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List of Russians - Architects. Vasily Bazhenov (1738-1799) Savva Chevakinsky (1709-between 1774 and 1780) Matvei Kazakov (1738-1812) Andrey Kvasov (1720 - after 1770) Alexander Kokorinov (1725-1772) Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin (1700–1763) Alfred Alexandrovich Parland (1842-1920) Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-1771) Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775-1849) Andrey Schtakenshneider (1802-1865) ...

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List of Russian Jews - Politicians. Alexey Arbatov, Russian politician & defence analyst Georgy Arbatov, Soviet politician, academic & political advisor Mikhail Fradkov, Prime Minister (Jewish father) Alexander Herzen, Socialist (Jewish mother) Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician Lev Kamenev (Jewish father) & Grigory Zinoviev, ruling triumvirate with Stalin Maxim Litvinov, Soviet ambassador and Minister of Foreign Affairs Alex ...

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The largest ethnic Russian diasporas outside of Russia live in former Soviet states such as Ukraine (about 8 million), Kazakhstan (about 4 million), Belarus (about 1 million), Uzbekistan (about 700,000), Latvia (about 700,000), Kyrgyzstan (about 600,000) and Moldova (about 500 000). There are also small Russian communities in the Balkans, Eastern and Central European nations such as the Czech Republic, as well as in China and Latin America. These communities may identify themselves either as Russians or ci ...

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List of Russian Jews - Chess. Yuri Averbakh, Grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik, World Champion Semen Abramovich Furman, Chess player Garry Kasparov, World Champion (Jewish father) Alexander Khalifman, World Champion (unconfirmed) Alla Kushnir, Women's World Championship challenger Peter Svidler, Grandmaster (unconfirmed) Mark Taimanov, Grandmaster & conce ...

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Orthodox Christianity is a dominant faith among the Russians. More specifically, the vast majority of Russian believers belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, which played an important role in the development of Russian national identity. In other countries Russian faithful usually belong to the local Orthodox congregations which either have a direct connection (like the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, autonomous under the Patriarch of Moscow) or historical origin (like the Orthodox Church in America or a Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russ ...

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List of Russian Jews - Entrepreneurs. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google Maurice Greenberg, founder of Coleco Michael Kogan, founder of Taito Morris Markin, founder of Checker Cab Rose & Morris Michtom, creators of the Teddy Bear (Russian parents) List of Russian Jews - Oligarchs. Roman Abramovich, billionaire, owner of Chelsea F.C. Boris Berezovsky, exiled ex-billionaire Mikhail Fridman, billionaireSee also:

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List of Russian Jews - Natural scientists. Alexei Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003) (Jewish mother) Georgy Adelson-Velsky, mathematician (unconfirmed Jewish ancestry) Ilya Frank, physicist, Nobel Prize (1958) (Jewish father) Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, physicist Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003) Alex Gurevich, physicist Lev Landau, physicist, Nobel Prize (1962) Grigory Landsberg, physicist, Yakov Frenkel ...

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Russians began to be recognized as a distinct ethnic group in the 15th century, when they were referred to as Muscovite Russians, during the consolidation of Muscovy Tsardom as a regional power. Between 12th and 16th century Russians known as Pomors migrated to Northern Russia and settled White Sea coasts. As a result of the migrations and Russian conquests (following liberation from the Mongol Golden Horde domination) during 15th-16th centuries Russians settled the Volga, Urals and Northern Caucasus regions. Between 17th and 19th centuries ...

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List of Russian Jews - Musicians. Lera Auerbach, composer Vladimir Ashkenazi, pianist (Jewish father) Yefim Bronfman, pianist Rudolf Barshai, conductor Yuri Bashmet, violist Lazar Berman, pianist Vladimir Feltsman, pianist George Gershwin, composer Grigory Ginsburg, pianist Natalia Gutman, cellist Oleg Kagan, violinist Evgeny Kissin, pianist Josef Lhévinne, pianist Andrei Makarevich, singer/ ...

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19th century is traditionally referred to as the "Golden Age" for Russian literature. Romanticism permitted a flowering of especially poetic talent: the names of Zhukovsky and Aleksandr Pushkin came to the fore, followed by Mikhail Lermontov. Nineteenth-century developments included Ivan Krylov the fabulist; non-fiction writers such as Belinsky and Herzen; playwrights such as Griboedov and Ostrovsky; poets such as Evgeny Baratynsky, Konstantin Batyushkov, Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Fyodor Tyutchev, ...

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Sovietization of Russia affected literature after 1917. Maxim Gorky, Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov, Valentin Kataev, Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ilf and Petrov came to prominence as part of Soviet literature. Whilst Socialist realism gained official support in the Soviet Union, some of the writers -- such as Mikhail Bulgakov, Boris Pasternak, Andrei Platonov, Osip Mandelstam, Isaac Babel and Vasily Grossman -- secretly continued the classical tradition of Russian literature, writing "under the table", with no hop ...

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Other genres came to the fore with the approach of the 20th century. Anton Chekhov excelled in writing short story, short stories and drama, and Anna Akhmatova represented innovative lyricists. The beginning of the 20th century ranks as the Silver Age of Russian poetry. Well-known writers of the period include: Anna Akhmatova, Innokenty Annensky,Andrei Bely,Alexander Blok, Valery Bryusov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Sergei Esenin, Nikolay Gumilyov, Daniil Kharms, Velimir Khlebnikov, Osip Mandelstam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris ...

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The end of the 20th century and the early 21st century has proven a difficult period for Russian literature, with relatively few writers raising above the mass of pulp fiction, such as Victor Pelevin or Vladimir Sorokin. Of course, only history will reveal the final worth of this period. In the early 21st century the reading public in Russia has shown considerable interest in new quality literature. Many new authors have emerged, along with new publishing companies, new brands and new literature series. Traditional Russian prose remai ...

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During the times of the Soviet Union nationals of other constituent republics were traditionally known as "Russians" in the West. Some of them were even known under Russian or Russified names. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union they have now become known under their various nationalities. List of Armenians List of Belarusians List of Estonians List of Georgians List of Kazakh historical figures List of Latvians See also:

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List of Russians - Chess. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov (b. 1963, father Jewish, mother Armenian) Victor Korchnoi Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Motylev Vasily Smyslov Boris Spassky Mikhail Tal List of Russians - Gymnastics. Nikolai Andrianov (b. 1952), gymnast, world record for men for most Olympic medals Yelena ...

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List of Russians - A-N. Yuri Artyukhin Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970) Georgi Beregovoi (1921-1995) Valery Bykovsky Lev Demin Georgi Dobrovolski Vladimir Dzhanibekov Konstantin Feoktistov Anatoli Filipchenko Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), first human in space Viktor Gorbatko Georgi Grechko Aleksei Gubarev Alexandr Kaleri Yevgeny Khrunov Pyotr Klimuk Vladimir Komarov ...

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List of Russians - A-K. Alexei Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize recipient Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, mathematician Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, astronomer and astrophysicist Delibash Boris Apostolovich, worked on the Sputnik program. Lev Artsimovich, physicist Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, mathematician Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Nobel Prize winner Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, mathematician Vladimir Mikhailovich Behterev, psycholog ...

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List of Russians - Before 1917. See also Tsar for the list of old Russian rulers Alexis (1629-1676), "Aleksey Mikhaylovich the Quietest" Alexander I (1777-1825), "Alexander the Blessed" Alexander II (1818-1881), "Alexander the Liberator" Alexander III (1845-1894), "Alexander the Peacemaker" Alexandra (1872-1918), Tsarina of Russia Alexius Petrovich (1690-1718) Anastasia (1901-1918), youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II ...

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