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Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev was born on Septemebr 14, 1965 and is currently the third President of the Russian Federation. He was inaugurated on May 7, 2008 from the election he won on March 2, 2008 with 71.25% of the popular...

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR, what is now known as Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, after the breakup of the USSR, to parents Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (1911–1999) and Maria Ivanovna Shelomova (1911–1998). Vladimirovich...

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин; IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, author, lawyer, economic theorist, political philosopher, creator of the Soviet Communist Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution, and founder of the USSR. As head...

William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. A determined opponent of the spread of...

Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva (Russian: Татьяна Анатольевна Косинцева) (born April 11, 1986 in Arkhangelsk) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (GM). She achieved her title from FIDE in October 2009.

Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is a chess Grandmaster (GM) from India. In July 2005, he earned his third and final International Master norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spain. On 1 July 2006, at...

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин; IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ( listen); 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian politician who was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Серге́й Ви́кторович Лавро́в, born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has been the Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004. His nomination to the Foreign Minister office were approved by two Russian presidents, in 2008...

Denis Sergeyevich Grebeshkov (Russian: Денис Сергеевич Гребешков; born October 11, 1983) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He last played for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League...