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

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.

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 Rossiyane, Russians and Demographics of Russia. For specific lists of Russians, see Category:Lists of Russian people and Category:Russian people.

Statesmen

Monarchs

  • Alexander I, the first Russian King of Poland and the 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

Soviet statesmen

Contemporary Russian politicians

Military

Army

Mikhail Kutuzov double HSU

Air Force

Religious figures

Orthodox leaders

Orthodox saints

Explorers

Siberian explorers

Explorers of Russian America

Circumnavigators

Travelers in the tropics

Explorers of Central Asia

Polar explorers

Cosmonauts

Inventors and engineers

Polymath inventors

Weaponry makers

Land transport developers

Aerospace engineers

Structural engineers

Electrical engineers

IT developers

Optics and photography pioneers

Communication engineers

Musical instrument makers

Miscellaneous inventors

Scientists and scholars

Polymaths

Earth scientists

Biologists and paleontologists

Physicians and psychologists

Economists and sociologists

Historians and archaeologists

Linguists and ethnographers

Mathematicians

Astronomers and cosmologists

Physicists

Chemists and material scientists

Philosophers

Imperial period

Soviet period

Modern

Orientalists

East Asian studies

Middle East studies

Art

Visual arts

Architects

Sculptors and jewellers

Painters

Literature

Novel and short story authors

Philosophers and critics

Playwrights

Poets

Performing arts

Actors

Theatre directors

Film directors and animators

Ballet dancers and choreographers

Classical composers and musicians

Opera and choir singers

Modern musicians, singers and bands

Radio and TV people

Fashion models

Sportspeople

Basketball

Boxers

Chess players

Fencers


  • 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, 2x 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

Gymnasts

Ice hockey players

Motorsport

Association football players

Swimmers

Tennis players

  • 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

Wrestlers

Other sportspeople

Activists and revolutionaries

Legendary and folk heroes

See also

References

  1. Carson Cunningham (2010). American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-2293-9. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  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.
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