List of Famous people born in Russia
Sergey Bermeniev
Sergey Sergeevich Bermeniev — Soviet and Russian photographer, portraitist.
Irakly Pirtskhalava
Daria Timoshenko
Daria Timoshenko is a former competitive figure skater. She is the 1999 World Junior champion for Russia. Timoshenko represented Russia until 2000 and then began competing for Azerbaijan. When her coach, Igor Rusakov, died of cancer in July 2003, she was then coached by Marina Selitskaia.
Alexander Gavrilov
Alexander Yevgenyevich Gavrilov is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With partner Tatiana Zhuk, he is the World bronze medalist and the 1963 & 1964 European bronze medalist. They placed 5th at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He also competed one season with Tamara Moskvina, winning the 1965 Soviet Championships.
Svetlana Sivkova
Evgenij Pisarev
Anatoly Alyabyev
Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev is a former Soviet biathlete.
Misha Zilberman
Misha Zilberman is an Israeli badminton player. He competed for Israel at the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also represented Israel at the 2015 and 2019 European Games.
Vladimir Osokin
Vladimir Yuryevich Osokin is a retired Soviet cyclist. He won a silver and a gold medal in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively; individually, he finished in fourth and fifth place. Between 1975 and 1981 he won five silver medals in the individual and team pursuit at the world championships.