Famous Russian - Russian Celebrities - page 2
Russia. The very mention of this country brings to memory the image of a proud Yuri Gagarin as he became the first human to journey into outer space. Russians have always been the pioneers in space travel and launched the first human made satellite. Extending across northern Asia and Eastern Europe, Russia is the largest country in the world by area. Russians over the past several centuries have played a very important role in the development of the world’s art, science and technology, philosophy, music, politics and literature.
Find out more about the greatest Russians, including Vladimir Putin, Joseph Stalin, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Vladimir Lenin and Nikita Khrushchev.
The Most Famous Russian | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Vasily Zaytsev | March 23, 1915 | Russian | Vasily Zatysev was a Russian sniper who served during the World War II |
Zyzz (Aziz Shavershian) | March 24, 1989 | Australian, Russian, Thai | Zyzz (Aziz Shavershian) was a popular Australian Body Builder and internet personality |
Olesya Rulin | March 17, 1986 | Russian, American | Olesya Rulin is a Russian-American actress, best known for her role in Disney's commercially successful ‘High School Musical’ franchise |
Nikolai Valuev | August 21, 1973 | Russian | Nikolai Valuev is a Russian retired professional boxer, actor, politician, and author |
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy | March 8, 1992 | Russian, American | Check out all that you wanted to know about Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, the budding YouTube Personality; his birthday, family and personal life, his girlfriends, fun trivia facts and more. |
Helga Lovekaty | May 7, 1992 | Russian | Helga Lovekaty is a famous Russian fashion model and actress |
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | September 17, 1857 | Russian | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist and a pioneer of astronautics |
Garry Kasparov | April 13, 1963 | Russian | Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time |
Grigori Rasputin | January 21, 1869 | Russian | Rasputin was a Russian farmer-turned-healer, famous for his relationship with the Tsar’s family |
Anastasia Kvitko | November 25, 1994 | Russian | Anastasia Kvitko is a Russian glamor model and entrepreneur |
Pavel Cherenkov
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1958
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov was a Russian scientist, poet, geologist and astronomer
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Nikolay Przhevalsky was a Russian explorer who contributed significantly to European knowledge of Central Asia
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, aka Peter Kropotkin, was a Russian philosopher and activist
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was a celebrated modern short story writer of Russia
Leonid Kantorovich
Leonid Kantorovich was a Russian mathematician and economist
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian author
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Bunin was an eminent Russian poet and novelist and the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian novelist, poet and translator