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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 ...
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.
Fyodor Dostoevsky. Fyodor[a] Mikhailovich Dostoevsky[b] (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881 [3][c]), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, [4] as many of his works are ...
v. t. e. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev[f][g] (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state ...
Josie Maran (born 1978), model of Russian descent. 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.
This is a list of Russian artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation , Soviet Union , Russian Empire , Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow , including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Russia.
Russia: 71 11.5 –US$6.9B: Steel, telecom, and investments in the privatization of Russia [11] 8: 173 Gennady Timchenko: Russia Finland Armenia: 71 11.3 –US$10.7B: Oil & gas industry and investments in the privatization of Russia [12] 9: 177 Andrey Melnichenko: Russia United Arab Emirates: 52 11.1 –US$6.8B: Coal industry and fertilizer [13 ...
A souvenir balalaika. Oleg Antonov. (1906–1984) Russian Empire. Soviet Union. An -series aircraft, including Antonov A-40 winged tank and Antonov An-124 (the largest serial cargo aircraft, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft Antonov An-225) [16] An-124-100. Lev Artsimovich.