John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat, 12 April 1944, Tilsit then Germany, today Russia) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. Kay has lived...
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко) (also transliterated as Evgenii Alexandrovich Evtushenko, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, or Evgeny Evtushenko) (born...
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (Russian: Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев) (born 6 May 1968) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer. Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in...
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ; 25 September [O.S. September 12] 1906 – 9 August 1975 was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. After...
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate in Literature. He was appointed Poet...
Arcadi Volodos (Russian: Аркадий Володось, Arcadij Volodos) (born February 24, 1972) is a Russian pianist. His first name is sometimes transliterated Arcady or Arkady. Volodos is renowned...
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Russian Soviet composer. Kabalevsky is regarded as one of the great modern...
Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (Russian: Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в; September 2, 1930 – February 15, 2006) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Andrey Petrov is known for his music for films such as...
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская) (born 25 October 1926) is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in...
Alexandre-Pierre Georges (Sacha) Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright. Guitry was born in Saint Petersburg...
Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Шну́ров; born 13 April 1973) is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as Shnur, of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he...
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962, Leningrad, USSR – 15 August 1990, Tukums, Latvia, USSR) was a Soviet rock musician, leader of the band Kino. He is...
Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский; b. December 26, 1949 in Leningrad) is a Soviet/Russian actor and singer, currently living in the city of Saint Petersburg...
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) (18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844, Tikhvin – 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908...
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманиновъ) (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej rɐxˈmanʲɪnəf]; 1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and...
Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (Tatar Cyrillic: Алсу Рәлиф кызы Абрамова, Latin: Alsu Rälif qızı Abramova, Russian: Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абрамова, née Safina, better known as just Alsou (Алсу́, born...
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian: София Асгатовна Губайдулина, Tatar Cyrillic: София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина, Latin: Sofia Äsğät qızı Ğöbäydullina) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian...