List of Russian people

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This is a list of people associated with the modern Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, Imperial Russia, Russian Tsardom, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Kievan Rus', and other predecessor states of Russia.

The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history
Men of enlightenment at the Millennium of Russia
Statesmen at the Millennium of Russia
Military men and heroes at the Millennium of Russia
Writers and artists at the Millennium of Russia

Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes famous natives of Russia and its predecessor states, as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Russia. For more information, see the articles Russian citizens (Russian: россияне, romanizedrossiyane), Russians (Russian: русские, romanizedrusskiye) and Demographics of Russia. For specific lists of Russians, see Category:Lists of Russian people and Category:Russian people.

Statesmen

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Monarchs

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Ivan the Great
 
Alexander Nevsky
 
Peter the Great
 
Catherine the Great
  • Alexander I, first Russian king of Poland and first Russian grand duke of Finland
  • Alexander II "the Liberator", enacted the "Great Reforms" in Russian economy and social structure, including the emancipation reform of 1861
  • Alexander III "the Peacemaker", reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II; this policy is known in Russia as "counter-reforms"; he also opposed any reform that limited his autocratic rule; during his reign, Russia fought no major wars
  • Nicholas II, the last actual emperor, forced to abdicate after the February Revolution, killed with his family during the Russian Civil War

Statesmen of the Tsardom and Empire

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Aleksandr Menshikov

Soviet statesmen

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Contemporary Russian politicians

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Dmitry Medvedev
 
Vladimir Putin
  • Anatoly Sobchak, first post-Soviet mayor of St. Petersburg
  • Sergei Stepashin, Prime Minister in 1999, currently the head of the Account Chamber of Russia (the state audit agency)
  • Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
 
Boris Yeltsin

Military

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Army

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Vasily Chapaev
 
Nadezhda Durova
 
Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky double HSU
 
Nikolay Kamensky
 
Mikhail Skobelev
 
Peter Wittgenstein
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Air Force

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Religious figures

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Orthodox leaders

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Orthodox saints

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Explorers

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Siberian explorers

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Explorers of Russian America

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Circumnavigators

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Travelers in the tropics

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Afanasy Nikitin

Explorers of Central Asia

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Polar explorers

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Cosmonauts

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Inventors and engineers

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Polymath inventors

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Weaponry makers

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Land transport developers

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Fyodor Pirotsky
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Aerospace engineers

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Structural engineers

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Electrical engineers

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Schilling

IT developers

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Optics and photography pioneers

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Communication engineers

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Alexander Popov

Musical instrument makers

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Vasily Andreyev

Miscellaneous inventors

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Franz San Galli

Scientists and scholars

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Polymaths

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Earth scientists

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Biologists and paleontologists

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Physicians and psychologists

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Ilya Mechnikov
 
Ivan Pavlov
 
Ivan Sechenov

Economists and sociologists

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Historians and archaeologists

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Linguists and ethnographers

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Nikolai Trubetzkoy

Mathematicians

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Nikolai Lobachevsky

Astronomers and cosmologists

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Physicists

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Chemists and material scientists

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Aleksandr Butlerov

Philosophers

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Imperial period

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Soviet period

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Modern

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Orientalists

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East Asian studies

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Visual arts

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Architects

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Bartolomeo Rastrelli

Sculptors and jewellers

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Painters

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Marc Chagall

Literature

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Novel and short story authors

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
Nikolai Gogol
 
Leo Tolstoy

Philosophers and critics

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Pavel Florensky
 
Aleksey Khomyakov
 
Vladimir Solovyov

Playwrights

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Anton Chekhov
 
Alexander Ostrovsky

Poets

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Anna Akhmatova
 
Aleksandr Blok
 
Vladimir Mayakovsky
 
Alexander Pushkin
 
Sergei Yesenin

Performing arts

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Actors

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Yul Brynner
 
Nikita Mikhalkov

Theatre directors

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Konstantin Stanislavski

Film directors and animators

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Sergei Eisenstein
 
Eldar Ryazanov
 
Ladislas Starevich

Ballet dancers and choreographers

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Irina Baronova
 
Anna Pavlova

Classical composers and musicians

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Alexander Borodin
 
Mikhail Glinka
 
Mussorgsky
 
Prokofiev
 
Mstislav Rostropovich

Opera and choir singers

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Feodor Chaliapin

Modern musicians, singers and bands

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Eduard Khil

Radio and TV people

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Igor Kirillov
 
Ivan Urgant
 
Anatoly Wasserman

Fashion models

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Oxana Fedorova
 
Natalia Vodianova

Sportspeople

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Basketball

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Boxers

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Natascha Ragosina

Chess players

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Vladimir Kramnik
 
Garry Kasparov

Fencers

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  • Sergey Bida (born 1993), épée fencer, Olympic silver medalist living in the United States
  • Violetta Khrapina Bida (born 1994), Olympic épée fencer living in the United States
  • Konstantin Lokhanov (born 1998), sabre fencer, 2-time junior world champion and Olympic fencer living in the United States
  • Maria Mazina (born 1964), épée fencer, Olympic gold medalist, bronze
  • Mark Midler (1931–2012), foil fencer, 2-time Olympic champion
  • Mark Rakita (born 1938), saber fencer, 2-time Olympic champion, 2-time silver
  • Yakov Rylsky (1928–1999), saber fencer, Olympic champion
  • Sergey Sharikov (1974–2015), sabre fencer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, silver, bronze
  • David Tyshler (1927–2014), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist
  • Eduard Vinokurov (1942–2010), sabre fencer, 2-time Olympic gold medalist, silver, six-time team world champion
  • Iosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), épée fencer, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion, US fencing coach

Figure skaters

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Evgeni Plushenko

Gymnasts

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Aliya Mustafina

Ice hockey players

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Viacheslav Fetisov
 
Valeri Kharlamov
 
Vladislav Tretiak
 
Alexander Ovechkin

Motorsport

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Daniil Kvyat
 
Nikita Mazepin
 
Vitaly Petrov
 
Sergey Sirotkin

Association football players

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Andrei Arshavin
 
Lev Yashin
 
Eduard Streltsov

Swimmers

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Semyon Belits-Geiman

Tennis players

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Maria Sharapova
 
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  • Nikolay Davydenko, former consistent top 10 player
  • Elena Dementieva, silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Natela Dzalamidze (born 1993), tennis player, took on Georgian citizenship
  • Yevgeny Kafelnikov, former world no. 1 tennis player
  • Anna Kournikova, former top 10 tennis player
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova, former world no. 2 tennis player; won the 2004 U.S. Open and 2009 French Open
  • Evgenia Linetskaya (born 1986), Russian-born Israeli tennis player
  • Anastasia Myskina, former world no. 2 tennis player; won the 2004 French Open (becoming the first Russian woman to win a grand slam title)
  • Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
  • Marat Safin, former world no. 1 tennis player; won 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open.
  • Dinara Safina, former world no. 1 ladies tennis player
  • Maria Sharapova, former world no. 1 tennis player; won 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 U.S. Open, 2008 Australian Open, 2012 French Open and silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Vera Zvonareva, two time Grand Slam finalist
  • Daniil Medvedev, former world no. 1 tennis player and 2021 US Open champion

Weightlifters

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Wrestlers

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Other sportspeople

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Fedor Emelianenko
 
Yelena Isinbaeva

Activists and revolutionaries

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Legendary and folk heroes

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Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets and Alyosha Popovich

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Bloom, Nate (February 16, 2006). "The Tribe goes to Torino: Sketches of Jewish Olympic-Bound Athletes". JWR. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  3. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "IFFHS' Century Elections". RSSSF. Retrieved June 25, 2008.