1. Mikhail Chigorin (1850)

Chess Player

Russian chess legend who is perhaps most responsible for chess' immense popularity in Russia and throughout the former Soviet Union.

2. Ksenia Kuprina (1908)

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3. Daniil Lintchevski (1990)

Chess Player

Daniil Lintchevski is a Russian chess grandmaster.

4. Paul Friedrich Von Benckendorff (1784)

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5. Venedikt Miakotin (1867)

Russian Historian And Politician

Venedikt Aleksandrovich Miakotin was a Russian historian and narodnik politician.

6. Anton Alexandrovich Ivanov (1965)

Russian Businessman And Politici

Anton Alexandrovich Ivanov is a Russian lawyer businessman and official. He was a fellow student of Dmitry Medvedev at the Law Department of Leningrad State University graduating in 1987. In...

7. Anastasia Russkikh (1983)

Russian Badminton Player

Anastasia Russkikh is an international badminton player from Gatchina Russia. Russkikh is one of Russia's top badminton players and is a high-ranking competitor in Women's Doubles competitions. She competes in...

8. Heinz Valk (1936)

Estonian Politician

Heinz Valk is an Estonian artist caricaturist and politician. He is credited for coining the term Singing Revolution and its slogan One day no matter what we will win!...

9. Aale Tynni (1913)

Finnish Poet

Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio was a Finnish poet and translator and wife of fellow Finnish poet Martti Haavio. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the...

10. Viktor Sergeyev (1946)

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Viktor Olegovich Sergeyev is a Russian football forward who currently playing for FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk. He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk on April...

11. Mikhail Lozinsky (1886)

Russian Writer

Mikhail Leonidovich Lozinsky is deemed to be the most accomplished Russian translator of the 20th century. In the difficult and noble art of translation said Anna Akhmatova Lozinsky was for...