Supermodel (You Better Work). ...

Former Soviet Union

During the times of the Soviet Union nationals of other constituent republics were traditionally known as "Russians" in the West. Some of them were even known under Russian or Russified names. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union they have now become known under their various nationalities.

• List of Armenians
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• List of Georgians
• List of Kazakhs
• List of Latvians
• List of Lithuanians
• List of Ukrainians

The following are prominent people of Armenian descent. ... List of Belarusians is the list of people related to Republic of Belarus in some way or another. ... This is a list of notable Estonians // Tõnu Altosaar Andres Alver Dmitri Bruns (born 1929) Karl Burman (1882-1965) Eugen Habermann (1884-1944) Georg Hellat (1870-1943) Otto Pius Hippius (1826-1883) Erich Jacoby (1885-1941) Herbert Johanson (1884-1964) Peep Jänes (born 1936) Louis I. Kahn (1901... The following is a partial list of prominent people from the Republic of Georgia, arranged chronologically within categories. ... This is a list of prominent Latvians. ... This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. ... This is a partial list of famous or notable people who have Ukrainian roots (ethnic - paternal or maternal, speak/write in the Ukrainian language, and/or were born or spent an essential part of their life on todays Ukrainian territory, and were important to the development of Ukraine culturally...

List of people by Russian subdivision/nationalities

• List of Chuvashs
• List of people from Tambov
• List of Tatars
• List of Tuvans

A Chuvash is a member of the subset of Turkic peoples living in Russia. ... An A-Z list of famous people from Tambov Oblast, Russia. ... This is a list of notable Tatars (in the modern meaning of this term) and Volga Bulgarians. ... Ethnic Tuvans: Subutai, general of Genghis Khan, 13th century Donduk Kuular Tuvas first prime-minister Solchak Toka Tuvas second prime-minister Sherig-ool Oorzhak Tuvas current president Sergey Shoygu Russias Emergencies minister Maxim Munzuk, actor Kongar-ol Ondar, singer Albert Kuvezin, singer Gennadi Tumat, singer Kaigal...

List of people by Russian cities

• List of people from Saint Petersburg

See also

• List of Jews from the Soviet Union
• List of people by nationality
• List of Russian rulers
• Bards in Soviet Union
• German-Russian
• Hero of the Soviet Union

This page is a list of Jews. ... There are a variety of articles listing people of a particular nationality. ... At different times, a ruler in Kievan Rus/Rus principalities/Imperial Russia bore the title of Kniaz (translated as Duke or Prince), Velikiy Kniaz (translated as Grand Duke, Grand Prince or Great Prince), Tsar, Emperor. ... Bulat Okudzhava, a pioneer of the Bard genre For other meanings of the word, see Bard (disambiguation). ... The term German-Russian is used in three somewhat different senses. ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ...

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