Saint Petersburg, Russia

Soviet-Russian physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics

Ukrainian poet and artist who founded modern Ukrainian literature and language, and whose collection 'Kobzar' is a cornerstone of Slavic culture

Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, founder of Suprematism, who pioneered abstract painting in the 20th century

Soviet academic, historian, ethnologist, and philosopher known for his unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and as an exponent of Eurasianism

Russia's best-known fabulist, a prolific author, poet, playwright, and journalist who discovered his true genre of satirical fables at the age of 40

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who championed musical nationalism and influenced many Russian musicians, blending folk music with classical practices

Russian mathematician and physicist who developed the Friedmann equations, originating the theory of an expanding universe

Russian physicist, engineer, and inventor known for being one of the first to invent a radio receiving device