- Don Voisko Oblast
Don Voisko Province of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, roughly coniciding with today's Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its center was Cherkassk, later Novocherkassk. The province was the areas where the Don Cossack Voisko settled in Imperial Russia. Since 1786 the territory was officially called the Don Voisko Lands, renamed Don Voisko Province in 1870. In 1913, the oblast, with an area of about 165,000 km², …
- Eduard Rossel
Eduard Ergartovich Rossel is the governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, an oblast in Russia. He was born on October 8, 1937, and is of German origin. He returned into office in 1995. He is a member of the Federation Council of Russia. Eduard Rossel was born a village near Nizhny Novgorod. In 1962 he graduated from the Urals State University of Mines and received his PhD degree in technical sciences in 1972. Doctor of economics (2001). Governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast since 1991.
- Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Semenovych Stus (January 8 1938 - September 4 1985) was a Ukrainian poet and publicist, one of the most active members of Ukrainian dissident movement. For his political convictions, his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 23 years (about a half of his life) in detention.
- Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov (1915, Krasnodar oblast, Russia - 1999) was at various times an academic, philatelist, prisoner, forced laborer, political prisoner, adventurer, factory worker and soldier. He was at various times a Russian, American, and man of no country, though he was brought up in the USSR and died in the United States. Most of the information concerning his life originates from his personal memoirs, …
- Aleksei Kuznetsov
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (1905-1950) was a Soviet statesman, CPSU (since 1925) functionary, Lieutenant General, member of CPSU Central Committee (1939-1949). He was 1st Secretary (deputy leader) to Leningrad CPSU "gorkom" (city committee) and "obkom" (oblast committee), an organized of the defense during the Siege of Leningrad. He was arrested in 1949 as part of the Leningrad Affair show trial, executed in 1950 and rehabilitated posthumously.
- Oleg Koshevoy
Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy (June 8, 1926 - February 9, 1943) was a Ukrainian partisan and one of the founders of the clandestine organization Young Guard, which fought the Nazi forces in Krasnodon during World War II (the "Great Patriotic War") between 1941 and 1945. Born in Pryluky, a city in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of present-day north-central Ukraine (at the time a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), …
- Sydir Kovpak
Sydir Artemovych Kovpak, June 7, 1887 - December 11, 1967) was a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine. Kovpak was born in a poor peasant family in Ukrainian village near Poltava (then of Russian Empire). For his military service in the World War I he was awarded two Crosses of St. George personally by the Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (an award for special military heroism).
- Erlan Idrisov
Erlan Idrissov (born April 28 1959 in Karkaralinsk, Karaganda oblast, Kazakhstan) served as Foreign Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan from 1999-2002. Minister Idrissov met with Grigoris Niotis, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, on 18 July 2001. In June 2002 his Foreign Ministership ended. He became the Kazakh ambassador to the United Kingdom.
- Alexei Fyodorov
Alexei Fyodorovich Fyodorov, one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War and twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Alexei Fyodorov was born near Dnipropetrovsk in a Ukrainian peasant family. In 1920 he joined the Red Army and fought in the Russian Civil War. In 1927 he joined Communist Party of the Soviet Union and by 1938 became a first secretary of the regional party organization in Chernihiv Oblast.
- Pavlo Movchan
"Pavlo Movchan" - Ukrainian poet and public figure, head of the "Prosvita" Society. Born in 1939 in Kyiv oblast.
- Volodymyr Yavorivsky
"Volodymyr Yavorivsky" - Ukranian poet, writer, journalist and politician. Born in 1942 in Vinnitsa oblast of Ukraine. Yavorivsky graduated from Odessa State University as a specialist on "Ukranian language and literature". He worked as editor on local radio, newspaper reporter ("Zaporizka pravda", "Literaturna Ukraina", "Prapor Yunosti"), scriptwriter of Lviv television, literary consultant, referent of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, …
- Akhmet Baitursynov
Akhmet Baitursynov was a Kazakh intellectual who worked in the fields of poetry, linguistics, and education. Akhmet Baitursynov was born in Turgai Oblast, and was educated at the Orenberg Teachers' School. After graduating in 1895, Baitursynov held teaching positions in a number of cities in Kazakhstan including Aqtobe, Kustanai, and Karkaralinsk. The same year as his graduation, Baitursynov published his first article, …
- Ibrahim Altynsarin
Ibrahim (Ibrai) Altynsarin 1841-1889) was a major figure in pre-Soviet Kazakh history. He was the most prominent Kazakh educator of the late 19th century, during the period of Russian colonization of and cultural influence in Kazakhstan. Altynsarin was born in the Araqaraghai region of Torghai oblast, and in his early career was an inspector of Torghai schools. He is best known for introducing a Cyrillic alphabet for the Kazakh language, …
- Vsevolod Ivanov
Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov was a notable Soviet writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the Asiatic part of Russia during the Civil War. Was born in Northern Kazakhstan to a teacher's family. When he was a child Vsevolod ran away to become a clown in a travelling circus. His first story, published in 1915, caught the attention of Maxim Gorky, who advised Vsevolod throughout his career.
- Ivan Isakov
Hovanness Stepanee Isakov (October 11, 1967) was a Soviet Armenian military commander, chief of staff and Admiral of the Fleet (USSR) in the Soviet Navy. He played a crucial role in shaping the Soviet navy, particularly the Baltic and Black Sea flotillas during the Second World War. Asides from his military career, Isakov became a member and writer of the oceanographic committee of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in 1958 and in 1967, …
- Dmytro Hnatyuk
Dmytro Hnatyuk was born March 28, 1925. He is a famous Ukrainian (and formerly Soviet) baritone opera singer. Dmytro Hnatyuk was born in a village of "Starosillya", now in Kitsmanskyi Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province), Ukraine. He graduated from the Kiev Conservatory in 1951. He was a singer at the Kiev opera and ballet theatre appearing as a soloist in many songs. Dmytro sang in many operas by Ukrainian and worldwide composers.
- Alexander Esenin-Volpin
Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin is a prominent Russian American mathematician. In the former Soviet Union, he was a notable dissident, political prisoner, poet, and mathematician. Volpin was a leader of the human rights movement and he spent total of fourteen years incarcerated and repressed by the Soviet authorities in prisons, psikhushkas and exile. His mother, Nadezhda Volpin, was a poet and translator from French and English.
- Yuri Kutsenko
Yuri Mikhaylovich Kutsenko (born March 5 1952 in the village of Tavrovo, Belgorodsky District, Belgorod Oblast) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon, representing VSS Trud at the national level. Kutsenko spent his childhood in Tavrovo, learning at the village eight-year school and playing football, volleyball, ice hockey, and lapta in his free time. After finishing the school, he entered Shebekino chemico-mechanical technicum, …
- Pavel Kurochkin
Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin (November 6, 1900 - 1989) was a Soviet military leader. Pavel Kurochkin was born in the village of Gronevo, Vyazma district, Smolensk oblast.
- Matti Haapoja
Matti Haapoja was a Finnish murderer, much covered by the press at the time of the murders. The exact number of his victims is unknown. He was convicted of two murders and was scheduled for a trial for his third murder trial when he committed suicide in his cell. He can be linked to seven other identified murder cases, but most of those happened during his exile in Siberia and are poorly documented, so his involvement is not certain.
- Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis (born January 23, 1969 in Kirovograd) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder who claimed Russian citizenship after the fall of the Soviet Union. He played for a number of teams, most notably Manchester United, Everton and Rangers. He was a dynamic goal scoring winger with great pace.
- Alexei Eremenko
Alexei Eremenko, Jr. is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Saturn in the Russian Premier League. He is an attacking player who is able to operate in many roles, and is also known as a set piece specialist. Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of seven when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro.
- Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (born October 14, 1969 in Voroshilovgrad (currently Luhansk), Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian football defender, the all-time cap leader for the Russian national team. In his club career that started in 1988, Onopko played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Real Oviedo, Rayo Vallecano, and Alania Vladikavkaz. He most recently played for FC Saturn, from 2004 to 2006. Although he was eligible to play for Ukraine, …
- Andrei Karyaka
Andrei Karyaka (born April 1, 1978) is a Russian football player who currently plays for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. He has previously played for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya and FC CSKA Kyiv in Ukraine, for FC Krylya Sovetov Samara in Russia and SL Benfica in Portugal and was a Russian national football team regular.
- Dmitri Kirichenko
Dmitri Kirichenko (born January 17, 1977) is a football (soccer) striker who plays for the Russian national team and also currently plays for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. He previously played for FC Moskva and CSKA Moscow. He played for his country at Euro 2004, scoring the quickest ever goal in the European Football Championship - in the second minute against Greece.
- Branislav Fodrek
Branislav Fodrek is a Slovak football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Artmedia Bratislava and Slovakia national football team. He also spent short spell at FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in 2006. Former clubs: * ŠK Slovan Bratislava * Rapid Bratislava * Artmedia Petržalka * FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
- Martin Jakubko
Martin Jakubko (born 26 February, 1980) is a Slovak football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast and Slovakia.
- Lucas Pusineri
Lucas Andrés Pusineri is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for River Plate of Primera División Argentina. Pusineri started his professional football career in 1998 with a local club in Almagro, he had an impressive season of scoring 11 goals in 29 games, he was quickly signed by San Lorenzo of Argentine First Division. During his three years with El Ciclón, Pusineri made 61 appearances and scored 11 goals. In 2002, Pusineri was snapped up by Independiente, …
- Illiasu Shilla
Illiasu Shilla, actually named Shilla Illiasu Alhassan (Illiasu is a name, Alhassan is a surname and Shilla is a nickname) (born 20 June 1983) is an Ghanaian football defender who currently, as of September 2006, plays for FC Saturn. (He is of mixed Jewish and Arab ethnicity. Illiasu began his career in Kumasi with Real Republicans - a youth club - and then King Faisal Babes, where he played in two successive campaigns in the African Confederations Cup in 2004 and 2005.
- Fredy Bareiro
Fredy Bareiro is a Paraguayan football player who, as of 2007, was playing for Club Libertad. Bareiro started his football career in Club 12 de Octubre before moving to Club Libertad of his native country. He played for Paraguay at the 2004 Olympics, helping them to a silver medal by being the second top-scorer of the team behind José Cardozo. After the Olympics Bareiro moved to the Russian side FC Saturn and in 2007 he returned to Paraguay to play for Club Libertad.
- Baffour Gyan
Baffour Gyan (born July 2, 1980) is a Ghanaian footballer who is playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. Previously he played for Dynamo Moscow and Czech side Slovan Liberec. He attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast, Ghana for his secondary education and he played for the school team. Gyan was part of the Ghana squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Serghei Rogaciov
Serghei Rogaciov is a Moldovan footballer who plays in attack for FC Aktobe-Lento and the Moldovan national team. He previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, Constructorul Chişinău and Cristalul Falesti.
- Gogita Gogua
Gogita Gogua (born October 4, 1983) is a Georgian footballer who plays for the Georgia national football team. While he mainly plays midfield, he can also play as a defender. Gogua also plays for Russian team PFC Spartak Nalchik, and he has previously played for FC Khimki and FC Tbilisi. Gogua has just signed for the Russian team Saturn Ramenskoe.
- Mindaugas Kalonas
Mindaugas Kalonas is a Lithuanian football midfielder. His current club is FHK Liepājas Metalurgs. He played in the youger teams of FC Dynamo Moscow, then he moved to play with FC Saturn were he impressed some SC Braga scouts that took him to play for them. But he didn't make through the first team having played only for Braga B. He then returned to eastern Europe. In Latvia he played with FHK Liepājas Metalurgs having won the 2006 Latvian cup.
- Winston Parks
Winston Parks Tifet (born October 12, 1981) is a Costa Rican football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Slovan Liberec. He has just spent a few years in Russia at Lokomotiv Moscow and on loan at FC Saturn Ramenskoe. Parks gained recognition as an exceptional youth player, appearing in FIFA World Youth Championships in 1999 and 2001, and leading Costa Rica in goals during the 2001 tournament, with four.
- Igor Lebedenko
Igor Lebedenko (born May 27, 1983) is a Russian footballer, currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast. His position is striker. He has played for the Russia U-21. He played for FC Lokomotiv Moscow (2005-2006) before joining FC Saturn Moscow Oblast half way during the 2006 season. Before that he played at FC Torpedo Moscow.
- Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Vyacheslav Mykailovych Sviderskyi (born on January 1, 1979 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football player for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was a part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup Squad.
- Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin (born March 1 1977) is former Russia international midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Rostov. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2005 Buznikin was chosen Rostov's footballer of the year.
- Nikita Bazhenov
Nikita Bazhenov (born 1 January, 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for FC Spartak Moscow. He made one appearance in UEFA Champions League 2006-07.
- Jean Carlos Da Silva Ferreira
Jean Carlos da Silva Ferreira, commonly known as Jean or Jean Carlos is a Brazilian football player currently with Fluminense Football Club. He has played zero matches for Fluminense, has just arrived from Corinthians.