Famous Russian - Russian Celebrities - page 3
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 |
Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former CIA officer, who was convicted of espionage against his own country in 1994
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia
Raisa Gorbacheva
Raisa Gorbachev was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova is a world renowned professional tennis player
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova a Russian cosmonaut created history when she became the first woman to travel to space
Peter III of Russia
Peter III was the Emperor of Russia who served for merely six months, before he was deposed in 1762
Trofim Lysenko
Trofim Lysenko was a Russian agronomist who pioneered the scientific movement Lysenkoism, in genetics
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was one of the most acclaimed Russian writers, who wrote the famous ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, short-story writer and historian
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Zhukov was a notable Soviet military commander during World War II who played a vital role in the defeat of Axis Powers