Actors
Who is one of the most popular actors of the younger
generation in Russian cinema widely known for his roles in films and TV series such as “Attraction,” “Ice,” and “Gogol”?
Alexander Petrov
Who is widely known as the father of Russian science?
Mikhail Lomonosov
Who is globally famous as one of the greatest goal-scorers in hockey history?
Alexander Ovechkin
Who transformed Russia from an isolated medieval
tsardom into a modernized European empire?
Peter the Great
Who is best known for becoming the first person to reach the five poles of the planet?
Fyodor Konyukhov
Who gained widespread attention for his
roles in films such as “The Bull” and
“Kalashnikov”?
Yuri Borisov
Who is considered to be one of the legends of chemistry?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Who is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport?
Lev Yashin
Who transformed the Soviet Union from an agrarian
society into an industrial and military superpower?
Joseph Stalin
Who was one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India?
Afanasy Nikitin
Who has appeared in international projects,
including “Vampire Academy” and is known for taking on roles in historical dramas, action films, and romantic stories?
Danila Kozlovsky
Who is often regarded as the father of astronautics and space exploration?
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Who is a retired Russian attacking midfielder/winger, renowned for his creativity, dribbling, and famous four-goal performance against Liverpool in 2009?
Andrey Arshavin
Who revolutionized education by establishing the first state-funded school for women (Smolny Institute) and creating a public school system?
Catherine the Great
Who is a famous Russian explorer and Cossack, recognized as the first European to sail through the Bering Strait?
Semyon Dezhnyov
Who is known for his thoughtful and often dramatic roles and involved in directing and charitable work, making him an important figure both on and off the screen?
Konstantin Khabensky
Who is famous for his pioneering work in classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
Who is a retired Russian pole vaulter, widely considered the greatest female pole vaulter of
all time?
Yelena Isinbayeva
Who was the last General Secretary of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and the first and only President of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was a renowned Russian geographer and explorer celebrated for his four major expeditions through Central and East Asia?
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Who gained recognition for her role in the TV
series “The Method”, and later appeared in
projects such as “Better Than Us”, where her
performance as a humanoid robot brought her
wider international attention?
Paulina Andreeva
Who made significant contributions to the fields of partial differential equations and analytical mechanics?
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Who is a Russian racing driver nicknamed "The Vyborg Rocket"?
Vitaly Petrov
Who served as the Prime Minister and Minister of the
Interior of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911
under Tsar Nicholas II?
Pyotr Stolypin
Who was a prominent Soviet Arctic explorer, geographer, and doctor of geographical sciences renowned for his pioneering expeditions in the Eastern Arctic?
Georgy Ushakov