Famous Russian People

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Famous Russian People

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Artists
Mikhail Vrubel (18561910) was an outstanding
Russian artist. He
managed to become popular
because of his decorative
works, which were also his
greatest source of income.

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Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) was
a Russian artist. His pioneering
work had a major influence on the
development of abstract art. His
works are showcased in many major
art museums around the world.

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Writers
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) is
one of the most famous Russian
playwrights and developers of Russian
national theatre. His plays were
performed in the Maly theater in
Moscow and the Alexandrinsky theater
in Saint Petersburg.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky F(1821-1881), a
famous Russian writer is best known
for psychological and philosophical
themes in his works, such as Crime
and Punishment and The Idiot. He
was arrested for being critical of
Tsarist Russia and spent 4 years in
prison in Siberia.

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Scientists
Mikhail Lomonosov is a Russian
polymath. Apart from reforming
Russian language and literature,
he also made the first colored
glass mosaic in his country and
discovered the atmosphere of
Venus.

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Aleksander Popov (1859-1906) was a
Russian physicist best remembered for his
pioneering work in transmitting radio
signals. Another huge merit by A.S. Popov,
not less than Invention of radio, is the
organization of radio-engineering education
in Russia.

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Politicians
Sergei Witte (1849-1915) was a politician
and economist during the reign of
Alexander lll and then Nikolai ll. As a
politician, he achieved incredible results.
For example, he carried out the money
reform and concluded a peace agreement
with Japan after the 1904-1905 war.

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Sergey Lavrov (1950-___) is a
Russian diplomat and politician.
Since 2004, he has been serving
as the foreign minister of Russia.
He is multi-lingual.

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Composers
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) was a
great Russian composer, often called “the
father of Russian music”. His
compositions went on to influence
subsequent generations of Russian
composers, such as the members of The
Five.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the
first Russian composer to place
Russian music on the international
stage. He is best known for his
ballet compositions ‘Swan Lake’ and
‘The Nutcracker’.

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Sportspeople
Daniil Medvedev (1996-___) is
a Russian professional tennis
player. Medvedev is known for
his non-standard and intelligent
approach to the game. He often
uses a variety of tactics and
strategies to keep opponents in
unusual conditions for them.

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Alina Zagitova (2006-___) is a
young Russian figure skater. She
has achieved great success in
single figure skating and was
awarded the title of Master of
Sports of Russia.

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Actors
Initially a talented football
player, Russian actor Alexander
Petrov switched to theater
after an injury. He has also won
prestigious awards, such as the
Golden Eagle.

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Yevgeny Leonov was a Soviet and
Russian actor best remembered
for playing important roles in
many of Soviet's most famous
films. He specialized in playing
comic roles and also voiced many
Soviet cartoon characters, such
as Winnie-the-Pooh.

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Astronauts
Yuri Gagarin was the first man
to travel into outer space when he
completed an orbit of the Earth
aboard the Vostok 1 in 1961.
After that, he became a national
hero in Russia.

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In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova
became the first woman to fly into
space when she went on a solo
mission aboard the Vostok 6. She
has won many honors, such as the
Hero of the Soviet Union.