List of Famous people born in Russia
Alina Bronsky
Alina Bronsky, is a Russian-born German writer. The rights of Bronsky's novels were counted in more than 15 countries; they appear among others in the US and Italy in both print and audio format. Her debut novel Scherbenpark (2008), or Broken Glass Park (2010), has received wide critical acclaim.
Oleg Mitvol
Oleg Lvovich Mitvol is a Russian environmentalist, businessman and government official, known for his activity in the chair of environmental protection department.
Sergey Chumakov
Sergey Sergeevich Chumakov is a Soviet and Russian pop singer.
Mikhail Razvozhayev
Mikhail Vladimirovich Razvozhayev is a Russian statesman and politician. He is currently the Governor of Sevastopol since 2 October 2020. He served as the Secretary of the Sevastopol Regional Branch of the United Russia Party since October 25, 2019. Razvozhayev had served as the acting Head of the Republic of Khakassia from October 3 to November 15, 2018. He also worked as the Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for North Caucasus Affairs from October 1, 2014 to October 3, 2018. He also served as the head of the Executive Committee of the All-Russian Popular Front, member of the Central Head of ONF from December 17, 2018 to July 11, 2019.
Boris Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. He was the first Jewish person to enter space, preceding American Judith Resnik. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts.
Elena Lander
Elena Vladimirovna Lander is a Russian theatre and cinema actress and TV presenter. Since 27 November 2014 she has hosted the Russian breakfast TV programme Morning of Russia on Russia-1.
Lyudmila Vlasova
Lyudmila Iosifovna Vlasova is a Soviet ballet dancer. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre (1961–1982), an actress, and at the present time a choreographer of dance on ice.
Artur Nigmatullin
Artur Eduardovich Nigmatullin is a Russian football goalkeeper. He plays for FC Arsenal Tula.
Anton Kotyakov
Anton Olegovich Kotyakov is a Russian statesman, politician and economist. He is serving as Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia in Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet since January 21, 2020.
Oleg Vasiliev
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his then-wife Elena Valova, he is the 1984 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and three-time World Champion. Their coach throughout their career was Tamara Moskvina. After retiring from competition, Vasiliev became a coach, leading the pair of Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin to the 2006 Olympic title.