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Anatoly Sobchak 2000 Deaths
Anatoly SobchakAge: 52 Russian politician who served as mayor of St. Petersburg and was a leading figure in Russia's democratic reform movement. As a law professor, he helped to launch the…Svyatoslav Fyodorov 2000 Deaths
Svyatoslav FyodorovAge: 72 pioneering Russian eye surgeon who developed radial keratotomy, an operation on the cornea that improves the vision of the nearsighted. He was also one of the…Kira Ivanova 2001 Deaths
Kira IvanovaAge: 38 figure skating bronze medallist at the 1984 Olympics, who was found dead of stab wounds in her apartment; Soviet team member 1976-88; first Soviet woman to win an Olympic…Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Biography
Russian authorDied: August 3, 2008Best Known as: Nobel Prize-winning Russian author who struggled against Soviet Communism Deathplace: Moscow, Russia…Benjamin Zemach 1997 Deaths
Benjamin Zemach dancer, choreographer Considered a pioneer in dance, Zemach came to America in 1926 from Moscow and worked closely on experimental productions with Martha Graham and Michio…William SALI, Congress, ID (1954)
SALI William , a Representative from Idaho; born in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, February 17, 1954; graduated from Capital High School, Boise, Idaho, 1972; B.B.A., Boise State University,…Imre Nagy
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian political leader whose efforts at reform in Soviet-controlled Hungary led to his removal from office in 1956 and his execution in 1958. Born in Hungary when it was part of…Irina Shayk
Name at birth: Irina ShaykhlislamovaIrina Shayk was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 2011, confirming her as one of the world's most famous models. Irina Shayk was raised in…Sergei Eisenstein
Russian filmmaker Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein is considered one of the architects of the language of cinema, a director-theorist whose reputation rests on a handful of films made in the 1920s and…Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff (also Rachmaninov) was a Russian-American pianist, conductor and composer of the early 20th century. His Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prelude in C-sharp Minor (Op. 3 No. 2) are two of…Trending
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