Editing List of Russian people (section)

==Explorers==
{{main|Russian explorers}}

===Siberian explorers===
*[[Vladimir Atlasov]], explorer and coloniser of [[Kamchatka]][[File:Semyon Dezhnyov by Brodsky.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Semyon Dezhnyov]]]]
*[[Pyotr Beketov]], discoverer of [[Buryatia]], founder of [[Yakutsk]] and [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]]
*[[Ivan Chersky]], geologist and explorer of [[Siberia]], explained the origin of Lake Baikal
*[[Semyon Dezhnyov]], discoverer of [[Kolyma]], [[Chukchi Peninsula]], [[Bering Strait]] and [[Extreme points of Asia|the east extremity]] of [[Eurasia]], [[Cape Dezhnyov]]
*[[Johann Georg Gmelin]], traveled over 34,000&nbsp;km through [[Siberia]], discovered that the [[Caspian Sea]] lies below the ocean level
*[[Kurbat Ivanov]], discoverer of [[Lake Baikal]], author of the earliest maps of the [[Russian Far East]] and the Bering Strait area
*[[Yerofey Khabarov]], second Russian to explore the [[Amur River]], founder of [[Khabarovsk]]
*[[Stepan Krasheninnikov]], explorer and author of the first detailed description of [[Kamchatka]]
*[[Alexander Middendorf]], explorer of the [[Taymyr Peninsula]], founder of [[permafrost]] science, discoverer of [[Putorana Plateau]]
*[[Nicolae Milescu]], explorer of Siberia and China, the first to point out Baikal's unfathomable depth[[File:Nikolay-Muravyov-Amursky.png|thumb|90px|[[Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky]]]]
*[[Ivan Moskvitin]], first Russian to reach the Pacific Ocean, discoverer of the [[Sea of Okhotsk]]
*[[Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky]], explorer and coloniser of the [[Amurland]] and [[Primorsky Krai]]
*[[Gennady Nevelskoy]], founder of [[Nikolayevsk-on-Amur]], proved that [[Sakhalin]] is an island
*[[Vladimir Obruchev]], geologist, explorer of Siberia and [[Central Asia]], wrote the comprehensive ''Geology of Siberia'' and two popular [[science fiction]] and travel novels, ''[[Hollow Earth|Plutonia]]'' and ''[[Sannikov Land]]''
*[[Maksim Perfilyev]], discoverer of [[Transbaikalia]], founder of [[Yeniseysk]] and [[Bratsk]]
*[[Fedot Popov]], discoverer of Chukotka and the [[Bering Strait]], possible discoverer of [[Kamchatka]]
*[[Vassili Poyarkov]], discoverer of the [[Amurland]], the first Russian to sail down the [[Amur River]]
*[[Demid Pyanda]], credited with discovery of the [[Lena River]] and [[Sakha Republic|Yakutia]], made an 8,000&nbsp;km long journey along the previously unknown Siberian rivers
*[[Semyon Remezov]], author of the ''[[Remezov Chronicle]]'' and the first large format cartographic atlas of Siberia[[File:Yermak Timofeyevich.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Yermak Timofeyevich]]]]
*[[Nikolay Shkot]], explorer of Sakhalin and [[Primorsky Krai]], a founder of [[Nakhodka]] and [[Vladivostok]]
*[[Alexander Sibiryakov]], sponsor of the multiple expeditions in [[Siberia]] and the [[Arctic]]
*[[Mikhail Stadukhin]], discoverer of [[Kolyma]], [[Chukchi Peninsula|Chukotka]] and the northern [[Okhotsk Sea]]
*[[Anikey Stroganov]], coloniser of [[Perm Krai]] and the [[Urals]], established the early trade between Russia and Siberian tribes
*[[Semyon Stroganov]], coloniser of the Urals and Siberia, sponsor of Yermak's [[conquest of the Khanate of Sibir]]
*[[Vasily Tatishchev]], supervisor of the first instrumental mapping of Russia, coloniser of the Urals and Siberia, founder of [[Perm, Russia|Perm]] and [[Yekaterinburg]]
*[[Tatyana Ustinova]], discoverer of the [[Valley of Geysers]] in Kamchatka, the world's second largest geyser concentration
*[[Yermak Timofeyevich]], [[Russian conquest of Siberia|conqueror of Siberia]], explorer of [[West Siberian Plain|West Siberian]] rivers
*[[Ivan Yevreinov]], author of the first instrumental maps of [[Kamchatka]] and the [[Kuril Islands]]

===Explorers of Russian America===
*[[A. A. Baranov|Alexander Baranov]], explorer and governor of [[Russian America]], founder of [[Fort Ross]] in [[California]]
*[[Vitus Bering]], organiser of the [[Great Northern Expedition]], explorer of the [[Bering Sea]] and the [[Bering Strait]], founder of [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]], discoverer of the southern Alaska, the [[Aleutian Islands]] and the [[Commander Islands]]
*[[Aleksei Chirikov]], discoverer of the Aleutian Islands and the northwestern coast of North America
*[[Ivan Fedorov (navigator)|Ivan Fyodorov]], discoverer of Alaska
*[[Mikhail Gvozdev]], discoverer of Alaska, author of the first instrumental maps of the [[Okhotsk Sea]] and [[Sakhalin]] shores
*[[Gerasim Izmailov]], author of the first detailed map of the [[Aleutian Islands]], founder of the first permanent Russian settlement in America
*[[Otto von Kotzebue]], circumnavigator, discoverer of a number of [[Pacific islands]] and [[Kotzebue Sound]] on Alaska
*[[Gavriil Pribylov]], discoverer of the [[Pribilof Islands]][[File:Grigory Shelikov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Grigory Shelikhov]]]]
*[[Nikolai Rezanov]], founder of the [[Russian-American Company]], protagonist of the [[rock opera]] ''[[Juno and Avos (opera)|Juno and Avos]]''
*[[Gavriil Sarychev]], explorer of the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] and the [[Aleutian Islands]]
*[[Grigory Shelikhov]], founded the precursor of the [[Russian-American Company]] and the first permanent Russian settlements in America
*[[Lavrenty Zagoskin]], author of the first detailed description of the inner areas of Alaska

===Circumnavigators===
*[[Fyodor Konyukhov]], adventurer, the first Russian to complete the [[Three Poles Challenge]] and [[Explorers Grand Slam]], set a record for the solo yacht circumnavigation of Antarctica
*[[Mikhail Lazarev]], discoverer of Antarctica and a number of [[Pacific islands]], triple circumnavigator, war hero
*[[Yuri Lisyansky]], leader of the first Russian circumnavigation, discoverer of a number of Pacific islands
*[[Fyodor Litke]], oceanographer, explorer of [[Novaya Zemlya]], [[Bering Sea]], [[Bonin Islands]], and the [[Caroline Islands|Carolines]], double circumnavigator
*[[Konstantin Posyet]], participant of the circumnavigation on the frigate ''Pallas'',[[File:Rezanov np.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikolai Rezanov]]]] expert on Japan, explorer of the [[Possiet Bay]], Minister of Ways and Communications of Russia
*[[Yevfimy Putyatin]], leader of the circumnavigation on ''Pallas'', diplomat, explorer of the [[Sea of Japan]]
*[[Nikolai Rezanov]], leader of the first Russian circumnavigation, explorer of the [[Russian America]], protagonist of the [[rock opera]] ''Juno and Avos''
*[[F. I. Tolstoy|Fyodor Tolstoy]], "the American", mischief-making participant of the first Russian circumnavigation, celebrity adventurer
*[[Ivan Unkovsky]], leader of the circumnavigation on ''Pallas''
*[[Vasily Zavoyko]], double circumnavigator, explored the estuary of the [[Amur River]], war hero

===Travelers in the tropics===
[[File:RR5110-0018R.gif|thumb|90px|[[Afanasy Nikitin]]]]

*[[Alexander Bulatovich]], military advisor of [[Menelek II of Ethiopia]], explorer of [[Eastern Africa]
*[[Wilhelm Junker]], explorer of Eastern and Equatorial Africa
*[[Grigory Langsdorf]], explorer of Alaska and Brazil
*[[Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai]], anthropologist who lived and traveled among the natives of [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Pacific islands]], prominent [[anti-racist]]
*[[Afanasy Nikitin]], one of the first Europeans to travel and to document his visit to India, author of ''[[A Journey Beyond the Three Seas]]''
*[[Yuri Senkevich]], participant of [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s voyages on the ''Ra'', ''[[Ra II]]'' and ''[[Thor Heyerdahl#Tigris|Tigris]]'' ([[papyrus]] and reed boats), anchorman of the ''Travelers' Club'' TV show for the record 30 years

===Explorers of Central Asia===
*[[Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky]], leader of the first Russian military expeditions into [[Central Asia]], founder of [[Krasnovodsk]][[File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikolai Przhevalsky]]]]
*[[Alexey Fedchenko]], naturalist and explorer, discovered the [[Trans-Alay Range]] in [[Pamir Mountains]]
*[[Grigory Grum-Grshimailo]], discoverer of [[Ayding Lake]] (the second [[lowest land point]] on Earth)
*[[Nikolai Korzhenevskiy]], explorer of the Pamir, discoverer of the [[Academy of Sciences Range]] and [[Peak Korzhenevskaya]]
*[[Pyotr Kozlov]], explorer of [[Mongolia]], [[Xinjiang]] and [[Tibet]], discoverer of the ancient [[Tibetan people|Tangut]] city of [[Khara-Khoto]]
*[[Alexander Nevsky]], medieval Russian Prince, saint and national hero, one of the first Europeans to travel into [[Mongolia]] (with his [[Andrey II of Vladimir|brother]] and [[Yaroslav of Vladimir|father]])
*[[Ivan Petlin]], first Russian to reach China on an official diplomatic mission, left a popular description of his journey
*[[Grigory Potanin]], explorer of Mongolia, Tibet and China
*[[Nikolai Przhevalsky]], traveled over 40,000&nbsp;km through Central Asia, discovered [[Przewalski's horse|the only extant species of wild horse]]
*[[Nicholas Roerich]], painter, philosopher, archeologist, writer and public figure, explorer of Mongolia, China and India[[File:Portrait of P. Semenov-Tien-Shansky.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky]]]]
*[[Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky]], explorer of the [[Tian Shan Mountains]], discoverer of the Peak [[Khan Tengri]], for 40 years the head of the [[Russian Geographical Society]]
*[[Gombojab Tsybikov]], explorer and the first photographer of [[Tibet]]

===Polar explorers===
*[[Pyotr Anjou]], explorer of the [[New Siberian Islands]] and Arctic coastline[[File:Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Faddey Bellingshausen]]]]
*[[Faddey Bellingshausen]], discoverer of Antarctica
*[[Vitus Bering]], organiser of the [[Great Northern Expedition]], explorer of the [[Bering Sea]] and the [[Bering Strait]]
*[[Georgy Brusilov]], commander of ''[[Svyataya Anna]]'', a prototype for ''[[The Two Captains]]''
*[[Semion Chelyuskin]], discoverer of [[Extreme points of Asia|the north extrimity]] of [[Eurasia]], [[Cape Chelyuskin]]
*[[Artur Chilingarov]], leader of the [[Arktika 2007]] expedition, the first to reach the seabed under the [[North Pole]]
*[[Valery Chkalov]], led the first [[transcontinental flight]] by [[airplane]] over the North Pole
*[[Semyon Dezhnyov]], discoverer of [[Kolyma]], [[Chukchi Peninsula]], Bering Strait and [[Cape Dezhnyov]]
*[[Yakov Gakkel]], oceanographer, creator of the first [[bathymetric]] map of the Arctic Ocean
*[[Matvei Gedenschtrom]], explorer of the New Siberian Islands, discoverer of [[Siberian polynya]]
*[[Maria Klenova]], a founder of [[marine geology]], made the first complete seabed map of the [[Barents Sea]], one of the first women explorers of [[Antarctic]]
*[[Ernst Krenkel]], [[radioman]] for many polar expeditions, set a world record of long-distance radio communication (between [[Franz Josef Land]] and Antarctica)[[File:Chilingarov Arh.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Artur Chilingarov]]]]
*[[Dmitry Laptev]], explorer of the [[Laptev Sea]] shores
*[[Khariton Laptev]], explorer of the [[Laptev Sea]] shores
*[[Mikhail Lazarev]], discoverer of Antarctica, war hero
*[[Fyodor Litke]], explorer of [[Novaya Zemlya]], Bering Sea, and Pacific
*[[Stepan Makarov]], oceanographer, builder of [[Icebreaker Yermak|the first polar icebreaker]], war hero
*[[Stepan Malygin]], author of the first Russian manual on [[navigation]], leader of the western unit of the [[Great Northern Expedition]]
*[[Alexander Middendorf]], explorer of [[Taymyr Peninsula]], founder of [[permafrost]] science, discoverer of [[Putorana Plateau]] and the [[North Cape sea current]]
*[[Ivan Nagurski]], first polar [[aviator]]
*[[Dmitry Ovtsyn]], explorer of [[Taymyr Peninsula]], mapped the [[Gydan Peninsula]]
*[[Pyotr Pakhtusov]], explorer of [[Novaya Zemlya]][[File:Михаил Петрович Лазарев.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Lazarev]]]]
*[[Ivan Papanin]], head of the first [[drifting ice station]] [[North Pole-1]]
*[[Fedot Popov]], discoverer of Chukotka and the Bering Strait
*[[Vasili Pronchishchev]], discovered the [[Byrranga Mountains]] and multiple islands off [[Taymyr Peninsula]]
*[[Maria Pronchishcheva]], first female [[Arctic explorer]]
*[[Vladimir Rusanov]], explorer of Novaya Zemlya and [[Svalbard]], a prototype for ''[[The Two Captains]]''
*[[Anatoly Sagalevich]], performed the world's deepest fresh water dive (1637 m in [[Lake Baikal]]), explored the remains of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], the first to reach the seabed under the North Pole
*[[Rudolf Samoylovich]], founder of the [[Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute]], saver of the ''[[Airship Italia]]'' crew
*[[Yakov Sannikov]], explorer of the New Siberian Islands, originated the legend about the [[Sannikov Land]]
*[[Otto Schmidt]], leader of the first passage of the [[Northern Sea Route]] without wintering, supervised many Arctic expeditions
*[[Georgy Sedov]], explorer of Novaya Zemlya and Kolyma River, died in attempt to reach the North Pole, a prototype for ''[[The Two Captains]]''
*[[Pyotr Shirshov]], member of the [[North Pole-1]] crew, founder of [[Shirshov Institute of Oceanology]], proved that there is life in high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean
*[[Alexander Sibiryakov]], sponsor of the multiple expeditions in [[Siberia]] and the [[Arctic]], including that of [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]]
*[[Mikhail Somov]], head of the second [[Soviet drifting ice station]] North Pole-2, leader of the [[1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], founder of the first Soviet Antarctic stations [[Mirny Station|Mirny]] and [[Vostok Station|Vostok]]
*[[Eduard Toll]], explorer of [[Sakha Republic|Yakutia]] and the [[Arctic]], died in search of the legendary [[Sannikov Land]]
*[[Yevgeny Tolstikov]], head of the North Pole-4, led the [[3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition]], discoverer of the [[Gamburtsev Mountains]]
*[[Alexey Tryoshnikov]], head of the North Pole-3, led the [[2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition|2nd]] and the [[13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition]]s[[File:Eduard Toll.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Eduard Toll]]]]
*[[Nikolay Urvantsev]], explorer of Severnaya Zemlya, discoverer of [[nickel]] in Taimyr and founder of [[Norilsk]]
*[[Georgy Ushakov]], founder of the first settlement on the [[Wrangel Island]], explorer of Severnaya Zemlya, discoverer of [[Ushakov Island]] (the last unknown island outside any archipelago)
*[[Boris Vilkitsky]], discoverer of [[Severnaya Zemlya]] (the last archipelago on Earth to be explored), led the first voyage from [[Vladivostok]] to [[Arkhangelsk]] via the [[Northern Sea Route]]
*[[Vladimir Vize]], scientific leader of many Arctic expeditions, predicted the location of [[Vize Island]] through the analysis of the [[pack ice]] movement in the [[Kara Sea]]
*[[Vladimir Voronin]], leader of the first passage of the [[Northern Sea Route]] without wintering, captain of ''[[SS Chelyuskin]]''
*[[Ferdinand Wrangel]], explorer of the [[East Siberian Sea]] and Alaska

===Cosmonauts===
{{main|Cosmonauts}}
*[[Pavel Belyayev]], member of the first two-person space crew[[File:Gagarin in Sweden.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Yuri Gagarin]]]]
*[[Georgy Beregovoy]], oldest human to go into space (by date of birth, 1921)
*[[Valery Bykovsky]], performer of the longest solo [[spaceflight]]
*[[Konstantin Feoktistov]], member of the first three-person space crew
*[[Yuri Gagarin]], first ever human to travel into [[outer space|space]]
*[[Yevgeny Khrunov]], participant of the first dual [[spacewalk]] and crew transfer between spacecraft
*[[Vladimir Komarov]], member of the first three-person space crew, the first human to die during a space mission (landing accident)
*[[Sergei Krikalyov]], accumulated most time in space (803 days) during six flights
*[[Alexei Leonov]], first to perform a [[spacewalk]], a member of the first two-person space crew, space painter[[File:Leonov Alexei.png|thumb|90px|[[Alexei Leonov]]]]
*[[Musa Manarov]], first to spend over a year in orbit
*[[Andrian Nikolayev]], participant of the first parallel flight, the first to perform spacecraft-to-spacecraft communications, the first to spend two weeks in space
*[[Valeri Polyakov]], performer of the longest continuous spaceflight (437 days)
*[[Pavel Popovich]], participant of the first parallel flight, the first to perform spacecraft-to-spacecraft communications
*[[Svetlana Savitskaya]], second woman to fly into space, the first to perform a [[spacewalk]]
*[[Vitaly Sevastyanov]], first to spend two weeks in space
*[[Anatoly Solovyev]], person who made most [[spacewalks]] and accumulated most time spacewalking (over 82 hours)
*[[Valentina Tereshkova]], first woman and civilian in space[[File:Valentina Tereshkova in Moscow 06-2015 img1.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Valentina Tereshkova]]]]
*[[Gherman Titov]], second human to orbit the Earth, the first who spent a whole day and slept in space, the youngest cosmonaut/astronaut so far
*[[Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut)|Vladimir Titov]], first to spend over a year in orbit
*[[Boris Yegorov]], member of the first three-person space crew, the first physician in space
*[[Aleksei Yeliseyev]], participant of the first dual spacewalk and crew transfer between spacecraft