Editing List of Russian people (section)

===Army===
{{Main|Russian field marshals|Soviet marshals}}

* [[Mikhail Annenkov]], conqueror of [[Central Asia]] and builder of the strategical [[Transcaspian Railway]]

[[File:Vasily Chapaev.gif|thumb|90px|[[Vasily Chapaev]]]]

*[[Ivan Bagramyan]], [[Soviet marshal]], prominent in the [[Baltic Offensive]] and [[Operation Bagration]] during World War II
*[[Pyotr Bagration]], general and hero of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], mortally wounded in the [[Battle of Borodino]]
*[[Roman Bagration]], general and brother of Pyotr Bagration, participated in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
*[[Aleksandr Baryatinsky]], field marshal, perfected the [[mountain warfare]] tactics of the Russian Army, captured [[Imam Shamil]] during the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky]], leader of the first Russian military expeditions into Central Asia, founder of [[Krasnovodsk]]
*[[Vasily Blücher]], one of the first five Soviet marshals, prominent in the [[Russian Civil War]] and the [[Northern Expedition]] in China
*[[Maria Bochkareva]], founder of the [[Women's Battalion of Death]] during World War I
*[[Aleksei Brusilov]], World War I general, led the tactically innovative [[Brusilov Offensive]], destroying the military of [[Austria-Hungary]] almost completely[[File:D davydov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Denis Davydov]]]]
*[[Semyon Budyonny]], Civil War commander, statesman, triple [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Vasily Chapayev]], legendary Civil War commander, prototype for ''[[Chapaev (film)|Chapaev]]'' movie and ''[[Chapayev and Void]]'' novel, hero of many [[Russian jokes]]
*[[Mikhail Chernyayev]], general, captured [[Tashkent]] during the conquest of Central Asia, the governor of [[Russian Turkestan]]
*[[Vasily Chuikov]], commander and hero in the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], Soviet marshal, double HSU
*[[Denis Davydov]], general, guerilla fighter and soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars, invented a genre of ''[[hussar]] poetry'' noted for its hedonism and bravado
*[[Anton Denikin]], Civil War general, one of the leaders of [[White Movement]]
*[[Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky]], able field marshal, took [[Adrianople]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]]
*[[Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov]] (1780–1808), Russian major-general who was killed in the [[Battle of Koljonvirta|Battle of Virta Bro]] against the Swedes
*[[Nadezhda Durova]], "the Cavalry Maiden", a female hero of the Napoleonic wars
*[[Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky]], [[voevoda]] of Tsar [[Ivan IV]], hero of the [[Russo-Kazan Wars]] and the final [[Siege of Kazan (1552)]]
[[File:Nadezhda Durova.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nadezhda Durova]]]]
*[[Leonid Govorov]], World War II Soviet marshal, led [[Operation Spark (1943)]] which broke the [[blockade of Leningrad]]
*[[Andrei Grechko]], World War II Soviet marshal, [[Soviet Defence Minister]] under Brezhnev
*[[Ivan Gudovich]], field marshal, conquered [[Khadjibey]] and [[Anapa]] in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], conquered [[Dagestan]] in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]
*[[Iosif Gurko]], commander and hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)]], won the battles of [[Battle of Shipka Pass|Shipka Pass]], [[Battle of Gorni Dubnik|Gorni Dubnik]] and [[Battle of Plovdiv (1878)|Plovdiv]], liberated the Bulgarian capital [[Sofia]]
*[[Mikhail Frunze]], revolutionary, a prominent Civil War commander
*[[Nikolay Kamensky]], victor over the Swedes at [[Battle of Ruona–Salmi|Salmi]], [[Battle of Oravais|Oravais]], and [[Battle of Sävar|Sävar]], victor over the Turks at [[Battle of Batin|Batin]]
*[[Konstantin Kaufmann]], conqueror of the [[Khanate of Khiva]], the first governor of [[Russian Turkestan]]
*[[Ivan Konev]], Soviet marshal, led [[Red Army]] on the Eastern Front,
[[File:Kutuzov by Volkov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Kutuzov|Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky]] double HSU]]
[[File:Nikolay Kamensky.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikolay Kamensky]]]]
*[[Lavr Kornilov]], World War I general, notable for [[Kornilov Affair]]
*[[Nikolay Krylov (marshal)|Nikolay Krylov]], Soviet marshal, commander of the [[Strategic Rocket Forces]] under Brezhnev, double HSU
*[[Mikhail Kutuzov]], hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], defeated [[Napoleon]]'s [[Grande Armée]] during [[French invasion of Russia]] in 1812, turning the tide of the Napoleonic Wars
*[[Andrey Kurbsky]], associate and then a leading political opponent of Tsar Ivan IV, hero of the [[Russo-Kazan Wars]]
*[[Peter Lacy]], field marshal, led the [[Siege of Danzig (1734)]], commander-in-chief during [[Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)]]
*[[Rodion Malinovsky]], Soviet marshal, prominent at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and the [[Battle of Budapest]], [[Soviet Defense Minister]] under Khrushchev
*[[Alexander Matrosov]], World War II soldier, self-sacrificed himself to win the battle, [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Aleksandr Menshikov]], associate of [[Peter the Great]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, won the principal [[Battle of Poltava]]
*[[Kirill Meretskov]], Soviet marshal, led the [[Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive]] which liberated the northern Norway from Nazi occupation, prominent in the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]]
*[[Mikhail Miloradovich]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars, killed in attempt to pacify the [[Decembrist revolt]]
*[[Kuzma Minin]], national hero, merchant who led Russia's struggle for independence against Poland-Lithuania during the [[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]], field marshal, statesman, founder of the first [[Cadet Corps in Russia]], led the [[Siege of Danzig (1734)]], commander-in-chief during [[Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739)]]
*[[Semyon Pugachov|Semyon Andreevich Pugachov]], captain in World War one, commanded several fronts across the USSR.
*[[Rodion Oslyabya]], monk from [[Trinity Sergius Lavra]], hero of the [[Battle of Kulikovo]]
*[[Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken]], conquered the [[Duchy of Warsaw]] and governed Paris during the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Ivan Panfilov]], World War II general, hero of the [[Battle of Moscow]], the commander of ''[[8th Guards Rifle Division|Panfilovtsy]]'', HSU[[File:Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky]]]]
*[[Ivan Paskevich]], hero and commander in the [[Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)]] and the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]], crushed the Polish [[November Uprising]] and the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]
*[[Lyudmila Pavlichenko]], World War II [[Soviet sniper]], credited with 309 kills, the most successful female sniper in history
*[[Alexander Peresvet]], monk from Trinity Sergius Lavra, hero of the [[Battle of Kulikovo]], fought with the Tatar champion Chelubey in [[single combat]] where they killed each other
*[[Grigory Potyomkin-Tavrichesky]], conqueror and coloniser of [[Novorossiya]], reformer of the Russian Army, led the [[Siege of Ochakov (1788)]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]]
*[[Dmitry Pozharsky]], national hero, prince who led Russia's struggle for independence against Poland-Lithuania during the [[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Alexander Prozorovsky]], commander-in-chief during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]
*[[Nikolay Raevsky]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars and the [[Battle of Borodino]]
*[[Anikita Repnin]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, conqueror and the first governor of [[Riga]]
*[[Nicholas Repnin]], field marshal and diplomat, hero of the Russo-Turkish wars, key man in the [[Partitions of Poland]], pacified the Germans in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]]
*[[Konstantin Rokossovsky]], Soviet and Polish marshal, Defense Minister of Poland, double HSU, oversaw the main Soviet battle operations of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)]], commanded the [[Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]]
*[[Grigory Romodanovsky]], leading Russian general of Tsar Alexey's reign, commander-in-chief during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)]]
*[[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich]], commander-in-chief of the Russian Army at the start of World War I, then commanded the [[Caucasus]] front
*[[Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky]], hero of the Seven Years' War, won the battles of [[Battle of Larga|Larga]] and [[Battle of Kagul|Kagula]] and concluded the [[Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74]] by the [[Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca]], military writer
[[File:M Skobelev.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Skobelev]]]]
*[[Pyotr Saltykov]], most prominent Russian commander-in-chief during the [[Seven Years' War]], won the [[battle of Paltzig]] and the [[battle of Kunersdorf]]; shortly after his Kunersdorf victory, [[Zakhar Chernyshev]]'s Russians [[Raid on Berlin|raided Berlin]]
*[[Igor Sergeyev]], only [[marshal of the Russian Federation]], Defense minister in the late 1990s
*[[Roza Shanina]], World War II Soviet sniper, 54 confirmed kills
*[[Boris Shaposhnikov]], Soviet marshal, chief of the general staff during the start of the German invasion, military theorist and author of ''[[Mozg Armii|The Brain of the Army]]''
*[[Aleksei Shein]], first Russian [[generalissimo]], commander-in-chief during [[Azov campaigns]]
*[[Boris Sheremetev]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, won the [[battle of Erastfer]] and the [[battle of Poltava]]
*[[Ivan Sidorenko]], World War II Soviet sniper, over 500 confirmed kills
*[[Mikhail Skobelev]], the "White General", conqueror of Central Asia and hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78]]
*[[S. L. Sokolov|Sergei Sokolov]], Soviet marshal, chief commander during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]][[File:Suvorov Alex V.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Suvorov|Alexander Suvorov-Rymniksky]]]]
*[[Vasily Sokolovsky]], Soviet marshal, prominent in the [[Battle of Moscow]] and the [[Battle of Kursk]], military theorist
*[[Alexander Suvorov]], greatest Russian general of the 18th century, [[generalissimo]] who never lost a battle, won at [[Siege of Kinburn (1787)|Kinburn]], [[Battle of Focşani|Focşani]], [[Battle of Rymnik|the Rymnik]], and [[Siege of Izmail|Izmail]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], crushed [[Kościuszko Uprising]] at [[Battle of Brest (1794)|Brest]] and [[Battle of Praga|Praga]], led an outstanding [[Italian and Swiss expedition]] through the [[Battle of Cassano (1799)|Adda]], the [[Battle of Trebbia (1799)|Trebbia]], and [[Battle of Novi (1799)|Novi]], author of ''The Science of Victory'' ({{Langx|ru|Наука побеждать}})
*[[Semyon Timoshenko]], World War II Soviet marshal, won the [[Winter War]], senior professional officer of the Red Army at the start of the German invasion
*[[Fyodor Tolbukhin]], World War II Soviet marshal, liberated [[Bulgaria]] and [[Yugoslavia]]
*[[Michael Barclay de Tolly]], field marshal, led a strategic retreat during the [[French invasion of Russia]], led Russian Army to Paris in the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Gennady Troshev]], chief general during the [[Second Chechen War]], [[Hero of Russia]]
*[[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]], Red Army commander during the [[Russian Civil War]], Soviet marshal, military theorist
*[[Dmitriy Ustinov]], Soviet marshal, proponent of the [[Soviet space program]], Defence Minister in the late Brezhnev era
*[[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Soviet marshal, Chief of the [[Soviet General Staff]] during most of World War II, led the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]], double HSU
*[[Vera Voloshina]] (1919–1941), heroic partisan in World War II
*[[M. S. Vorontsov|Mikhail Vorontsov]], field marshal, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, captured [[Varna, Iran|Varna]] in the [[Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)]], led decisive campaigns of the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Eduard Totleben]], general and military engineer, hero of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]]
*[[Kliment Voroshilov]], Civil War commander, statesman, double HSU
*[[Mikhail Vorotynsky]], defeated the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[Crimean Khanate]] army in the [[Battle of Molodi]], eliminating the threat of Ottoman expansion into Russia
[[File:Pjotr-christianowitsch-wittgenstein.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Peter Wittgenstein]]]]
*[[Peter Wittgenstein]], field marshal, defended [[St Petersburg]] in 1812, hero of the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Ivan Yakubovsky]], Soviet marshal, commander-in-chief of the [[Warsaw Pact]] under Brezhnev, double HSU
*[[Aleksey Yermolov (general)|Aleksey Yermolov]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars and the [[Battle of Borodino]], military ruler of the Caucasus at the start of the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Andrey Yeryomenko]], World War II Soviet marshal, prominent in the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]
*[[Yunus-bek Yevkurov]], paratrooper, commander of Russian peacekeepers during the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], [[Head of Ingushetia]], [[Hero of Russia]]
*[[Vasily Zaitsev (sniper)|Vasily Zaytsev]], [[Soviet sniper]], killed 412 enemy soldiers and officers, including 6 snipers, a hero of the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]
*[[Georgy Zhukov]], Soviet marshal, chief of the General Staff and representative of [[STAVKA]], four times the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], oversaw all the main Soviet battle operations of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)]], inspected the [[Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]]