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Present Day

Russia

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Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind France, Japan, and Italy. Memorable people born in present day Russia include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin. Memorable people who died in Russia include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Joseph Stalin. Russia has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, and extends across eleven time zones, sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With over 140 million people, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and cultural centre. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 95 BC and 2014, present day Russia was the birth place of 4,080 globally memorable people, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin. Additionaly, 2,212 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Russia including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Joseph Stalin.

People Born in Present Day Russia

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People Deceased in Present Day Russia

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Russia were athletes (603), politicians (548), writers (297), soccer players (240), and actors (221),  while most who died were politicians (447), writers (267), military personnels (174), actors (141), and athletes (81).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Russia, including Irena Szewińska, Yuriy Sedykh, and Vasily Alekseyev. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Russia, including Irena Szewińska, Yuriy Sedykh, and Vasily Alekseyev.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Russia since 1700.