Russia

Alexander Kharlampieyevich Zaveryukha (Russian: Алекса́ндр Харла́мпиевич Заверю́ха; 30 April 1940 — 21 March 2015) was a Russian politician of the late Soviet Union and the early years of the Russian Federation, serving under President Boris Yeltsin.

Ivan Fyodorovich Khitskov (Russian: Иван Фёдорович Хицков; 16 March 1937 – 20 June 2026) was a Russian agriculturist and economist.

Savrasov, Aleksey (Russian painter, 1830-1897)

Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.

Roubaud, Franz (Russian painter, 1856-1928)

Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoi (Russian: Иван Николаевич Крамской; 8 June [O.S. 27 May] 1837 – 5 April [O.S. 24 March] 1887) was a Russian Realist painter and art critic.

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ( dee-AG-il-ef; %5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}}</noinclude>Russian: Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪdʑ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf]; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1872 – 19 August 1929), also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.

Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian painter, 1842-1904)

Vaslav or Vatslav Fomich Nijinsky (12 March 1889/1890 – 8 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry.

Valentin Kipyatkov (born June 5, 1976) is a Russian billionaire.

is a security specialist from Russia

Andrey Nikolaevich Terekhov (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Терехов; 3 September 1949 – 31 July 2025) was a Russian mathematician and programmer.

Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russia

Native to the south-east part of Russia, beyond the Volga.

The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Federation Tower (Russian: Башня Федерация, romanized: Bashnya Federatsiya) is a complex of two skyscrapers built on the 13th lot of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia.

GUM (Russian: ГУМ) is a shopping center in Moscow, Russia.

The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, the emperors of Russia, from 1732 to 1917.

The Lakhta Center (Russian: Ла́хта-це́нтр, romanized: Lahta tsentr) is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighborhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, romanised: Rodina-mat' zovyot!, lit. 'Mother Homeland calls!') is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia.

OKO (Russian: ОКО, obsolete Russian word for eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya (Russian: Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, literal meaning Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex of two skyscrapers located on plot 16 in the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in Moscow, Russia.

The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропавловская крепость, romanized: Petropavlovskaya krepost') is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God (Russian: Феодоровская икона Божией Матери, Feodorovskaya ikona Bozhiyey Materi), also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia, is the patron icon of the Romanov family.

The State Hermitage Museum (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}}</noinclude>Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world.

Inexhaustible Chalice (Russian: Неупиваемая чаша Neupivayemaya chasha; also known in English as Inexhaustible Cup or Non-intoxicating Chalice) is a wonderworking icon of the Mother of God (Θεοτόκος (Theotokos) or Богородица (Bogoroditsa)) which revealed itself in Serpukhov, Russia in 1878.

The Moscow Kremlin, commonly known as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex (kremlin) in Moscow, Russia.

The Peterhof Palace (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}}</noinclude>Russian: Петерго́ф, romanized: Petergóf, IPA: [pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof]; an emulation of German "Peterhof", meaning "Peter's Court") is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct response to the Palace of Versailles by Louis XIV of France.

It is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia.

is a throwing game that is thought to have Russian origin

is a Russian

Region: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland

Popular in Russia since approximately the 1830s

Russian draughts (also known as Shashki or Russian shashki) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Russia and most parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel.

fashionable in late 19th century Russia

The Imperial Russian Army (Russian: Русская императорская армия, romanized: Russkaya imperatorskaya armiya) was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Russian: Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский; 16 September [O.S. 5 September] 1745 – 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1813) was a field marshal of the Russian Empire.

The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.