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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 , romanized : rossiyane ), Russians ( Russian : русские ...
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [a] ( English: / ˈpʊʃkɪn /; [2] Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] ⓘ; 6 June [ O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [ O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. [3] He is ...
1801–1850. Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860), theologian, philosopher and poet. Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827), Romantic poet. Alexandre Dubuque (1812–1898), Russian pianist, composer and teacher of French descent; he was born and died in Moscow. Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), a Russian writer and thinker. [25]
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (UK: / ˌ d ɒ s t ɔɪ ˈ ɛ f s k i /, US: / ˌ d ɒ s t ə ˈ j ɛ f s k i, ˌ d ʌ s-/; Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, romanized: Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj] ⓘ; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian ...
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ( / ræˈspjuːtɪn /; Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ rɐˈsputʲɪn]; 21 January [ O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [ O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial ...
The Russians ( Russian: русские, romanized : russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history. Russian, the most spoken Slavic language, is the shared mother tongue of the Russians; Orthodox Christianity has been their majority religion since the formation of a ...
Michele Merkin (born 1975), model and television host, also of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent. Anya Monzikova (born 1984), model and actress born in Vologda. Irina Pantaeva (born 1972), model and actress born in Ulan-Ude. Kristina Pimenova (born 2005), child model and actress.
Russia: 70 11.5 –US$6.9B: Steel, telecom, and investments in the privatization of Russia 8: 173 Gennady Timchenko: Russia Finland Armenia: 71 11.3 –US$10.7B: Oil & gas industry and investments in the privatization of Russia 9: 177 Andrey Melnichenko: Russia United Arab Emirates: 52 11.1 –US$6.8B: Coal industry and fertilizer: 10: 188 ...