List of Famous people born in Russia

Nicolas de Staël was a French painter of Russian origin known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. He also worked with collage, illustration and textiles.

Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress.

Yuri Mamin is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia. His Buddhist-themed film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" (2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers.

Lyubov Igorevna Nikitina is a Russian freestyle skier who competes internationally.

Galina Gennad'evna Aksenova is a film historian, theatre scholar, director, scenarist, professor and translator. She holds a Candidate of the Arts degree. She is married to actor and director Veniamin Smekhov.

Nadezhda Valeryevna Skardino is a retired Belarusian biathlete. She represented Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. She won a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics In the 2017–2018 season Skardino won the Individual World Cup.

Nikita Igorevich Zaitsev is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Veronika Arkadyevna Dolina is a Soviet and Russian poet, bard, and songwriter.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Gutenev is a Russian politician, lawmaker and member of the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. In 1990, he graduated from the Novocherkassk Engineering and Land-reclamation Institute and in 2004 he became a Doctor of Technical Sciences. From 2001 to 2009, he was a Professor in the Social and Environmental Systems Management Department at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. Between 2007-2009, Gutenev held the position of an Advisor to the General Director of the Rosoboronexport State Corporation.

Mykola Yanovych Azarov is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007. Azarov also served ex officio as an acting Prime Minister in the First Yanukovych Government when Viktor Yanukovych ran for president at first and then upon resignation of his government.