| |  | Lieutenant Sidney George Reilly, MC (c. March 24, 1873? - November 5, 1925), famously known as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer... |  | Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer.... |  | David Fyodorovich Oistrakh was a Jewish Soviet violinist who made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works. His recordings... |  | Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, "Emi'li Grego'rievič Gi'lelis"; October 19 1916 – October 14 1985) was a Soviet... |  | Nathan Mironovich Milstein was a Ukrainian-born violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942 after spending much of his life there. He was... |  | Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist, widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He was well known for... |  | Benno Moiseiwitsch (February 22, 1890 - April 9, 1963) was a pianist. |  | Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet chess player, a Grandmaster of world class at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979. |  | Yakov Smirnoff is, according to his own description, a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter. |  | Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer. | |
