Peter the Great - Russian Emperor who created a powerful Russian navy, expanded Russian territory through successful military campaigns, and founded the city of St. Petersburg as a new capital that symbolized Russia's shift towards European influence., Mikhail Lomonosov - The famous Russian polymath, poet and writer, considered the most famous Russian scientist of the 18th century., Alexander Suvorov - The legendary Russian war commander and Field Marshal who didn’t lose a single battle in his life., Alexander Pushkin - The greatest Russian poet, one of the founders of the contemporary Russian language, the author of "Eugene Onegin.", Fedor Dostoevsky - One of the world- famous Russian writers, best known for writing novels that had a great understanding of psychology, Dmitry Mendeleev - The Russian chemist and inventor, creator of the Periodic Law and predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered., Pyotr Tchaikovsky - was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and uniquely Russian music with a high sense of melody, Sofia Kovalevskaya - was a mathematician and writer and was the first woman in modern Europe to gain a doctorate in mathematics, the first to join the editorial board of a scientific journal, and the first to be appointed professor of mathematics, Konstantin Stanislavski - was a Russian theater director, actor and teacher, theater reformer. Actually, he was the creator of the famous system of actor training, which has a great popularity in Russia and in the world., Sergei Rachmaninoff - was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor, widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music., Igor Kurchatov - The outstanding Russian nuclear physicist. It was under his command that Soviet scientists created the first Soviet nuclear bomb, the first nuclear reactor in Europe and the world’s first thermonuclear bomb., Maya Plisetskaya - The great Russian ballerina who transcended the boundaries of dance, leaving her mark in literature, fashion, cinema, music and beyond., Yuri Gagarin - The first cosmonaut in the world., Alexander Ovechkin - is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and the captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL), Maria Sharapova - is the only Russian star that appears in the world ranking of celebrities from Forbes (finding himself in 80th place). This prestigious tennis player is not only famous for her athletic skills and impressive income, but also for her outstanding beauty., Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov - was a Russian artist who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting,

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