Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov

male, deceased (1989)
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (May 21 1921 – December 14 1989) was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. Sa...
Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

male, deceased (1944)
Wassily Kandinsky (– December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is cr...
Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya

female, deceased (2006)
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and the...
Vyacheslav Ivanov

Vyacheslav Ivanov

male, deceased (1949)
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (February 16 (28), 1866-July 16, 1949) was a Russian poet and playwright associated with the movement of Russian...
Mikhail Katkov

Mikhail Katkov

male, deceased (1887)
Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (1818-1887) was a conservative Russian journalist influential during the reign of Alexander III. On finishing his...
Nikolay Novikov

Nikolay Novikov

male, deceased (1818)
Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be...
Nikolai Luzin

Nikolai Luzin

male, deceased (1950)
Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, was a Soviet/Russian mathematician. He was noted for his work in descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical...
Mikhail Pogodin

Mikhail Pogodin

male, deceased (1875)
Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin (1800-1875) was a Russian historian and journalist who dominated the national historiography between the death of Nikolay...
Mikhail Kheraskov

Mikhail Kheraskov

male, deceased (1807)
Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov (1733-1807) was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries....
Konstantin Kavelin

Konstantin Kavelin

male, deceased (1885)
Konstantin Dmitrievich Kavelin was a Russian historian, jurist, and sociologist, sometimes called the chief architect of early Russian liberalism....