People from Russia

8 people remembered here.

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  Mikhail Gorbachev

  1931 – 2022 · Leader of the Soviet Union

  If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

  207 candles · 15 tributes
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  Yuri Gagarin

  1934 – 1968 · Cosmonaut

  I see Earth. It is so beautiful.

  141 candles · 14 tributes
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  Nina Popova

  1945 – 2026 · Actress (theatre

  Sixty years on one Moscow stage, and Zhenya in the first Soviet television serial.

  91 candles · 6 tributes
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  Alexey Vishnevetsky

  1965 – 2026 · Journalist

  The union deputy who said journalism is a duty of responsibility, not a race to be first.

  77 candles · 7 tributes
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  Aleksandr Pashchenko

  1945 – 2026 · Singer

  From scenery crew to People's Artist, he gave Orenburg nearly 700 roles and his whole heart.

  75 candles · 9 tributes
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  Iskhak Mashbash

  1930 – 2026 · Poet

  Living voice of his people's literature.

  66 candles · 6 tributes
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  Georgy Matyukhin

  1934 – 2026 · economist

  First Bank of Russia chairman, who built a two-tier system as the Soviet Union ended.

  61 candles · 9 tributes
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  Tadeusz Kasyanov

  1938 – 2026 · Boxer

  Boatswain Matveich and a pioneer of Soviet karate, who taught the fight and staged the stunts.

  51 candles · 9 tributes