Editing List of Russian people (section)

===Astronomers and cosmologists===
{{main|Russian astronomers}}
*[[Viktor Ambartsumian]], one of the founders of [[theoretical astrophysics]], discoverer of [[stellar associations]], founder of [[Byurakan Observatory]][[File:Aleksandr Fridman cropped.png|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Fridman]]]]
*[[Vladimir Belinski]], an author of the [[BKL singularity]] model of the Universe
*[[Aristarkh Belopolsky]], invented a [[spectrograph]] based on the [[Doppler effect]], among the first photographers of [[stellar spectra]]
*[[Fyodor Bredikhin]], developed the theory of [[comet]] tails, [[meteor]]s and [[meteor shower]]s, a director of the [[Pulkovo Observatory]]
*[[Jacob Bruce]], statesman, naturalist and astronomer, founder of the first [[observatory]] in Russia (in the [[Sukharev Tower]])
*[[Lyudmila Chernykh]], astronomer, discovered 268 [[asteroid]]s
*[[Nikolai Chernykh]], astronomer, discovered 537 asteroids and 2 comets
*[[Alexander Fridman]], derived the [[Friedmann equations]] ([[expansion of the universe|expanding-universe]] solution to the [[Einstein field equations|field equations]] of [[general relativity]]), an author of the [[FLRW]] metric of Universe
*[[George Gamow]], discovered [[alpha decay]] via [[quantum tunneling]] and [[Gamow factor]] in [[stellar nucleosynthesis]], introduced the [[Big Bang nucleosynthesis]] theory, predicted [[cosmic microwave background]]
*[[Matvey Gusev]], first to prove the non-sphericity of the [[Moon]], pioneer of photography in astronomy
*[[Nikolai Kardashev]], astrophysicist, inventor of [[Kardashev scale]] for ranking the space civilizations
*[[Isaak Khalatnikov]], an author of the [[BKL singularity]]
*[[Marian Albertovich Kowalski|Marian Kowalski]], first to measure the rotation of the [[Milky Way]]
*[[Anders Johan Lexell]], mathematician, researcher of [[celestial mechanics]] and [[comet]] astronomy, proved that [[Uranus]] is a planet rather than a [[comet]]
*[[Andrei Linde]], created the [[chaotic inflation theory]] of the Universe
*[[Evgeny Lifshitz]], an author of the [[BKL singularity]]
*[[Mikhail Lomonosov]] polymath, invented the [[off-axis reflecting telescope]], discovered the [[atmosphere of Venus]][[File:PGRS 2 081 Struve - crop.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Friedrich Wilhelm Struve]]]]
*[[Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov]], invented the [[Maksutov telescope]]
*[[Viktor Safronov]], author of the [[planetesimal]] hypothesis of [[planet formation]]
*[[Grigory Shayn]], first director of the [[Crimean Astrophysical Observatory]], co-developed a method for [[stellar rotation]] measurement
*[[Iosif Shklovsky]], prominent [[radio astronomer]], [[cosmic rays]] and [[extraterrestrial life]] researcher
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Struve]], founder and the first director of the [[Pulkovo Observatory]], prominent researcher of [[double stars]], initiated the construction of 2,820&nbsp;km long [[Struve Geodetic Arc]], progenitor of the [[Struve family]] of astronomers
*[[Otto Lyudvigovich Struve]], co-developed a method for [[stellar rotation]] measurement, directed several U.S. observatories
*[[Otto Wilhelm von Struve]], director of the Pulkovo Observatory, discovered over 500 [[double stars]]
*[[Rashid Sunyaev]], co-predicted the [[Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect]] of CMB distortion[[File:Sunyaev.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Rashid Sunyaev]]]]
*[[George Volkoff]], predicted the existence of [[neutron stars]]
*[[Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov]], discovered the absorption of light by [[interstellar dust]], author of the ''[[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies]]''
*[[Ivan Yarkovsky]], discovered the [[Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect|YORP]] and [[Yarkovsky effect]] of [[meteoroid]]s and [[asteroid]]s
*[[A.L. Zaitsev|Aleksandr Zaitsev]], coined the term ''[[Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence]]'', conducted the first intercontinental [[radar astronomy]] experiment, transmitted the [[Cosmic Call]]s
*[[Yakov Zeldovich]], physicist, astrophysicist and cosmologist, the first to suggest that [[accretion disc]]s around massive [[black hole]]s are responsible for the [[quasar]] radiation, co-predicted the [[Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect]]