WRITER

Elena Milashina

1978 - Today

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Elena Valeryevna Milashina (Russian: Елена Валерьевна Милашина, romanized: Yelena Valeryevna Milashina; born 1977) is a Russian investigative journalist for Novaya Gazeta. She has received multiple awards for her work. Milashina has been threatened and attacked over her work multiple times over the course of more than a decade. In 2023, she was severely beaten while covering a trial in Chechnya. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Elena Milashina is the 7,052nd most popular writer (down from 6,880th in 2024), the 2,928th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,834th in 2019) and the 295th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elena Milashina ranks 7,052 out of 7,302Before her are Gilad Atzmon, Sofia Andrukhovych, Mimoza Ahmeti, Candace Owens, Radka Denemarková, and Doris Kareva. After her are John Mortimer, Jeff Abbott, Carl Frode Tiller, Blanka Lipińska, Claudia Amengual, and Jeffrey Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Elena Milashina ranks 614Before her are Paul Robinson, Madita, Jorge Martín Núñez, Juan Guillermo Castillo, Dorothee Bär, and Fu Mingxia. After her are Raemon Sluiter, Yoon Se-ah, Javier Calleja, Linda Park, Megumi Toyoguchi, and Elina Danielian.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elena Milashina ranks 2,928 out of 3,761Before her are Aleksandr Samedov (1984), Mikhail Ignatiev (1985), Diana Vishneva (1976), Fyodor Smolov (1990), Tamara Tikhonova (1964), and Olga Yegorova (1972). After her are Hasbulla (2002), Yaroslava Shvedova (1987), Anjelika Krylova (1973), Natalya Antyukh (1981), Dmitry Malikov (1970), and Matvei Safonov (1999).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Elena Milashina ranks 295Before her are Elena Chizhova (1957), Arkady Babchenko (1977), Wladimir Kaminer (1967), Victor Shenderovich (1958), Guzel Yakhina (1977), and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989). After her are Maria Stepanova (1972), Ilze Liepa (1963), Polina Zherebtsova (1985), Oleg Pavlov (1970), Kira Yarmysh (1989), and Gary Shteyngart (1972).