Russia
People of this nationality
Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov
1818 – 1883
writer
Yuri Puntus
b. 1960
association football player
Elena Andreevna Kiceliova
1878 – 1974
painter
Mikhail Apalkov
1925 – 2013
military personnel
Lev Rubinstein
1947 – 2024
writer
Pavel Fomenko
b. 1976
athletics competitor
Sadri Maksudi Arsal
1878 – 1957
politician
Vladimir Mau
b. 1959
economist
Viktor Lopatyonok
b. 1984
association football player
Viktor Mostovik
b. 1963
athletics competitor
Aleksei Sherstnyov
b. 1975
association football player
Viktoria Shliakhova
b. 1982
figure skater
Yan Larri
1900 – 1977
children's writer
Vladimir Fetin
1925 – 1981
film director
Valentin Lednev
b. 1941
politician
Julia Avdeeva
b. 2002
tennis player
Ilya Vakhrushev
b. 1989
association football player
Mikhail Shevelev
1844 – 1903
businessperson
Andrey Gimbatov
b. 1979
politician
Ivane Machabeli
1854 – 1898
writer
Dario Cirisano
b. 2001
ice dancer
Olga Koroleva
b. 1979
freestyle skier
Andronik Karagezyan
b. 1974
association football player
Denis Kozhukhin
b. 1986
pianist
Leonid Safronov
1938 – 2025
Dmitri Bolshakov
b. 1980
association football player
Egor Anisimov
b. 1987
politician
Benedikt Livshits
1886 – 1938
poet
Anton Makarenko
1888 – 1939
pedagogue
Gotthard Friedrich Stender
1714 – 1796
writer
Igor Khimanich
b. 1966
association football player
Dmitri Kulikov
b. 1990
ice hockey player
Irina Lobacheva
b. 1973
figure skater
Miriam Yalan-Shteklis
1900 – 1984
writer
Alexander Zarutsky
b. 1969
association football player
Alexis Granowsky
1890 – 1937
film director
Vladislav Deulin
b. 1994
rock climber
Andrey Andreyev
1895 – 1971
politician
Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova
b. 1985
volleyball player
Anatoly Tarabrin
1935 – 2008
rower
Pavel Radnyonak
b. 1964
association football player
Sergey Ryazansky
b. 1974
biologist
Dmitry Pirog
b. 1980
boxer
Sergei Gorkov
b. 1968
banker
Iryna Starovoyt
b. 1975
poet
Mikhail Pugovkin
1923 – 2008
actor
Alexandra Marinina
b. 1957
writer
Lev Ivanov
1834 – 1901
choreographer
Boris Goltz
1913 – 1942
composer
Yevgeniy Dorokhin
b. 1986
canoeist
Roman Lyabikhov
b. 1973
politician
Vera Mityagina
1911 – 1984
aircraft pilot
Petras Ciunis
1898 – 1979
military personnel
Artur Säğitef
b. 2000
association football player
Valery Aleksyev
1929 – 1991
anthropologist
Johannes Lauristin
1899 – 1941
politician
Alexander D. Wentzel
b. 1937
mathematician
Lev Zaytsev
1937 – 2009
speed skater
Victor Zalgaller
1920 – 2020
mathematician
Aleksey Nikanchikov
1940 – 1972
fencer
Filipp Postnikov
b. 1989
association football player
Ivan Obolensky
1853 – 1910
military personnel
Sakin Begmatova
1921 – 1981
diplomat
Ilya Vasin
b. 2006
association football player
Viktor Ilichyov
1946 – 2010
actor
Boris Beshchev
1903 – 1981
politician
Otar Iosseliani
1934 – 2023
screenwriter
Maksim Fridman
1903 – 1990
physician
Igor Ponomaryov
b. 1960
association football player
Mikhail Berulava
b. 1950
politician
Wadim Zudilin
b. 2000
mathematician
Vladimir Yerofeyev
1920 – 2011
diplomat
Alexey Vodyagin
1925 – 1991
association football player
Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı
1879 – 1938
university teacher
Lev Yankelevich
b. 1997
chess player
Mārtiņš Lācis
1888 – 1938
politician
Dmitry Volkov
1966 – 2025
swimmer
Ernest Ivanter
1935 – 2025
ecologist
Nikolai Rabinovich
1908 – 1972
conductor
Lev Panyutin
1831 – 1882
writer
Mikhail Koltsov
1898 – 1940
journalist
Varlam Shalamov
1907 – 1982
writer
Linar Sälimullin
1932 – 1993
amateur wrestler
Sergei Agashkov
1962 – 2026
association football player
Yuri Churbanov
1936 – 2013
politician
Daria Riazanova
b. 2000
weightlifter
Oleg Kalugin
b. 1989
association football player
Kirill Gavrilychev
b. 1989
ice hockey player
Menahem Mendel Beilis
1874 – 1934
soldier
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
b. 1997
association football player
Andrei Vedernikov
1959 – 2020
sport cyclist
Nurbagand Nurbagandov
b. 1957
politician
Ivan Kapitanets
1928 – 2018
military personnel
Stanislaŭ Stankievič
1907 – 1980
literary scholar
Lyubov Kobzova
b. 1957
swimmer
Dmitri Kabutov
b. 1992
association football player
Sergei Serdyukov
b. 1981
association football player
Kiva Maydanik
1929 – 2006
historian
İsa Muğanna
1928 – 2014
writer
Nahum Gergel
1887 – 1931
writer