Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

Russian composer (1882–1971)

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)

Polish painter (1894-1980)

Queen of the Hellenes (1851–1926)

Russian political philosopher (1883–1954)

bacteriologist (1856–1930)

Russian politician (1844–1934)

wife of, first, Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí (1894–1982)

Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)

Russian Menshevik (1850–1928)

Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1875-1968)

Ukrainian academic (1841–1895)

only daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecilie of Baden

Russian revolutionary (1873-1955)

Swiss professor (1875-1951)

Russian mathematician (1893–1986)

Russian scientist, journalist and anarchist (1838–1888)

Russian princess

Russian philosopher (1837-1890)

Russian general and noble (1772-1857)

Russian composer

French actor (1901–1932)

Russian-Swiss mathematician (1861-1945)

Russian-Swiss neurologist (1853-1930)

Russian princess (1816–1918)

Russian philosopher (1868–1946)

Russian politician (1853–1883)

Baltic German physiologist (1844-1920)

Romanian political activist (1848-1933)

Russian scientist (1904-1992)

Russian naturalist (1759-1837)

Russian singer and opera singer (1881-1938)

Israeli politician (1892-1972)

Russian Jewish socialist and political thinker, philosopher and theoretician of Jewish socialism, diaspora nationalism, and Yiddish culture (1865–1943)

Polish politician (1857–1913)

French painter (1878-1954)

Russian artist (1907-1989)

Swiss politician (1879-1942)

Swiss-American philosopher (1839–1895)

Russian revolutionary (1845–1934)

Russian-born physician, private practitioner in Geneva

Russian revolutionary

Russian economist and journalist (1871–1955)

Russian politician (1870-1933)

Latvian anatomist (1878-1959)