Editing List of Russian people (section)

===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]]