Editing List of Russian people (section)

==Art==

===Visual arts===

====Architects====
{{main|Russian architects}}
*[[Aloisio da Milano]], builder of the [[Kremlin towers]] and [[Terem Palace]][[File:Alexander brullov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Brullov]]]]
*[[Aloisio the New]], builder of the [[Archangel Cathedral]]
*[[Gavriil Baranovsky]], builder of [[Elisseeff Emporium]] and the [[Buddhist]] Temple in [[St Petersburg]]
*[[Vasily Bazhenov]], architect of the [[Tsaritsyno Park]] and the [[Russian State Library]]
*[[Joseph Bové]], chief architect of Moscow after the [[Fire of Moscow (1812)|Fire of 1812]]
*[[Vincenzo Brenna]], court architect of [[Paul I of Russia]]
*[[Alexander Brullov]], builder of the [[Pulkovo Observatory]]
*[[Cameron (architect)|Charles Cameron]], architect of [[Tsarskoye Selo]] and [[Pavlovsk Palace]][[File:Shukin-Felten.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Yury Felten]]]]
*[[Alberto Cavos]], builder of the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] and the [[Mariinsky Theatre]]
*[[Alexey Dushkin]], inventor of the first [[deep column station]]
*[[Yury Felten]], mover of the [[Grom-Kamen|Thunder Stone]], maker of the [[Summer Garden]] grille, builder of [[St Petersburg]] embankments
*[[Aristotile Fioravanti]], builder of the [[Dormition Cathedral in Moscow]]
*[[Ivan Fomin]], master of [[Russian neoclassical revival]] and [[postconstructivism]]
*[[Moisei Ginzburg]], master of [[Constructivist architecture]], founder of the [[OSA Group]]
*[[David Grimm (architect)|David Grimm]], builder of the [[Church of Maria Magdalene]] and [[Chersonesus Cathedral]][[File:Levitsky kokrinov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Kokorinov]]]]
*[[Boris Iofan]], grandmaster of [[Stalinist architecture]]
*[[Matvei Kazakov]], builder of the [[Kremlin Senate]]
*[[Roman Klein]], builder of the [[Pushkin Museum]] and [[TsUM]]
*[[Alexander Kokorinov]], builder of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]]
*[[Fyodor Kon]], builder of the [[Smolensk]] Kremlin and Moscow's [[Bely Gorod]]
*[[Nikolai Ladovsky]], leader of [[rationalist architecture]] of [[ASNOVA]]
*[[Nikolay Lvov]], polymath scientist and artist, adapted [[rammed earth]] technology for northern climate, pioneered [[HVAC]] technology, built [[Priory Palace]] in [[Gatchina]][[File:Melnikov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Konstantin Melnikov]]]]
*[[Georg Johann Mattarnovy]], architect of [[Kunstkamera]]
*[[Auguste de Montferrand]], builder of [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]] and the [[Alexander Column]]
*[[Arkady Mordvinov]], architect of [[Hotel Ukraina (Moscow)|the tallest hotel in Europe]]
*[[Nikolai Nikitin]], engineer of the largest Soviet structures: [[Moscow State University]], [[Luzhniki Stadium]], [[The Motherland Calls]] and [[Ostankino Tower]] (once [[List of tallest freestanding structures in the world|the world's tallest]])
*[[Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky]], architect of the [[All-Russia Exhibition Centre]] and [[Hotel Ukraina (Moscow)]]
[[File:Ротари - Портрет архитектора Бартоломео Растрелли.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]]]]
*[[Petrok Maly]], builder of the [[Kitai-gorod]] Wall and the Ascension Church in [[Kolomenskoye]]
*[[Anatoly Polyansky]], architect of the [[Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow]]
*[[Alexander Pomerantsev]], builder of the [[GUM (department store)|GUM]] and the [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia]]
*[[Giacomo Quarenghi]], builder of the [[Hermitage Theatre]] and [[Smolny Institute]]
*[[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], grandmaster of [[Russian baroque]], builder of [[Peterhof Palace]], [[Saint Andrew's Church in Kiev]], [[Smolny Convent]], [[Catherine Palace]], [[Winter Palace]]
*[[Antonio Rinaldi (architect)|Antonio Rinaldi]], architect of [[Oranienbaum, Russia|Oranienbaum]] and [[Tsarskoye Selo]], builder of the [[Marble Palace]]
*[[Rossi (architect)|Carlo Rossi]], architect of the neoclassical ensembles of [[St Petersburg]], author of the [[Russian Museum]], [[Alexandrinsky Theater]], [[General Staff Building in St. Petersburg]]
*[[Lev Rudnev]], builder of [[Seven Sisters (Moscow)|Stalinist skyscrapers]]
*[[Marco Ruffo]], builder of [[Kremlin towers]] and the [[Palace of Facets]]
*[[Fyodor Schechtel]], master of [[Art Nouveau]], builder of [[Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal]]
*[[Vladimir Shchuko]], builder of the [[Lenin Library]], master of [[Stalinist architecture]]
*[[Aleksey Shchusev]], builder of [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] on [[Red Square]] and the [[Hotel Moskva (Moscow)]]
*[[V. O. Sherwood|Vladimir Sherwood]], builder of the [[State Historical Museum]]
*[[Vladimir Shukhov]], engineer-[[polymath]], inventor of breakthrough [[industrial design]]s( [[hyperboloid structure]], [[thin-shell structure]], [[tensile structure]], [[gridshell]]), builder of [[Shukhov Tower]]s and multiple other structures[[File:Konstantin Thon 1820-th.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Konstantin Thon]]]]
*[[Pietro Antonio Solari]], builder of the [[Spasskaya tower]] and the [[Palace of Facets]]
*[[Vasily Stasov]], inventor of the [[Russian Revival]] style, builder of the [[Moscow Triumphal Gates]] and [[Narva Triumphal Gates]]
*[[Andrei Stackenschneider]], builder of the [[Mariinsky Palace]] and [[Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace]]
*[[Ivan Starov]], builder of the [[Tauride Palace]]
*[[Vladimir Tatlin]], author of [[Tatlin's Tower]] project
*[[Konstantin Thon]], builder of the [[Grand Kremlin Palace]], [[Kremlin Armoury]] and the [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] (the world's [[tallest Orthodox church]])
*[[Domenico Trezzini]], the first architect of [[St Petersburg]], builder of the [[Peter and Paul Fortress]], [[Summer Palace of Peter the Great]], [[Twelve Collegia]] and [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg|Peter and Paul Cathedral]] (the world's [[tallest Orthodox belltower]])[[File:Voronikhin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Andrey Voronikhin]]]]
*[[Vesnin brothers]], leaders of [[constructivist architecture]]
*[[Andrey Voronikhin]], builder of the [[Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg|Kazan Cathedral]] and [[Saint Petersburg Mining Institute]]
*[[Postnik Yakovlev]], builder of [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] on [[Red Square]]
*[[Andreyan Zakharov]], builder of the [[Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg|Russian Admiralty]]
*[[Mikhail Zemtsov]], architect of [[Catherinethal]]
*[[Pyotr Baranovsky]], preservationist of ancient Russian architecture, notable for saving [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] from destruction by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s.

====Sculptors and jewellers====
{{main|Russian artists}}
*[[Mikhail Anikushin]], monumentalist, author of celebrated statues of [[Pushkin]][[File:Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Peter Clodt]]]]
*[[Mihail Chemiakin]], author of ''[[Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices]]''
*[[Peter Clodt]], famous for equestrian statues, author of the [[Anichkov Bridge]] ''Horse Tamers''
*[[Vasily Demut-Malinovsky]], author of the chariot groups on the [[Narva Triumphal Gates]] and the [[General Staff Building in St. Petersburg]]
*[[Peter Carl Fabergé]], jeweller, creator of the [[Fabergé Egg]]s
*[[Naum Gabo]], sculptor, pioneer of [[kinetic art]]
*[[M. M. Gerasimov|Mikhail Gerasimov]], forensic sculptor, reconstructed the appearance of [[Tamerlane]], [[Yaroslav the Wise]], [[Rudaki]] and many other historical figures
*[[Ilya Kabakov]], conceptual installation artist[[File:Karl Gustavovich Faberge.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Peter Carl Fabergé]]]]
*[[Vyacheslav Klykov]], author of the monuments to [[Marshal Zhukov]], [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]], the [[Battle of Kursk]]
*[[Sergey Konenkov]], sculptor, "the Russian [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]]"
*[[Mikhail Kozlovsky]], neoclassical sculptor, author of the [[:File:Samson-Peterhof.jpg|Samson fountain]] in [[Peterhof Palace|Peterhof]] and monument to ''[[Suvorov]] the [[Mars (god)|Mars]]''
*[[Ivan Martos]], author of the [[Monument to Minin and Pozharsky]] on [[Red Square]]
*[[Mikhail Mikeshin]], author of the ''[[Millennium of Russia]]'', the monument to [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] in [[St Petersburg]], the monument to [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]] in [[Kyiv]][[File:Mikeshin by Repin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Mikeshin]]]]
*[[Vera Mukhina]], sculptor, inventor of [[welded sculpture]], author of the ''[[Worker and Kolkhoz Woman]]''
*[[Andrei Molodkin]] (born 1966), sculpture and installation
*[[Ernst Neizvestny]], author of the ''[[Nelumbo|Lotus]] Flower'' at the [[Aswan Dam]] in [[Egypt]]
*[[Alexander Opekushin]], author of early monuments to [[Pushkin]], [[Lermontov]], [[Aleksandr II]]
*[[Boris Orlovsky]], author of the statues of [[M. Kutuzov|Kutuzov]] and [[Barclay de Tolly]] in front of [[Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg]]
*[[Avenir Sumin]], competitor of Fabergé
*[[Nikolai Tomsky]], author of multiple [[Lenin]] statues and the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow)]]
*[[Zurab Tsereteli]], author of the ''[[Peter the Great Statue]]'', ''[[To the Struggle Against World Terrorism]]'', [[St. George]] statues at the [[Moscow War Memorial]] and the [[Freedom Monument (Tbilisi)]]
*[[Yevgeny Vuchetich]], author of the [[Soviet War Memorial in Berlin]], ''[[Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares]]'' in the New York [[United Nations|UN]] garden, and ''[[The Motherland Calls]]'' in [[Volgograd]]

====Painters====
{{main|Russian artists}}
*[[Ivan Aivazovsky]], author of ''[[The Ninth Wave]]'' and over 6000 paintings, mostly [[seascape]]s[[File:Aivazovsky portrait by Tyranov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Ivan Aivazovsky]]]]
*[[Fyodor Alekseyev]], prominent [[landscapist]], "the Russian [[Canaletto]]"
*[[Ivan Argunov]], major 18th-century portraitist
*[[Léon Bakst]], stage and costume designer for the [[Ballets Russes]], author of the ''[[:File:Terror Antiquus by L.Bakst (1908).jpg|Terror Antiquus]]''
*[[Alexandre Benois]], artist and art critic, influential stage designer, author of the celebrated illustrations to [[Pushkin]]'s ''[[Bronze Horseman]]''
*[[Ivan Bilibin]], painter and stage designer, famous for illustrations of [[Slavic mythology]] and [[Set construction|set]]s for [[Russian fairy tale]]-based [[Russian opera]]s
*[[Alexey Bogolyubov]], landscape and seascape painter
*[[Victor Borisov-Musatov]], [[Post-Impressionist]] painter, creator of ''Russian Symbolism''
*[[Vladimir Borovikovsky]], famous portraitist at the turn of the 19th century
[[File:Yury Pen - Portrait of Marc Chagall.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Marc Chagall]]]]
*[[Karl Briullov]], neoclassical painter, author of ''[[The Last Day of Pompeii]]''
*[[Marc Chagall]], [[polymath]]-artist, pioneer of [[modernism]] and [[figurative art]], author of famous [[stained glass]]es
*[[Pavel Chistyakov]], history and portrait painter, tutor of many celebrated artists
*[[Alexander Deyneka]], master of [[socialist realism]], author of the mosaics at [[Mayakovskaya (Moscow Metro)]]
*[[Dionisy]], medieval [[icon painter]], [[fresco]]es in the [[Ferapontov Monastery]]
*Julia Dolgorukova, painter, landscapist, famous for works on stage, costume designer and new synthetic technologies in painting [[File:Юлия Долгорукова.jpg|thumb|90px|Julia Dolgorukova]]
*[[Andrey Esionov]], painter
*[[Vladimir Favorsky]], graphic artist, famous for [[woodcut]] illustrations of classic books
*[[Pavel Fedotov]], realist painter, "the Russian [[W. Hogarth|Hogarth]]"
*[[Nikolai Ge]], realist painter, famous for works on historical and religious motifs[[File:Vassily-Kandinsky.jpeg|thumb|90px|[[Wassily Kandinsky]]]]
*[[Feofan Grek]], medieval [[fresco]] and icon-painter in [[Byzantine Empire]] and Russia
*[[A. A. Ivanov|Alexander Ivanov]], neoclassical painter, author of ''[[:File:Alexander Andrejewitsch Iwanow - The Appearance of Christ before the People.jpg|The Appearance of Christ before the People]]''
*[[Ivanov (painter)|Sergey Ivanov]], author of famous illustrations of [[Russian history]]
*[[Wassily Kandinsky]], inventor of pure [[abstract art]], founder of [[Der Blaue Reiter]]
*[[Orest Kiprensky]], romantic painter and portraitist
*[[Konstantin Korovin]], leading Russian [[Impressionist]] painter
*[[Ivan Kramskoi]], painter and art critic, author of the ''[[:File:Kramskoi Christ dans le désert.jpg|Christ in the Desert]]'' and the ''[[:File:Kramskoy Portrait of a Woman.jpg|Unknown Woman]]''[[File:Kustodiev self portrait.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Boris Kustodiev]]]]
*[[Boris Kustodiev]], author of famous portraits, holiday scenes and "Kustodiev's women" (''[[:File:Kustodiev Merchants Wife.jpg|The Merchant's Wife]]'', ''[[:File:Bathing. Kustodiev.jpg|Bathing]]'', ''[[:File:Kustodiev russian venus.jpg|The Russian Venus]]'')
*[[Mikhail Larionov]], [[avant-garde]] painter, inventor of [[rayonism]]
*[[Alexei Leonov]], cosmonaut and painter, made some of his works in [[outer space]]
*[[Isaac Levitan]], landscapist, author of the ''[[:File:Levitan nad vech pok28.jpg|Over Eternal Peace]]''
*[[Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky]], Peredvizhniki artist and court photographer to the Romanov dynasty
*[[El Lissitzky]], [[avant-garde]] painter, typographer, author of ''[[:File:Artwork by El Lissitzky 1919.jpg|Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge]]''[[File:Self-Portrait (1908 or 1910-1911).jpg|thumb|90px|[[Kazimir Malevich]]]]
*[[Konstantin Makovsky]], famous for idealized history paintings
*[[Kazimir Malevich]], inventor of [[suprematism]], author of the ''[[:File:Malevich.black-square.jpg|Black Square]]''
*[[Sergey Malyutin]], painter and folk artist, designed the first [[matryoshka doll]]
*[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[futurism|futurist]] poet and [[propaganda]] artist, author of the [[Rosta Windows]] [[agitprop]]
*[[Sergey Miloradovich]], historical painter
*[[Mikhail Nesterov]], religious symbolist painter, portraitist, author of ''[[The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew]]''
*[[Ivan Nikitin (painter)|Ivan Nikitin]], famous [[Pyotr I|Petrine]] era portraitist[[File:REPIN portret REPIN.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Ilya Repin]]]]
*[[Vasily Perov]], realist painter, author of the ''[[:File:Тройка - Василий Григорьевич Перов (1866).jpg|Troika]]'' and ''[[:File:Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow 004.jpg|The Hunters at Rest]]''
*[[Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin]], symbolist painter, author of the ''[[:File:Bathing of a Red Horse Petrov-Vodkin.jpg|Bathing of a Red Horse]]''
*[[Vasily Polenov]], landscape painter, author of ''[[:File:Wassilij Dimitriewitsch Polenow 003.jpg|A courtyard in Moscow]]'' and ''[[:File:Wassilij Dimitriewitsch Polenow 001.jpg|Grandma's garden]]''
*[[Ilya Repin]], archetypical Russian painter, famous for his portraits and history scenes, author of the ''[[Barge Haulers on the Volga]]'' and the ''[[Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks]]''
*[[Alexander Rodchenko]], [[avant-garde]] artist, graphic designer and [[constructivist painter]]
*[[Nicholas Roerich]], artist, scientist, traveler, public figure, initiator of the international [[Roerich Pact]], author of over 7000 paintings[[File:N Roerich.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nicholas Roerich]]]]
*[[Andrei Rublev]], most famous Russian [[Russian icons|icon-painter]], author of the ''[[Trinity (Andrei Rublev)|Trinity]]''
*[[Andrei Ryabushkin]], history painter, works devoted mostly to 17th-century Russia
*[[Alexei Savrasov]], [[landscape painter]], creator of the ''lyrical landscape'' style
*[[Zinaida Serebriakova]], the most prolific woman painter of Russia, famous for female portraits and [[nudity in art|nudes]]
*[[Valentin Serov]], [[impressionist]] painter, portraitist, author of ''[[Girl with Peaches|The Girl with Peaches]]'' and ''[[:File:Serov — The Rape of Europe.jpg|The Kidnapping of Europe]]''
*[[Taras Shevchenko]], romantic poet and painter
*[[Ivan Shishkin]], author of the most celebrated Russian landscapes: the ''[[Morning in a Pine Forest]]'', ''[[:File:Ivan Shishkin - Рожь - Google Art Project.jpg|Rye Fields]]'', the ''[[:File:Shishkin DozVDubLesu 114.jpg|Rain in an Oak Forest]]''
*[[Konstantin Somov]], prominent [[Russian literature]] illustrator
*[[Vasily Surikov]], author the famous [[Russian history]] paintings ''[[:File:Surikov streltsi.jpg|The Morning of Streltsy's Execution]]'', ''[[:File:Surikov morozova.jpg|Boyarynya Morozova]]'', ''[[:File:Suvorov crossing the alps.jpg|The March of Suvorov through the Alps]]''
*[[Vasily Tropinin]], romantic and realist portraitist
*[[Israel Tsvaygenbaum]], painter [[File:IsraelTsvaygenbaum.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Israel Tsvaygenbaum]]]]
*[[Simon Ushakov]], prolific late 17th-century [[icon painter]], ''[[:File:Ushakov Nerukotvorniy.jpg|Saviour Not Made by Hands]]''
*[[Feodor Vasilyev]], lyrical landscape painter
*[[Apollinary Vasnetsov]], [[Russian history]] illustrator, many works devoted to Moscow
*[[Viktor Vasnetsov]], famous for Russian history and [[Slavic mythology]] images, inventor of [[budenovka]], author of the ''[[:File:Vasnetsov samolet.jpg|Flying Carpet]]'', ''[[:File:Vasnetsov Ioann 4.jpg|Tsar Ivan The Terrible]]'', the ''[[:File:Die drei Bogatyr.jpg|Bogatyrs]]''
*[[Alexey Venetsianov]], prominent genre painter, founder of the "Venetsianov school"[[File:Serebryakova SefPortrait.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Zinaida Serebriakova]]]]
*[[Vasily Vereshchagin]], battle painter, author of ''[[:File:Apotheosis.jpg|The Apotheosis of War]]'' and the ''[[:File:Vereshchagin-Blowing from Guns in British India.jpg|Blowing from Guns in British India]]''
*[[Romanov Viktor]] (born 1959), painter
*[[Mikhail Vrubel]], leader of the ''Russian Symbolism'', author of ''[[:File:Vrubel Demon.jpg|The Demon Sitting]]'' and ''[[:File:Swan princess.jpg|The Swan Princess]]''
*[[Nikolai Yaroshenko]], realist genre painter and portraitist
*[[Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets]], portrait painter of [[Chechen people|Chechen]] origin
*[[Leon Zernitsky]], illustrator and artist
*[[Karp Zolotaryov]], late 17th-century [[Russian icons|icon painter]], notable for realistic style

===Literature===
{{main|Russian writers}}

====Novel and short story authors====
{{main|Russian novelists}}

[[File:Dostoevskij 1872.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]]]
[[File:Портрет Гоголя.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikolai Gogol]]]]

[[File:Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887).jpg|thumb|90px|[[Leo Tolstoy]]]]
*[[Chinghiz Aitmatov]], [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] and Russian writer, author of ''[[Jamila (novel)|Jamilya]]''
*[[Vasily Aksyonov]], author of the Moscow [[saga]] ''[[Generations of Winter]]''
*[[Boris Akunin]], famous for his [[detective fiction]], author of ''[[The Diamond Chariot]]''
*[[Sholem Aleichem]], important [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] writer, the famous musical ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' was based on Aleichem's story ''[[Tevye|Tevye the Dairyman]]''
*[[Isaac Babel]], well-known [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] writer, author of ''[[The Odessa Tales]]''
*[[Andrei Bely]], author of the novel ''[[Petersburg (novel)|Petersburg]]'', poet
*[[Alexander Belyayev]], major science fiction writer, author of ''[[Amphibian Man]]'' and ''[[Ariel (novel)|Ariel]]''
*[[Valery Bryusov]], important [[Russian symbolism|symbolist]] writer, author of the novel ''[[The Fiery Angel (novel)|The Fiery Angel]]''
*[[Mikhail Bulgakov]], author of ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'', which ''[[The Times]]'' of London has called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century
*[[Kir Bulychev]], author of the science fiction anthology ''[[Half a Life (Kir Bulychev)|Half a Life]]''
*[[Ivan Bunin]], short story writer and poet, first Russian to be awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]]
*[[Anton Chekhov]], famous for his short stories and plays; author of ''[[The Lady with the Dog]]'', ''[[The Black Monk (short story)|The Black Monk]]''
*[[Nikolai Chernyshevsky]], influential revolutionary writer, author of ''[[What Is to Be Done? (novel)|What Is to Be Done?]]''
*[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]], author of ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'', ''[[The Possessed (novel)|The Possessed]]'', ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
*[[Sergei Dovlatov]], Russian writer who [[Emigration|emigrated]] to the US, author of the novel ''[[Affiliate (novel)|Affiliate]]''
*[[Dmitry Glukhovsky]], author of the [[post-apocalyptic novel]] ''[[Metro 2033 (novel)|Metro 2033]]''
*[[Nikolai Gogol]], considered the "father" of Russian [[Realism (arts)|realism]], author of ''[[The Overcoat]]'', ''[[The Nose (Gogol)|The Nose]]'', ''[[Dead Souls]]''
*[[Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov|Ivan Goncharov]], author of ''[[Oblomov]]''
*[[Maxim Gorky]], founder of [[socialist realism]], author of ''[[Twenty-six Men and a Girl]]''
*[[Vasily Grossman]], author of ''[[Life and Fate]]'', described by ''[[Le Monde]]'' as "the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century"
*[[Ilf and Petrov]] popular satirists, authors of ''[[The Twelve Chairs]]''
*[[Nikolai Karamzin]], prominent [[sentimentalist]] writer and major historian, author of ''Poor Liza''
*[[Valentin Katayev]], author of the industrial novel ''[[Time, Forward! (novel)|Time, Forward!]]''
*[[Veniamin Kaverin]], author of the social and adventure novel ''[[The Two Captains]]''
*[[Daniil Kharms]], Soviet [[surrealist]] and [[absurdist fiction|absurdist]] writer
*[[Mikhail Lermontov]], author of ''[[A Hero of our Time]]'', poet
*[[Nikolai Leskov]], author of ''[[Lefty (story)|Lefty]]'' and ''[[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novel)|Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk]]''
*[[Sergey Lukyanenko]], most popular contemporary Russian [[sci-fi]] writer, author of the ''[[Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel)|Night Watch]]''
*[[Vladimir Nabokov]], author of ''[[Lolita]]'', which was ranked at #4 on the list of the [[Modern Library 100 Best Novels]]
*[[Nikolay Nosov]], [[children's writer]], author of the popular ''[[Neznaika]]'' series
*[[Vladimir Obruchev]], geologist and explorer, author of the [[science fiction]] and travel novels ''[[Hollow Earth|Plutonia]]'' and ''[[Sannikov Land]]''
*[[Yuri Olesha]], author of the innovative novel ''[[Envy (Olesha novel)|Envy]]''
*[[Nikolai Ostrovsky]], [[socialist realist]] writer, best known for his novel ''[[How the Steel Was Tempered]]''
*[[Boris Leonidovich Pasternak|Boris Pasternak]], author of ''[[Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]'', poet and translator, [[Nobel Prize]] winner (was forced to decline the prize)
*[[Viktor Pelevin]], [[Postmodernism|postmodernist]] writer, author of the short novel ''[[Omon Ra]]''
*[[Andrei Platonov]], author of ''[[The Foundation Pit]]''
*[[Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin|Aleksandr Pushkin]], the greatest Russian poet, novelist, author of ''[[The Captain's Daughter]]''
*[[Alexander Radishchev]], [[Political radicalism|radical]] writer, author of ''[[Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow]]''
*[[Ayn Rand]], creator of [[Objectivism]], author of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''
*[[Varlam Shalamov]], ''[[Gulag]]'' survivor, author of ''[[Kolyma Tales]]''
*[[Mikhail Sholokhov]], [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], author of ''[[And Quiet Flows the Don]]''
*[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], author of ''[[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]''
*[[Vladimir Sorokin]], one of the most popular writers in modern Russian literature
*[[Boris and Arkady Strugatsky]], [[collaborative]] duo of Soviet science fiction writers
*[[Tatyana Tolstaya]], writer, [[TV host]], [[publicist]], novelist, and [[essayist]] from the [[Tolstoy family]]
*[[Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] writer, best known for his works of [[science fiction]], author of ''[[Aelita (novel)|Aelita]]''
*[[Leo Tolstoy]], widely considered to be one of the world's greatest novelists, author of ''[[War and Peace]]'', ''[[Anna Karenina]]'', and ''[[The Death of Ivan Ilyich]]''
*[[Ivan Turgenev]], author of ''[[A Sportsman's Sketches]]'', which had an influence on the abolition of [[serfdom]] in Russia
*[[Yury Tynyanov]], important member of the [[Russian Formalism|Russian Formalist]] school, author of ''[[Lieutenant Kijé]]''
*[[Eduard Uspensky]], children's writer known for his fictional characters [[Gena the Crocodile]] and [[Cheburashka]]
*[[Vladimir Voinovich]], author of the well-known novel ''[[The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin]]''
*[[Ivan Yefremov]], paleontologist and science fiction writer, founder of [[taphonomy]], author of ''[[The Land of Foam]]'', ''[[Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale]]'' and ''[[Thais of Athens]]''
*[[Yevgeny Zamyatin]], author of the [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[We (novel)|We]]'', which influenced [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', and [[Ayn Rand]]'s ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]''

====Philosophers and critics====
{{main|Russian philosophers}}

[[File:Pavel Florensky.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Pavel Florensky]]]]
[[File:KhomyakovA AvtoportretABR.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Aleksey Khomyakov]]]]
[[File:Vladimir Solovyov 1892 by Nikolay Yarochenko.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)|Vladimir Solovyov]]]]
*[[Mikhail Bakhtin]], philosopher, literary critic, [[semiotician]], and scholar who worked on literary theory, ethics, and the philosophy of language
*[[Mikhail Bakunin]], well-known [[revolutionary]] and theorist of [[collectivist anarchism]]
*[[Vissarion Belinsky]], influential critic, and editor of two major literary magazines: ''[[Otechestvennye Zapiski]]'', and ''[[Sovremennik]]''
*[[Nikolai Berdyaev]], religious and political philosopher
*[[Helena Blavatsky]], founder of [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]] and the [[Theosophical Society]]
*[[Alexander Bogdanov]], [[physician]], philosopher, science fiction writer, and a key figure in the early history of the [[Bolshevik]]s
*[[Nikolay Chernyshevsky]], famous for his philosophical novel ''[[What Is to Be Done? (novel)|What is To Be Done?]]'', he was the leader of the revolutionary democratic movement of the 1860s, and an influence on [[Vladimir Lenin]]
*[[Nikolay Danilevsky]], [[natural history|naturalist]], [[Economics|economist]], [[Ethnology|ethnologist]], philosopher, historian, and [[ideologue]] of the [[pan-Slavism]] and [[Slavophile]] movements
*[[Sergei Diaghilev]], art critic and impresario
*[[Nikolay Dobrolyubov]], [[Literary criticism|literary critic]], [[journalist]], and [[revolutionary]] [[Social democracy|democrat]]
*[[Pavel Florensky]], [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[theologian]], philosopher, mathematician, [[electrical engineering|electrical engineer]], and [[inventor]]
*[[Leonid Grinin]], important modern [[sociologist]] and philosopher of history
*[[Alexander Herzen]], highly influential proponent of [[populism]], [[socialism]], and [[collectivization]]
*[[Mikhail Katkov]], conservative journalist and literary critic influential during the reign of [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]]
*[[Ivan Kireyevsky]], literary critic and philosopher, co-founder of the [[Slavophile]] movement
*[[Aleksey Khomyakov]], religious poet and philosopher, co-founder of the [[Slavophile]] movement, coined the term ''[[sobornost]]''
*[[Peter Kropotkin]], naturalist, geographer and one of the world's foremost [[Anarchist communism|anarcho-communist]]s
*[[Peter Lavrovitch Lavrov|Pyotr Lavrov]], prominent Russian philosopher, publicist, sociologist, and [[theorist]] of [[narodism]]
*[[Konstantin Leontiev]], [[Conservatism|conservative]], [[monarchist]] [[reactionary]] philosopher
*[[Aleksei Losev]], one of the most prominent figures in Russian philosophical and religious thought of the 20th century
*[[Nikolay Novikov]], writer and philanthropist, a man of [[Russian Enlightenment]], often considered to be the first Russian [[journalist]]
*[[Peter D. Ouspensky]], [[Western esotericism|esoteric]] philosopher, author of ''[[In Search of the Miraculous]]''
*[[Dmitri Pisarev]], [[Political radicalism|radical]] writer and social critic whose works had an important influence on [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]]
*[[Ayn Rand]], [[Objectivism|Objectivist]] philosopher, best known for her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''
*[[Lev Shestov]], influential Ukrainian/Russian [[existentialist]] philosopher, author of the well-known works ''Penultimate Words'' and ''All Things are Possible''
*[[Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)|Vladimir Solovyov]], philosopher, poet, pamphleteer, and literary critic, who played a significant role in the development of Russian philosophy and poetry at the end of the 19th century
*[[Vladimir Stasov]], preeminent 19th-century [[art critic]] in Russia
*[[Leo Tolstoy]], [[Christian anarchism|Christian anarchist]] and [[Christian pacifism|pacifist]], whose ideas and social writings were the basis of the [[Tolstoyan]] movement
*[[Leon Trotsky]], [[Bolshevik]], and [[Marxist]], one of the leaders of the [[October Revolution|Russian Revolution of 1917]]

====Playwrights====
{{main|Russian playwrights}}
[[File:Chekhov 1898 by Osip Braz.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Anton Chekhov]]]]
[[File:Alexander Ostrovsky by Vasily Perov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Ostrovsky]]]]
*[[Leonid Andreyev]], author of many popular plays, including ''[[He Who Gets Slapped]]''
*[[Hizgil Avshalumov]], soviet novelist, poet and playwright
*[[Mikhail Bulgakov]], popular Soviet writer, author of the play [[Flight (play)|Flight]]
*[[Anton Chekhov]], famous for his short stories and plays, author of ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'', ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]''
*[[Denis Fonvizin]], known chiefly for his famous play ''The Minor''
*[[Nikolai Gogol]], author of the great [[satirical]] play ''[[The Government Inspector]]''
*[[Maxim Gorky]], author of ''[[The Lower Depths]]'', a hallmark of [[socialist realism]]
*[[Aleksandr Griboyedov]], author of the popular play ''[[Woe from Wit]]''
*[[Mikhail Lermontov]], author of the play ''[[Masquerade (play)|Masquerade]]''
*[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], one of the foremost representatives of ''[[Russian Futurism]]''
*[[Alexander Ostrovsky]], known for his plays dealing with the [[merchant]] class, most notably ''[[The Storm (Ostrovsky)|The Storm]]''
*[[Aleksey Pisemsky]], realist writer, author of the well-known play ''[[A Bitter Fate]]'', considered to be the first Russian realistic tragedy
*[[Alexander Pushkin]], Russia's national poet, also known for his plays, including ''[[Boris Godunov (play)|Boris Godunov]]'' and ''[[The Stone Guest (play)|The Stone Guest]]''
*[[Alexander Sumarokov]], poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia
*[[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], author of historical dramas, including ''[[The Death of Ivan the Terrible]]'' and ''[[Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich]]''
*[[Leo Tolstoy]], one of the greatest Russian writers, author of the plays ''[[The Power of Darkness]]'', ''[[The Fruits of Enlightenment]]'', and ''[[The Living Corpse]]''
*[[Ivan Turgenev]], author of the well known play ''[[A Month in the Country (play)|A Month in the Country]]''

====Poets====
{{main|Russian poets}}
[[File:Anna Akhmatova 1913-1914 by Savely Sorin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Anna Akhmatova]]]]
[[File:Blok somov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Aleksandr Blok]]]]
[[File:Mayakovsky 1912.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]]]]
[[File:AleksandrPushkin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Pushkin]]]]
[[File:Sergey Yesenin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Sergei Yesenin]]]]
* [[Zharaskan Abdirash]], Soviet-era Kazakh poet
* [[Anna Akhmatova]], [[modernist]] poet, author of ''Requiem''
* [[Bella Akhmadulina]], Soviet and Russian poet who has been cited by [[Joseph Brodsky]] as the best living poet in the Russian language
* [[Innokenty Annensky]], poet, critic, and translator, representative of the first wave of [[Russian Symbolism]]
* [[Konstantin Balmont]], [[symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] poet, one of the major figures of the [[Silver Age of Russian Poetry]]
* [[Evgeny Baratynsky]], lauded by [[Alexander Pushkin]] as the finest Russian elegiac poet, rediscovered by [[Anna Akhmatova]] and [[Joseph Brodsky]] as a supreme poet of thought
* [[Konstantin Batyushkov]], an important precursor of [[Alexander Pushkin]]
* [[Andrey Bely]], [[Symbolism (movement)|symbolist]] poet, namesake of the important [[Andrei Bely Prize]]
* [[Alexander Blok]], leader of the [[Russian Symbolism|Russian Symbolist movement]], author of "[[The Twelve (poem)|The Twelve]]"
* [[Joseph Brodsky]], winner of the 1987 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Korney Chukovsky]], one of the most popular children's poets in the [[Russian language]]
* [[Denis Davydov]], guerilla fighter and soldier-poet of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], invented a genre of ''[[hussar]] poetry'' noted for its hedonism and bravado
* [[Gavrila Derzhavin]], one of the greatest Russian poets before [[Alexander Pushkin]]
* [[Aleksandr Drakokhrust]], Soviet poet
* [[Gabriel El-Registan]], one of the writers of the [[National Anthem of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Afanasy Fet]], had a profound influence on the [[Russian Symbolists]], especially [[Innokenty Annensky|Annensky]] and [[Alexander Blok|Blok]]
* [[Nikolay Gumilyov]], founded the [[Acmeist poetry|acmeism]] movement
* [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]], poet and playwright associated with the [[Russian Symbolism]] movement
* [[Antiochus Kantemir]], Russian poet-satirist, activist of early [[Russian Enlightenment]]
* [[Velimir Khlebnikov]], influential member of the [[Russian Futurist movement]], regarded by his contemporariesas as "a poet's poet"
* [[Ivan Krylov]], Russia's best known [[Fable|fabulist]]
* [[Yuri Kublanovsky]], poet, essayist, critic and art historian
* [[Mikhail Lermontov]], most important Russian poet after [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s death, his influence on later [[Russian literature]] is still felt in modern times
* [[Osip Mandelstam]], [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poet]], author of ''Tristia''
* [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], among the most important representatives of early 20th-century [[Russian Futurism]]
* [[Apollon Maykov]], his lyrical poems often showcase images of Russian villages, nature, and Russian history
* [[Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov|Nikolai Nekrasov]], one of Russia's most popular poets, author of the long poem Who is Happy in Russia?
* [[Boris Leonidovich Pasternak|Boris Pasternak]], author of the influential poem "My Sister Life", [[Nobel Prize]] winner (was forced to decline the prize)
* [[Nikolai Ogarev]], known to every Russian, not only as a poet, but as the fellow-exile and collaborator of [[Alexander Herzen]] on ''[[Kolokol (newspaper)|Kolokol]]'', a newspaper printed in England and smuggled into Russia
* [[Yakov Polonsky]], leading [[Alexander Pushkin|Pushkinist]] poet
* [[Symeon of Polotsk]], academically trained [[Baroque literature|Baroque]] Belarusian born Russian poet
* [[Alexander Pushkin]], greatest Russian poet, author of ''[[Eugene Onegin]]''
* [[Ilya Selvinsky]], leader of the [[Constructivism (art)|Constructivist]] movement
* [[Igor Severyanin]], Russian lyrical poet who presided over the circle of the so-called Ego-Futurists
* [[Boris Slutsky]], one of the most important representatives of the [[War generation of Russian poets]]
* [[Fyodor Sologub]], influential [[Symbolism (movement)|symbolist]] poet and writer
* [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], popular poet and dramatist, known for his humorous and satirical verse
* [[Vasily Trediakovsky]], helped lay the foundations of classical [[Russian literature]]
* [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], known primarily for her lyric poetry, widely admired by her fellow poets
* [[Aleksandr Tvardovsky]], chief editor of [[Novy Mir]] for many years, author of ''[[Vasili Tyorkin]]''
* [[Fyodor Tyutchev]], [[Romanticism|romantic]] poet, author of ''The Last Love''
* [[Maximilian Voloshin]], [[Symbolism (movement)|Symbolist poet]], famous [[freemason]]
* [[Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov|Pyotr Yershov]], author of the famous fairy-tale poem ''The Humpbacked Horse''
* [[Sergei Yesenin]], one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century
* [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]], Soviet/Russian poet, director of several films
* [[Nikolay Zabolotsky]], one of the founders of the [[Russian avant-garde]] [[absurdist fiction|absurdist]] group [[Oberiu|OBERIU]]
* [[Vasily Zhukovsky]], credited with introducing the [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]] to [[Russian literature]]

===Performing arts===

====Actors====
[[File:Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments film trailer.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Yul Brynner]]]]
[[File:Nikita Mikhalkov.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Nikita Mikhalkov]]]]
*[[Vera Alentova]], known for her leading role in the famous 1980 Soviet drama ''[[Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears]]''
*[[Sergei Bodrov, Jr.]], played lead roles in several popular movies, son of playwright, actor, director and producer [[Sergei Bodrov]]
*[[Sergei Bondarchuk]], acted in and directed the Academy Award-winning 1966–67 film production of ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace]]''
*[[Yul Brynner]], won the Academy Award for best actor in the 1956 film ''[[The King and I (1956 film)|The King and I]]''
*[[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]], played in more than 170 films, founded his own theater in Moscow
*[[Leonid Filatov]], received many awards, including the [[Russian Federation State Prize]] and [[People's Artist of Russia]] in 1996
*[[Milla Jovovich]], actress, model, and musician, best known for her role in the widely popular ''[[Resident Evil (film series)|Resident Evil]]'' movies
*[[Lila Kedrova]], winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1964 for the role of Mme Hortense in ''[[Zorba the Greek]]''
*[[Nikita Mikhalkov]], co-wrote, directed and acted in the Academy Award-winning film ''[[Burnt by the Sun]]''
*[[Helen Mirren]], British actress born to Russian father and English mother
*[[Lubov Orlova]], theatre actress and gifted singer, the first recognized star of Soviet cinema
*[[Marina Orlova (YouTuber)|Marina Orlova]], host of the most popular [[YouTube]] guru channel, ''HotForWords''
*[[Arkady Raikin]], [[stand-up comedian]] who led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century
*[[Tatiana Samoylova]] (1934–2014), actress
*[[Alexander Slastin]], actor, best known for his role as Soviet general [[Vasily Chuikov]] in the 2004 film [[Downfall (2004 film)|''Downfall'']]
*[[Georgy Vitsin]], comic actor, best known for his comic roles such as ''Trus'' (''Coward''), a member of an [[:ru:Трус, Балбес и Бывалый|antihero comic trio]] in a series of films by [[Leonid Gaidai]]
*[[Fyodor Volkov]], 18th-century actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater
*[[Tanya Weinstein]], stage director, actress, and tutor
*[[Natalie Wood]], three-time Academy Award nominee, winner of the Golden Globe Award for her role in the TV series ''[[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|From Here to Eternity]]''
*[[Vladimir Zharikov]], actor, stuntman, cinematographer

====Theatre directors====
<!--[[File:Yuriy Lyubimov.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Yury Lyubimov]]]]-->
[[File:Stanislavski Constantin-1.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Konstantin Stanislavski]]]]
*[[Michael Chekhov]], Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner, nephew of [[Anton Chekhov]]
*[[Anatoly Efros]], famous Russian and Soviet theatre director, collaborated with the stage director [[Yury Lyubimov]]
*[[Yury Lyubimov]], Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the [[Taganka Theatre]] which he founded
*[[Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko]], theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer, and co-founder of the [[Moscow Art Theatre]]
*[[Konstantin Stanislavski]], famous actor, theatre director, creator of a widely used [[Stanislavski's 'system'|system]] of acting, and co-founder of the [[Moscow Art Theatre]]
*[[Yevgeny Vakhtangov]], friend and mentor of Michael Chekhov, founded the [[Vakhtangov Theatre]]
*[[Fyodor Volkov]], actor and founder of the first permanent Russian [[theater]]

====Film directors and animators====
[[File:Sergei Eisenstein 03.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Sergei Eisenstein]]]]
[[File:Eldar Ryazanov.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Eldar Ryazanov]]]]
[[File:Starevich 1.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Ladislas Starevich]]]]
*[[Lev Atamanov]], animation director of [[Soyuzmultfilm]], best known for [[The Snow Queen (1957 film)|The Snow Queen]]
*[[Fyodor Bondarchuk]], director of the acclaimed film ''[[The 9th Company]]'', son of [[Sergei Bondarchuk]]
*[[Grigori Chukhrai]], Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''[[Ballad of a Soldier]]''
*[[Pavel Chukhrai]], Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film for ''[[The Thief (1997 film)|The Thief]]''
*[[Alexander Dovzhenko]], often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers
*[[Sergei Eisenstein]], his work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about [[montage (filmmaking)|montage]]
*[[Vasily Goncharov]], directed the first Russian feature film ''[[Defence of Sevastopol]]''
*[[Leonid Gaidai]], his movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia
*[[Roman Abelevich Kachanov|Roman Kachanov]], one of the founders and leaders of Russian [[stop-motion]] [[animation]]
*[[Andrei Konchalovsky]], director of popular movies including ''[[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]'' and ''[[Tango & Cash]]''
*[[Fjodor Khitruk]], one of the most influential Russian animators and animation directors
*[[Elem Klimov]], best known for his film ''[[Come and See]]''
*[[Grigori Kozintsev]], known for his silent films and adaptations of Shakespeare
*[[Lev Kuleshov]], taught at and helped establish the world's first film school (the Moscow Film School)
*[[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]], won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for ''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]''
*[[Yakov Protazanov]], one of the founding fathers of [[Cinema of Russia|Russian cinema]]
*[[Aleksandr Ptushko]], referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney", due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union
*[[Mikhail Romm]], director and teacher, known for his film ''[[Nine Days in One Year]]''
*[[Eldar Ryazanov]], Soviet/Russian director famous for his comedies
*[[Karen Shakhnazarov]], chairman of [[Mosfilm]], one of the largest and oldest film studios in Russia
*[[Vasily Shukshin]], actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director who specialized in rural themes
*[[Alexander Sokurov]], critically acclaimed director, a regular at the Cannes Film Festival
*[[Ladislas Starevich]], Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists
*[[Genndy Tartakovsky]], Russian-American animator best known for ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', and ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''
*[[Andrei Tarkovsky]], internationally renowned director and [[film theory|film theorist]]
*[[Dziga Vertov]], pioneering documentary film director and writer

====Ballet dancers and choreographers====
{{main|Russian ballet dancers}}
[[File:IrinaBaronova1937.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Irina Baronova]]]]
[[File:Pharoah's Daughter -Anna Pavlova -1910.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Anna Pavlova]]]]
*[[Irina Baronova]], ballerina, choreographer
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]], ballet dancer
*[[Sergei Diaghilev]], ballet [[impresario]]
*[[Irina Dvorovenko]], ballet dancer
*[[Michel Fokine]], choreographer, dancer
*[[Elizaveta Gerdt]], ballerina
*[[Pavel Gerdt]], dancer
*[[Alexander Godunov]], ballet dancer
*[[Tamara Karsavina]], ballerina
*[[Mathilde Kschessinska]], prima ballerina
*[[Natalia Makarova]], ballerina
*[[Vaslav Nijinsky]], ballet dancer, choreographer
*[[Ivan Novikoff]], ballet master
*[[Rudolf Nureyev]], ballet dancer
*[[Valery Panov]], ballet dancer, choreographer
*[[Anna Pavlova]], ballerina
*[[Maya Plisetskaya]], ballerina
*[[Olga Preobrajenska]], ballerina
*[[Tatiana Riabouchinska]], ballerina
*[[Yuri Soloviev (dancer)|Yuri Soloviev]], ballet dancer
*[[Galina Ulanova]], ballerina
*[[Agrippina Vaganova]], ballet teacher
*[[Svetlana Zakharova (dancer)|Svetlana Zakharova]], ballerina
*[[Maria Khoreva]], ballet dancer

====Classical composers and musicians====
{{main|Russian composers}}
<!--[[File:AAlexandrov.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov|Alexander Alexandrov]]]]-->
[[File:Borodin.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Alexander Borodin]]]]
[[File:Glinka 1856.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Mikhail Glinka]]]]
[[File:Modest Musorgskiy, 1870.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]]]
[[File:Sergei Prokofiev circa 1918 over Chair Bain.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]]]
[[File:Mstislav Rostropovich 1978.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Mstislav Rostropovich]]]]

*[[Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov]], composer
*[[Anton Arensky]], composer
*[[Mily Balakirev]], composer
*[[Alexander Borodin]], composer
*[[Sergei Bortkiewicz]], composer
*[[Valeri Brainin]], composer, musical scientist
*[[César Cui]], composer
*[[Maria Eklund]], conductor
*[[Michael L. Geller]], composer, viola player
*[[Valery Gergiev]], pianist, conductor
*[[Emil Grygoryevich Gilels|Emil Gilels]], pianist
*[[Alexander Glazunov]], composer
*[[Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka|Mikhail Glinka]], composer of ''[[Ruslan and Lyudmila|Russlan and Ludmilla]]''
*[[Nikolai Golovanov]], conductor
*[[Alexander Gretchaninoff]], composer
*[[Vladimir Horowitz]], pianist
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]], composer
*[[Aram Khachaturian]], composer
*[[Tikhon Khrennikov]], composer
*[[Leonid Kogan]], violinist
*[[Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov]], composer
*[[Sergei Lyapunov]], composer
*[[Nikolai Karlovich Medtner|Nikolai Medtner]], composer, pianist
*[[Modest Mussorgsky]], composer of ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'', ''Pictures at an Exhibition''
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]], composer
*[[Natasha Paremski]], pianist
*[[Gregor Piatigorsky]], composer
*[[Mikhail Pletnev]], pianist
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]], composer, pianist and conductor
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], pianist, composer, conductor
*[[Vadim Repin]], violinist
*[[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], composer
*[[Mstislav Rostropovich]], cellist and conductor
*[[Gennady Rozhdestvensky]], conductor
*[[Nikolai Rubinstein]], pianist, conductor and composer
*[[Alexei Rumiantsev]], pianist, composer
*[[Vasily Ilyich Safonov]], composer and music educator
*[[Alfred Schnittke]], composer
*[[Alexander Scriabin]], composer and pianist
*[[Alexander Serov]], composer
*[[Rodion Shchedrin]], composer
*[[Vissarion Shebalin]], composer
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]], composer and pianist
*[[Regina Spektor]], musician
*[[Igor Stravinsky]], composer
*[[Georgy Sviridov]], composer
*[[Aleksandr Taneyev]], composer
*[[Sergey Taneyev]], composer
*[[Mikael Tariverdiev]], composer
*[[Boris Tchaikovsky]], composer
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Tchaikovsky]], composer
*[[Alexander Tcherepnin]], composer
*[[Galina Ustvolskaya]], composer
*[[Alexander Vakoulsky|Aleksander Vakoulsky]], conductor
*[[Maxim Vengerov]], violinist

====Opera and choir singers====
{{main|Russian opera singers}}
[[File:Feodor Chaliapin's autographed photo (1908).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Feodor Chaliapin]]]]
*[[Nikolay Baskov]], opera singer
*[[Evgeny Belyaev]], singer
*[[Feodor Chaliapin]], opera singer
*[[Dmitri Hvorostovsky]], opera singer
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*[[Anna Netrebko]], opera singer
*[[Vladimir Rosing]], singer, director
*[[Elizabeth Sandunova]], opera singer

===Modern musicians, singers and bands===
[[File:Eduard Khil.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Eduard Khil]]]]
*[[Yuri Antonov (music)|Yuri Antonov]], composer, singer
*[[Sasha Argov]] (1914–95), composer 
*[[Dima Bilan]], composer, Eurovision winner
*[[Polina Gagarina]], Singer, Eurovision runner-up
*[[Lena Katina]], singer of musical duo [[t.A.T.u.]]
*[[Eduard Khil]] (1934–2012), singer
*[[Philipp Kirkorov]], pop singer
*[[Sergey Lazarev]], vocalist
*[[Origa]], singer, performs theme songs for various [[anime]] series
*[[Natalia O'Shea]], linguist, songwriter, musician ([[Irish harp]], [[guitar]]), vocalist and leader of the bands ''[[Melnitsa]]'' ([[folk-rock]]) and ''[[Clann Lir]]'' (traditional [[Celtic folk]])
*[[Aleksandra Pakhmutova]], composer
*[[Alla Pugacheva]], singer and composer
*[[Second Hand Band]], musical group from Moscow
*[[Andrey Shibko]] (born 1975), pianist
*[[Regina Spektor]], musician
*[[Valery Leontiev]], singer
*[[Viktor Tsoi]], poet, composer, musician, actor in the 1980s
*[[Julia Volkova]], singer of musical duo [[t.A.T.u.]]
*[[Vladimir Vysotsky]] (1938–80), poet, composer, musician, actor in the 1970s
*[[KREC (rap band)|KREC]], rap band from St. Petersburg
*[[Alyona Shvets]], pop singer

====Radio and TV people====
[[File:Leonid Yakubovich Moscow 2010.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Leonid Yakubovich]]]]
[[File:Igor Kirillov2.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Igor Kirillov]]]]
[[File:Ivan Urgant in Tbilisi.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Ivan Urgant]]]]
[[File:Anatoly Wasserman.JPG|90px|thumb|[[Anatoly Wasserman]]]]
*[[Joe Adamov]], journalist and presenter on [[Radio Moscow]] and its successor the [[Voice of Russia]] for over 60 years
*[[Dinara Sadretdinova]], TV presenter
*[[Nikolai Fomenko]], musician, comic actor, showman and motor racer, president of [[Marussia Motors]] company which produces the first Russian [[supercar]], ''[[Marussia]]''
*[[Maxim Galkin]], [[parodist]], singer and host for the Russian adaptations of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' from 2001 to 2008, and ''[[The Million Pound Drop]]''
*[[Igor Kirillov]], for 30 years a [[news anchor]] of the [[Soviet Central Television]]'s prime time news program ''[[Vremya]]''
*[[Mikhail Leontyev]], [[political pundit]] on national TV [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]], host and author of the program ''Odnako''
*[[Vladislav Listyev]], arguably the most renowned Russian journalist and TV anchor in the 1980s and 1990s, the first director of the [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]], founder of the ''[[Pole Chudes]]'' and other popular TV shows
*[[Alexander Maslyakov]], for over 45 years the host for the humour [[game show]] ''[[KVN]]''
*[[Yevgeny Petrosyan]], popular stand-up comedian and host of a number of humour TV shows
*[[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Posner]], political pundit and host on radio and TV, for many years working in the United States, Soviet Union and Russia
*[[Yuri Senkevich]], participant of [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s voyages, anchorman of the ''Travelers' Club'' show for the record 30 years
*[[Margarita Simonyan]], journalist, editor-in-chief of [[RT (TV network)|RT]] (Russia Today)
*[[Kseniya Sobchak]], TV celebrity, host for a number of popular programs, Russia's "[[It girl]]" and "Russia's [[Paris Hilton]]"
*[[Roman Trakhtenberg]], actor, popular host of humour shows on radio and TV, an expert on [[Russian jokes]]
*[[Vladimir Turchinsky]], [[bodybuilder]], TV and radio presenter, actor and singer
*[[Ivan Urgant]], showman and actor, host of many popular Russian TV shows and ceremonies, such as [[Projectorparishilton]] and [[2009 Eurovision Song Contest]]
*[[Vladimir Voroshilov]], author, producer and anchorman of the intellectual game show ''[[What? Where? When?]]'' from 1975 to 2000
*[[Leonid Yakubovich]], actor and TV anchorman, the host for the ''[[Pole Chudes]]'' show for 20 years
*[[Anatoly Wasserman]], erudite, journalist and political pundit, a frequent winner of intellectual TV games such as ''[[What? Where? When?]]'' and ''[[:ru:Своя игра|Svoya Igra]]'' (Russian version of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'')
*[[Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov|Mikhail Zadornov]], stand-up comedian and writer, particularly famous for his satirical comparisons of Russians and nationals of other countries, especially Americans

====Fashion models====
{{main list|List of Russian fashion models}}
[[File:Oxana Fedorova1.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Oxana Fedorova]]]]
[[File:Natalia Vodianova 20090408 Etam 03.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Natalia Vodianova]]]]
*[[Alena Shishkova]], [[Miss Russia 2012]] runner up
*[[Irina Antonenko]], [[Miss Russia 2010]]
*[[Oxana Fedorova]], [[Miss Universe]]
*[[Ksenia Kahnovich]]
*[[Tatiana Kovylina]]
*[[Irina Kulikova]]
*[[Elena Melnik]]
*[[Sasha Pivovarova]]
*[[Natasha Poly|Natasha Polevshchikova]]
*[[Vlada Roslyakova]]
*[[Anna Selezneva]]
*[[Irina Shayk]]hlislamova
*[[Katya Shchekina]]
*[[Tatiana Sorokko]]
*[[Natasha Stefanenko]], model and actress
*[[Daria Strokous]]
*[[Natalia Vodianova]]
*[[Anne Vyalitsyna]]
*[[Inna Zobova]]