Top 10 Greatest Russians of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Peter the Great

He was the catalyst who brought Russia, then a medieval state, to the forefront of the Western powers of the day. His unswerving program of westernization was driven by his vision and daring.

He made Russia great! The greatest ruler in the world! He lifted Russia from the medieval ages and defeated the greatest European army of that time - the Swedish army led by Carl XII.

The work this single man accomplished is incredible!

2 Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher.
3 Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky are the ultimate best.

4 Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev tried to save an economically crippled USSR with his reforms. It wasn't his fault that Yeltsin stabbed him in the back and let down the people of the Soviet Union. Come on, people!

His reform was similar to Deng Xiaoping's, allowing the Soviet Union to trade with other countries.

5 Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
6 Catherine the Great
7 Pyotr Tchaikovsky

He made brilliant music for ballet shows like The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Greatest Russian ever!

He made ballet what it is.

Nice classical music.

8 Yuri Gagarin

First man in space. Enough said.

First human in space.

9 Vyacheslav Butusov

He is the best.

10 Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best known for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements.

Mendeleev brought coherence to chemistry research and its educational delivery. He organized the foundational document of biological research, materials science, and countless innovations - past, present, and yet to come. Try saying that about a politician! His global impact has been far more lasting than communism or any political system.

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11 Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo). During the Second World War, Zhukov oversaw... read more
12 Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870–21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration,... read more

He founded the Soviet Union and ended the chaotic reign of the Tsar, overthrowing a dynasty that included figures like Catherine the Great.

A hero who led the people of Russia and the world to freedom.

Papa Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union.

13 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and Communism and helped to raise global awareness of the Soviet Gulag forced-labor... read more
14 Alexander Nevsky
15 Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia, a position he has filled since 2012, and previously from 2000 until 2008. He was also the prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012... read more

I support Vladimir Putin, under whose watch the oligarchs are put in check (if not outright arrested), and the Russian army regains the ability to project power on a global scale. The quality of life in Russia is on the rise, with new military technologies being developed. All national debt is paid off (Russia's debt level is now 3-5%). Under Putin, the Russian economy is not collapsing despite coordinated economic sanctions. There are new developments in the economy and space technologies, and the Russian population has started growing.

16 Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history... read more

Pretty good.

17 Alexander I
18 Alexander Suvorov
19 Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian dictator, and was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state.

Destroyed the Nazi invader! Our leader had faith in the people.

20 Stanislav Petrov
21 Mikhail Lomonosov
22 Yaroslav the Wise
23 Igor Stravinsky
24 Sergei Rachmaninoff
25 Aleksandr Demyanenko
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