SettingsRussian people of Jewish descent
Alexander Friedmann
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman or Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician.
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman or Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician.
Alexander Lokshin
Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin (Александр Лазаревич Локшин) (1920 – 1987) was a Russian composer of classical music.
Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin (Александр Лазаревич Локшин) (1920 – 1987) was a Russian composer of classical music.
Alexander Shirvindt
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian screen and stage actor, screenwriter, voice actor, People's Artist and Meritorious A...
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian screen and stage actor, screenwriter, voice actor, People's Artist and Meritorious A...
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke (Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке (Al'fred Garrievič Šnitke); Engels, November 24, 1934 – Hamburg, August 3, 1998) was a Soviet and German composer.
Alfred Schnittke (Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке (Al'fred Garrievič Šnitke); Engels, November 24, 1934 – Hamburg, August 3, 1998) was a Soviet and German composer.
Andrei Mironov
Andrei Alexandrovich Mironov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Миро́нов), (8 March 1941 – 16 August 1987) was a Soviet theatre and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet film...
Andrei Alexandrovich Mironov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Миро́нов), (8 March 1941 – 16 August 1987) was a Soviet theatre and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet film...
Andrey Makarevich
Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich is a Soviet and Russian rock musician, founder of the Russia's oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni.
Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich is a Soviet and Russian rock musician, founder of the Russia's oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni.
Arnold Fruchtenbaum
Arnold Genekowitsch Fruchtenbaum (born September 26, 1943) is the founder and director of Ariel Ministries, an organization which prioritizes evangelization of Jews in the effort to bring them t...
Arnold Genekowitsch Fruchtenbaum (born September 26, 1943) is the founder and director of Ariel Ministries, an organization which prioritizes evangelization of Jews in the effort to bring them t...
Boris Nemtsov
Boris Efimovich Nemtsov is a Russian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 1997 to 1998.
Boris Efimovich Nemtsov is a Russian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 1997 to 1998.
David Kohn
David Kohn (1838-1915), also known as The BOtchfOcker, was a Russian archaeologist and Hebrew writer.
David Kohn (1838-1915), also known as The BOtchfOcker, was a Russian archaeologist and Hebrew writer.
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Soviet state and Communist Party leader, and a prominent member of Polish and Russian revolutionary movements.
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Soviet state and Communist Party leader, and a prominent member of Polish and Russian revolutionary movements.
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.
Ilya Frank
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк) (23 October 1908 – 22 June 1990) was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y...
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк) (23 October 1908 – 22 June 1990) was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y...
Irina Slutskaya
Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ; born February 9, 1979) is a Russian figure skater.
Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ; born February 9, 1979) is a Russian figure skater.
Israel Tsvaygenbaum
Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Russian-American artist.
Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Russian-American artist.
Jan Gotlib Bloch
Jan Gotlib (Bogumił) Bloch (July 24, 1836, Radom – December 25, 1902/1901, Warsaw; (known in Russian as Ivan Stanislavovich Bloch) ), was a Polish banker and railway financier who d...
Jan Gotlib (Bogumił) Bloch (July 24, 1836, Radom – December 25, 1902/1901, Warsaw; (known in Russian as Ivan Stanislavovich Bloch) ), was a Polish banker and railway financier who d...
Joseph Rabinowitz
Joseph Rabinowitz, also Rabinovich was a member of the a Jewish Christian congregation in Russia.
Joseph Rabinowitz, also Rabinovich was a member of the a Jewish Christian congregation in Russia.
Korney Chukovsky
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language.
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language.
Nikolai Svanidze
Nikolay Karlovich Svanidze is a Russian TV and radio host and member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Nikolay Karlovich Svanidze is a Russian TV and radio host and member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Nina Shatskaya
Nina Arkadyevna Shatskaya (Нина Арка′дьевна Ша′цкая, April 22, 1970, Rybinsk, USSR) (1966 or 1972, according to other sources) is a Russian singer and actress, best known for her unique jazzy ta...
Nina Arkadyevna Shatskaya (Нина Арка′дьевна Ша′цкая, April 22, 1970, Rybinsk, USSR) (1966 or 1972, according to other sources) is a Russian singer and actress, best known for her unique jazzy ta...
Oleg Gazmanov
Oleg Mikhaylovich Gazmanov (Оле́г Миха́йлович Газма́нов, born July 22, 1951, Gusev) is a Russian pop singer, composer and poet, specializing in patriotic songs that glorify Russia and Russian hi...
Oleg Mikhaylovich Gazmanov (Оле́г Миха́йлович Газма́нов, born July 22, 1951, Gusev) is a Russian pop singer, composer and poet, specializing in patriotic songs that glorify Russia and Russian hi...
Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark
Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark is the wife of Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, son of King Constantine II of Greece, Prince of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Princess of D...
Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark is the wife of Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, son of King Constantine II of Greece, Prince of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Princess of D...
Sergei Dovlatov
Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Mechik) (Серге́й Дона́тович Довла́тов (Ме́чик); 3 September 1941, Ufa, USSR – 24 August 1990, New York, USA) was a Russian journalist and writer.
Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Mechik) (Серге́й Дона́тович Довла́тов (Ме́чик); 3 September 1941, Ufa, USSR – 24 August 1990, New York, USA) was a Russian journalist and writer.
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage".
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage".
Timur Rodriguez
Timur Karimov is a Russian entertainer, TV host, singer, comedian and actor of Azerbaijani and Jewish background.
Timur Karimov is a Russian entertainer, TV host, singer, comedian and actor of Azerbaijani and Jewish background.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, intellectual and politician who led the October Revolution of 1917.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, intellectual and politician who led the October Revolution of 1917.
Vladimir Posner
Vladimir Vladimirovich Posner (also spelled "Pozner"; in Russian, Владимир Владимирович Познер), born 1 April 1934, is a Russian journalist best known in the West for appearing on television to ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Posner (also spelled "Pozner"; in Russian, Владимир Владимирович Познер), born 1 April 1934, is a Russian journalist best known in the West for appearing on television to ...
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture.
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein on 25 April 1946, is a Russian politician and political activist.
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein on 25 April 1946, is a Russian politician and political activist.
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner (Юлий Борисович Бринер, Yuliy Borisovich Bryner; July 11, 1920 October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born actor of stage and film.
Yul Brynner (Юлий Борисович Бринер, Yuliy Borisovich Bryner; July 11, 1920 October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born actor of stage and film.
Yury Trifonov
Yury Valentinovich Trifonov was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose", a 1970s movement inspired by the psychologically complicated works of Anton Chekhov and his 20th-c...
Yury Valentinovich Trifonov was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose", a 1970s movement inspired by the psychologically complicated works of Anton Chekhov and his 20th-c...