Category
page 1Russian people of Ukrainian descent
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
Anna Netrebko
Russian and Austrian operatic soprano
Dmitry Medvedev
President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
Leonid Brezhnev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
Alexei Navalny
Russian jurist and opposition leader (1976–2024)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)
Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984)
Konstantin Chernenko
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1911-1985)
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958–2006)
Alexandra Kollontai
Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)
Sergei Korolev
Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
Vladimir Kramnik
Russian chess grandmaster
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919)
Vladimir Solovyov
Russian philosopher (1853-1900)
Radveda Poklonskaya
Russian lawyer, politician and diplomat
Leonid Gaidai
Soviet film director (1923-1993)
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Russian footballer
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969)
Artem Dzyuba
Russian footballer
Raisa Gorbacheva
wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999)
Ani Lorak
Ukrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
Natasha Korolyova
Russian singer
Maria Kirilenko
Russian female tennis player
Kseniya Sobchak
Russian television personality and politician
Dmitri Radchenko
Russian association football player
Marina Ovsyannikova
Russian television journalist
Oleg Salenko
Russian-Ukrainian footballer (born 1969)
Mikhail Zoshchenko
Soviet writer (1894–1958)
Alexander Lebed
Russian general (1950-2002)
Anatoly Sobchak
Russian politician (1937-2000)
Anna Chakvetadze
Russian tennis player
Aleksei Miranchuk
Russian footballer
Anatoly Fomenko
Russian mathematician
Georgy Gapon
Russian priest (1870-1906)
Evgeni Plushenko
Russian figure skater and figure skating coach
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Russian cinematographist
Anton Miranchuk
Russian association football player (born 1995)
Sergey Lukyanenko
Russian science fiction writer
Yurii Yekhanurov
11th prime minister of Ukraine
Viktor Suvorov
Soviet and Russian writer
Viktor Bout
Russian convicted illegal arms dealer
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Russian theatre director (1858-1943)
Vladimir Granat
Russian association football player
Peter Nalitch
Russian singer and composer
Sergei Kirienko
Russian politician
Larisa Shepitko
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979)
Igor Volk
Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017)
Yuri Malenchenko
Russian cosmonaut
Grigori Chukhrai
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001)
Vasily Lanovoy
Soviet and Russian actor (1934–2021)
Roman Neustädter
Russian professional footballer
Roman Eremenko
Finnish footballer
Feofan Prokopovich
Ukrainian theologian, writer, poet, mathematician, and philosopher, archbishop in the Tsardom of Russia (1681-1736)
Sergei Magnitsky
Russian tax advisor who died in police custody (1972–2009)
Yuri Shevchuk
Russian singer
Yury Romanenko
Soviet cosmonaut (born 1944)
Nonna Mordyukova
Soviet and Russian actress