LOCATION

Population:
11,273,400 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
International Lenin School	1926
Moscow State University	1755

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio	1930

VENUE

Venue	Founded
Bolshoi Theatre	1776

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Gazprom	1989

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexei A. Abrikosov	Physicist	25-Jun-1928		Particle physicist, explored superconductivity
Tsar Alexander II	Royalty	17-Apr-1818	13-Mar-1881	Tsar of Russia, 1855-81
Tsar Alexis	Royalty	19-Mar-1629	8-Feb-1676	Tsar of Russia, 1645-76
Anna	Royalty	28-Jan-1693	17-Oct-1740	Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40
Olga Baclanova	Actor	19-Aug-1896	6-Sep-1974	The Docks of New York
Andrei Bely	Author	26-Oct-1880	8-Jan-1934	Petersburg
Boris Berezovsky	Business	23-Jan-1946	23-Mar-2013	Russian oligarch, Putin critic
Max Boot	Columnist	1969		Conservative pundit
Sergey Brin	Business	21-Aug-1973		Co-Founder of Google
Nikolai Bukharin	Economist	9-Oct-1888	15-Mar-1938	Soviet theoretical economist
Fyodor Dostoevsky	Novelist	30-Oct-1821	28-Jan-1881	Crime and Punishment
André Eglevsky	Dancer	21-Dec-1917	4-Dec-1977	Preeminent ballet dancer
Valery Gergiev	Conductor	2-May-1953		Principal Conductor, LSO
Masha Gessen	Author	13-Jan-1967		The Man Without a Face
Vitaly L. Ginzburg	Physicist	4-Oct-1916	8-Nov-2009	Type-II superconductors
Leonid Hurwicz	Economist	21-Aug-1917	24-Jun-2008	Mechanism design theory
Tsar Ivan III	Royalty	22-Jan-1440	27-Oct-1505	Tsar of Russia, 1462-1505
Igor Ivanov	Government	23-Sep-1945		Russia Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wilhelm Junker	Explorer	6-Apr-1840	13-Feb-1892	Reisen in Afrika
Wassily Kandinsky	Artist	16-Dec-1866	13-Dec-1944	Abstractionist and theorist
Andrey Karlov	Diplomat	4-Feb-1954	19-Dec-2016	Russian Ambassador to Turkey, assassinated
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Lena Katina	Musician	4-Oct-1984		t.A.T.u.'s redheaded femme
Noor Inayat Khan	Spy	1-Jan-1914	13-Sep-1944	British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Mikhail Khodorkovsky	Business	26-Jun-1963		Founder of Yukos, now jailed
Alexandre Kojève	Philosopher	28-Apr-1902	4-Jun-1968	Hegelian philosopher, Europeanist
Vladimir Komarov	Astronaut	16-Mar-1927	24-Apr-1967	Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death
Theodore Kosloff	Dancer	22-Jan-1882	22-Nov-1956	Why Change Your Wife?
Anna Kournikova	Tennis	7-Jun-1981		Attractive tennis player, 2 Grand Slam titles
Peter Kropotkin	Anarchist	21-Dec-1842	8-Feb-1921	Libertarian anarchist revolutionary
Alexander Lebedev	Business	16-Dec-1959		Russian oligarch, ex-KGB
Eugenie Leontovich	Actor	21-Mar-1900	3-Apr-1993	Russian-American stage actress
Mikhail Lermontov	Poet	15-Oct-1814	27-Jul-1841	A Hero of Our Time
Nastia Liukin	Gymnastics	30-Oct-1989		Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics
Yuri Luzhkov	Politician	21-Sep-1936		Mayor of Moscow, 1992-2010
Nikita Mikhalkov	Film Director	21-Oct-1945		Burnt by the Sun
Sergei V. Mikhalkov	Songwriter	13-Mar-1913	27-Aug-2009	Lyricist, Russian National Anthem
Peter D. Ouspensky	Philosopher	5-Mar-1878	2-Oct-1947	Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum
Alexander Ovechkin	Hockey	17-Sep-1985		Washington Capitals
Boris Pasternak	Author	10-Feb-1890	30-May-1960	Doctor Zhivago
Peter the Great	Royalty	9-Jun-1672	8-Feb-1725	Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725
Nadia Petrova	Tennis	8-Jun-1982		Hard-hitting Russian seed
Maya Plisetskaya	Dancer	20-Nov-1925	2-May-2015	Iconic star of the Bolshoi Ballet
Ilya Prigogine	Chemist	25-Jan-1917	28-May-2003	Theory of dissipative structures
Aleksandr Pushkin	Poet	26-May-1799	10-Feb-1837	Russia's greatest poet
Gennady Rozhdestvensky	Conductor	4-May-1931		Bolshoi, Vienna Symphony, Stockholm
Olesya Rulin	Actor	17-Mar-1986		High School Musical
Marat Safin	Tennis	27-Jan-1980		Winner of 2 Grand Slam titles
Dinara Safina	Tennis	27-Apr-1986		Champion, 2008 US Open Series
Andrei Sakharov	Physicist	21-May-1921	14-Dec-1989	Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Aleksandr Scriabin	Composer	25-Dec-1871	14-Apr-1915	Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
Dimitri K. Simes	Government	?		Nixon Center
Vladimir Sokoloff	Actor	26-Dec-1889	15-Feb-1962	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Vladimir Sorokin	Author	7-Aug-1955		Wrote Goluboe Salo (Blue Lard)
Regina Spektor	Singer/Songwriter	18-Feb-1980		Anti-folk singer
Konstantin Stanislavsky	Actor	5-Jan-1863	7-Aug-1938	Inventor of "method" acting
Alexander Suvorov	Military	24-Nov-1729	18-May-1800	Russian general, fought Turks, French
Yevgeny Svetlanov	Conductor	6-Sep-1928	3-May-2002	Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002
Andrey Ternovskiy	Computer Programmer	c. 1992		Chatroulette
Tsar Ivan V	Royalty	27-Aug-1666	29-Jan-1696	Nominal Tsar of Russia, 1682-96
Julia Volkova	Musician	20-Feb-1985		t.A.T.u.'s butchy brunette
Lev Yashin	Soccer	22-Oct-1929	20-Mar-1990	Soviet soccer star

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tsar Alexis	Royalty	19-Mar-1629	8-Feb-1676	Tsar of Russia, 1645-76
Yuri Andropov	Head of State	14-Jun-1914	9-Feb-1984	Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84
Nikolay G. Basov	Physicist	14-Dec-1922	1-Jul-2001	Invention of the maser and laser
Warren A. Bechtel	Business	12-Sep-1872	28-Aug-1933	Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Andrei Bely	Author	26-Oct-1880	8-Jan-1934	Petersburg
Lavrenty Beria	Government	29-Mar-1899	23-Dec-1953	Chief of the NKVD, 1940-46
Aleksander Bovin	Diplomat	9-Aug-1930	29-Apr-2004	Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7
Leonid Brezhnev	Head of State	19-Dec-1906	10-Nov-1982	Leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-82
Nikolai Bukharin	Economist	9-Oct-1888	15-Mar-1938	Soviet theoretical economist
Mikhail Bulgakov	Author	3-May-1891	10-Mar-1940	The Master and Margarita
Pavel A. Cherenkov	Physicist	15-Jul-1904	6-Jan-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Nikolai Cherkasov	Actor	27-Jul-1903	14-Sep-1966	Aleksandr Nevsky
Konstantin Chernenko	Head of State	24-Sep-1911	10-Mar-1985	Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85
Anatoly Dobrynin	Diplomat	19-Nov-1919	6-Apr-2010	Soviet Ambassador to the US, 1962-86
Felix Dzerzhinsky	Government	11-Sep-1877	20-Jul-1926	The Black Pope of Bolshevism
Sergei Eisenstein	Film Director	23-Jan-1898	11-Feb-1948	Alexander Nevsky
John Field	Composer	26-Jul-1782	23-Jan-1837	Irish composer of Nocturnes
Ilya M. Frank	Physicist	23-Oct-1908	22-Jun-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Yuri Gagarin	Astronaut	9-Mar-1934	27-Mar-1968	First person to orbit earth
Vitaly L. Ginzburg	Physicist	4-Oct-1916	8-Nov-2009	Type-II superconductors
Boris Godunov	Royalty	c. 1551	13-Apr-1605	Tsar of Russia, 1598-1605
Nikolai Gogol	Author	19-Mar-1809	21-Feb-1852	Dead Souls, The Overcoat
Maxim Gorky	Playwright	28-Mar-1868	17-Jun-1936	The Lower Depths
Andrei Gromyko	Politician	5-Jul-1909	2-Jul-1989	Cold War Foreign Minister of the USSR
Big Bill Haywood	Labor Leader	4-Feb-1869	18-May-1928	Industrial Workers of the World
Tsar Ivan III	Royalty	22-Jan-1440	27-Oct-1505	Tsar of Russia, 1462-1505
Ivan the Terrible	Royalty	25-Aug-1530	18-Mar-1584	Russian Tsar, 1533-84
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich	Mathematician	19-Jan-1912	7-Apr-1986	Linear programming
Pyotr Kapitsa	Physicist	8-Jul-1894	8-Apr-1984	Discovered superfluidity
Babrak Karmal	Head of State	6-Jan-1929	3-Dec-1996	President of Afghanistan, 1979-86
Aram Khachaturian	Composer	24-May-1903	1-May-1978	Gayane
Nikita Khrushchev	Head of State	5-Apr-1894	11-Sep-1971	Deposed leader of the Soviet Union
Paul Klebnikov	Journalist	3-Jun-1963	9-Jul-2004	Forbes journalist, killed in Moscow
Alexei Kosygin	Head of State	20-Feb-1904	18-Dec-1980	Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80
Nikolai Krylenko	Government	2-May-1885	29-Jul-1938	Soviet prosecutor executed during the Great Purge
Vardan Kushnir	Criminal	22-Nov-1969	24-Jul-2005	Russian spammer, murdered
Lev Landau	Physicist	22-Jan-1908	1-Apr-1968	Superfluidity of helium
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz	Poet	12-Jan-1751	24-May-1792	Sturm und Drang movement
Maxim Litvinov	Government	17-Jul-1876	31-Dec-1951	Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler
Alexander Luria	Psychologist	16-Jul-1902	14-Aug-1977	Pioneer of neuropsychology
Donald Maclean	Spy	25-May-1913	6-Mar-1983	Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five
Tsar Michael	Royalty	22-Jul-1596	12-Jul-1645	Tsar of Russia, 1613-45
Sergei V. Mikhalkov	Songwriter	13-Mar-1913	27-Aug-2009	Lyricist, Russian National Anthem
Anastas Mikoyan	Politician	25-Nov-1895	21-Oct-1978	Knew where the shrimps stay in winter
Vyacheslav Molotov	Government	9-Mar-1890	8-Nov-1986	Stalin's right-hand-man
Tsar Peter II	Royalty	23-Oct-1715	29-Jan-1730	Tsar of Russia, 1727-30
Philaret	Royalty	1553	12-Oct-1633	Patriarch of Moscow
Kim Philby	Spy	1-Jan-1912	11-May-1988	One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Nikolai Podgorny	Head of State	18-Feb-1903	11-Jan-1983	President of the USSR, 1965-77
Yevgeny Primakov	Head of State	29-Oct-1929	26-Jun-2015	Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99
Aleksandr M. Prokhorov	Physicist	11-Jul-1916	8-Jan-2002	Invention of the maser and laser
Sergei Prokofiev	Composer	23-Apr-1891	5-Mar-1953	Peter and the Wolf
Emelian Pugachev	Anarchist	1740	10-Jan-1775	Bloody insurrectionist in southern Russia, 1773-74
Jack Reed	Activist	22-Oct-1887	19-Oct-1920	Ten Days That Shook the World
Mstislav Rostropovich	Cellist	27-Mar-1927	27-Apr-2007	Cellist and conductor
Andrei Sakharov	Physicist	21-May-1921	14-Dec-1989	Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Aleksandr Scriabin	Composer	25-Dec-1871	14-Apr-1915	Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
Nikolay Semyonov	Chemist	15-Apr-1896	25-Sep-1986	Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics
Iosif S. Shklovskii	Astronomer	1-Jul-1916	3-Mar-1985	Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula
Dmitri Shostakovich	Composer	25-Sep-1906	9-Aug-1975	Symphony No. 7
Alexander Solzhenitsyn	Author	11-Dec-1918	3-Aug-2008	The Gulag Archipelago
Josef Stalin	Head of State	18-Dec-1878	5-Mar-1953	Brutal dictator, Soviet Union
Konstantin Stanislavsky	Actor	5-Jan-1863	7-Aug-1938	Inventor of "method" acting
Aleksandr Sumarokov	Playwright	14-Nov-1717	12-Oct-1777	Founder of Russian classical drama
Yevgeny Svetlanov	Conductor	6-Sep-1928	3-May-2002	Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002
Igor Y. Tamm	Physicist	8-Jul-1895	12-Apr-1971	Cherenkov radiation
Vladimir Tatlin	Sculptor	16-Dec-1885	31-May-1953	Monument to the Third International
Nikolai Tikhonov	Politician	14-May-1905	1-Jun-1997	Premier of the Soviet Union, 1980-85
Tsar Ivan V	Royalty	27-Aug-1666	29-Jan-1696	Nominal Tsar of Russia, 1682-96
Raoul Wallenberg	Activist	4-Aug-1912	17-Jul-1947	Worked to save Hungarian Jews
Henryk Wieniawski	Violinist	10-Jul-1835	31-Mar-1880	Polish violinist and composer
Lev Yashin	Soccer	22-Oct-1929	20-Mar-1990	Soviet soccer star
Boris Yeltsin	Head of State	1-Feb-1931	23-Apr-2007	First president of post-Soviet Russia
Georgi Zhukov	Military	1-Dec-1896	18-Jun-1974	Soviet commander during WWII
Grigory Zinoviev	Government	23-Sep-1883	25-Aug-1936	Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge

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