Editing List of Russian people (section)

===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====
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[[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}}
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[[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