Russia
People of this nationality
Vladimir Brezhnev
1935 – 1996
ice hockey player
Anatoly Dneprov
1919 – 1975
novelist
Anatoly Durov
1887 – 1928
circus performer
Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
1824 – 1905
military personnel
Georg Caspari
1683 – 1743
parson
Ennafa Vasilevna Nikitina
1893 – 1976
botanist
Nikolay Kostylev
1931 – 1993
weightlifter
Ivan Nikitich Smirnov
1881 – 1936
politician
Anatoly Pokrovsky
1930 – 2022
physician
Andrei Meshcheryakov
b. 1978
serial killer
Yanina Studilina
b. 1985
actor
Vitali Chilyushkin
b. 1990
association football player
Kanti Abdurakhmanov
1916 – 2000
military personnel
Dmitry Perov
b. 1984
rugby union player
Raimundas Mažuolis
b. 1972
swimmer
Andrei Gusev
b. 1952
writer
Vatche Hovsepian
1925 – 1978
musician
Nadezhda Yevstyukhina
b. 1988
weightlifter
Andrei Kolesnikov
b. 1977
military officer
Maria Batalova
b. 1996
ice hockey player
Nelli Dvalishvili
b. 1968
figure skater
Varvara Saulina
b. 1992
chess player
Anna Antonicheva
b. 1973
ballet dancer
Ekaterina Velmezova
b. 1973
philologist
Irina Belova
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Alexander Semizyan
b. 1985
association football player
Stepan Kolesnikov
1879 – 1955
painter
Alexei Savrasov
1830 – 1897
painter
Svetlana Konovalova
b. 1990
biathlete
Sergey Gorodetsky
1884 – 1967
poet
Ruşan Miñneğolof
b. 1992
biathlete
Gavriil Gorelov
1880 – 1966
painter
Egor Bazin
b. 1995
ice dancer
Alexander Matrosov
1924 – 1943
military personnel
Nikolai Dudin
b. 1973
serial killer
Iya Gavrilova
b. 1987
ice hockey player
Anna Kuliscioff
1853 – 1925
physician
Nikolai Olenikov
b. 1975
association football player
David Davidyan
b. 1997
association football player
Aleksandr Yevdokimov
b. 1947
equestrian
Dmitry Fedoseev
b. 1965
association football player
Vadim Gushchin
b. 1963
photographer
Mikhail Gigolashvili
b. 1954
writer
Elena Khalyavina
b. 1983
ice dancer
Vasili Fersen
1858 – 1937
military personnel
Yevgeni Kornyukhin
b. 1967
association football player
Vitaly Pashin
b. 1981
politician
Jānis Alksnis
1869 – 1939
architect
Vitaly Mutko
b. 1958
politician
Ivan Popov
b. 1986
amateur wrestler
Olga Kozlova
pianist
Giorgi Chogovadze
b. 1969
competitive diver
Sergey Galkov
1965 – 2026
canoeist
Aleks Tarn
b. 1955
writer
Otto Wilhelm von Struve
1819 – 1905
astronomer
Aleksei Kadochnikov
b. 1985
darts player
Vera Mukhanova
1937 – 2016
athletics competitor
Alexey Alexandrov
b. 1952
politician
Maria Bulanova
b. 1998
bowler
Mikhail Afanasyev
b. 1982
politician
Mikhail Popov
athletics competitor
Alexander Potresov
1869 – 1934
politician
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
b. 1938
long jumper
Lena Jordan
1880 – 1950
gymnast
Oleh Dubyna
b. 1959
metallurgist
Nelly Akopian-Tamarina
1941 – 2025
music educator
Pyotr Meshchaninov
1944 – 2006
conductor
Nikolai Vlasik
1896 – 1967
military personnel
Artyom Vesyoly
1899 – 1938
writer
Sergei Mushtruyev
b. 1967
association football player
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
1952 – 1996
boxer
Ekaterina Kondaurova
b. 1982
ballet dancer
Andrey Bartenev
b. 1965
painter
Mikhail Muravyov
1757 – 1807
poet
Hokuma Gurbanova
1913 – 1988
actor
Anatoly Tyazhlov
1942 – 2008
politician
Zinayida Dekhtyaryova
1927 – 2004
actor
Iacob Tihai
missionary
Zarifa Alieva
1923 – 1985
ophthalmologist
Nail H. Ibragimov
1939 – 2018
physicist
Gennady Ivanovich Obaturov
1914 – 1996
statesperson
Erna Pomerantseva
1899 – 1980
academic
Dmitry Abanin
b. 1980
curler
Fyodor Gavrilov
painter
Aleksandr Fyodorov
1970 – 2022
association football player
Nikolay Smirnov
1917 – 1992
navigator
Ivan Shpakov
b. 1986
association football player
Yevgeny Lebedev
b. 1957
politician
Igor Volk
1937 – 2017
aircraft pilot
Valentina Borisovna Grekova
1931 – 2019
painter
Maksim Turishchev
b. 2002
association football player
Alibek Delimkhanov
b. 1974
politician
Sergei Ivanov
b. 1997
association football player
Aleksandr Zakharov
b. 1993
basketball player
Sandor Zicherman
1935 – 2021
painter
Vladislav Krishchishin
1946 – 2001
athlete
Semyon Furman
1920 – 1978
chess player
Badura Afganli
1912 – 2002
painter
Jacob Ben-Ami
1890 – 1977
stage actor
Natalia Shliakhtenko
b. 1987
triathlete