Editing List of Russian people (section)

===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