Isaac Babel

Isaac Babel

male, deceased (1940)
Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer....
David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh

male, deceased (1974)
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh was a Jewish Soviet violinist who made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works. His recordings...
Vladimir Strelnikov

Vladimir Strelnikov

male
Vladimir Strelnikov (b. 1939) was born in Odessa, in Soviet Ukraine, and made his studies at the local art academy. He is a member of the Odessa...
Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels

male, deceased (1985)
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, "Emi'li Grego'rievič Gi'lelis"; October 19 1916 – October 14 1985) was a Soviet...
Nathan Milstein

Nathan Milstein

male, deceased (1992)
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 Richter

Sviatoslav Richter

male, deceased (1997)
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist, widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He was well known for...
Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova

female, deceased (1966)
Anna Akhmatova (— March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of the St Petersburg tradition of Ru...
Yakov Smirnoff

Yakov Smirnoff

male, 58 years old (Reed Springs, Missouri, United States)
Yakov Smirnoff is, according to his own description, a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter.
Benno Moiseiwitsch

Benno Moiseiwitsch

male, deceased (1963)
Benno Moiseiwitsch (February 22, 1890 - April 9, 1963) was a pianist.
Efim Geller

Efim Geller

male, deceased (1998)
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.