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Celebrated Soviet and Russian Avar poet, politician, and translator known for his lyrical verse and the iconic song "Zhuravli"

Soviet and Russian actor, director, and public figure, known for his distinguished career in theatre and cinema

Wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, known for her roles as a politician, public figure, university teacher, sociologist, and philosopher, and as an activist and philanthropist who reshaped the image of the Soviet Union

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster, author, and writer known as one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion

Soviet cosmonaut and military personnel who became the second human to orbit the Earth on Vostok 2 in 1961, also holding the record as the youngest person to fly in Earth orbit at 25 years old

Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter, and actor, celebrated as 'the king of Soviet comedy' for his immensely popular films like 'The Diamond Arm' and 'Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the longest-serving patriarch in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church

Celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, honored as a People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Socialist Labour

Russian author, philosopher, and pacifist regarded as one of history's most influential writers

Prolific French playwright, filmmaker, and actor, known for his 115 plays and significant contributions to boulevard theatre

Russian-born American actor, photographer, and musician renowned for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of King Mongkut in <em>The King and I</em> and his distinctive shaved head

Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer widely regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of the 20th century

Influential Soviet and Russian poet, screenwriter, photographer, and director, renowned for his extensive literary and artistic career

Russian diplomat and politician known for serving as Prime Minister from 1992-1998 and leading the transition to a market economy

Russian-Soviet writer, screenwriter, and novelist known for his works in science fiction and historical fiction, including 'Zolotoj Kljuchik' and 'Petr Pervyj'

Soviet physicist and educator who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental work in quantum electronics, leading to the development of laser and maser

Russian chess grandmaster and the tenth World Chess Champion, known for his elegant style and historic matches against Tigran Petrosian and Bobby Fischer

Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and electrical engineer who held five world titles and pioneered computer chess

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to conduct a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission

Russian physicist, liberal statesman, and politician known for his role in post-Soviet economic reforms and as an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin

Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, and entrepreneur who led the Wagner Group and owned catering businesses that served the Kremlin

German physicist and Nobel laureate who formulated Wien's displacement law, calculating blackbody emission

Soviet and Russian small arms designer renowned for creating the AK-47 assault rifle and its subsequent improvements

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and film theorist celebrated for his spiritual and metaphysical films with slow pacing and dreamlike imagery