Russia
Russia, the world's largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. It's famous for Moscow's Bolshoi and St. Petersburg's Mariinsky ballet companies. St. Petersburg, founded by Russian leader Peter the Great, has the baroque Winter Palace, now housing part of the State Hermitage Museum's art collection.
People born in Russia (First 49 people) - Page 199
Nikolai Bernstein
Soviet neurophysiologist
Yuri Illichev
Football team coach
Katya Scheinberg
Mathematician
Arkadi Nemirovski
Professor of mathematics
Kazimierz Wiłkomirski
Cellist
Olga Erdeli
Alexander Tchaikovsky
Composer
Anatoly Sheludyakov
Classical pianist
Roman Ledenyov
Composer
Mikhail Azanchevsky
Russian composer
Nikolai Bystrov
Actor
Yuliya Kostyushkina
Television presenter
Vitaly Nosov
Russian professional basketball player
Robert Merkulov
Olympic athlete
Oleg Bozhev
Speed skater
Oleg Stepanov
Olympic athlete
Halyna Kukhar
Figure skating coach
Evgeniy Najer
Russian chess grandmaster
Soia Mentschikoff
American lawyer
Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria
Musician
Sofja Gülbadamova
Pianist
Luba Jurgenson
Alexander Morozevich
Russian chess player
Irina Abysova
Russian triathlete
Kirill Lyapunov
Olympic athlete
Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan
Soviet footballer
Nikolai Starostin
Footballer
Nina Litovtseva
Russian-Soviet film actress
Vladimir Vyatkin
Photographer
Viviana Sofronitsky
Russian classical pianist
Evgenia Tur
Russian writer
Nikita Salamatov
Russian football player
Sergei Vasilenko
Russian-Soviet composer
Dilbar Abdurahmonova
Conductor
Apollon Tsimmerman
Russian military officer
Olga Brusnikina
Olympic athlete
Vasily Shcherbakov
Pianist
Vladimir Tropp
Pianist
Gennady Provatorov
Conductor
Vadim Borisovsky
Violist
Tatiana Kurbakova
Olympic athlete
Tatiana Korsakova
Actor
Fyodor Miller
Russian poet
Varvara Panina
Singer
Nadezhda Obukhova
Russian mezzo-soprano
Aron Gurevich
Medievalist
Giorgi Shelia
Russian football player
