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The following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991.

A few years before The Holocaust, the Jewish population of the Soviet Union (excluding Western Ukraine and the Baltic states who where not part of the Soviet Union then) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that over half died directly as a result of the Shoah. Many more emigrated to Israel, USA, Argentina, and Germany, though Russia and Ukraine still have among the larger Jewish populations in the world today (440,000 in Russia, 300,000 in Ukraine).

Some of the many Jews from territory of the former Russian Empire who achieved greatness. Up: Isaac Levitan, Lev Landau, Osip Mandelstam, Sholem Aleichem, Boris Pasternak. Down: Anton Rubinstein, Isaac Babel, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Perelman, Leon Trotsky.

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Historical figures

Politicians

Israeli politicians

Israeli military persons

Soldiers and revolutionaries

Others

Business figures


Scientists

Natural scientists

Mathematicians

Social scientists

Cultural figures

Musicians

Performing and fine artists

Writers and poets

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See also

Footnotes

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  113. ^ Lazar Naumovich Berman was born to Jewish parents in what was then Leningrad on February 26 1930.
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  116. ^ [10] "Anthony Federov: I'm like half Christian, half Jewish. I'm like a mix."
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  118. ^ [ http://www.planettree.org/2000/crussian.html Samuil Yevgen´yevich Feinberg (1890‚1962) was regarded as one the most gifted pianists of his day; his compositions, however, have only recently begun to be heard after many years of silence. His parents were of Jewish origin and in 1894 they moved to from Odessa to Moscow.]
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  123. ^ [14] "This year, preparations for the Rosh ha-Shana involved people from all walks of the Moscow Jewish community. The capital’s foremost restaurants and caterers provided food and beverages for the reception, evidently trying to impress the guests with the quality of their specialties. Taking part in the entertainment program, called “Together for 200 Years,” were Iosif Kobzon, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Maxim Dunaevsky and Andrei Makarevich" http://www.rg.ru/2006/01/26/makarevich.html "- Андрей, в этом твоем трудоголизме есть что-то нерусское. - Может, это еврейское? Не знаю... Я все-таки еврей наполовину."
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  125. ^ Fleeing revolution torn Russia, internationally known pianist Leo Sirota, a Russian Jew, settled in Vienna where his only child, a daughter, was born.
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