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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Anna Akhmatova
Poet
11-Jun-1889 5-Mar-1966 Poem Without a Hero
Tsar Alexander I
Royalty
23-Dec-1777 1-Dec-1825 Tsar of Russia, 1801-25
Tsar Alexander III
Royalty
10-Mar-1845 1-Nov-1894 Tsar of Russia, 1881-94
Tsar Alexis
Royalty
19-Mar-1629 8-Feb-1676 Tsar of Russia, 1645-76
Anna
Royalty
28-Jan-1693 17-Oct-1740 Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40
Sergei Averintsev
Author
10-Dec-1937 21-Feb-2004 Myth of the Peoples of the World
Oksana Baiul
Figure Skating
16-Nov-1977   Olympic figure skater
Mikhail Bulgakov
Author
3-May-1891 10-Mar-1940 The Master and Margarita
Catherine the Great
Royalty
2-May-1729 17-Nov-1796 Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96
T. G. Dobzhansky
Scientist
25-Jan-1900 18-Dec-1975 Genetics and the Origin of Species
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
30-Oct-1821 28-Jan-1881 Crime and Punishment
Elizabeth
Royalty
29-Dec-1709 5-Jan-1762 Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62
Nikolai Gogol
Author
19-Mar-1809 21-Feb-1852 Dead Souls, The Overcoat
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of State
2-Mar-1931   Final leader of the Soviet Union
Ivan the Terrible
Royalty
25-Aug-1530 18-Mar-1584 Russian Tsar, 1533-84
Aleksandr Kolchak
Military
16-Nov-1874 7-Feb-1920 Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20
Leonid Kuchma
Head of State
9-Aug-1938   President of Ukraine, 1994-2004
Mikhail Lermontov
Poet
15-Oct-1814 27-Jul-1841 A Hero of Our Time
Nastia Liukin
Gymnastics
30-Oct-1989   Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Yuri Luzhkov
Politician
21-Sep-1936   Mayor of Moscow, 1992-2010
Dmitri A. Medvedev
Head of State
14-Sep-1965   President of Russia, 2008-12
Tsar Michael
Royalty
22-Jul-1596 12-Jul-1645 Tsar of Russia, 1613-45
Tsar Nicholas I
Royalty
25-Jun-1796 18-Feb-1855 Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55
Tsar Nicholas II
Royalty
18-May-1868 17-Jul-1918 Last of the Russian Tsars
Nikon
Religion
7-May-1605 17-Aug-1681 Reformer Patriarch of Moscow
Nikolai Novikov
Critic
27-Apr-1744 31-Jul-1818 Early Russian critic, The Drone
Arvo Pärt
Composer
11-Sep-1935   Choral composer
Tsar Paul I
Royalty
1-Oct-1754 24-Mar-1801 Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801
Anna Pavlova
Dancer
12-Feb-1881 22-Jan-1931 Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Tsar Peter II
Royalty
23-Oct-1715 29-Jan-1730 Tsar of Russia, 1727-30
Peter the Great
Royalty
9-Jun-1672 8-Feb-1725 Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725
Philaret
Royalty
1553 12-Oct-1633 Patriarch of Moscow
Aleksandr Pushkin
Poet
26-May-1799 10-Feb-1837 Russia's greatest poet
Vladimir Putin
Head of State
7-Oct-1952   President of Russia
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Composer
6-Mar-1844 8-Jun-1908 The Flight of the Bumblebee
Igor Sikorsky
Business
25-May-1889 26-Oct-1972 Helicopter magnate
Alexander Suvorov
Military
24-Nov-1729 18-May-1800 Russian general, fought Turks, French
Leo Tolstoy
Author
9-Sep-1828 20-Nov-1910 Russian novelist
Tsar Vasily III
Royalty
25-Mar-1479 3-Dec-1533 Tsar of Russia, 1505-33
Lana Wood
Actor
1-Mar-1946   Diamonds Are Forever
Natalie Wood
Actor
20-Jul-1938 29-Nov-1981 Rebel Without A Cause
Viktor Yanukovych
Government
9-Jul-1950   President of Ukraine
Viktor Yushchenko
Head of State
23-Feb-1954   President of Ukraine, poisoned



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