Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

male, deceased (1924) (Moscow, Russia)
communist, leninism, revolutionary, Russian, Communism, marxism…Heads of Government of the Soviet Union, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity, Party leader of the Soviet Union, cause of death disputed, Father of the Nation
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (better known by the alias 'Lenin', was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October...
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

male, 57 years old
president of russia, KGB officer, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, speaks German, kgb, Beslan school hostage crisis…President of the Russian Federation, Time Magazine Person of the Year, time magazine person of the year 2007, Heads of state of russia, Heads of state
President Vladimir Putin said air strikes did nothing to settle the situation around Iraq and urged any action taken against it to be sanctioned by...
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

female, deceased (1982)
atlas shrugged, objectivist, philosopher, novelist, the fountainhead, writer…naturalized citizen of the United States, From Saint Petersburg, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity
Ayn Rand (March 6 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher, best known for creating a...
Wassily Leontief

Wassily Leontief

male, deceased (1999)
Jewish, scientist, Wassily Wassilyovitch Leontief, Jewish person, Nobel Prize winner, Russian…From Saint Petersburg, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity, University of Berlin, president of the American Economic Association
Wassily Wassilyovitch Leontief (August 5, 1905, Munich, Germany - February 5, 1999, New York), was an economist notable for his research on how...
Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

male, 44 years old
politician, Russian, Gazprom, Deep Purple's fan, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, president of russia…Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office, First Vice Premier of Russia, Saint Petersburg City Administration, Leningrad State University, Saint Petersburg State University
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев; born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad), is a Russian politician and businessman...
Galina Starovoitova

Galina Starovoitova

female, deceased (1998)
death by firearm in Russia, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity, politician, dissident, murdered, murder victim…Victim of Russian political repressions
Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova was a Russian politician and ethnographer known for her work to protect ethnic minorities and promote democratic...
Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev

male, deceased (1907)
genius, Polygamist, scientist, periodic table, Chemist, Russian…Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity
Dmitri Mendeleev (Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev) (in Tobolsk - in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary...
Andrey Markov

Andrey Markov

male, deceased (1922)
constructive mathematics, Recursive Function, New Style, markov chain, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian…Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity
Andrey (Andrei) Andreyevich Markov (June 14, 1856 N.S. – July 20, 1922) was a Russian mathematician. He is best known for his work on theory of st...
Georgy Voronoy

Georgy Voronoy

male, deceased (1908)
mathematician, Russian, ukrainian, continued fraction, Warsaw University, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity…St Petersburg University
Georgy Voronoy was a famous Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent. Among other things, he defined the Voronoi diagram. Georgi Feodosevich...
Leonid Kantorovich

Leonid Kantorovich

male, deceased (1986) (United States)
scientist, Jewish person, Economist, Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich, Russian, soviet…The Best Uses of Economic Resources, From Saint Petersburg, Alumniof St. PetersburgStateUniversity, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences, Flag of the Soviet Union
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet/Russian mathematician and economist. He is famous for his theory and development of techniques for the...