Famous Russian - Russian Celebrities - page 5
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 |
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Valeriya Novodvorskaya is a Russian politician famous for trying to establish democracy in the country
Yanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala was a Belarusian nationalist poet, who is famous for his poem ‘Ад сэрца’ (‘From the Heart’)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is one of the notable leaders of former Soviet Union
Cesar Cui
Cesar Cui was one of the members belonging to the Russian musical group, ‘The Five’
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, popularly recalled in the art world as the Father of Abstract Art
Georg Cantor
George Cantor was an established mathematician who defined the cardinal and the ordinal numbers
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Nicholas II
Read about the profile, childhood, life and timeline of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland in the biography below.
Modest Mussorgsky
Read on to know all about the childhood, life and timeline of the brilliant Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky.
Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Glinka was a famous Russian composer who is revered as the father of Russian classical music