Polymaths 
Baer  
Karl Ernst von Baer  , polymath naturalist, formulated the geological Baer's law  on river erosion  and embryological  Baer's laws , founder of the Russian Entomological Society , co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society  
Alexander Borodin  , chemist and composer, author of the famous opera Prince Igor  , discovered Borodin reaction , co-discovered Aldol reaction  
Alexander Chizhevsky  , interdisciplinary scientist, biophysicist, philosopher and artist, founder of heliobiology  and modern air ionification , Russian cosmist  
Johann Gottlieb Georgi  , naturalist, chemist, mineralogist, ethnographer and explorer, the first to describe omul  fish of Baikal , published the first full-scale work on ethnography of indigenous peoples of Russia Lvov  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath scientist, artist and inventor; founder of the Moscow State University ; proposed the law of conservation of matter ; disproved the phlogiston theory ; invented coaxial rotor  and the first helicopter ; invented the night vision telescope  and off-axis reflecting telescope ; discovered the atmosphere of Venus ; suggested the organic  origin of soil , peat , coal , petroleum  and amber ; pioneered the research of atmospheric electricity ; coined the term physical chemistry  ; the first to record the freezing  of mercury ; co-developed Russian porcelain , re-discovered smalt  and created a number of mosaics  dedicated to Petrine era ; author of an early account of Russian history  and the first opponent of the Normanist theory ; reformed Russian literary language by combining Old Church Slavonic  with vernacular tongue in his early grammar; influenced Russian poetry  through his odes  
Nikolay Lvov  , polymath artist, geologist, philologist and ethnographer, compiled the first major collection of Russian folk songs , adapted rammed earth  technology for northern climate and built the Priory Palace  in Gatchina , pioneered HVAC  technology, invented carton-pierre  
Alexander Middendorf  , zoologist and explorer, discoverer of Putorana Plateau , founder of permafrost  science, studied the influence of permafrost  on living beings, coined the term radula  , prominent hippologist and horse breeder Pallas  
Vladimir Obruchev  , geologist, paleontologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia  and Central Asia , author of the comprehensive Geology of Siberia   and two popular science fiction  novels, Plutonia   and Sannikov Land  
Peter Simon Pallas  , polymath naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, philologist, explorer of European Russia  and Siberia , discoverer of the first pallasite  meteorite (Krasnojarsk ) and multiple animals, including the Pallas's cat , Pallas's squirrel , and Pallas's gull  
Yakov Perelman  , a founder of popular science , author of many popular books, including the Physics Can Be Fun  and Mathematics Can Be Fun  
Nicholas Roerich  , artist, writer, philosopher, archeologist, explorer of Central Asia , public figure, initiator of the international Roerich's Pact on the defense of cultural objects, author of over 7000 paintings 
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky  , geographer, geologist, entomologist, explorer of the Tian Shan Mountains , discoverer of the Peak Khan Tengri , for 40 years the head of the Russian Geographical Society ,  statistician, organiser of the first Russian Empire Census  
Vasily Tatishchev  , statesman, economist, geographer, ethnographer, philologist and historian, supervisor of the first instrumental mapping of Russia, coloniser of the Urals  and Siberia, founder of Perm  and Yekaterinburg , discovered and published Russkaya Pravda  , Sudebnik   of 1550 and the controversial Ioachim Chronicle  , wrote the first full-scale account of Russian history, compiled the first encyclopedic dictionary  of Russian language  
Vladimir Vernadsky  , philosopher and geologist, a founder of geochemistry , biogeochemistry  and radiogeology , creator of noosphere  theory, popularized the term biosphere  , major Russian cosmist  
Ivan Yefremov  , paleontologist, philosopher, sci-fi and historical novelist, founder of taphonomy , author of The Land of Foam   , Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale   and Thais of Athens  
Earth scientists 
Chersky  
Dmitry Anuchin  , anthropologist and geographer, coined the term anthroposphere  , determined the location of the Volga  river source  
Karl Baer  , naturalist, formulated the geological Baer's law  on river erosion , co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society  
Lev Berg  , determined the depth of Central Asian  lakes, including Balkhash  and Issyk Kul , a head of the Soviet Geographical Society  
Leonid Brekhovskikh  , founder of modern acoustical oceanography , discovered the deep sound channel , the first to observe mesoscale ocean eddies  
Ivan Chersky  , paleontologist, geologist and explorer of Siberia , explained the origin of Lake Baikal , pioneered the geomorphological  evolution theory 
Pyotr Chikhachyov  , early geographer and geologist of Central Asia , discovered Kuznetsk Coal Basin Dokuchaev  
Vasily Dokuchaev  , founder of soil science , created the first soil classification , determined the five factors for soil formation  
Alexander Fersman  , a founder of geochemistry , discovered copper  in Monchegorsk , apatites  in Khibiny , sulfur  in Central Asia  
Boris Golitsyn  , inventor of electromagnetic seismograph , the president of International Association of Seismology   
Grigory Gamburtsev  , major Soviet seismologist , invented a number of seismological methods and devices 
Ivan Gubkin  , founder of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas Köppen  
Alexander Karpinsky  , geologist and mineralogist, the first President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences  
Alexander Keyserling  , naturalist, a founder of Russian geology  
Maria Klenova  , a founder of marine geology , polar explorer 
Wladimir Köppen  , meteorologist , author of the commonly used Köppen climate classification  
Stepan Krasheninnikov  , geographer, the first Russian naturalist, made the first scientific description of Kamchatka  
Alexander Kruber  , founder of Russian karstology  
Nikolai Kudryavtsev  , author of modern abiogenic theory  for origin of petroleum , coordinated oil and gas exploration in Siberia Middendorf  
Leonid Kulik  , meteorite researcher, the first to study the Tunguska event  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath, suggested the organic  origin of soil , peat , coal , petroleum  and amber ; forerunner of the continental drift  theory, pioneer researcher of atmospheric electricity  
Alexander Middendorf  , zoologist and explorer, founder of permafrost  science, determined the southern border of permafrost 
Pavel Molchanov  , meteorologist, inventor of radiosonde  
Ivan Mushketov  , made the first geological map of Turkestan  
Vladimir Obruchev  , geologist and explorer, author of the comprehensive Geology of Siberia   and two popular science fiction  novels,Obruchev   Plutonia   and Sannikov Land  
Mikhail Pomortsev  , meteorologist, inventor of nephoscope  
Farman Salmanov  , discoverer of giant oil fields  in West Siberia  
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky  , explorer of the Tian Shan Mountains , for 40 years the head of the Russian Geographical Society , prominent statistician and organiser of the first Russian Empire Census  
Nikolay Shatsky  , made a comprehensive tectonic  map of North Eurasia , introduced Riphean  and Baikalian  geological stages  
Pyotr Shirshov  , polar explorer, founder of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology , proved that there is life in high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean  
Yuly Shokalsky  , the first head of the Soviet Geographical Society , coined the term World Ocean  
Elizabeth Soshkina  , geologist, biologist, paleontologist 
Aleksey Tillo  , made the first correct hypsometric  map of European Russia , coined the term Central Russian Upland  , measured the lengths of main Russian rivers  
Andrey Tikhonov  , mathematician and inventor of magnetotellurics  in geology 
Vladimir Vernadsky  , philosopher and geologist, a founder of geochemistry , biogeochemistry  and radiogeology , creator of noosphere  theory, popularized the term biosphere  
Nadejda Voronets , Russian geologist and one of the first women paleontologists in Russia; specialist in Mesozoic mollusks of the North and Far East of the USSR. 
Irina Pavlovna Zarutskaya  , Soviet geomorphologist, cartographer, editor-in-chief of the map production department during the creation of the 1:2,500,000 scale Hypsometric Map of the USSR 
Biologists and paleontologists 
Bolotov  
Johann Friedrich Adam  , discoverer of the Adams mammoth , the first complete woolly mammoth  skeleton 
Karl Baer  , naturalist, founder of the Russian Entomological Society , formulated embryological  Baer's laws  
Jacques von Bedriaga  , prominent herpetologist , described Bedriaga's rock lizard  and Bedriaga's skink  
Dmitry Belyayev  , domesticated silver fox  
Lev Berg  , ichthyologist  of Central Asia  and European Russia  
Nikolai Bernstein  , neurophysiologist, coined the term biomechanics  
Andrey Bolotov  , major 18th-century agriculturist , discovered dichogamy , pioneered cross-pollination Ivanovsky  
August von Bongard  , botanist  of Alaska , discoverer of Sitka spruce  and red alder  
Alexander Bunge  , major botanist  of Siberia  (especially Altai ) 
Mikhail Chailakhyan  , researcher of flowering , described the florigen  hormone 
Sergei Chetverikov  , pioneer of modern evolutionary synthesis  
Alexander Chizhevsky  , founder of heliobiology  and modern air ionification  
Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermol'eva  , biochemist , independently synthesized penicillin  during World War II . 
Eduard Eversmann  , biologist and explorer, pioneer researcher of flora and fauna of southern Russia 
Andrey Famintsyn  , plant physiologist , inventor of grow lamp , developer of symbiogenesis  theory 
Yuri Filipchenko  , entomologist, coined the terms microevolution  and macroevolution  
Nikolay Gamaleya  , microbiologist  and pioneer of Russian vaccine  research 
Johann Georg Gmelin  , first researcher of Siberian  floraMerezhkovsky  
Grigory Grum-Grshimailo  , zoologist and geographer, obtained two Przewalski's horses  and more than 1000 bird specimens from his travels in Central Asia 
Alexander Gurwitsch  , originated the morphogenetic field  theory and discovered the biophoton  
Ilya Ivanov  , researcher of artificial insemination  and the interspecific hybridization  of animals, involved in controversial attempts to create a human-ape hybrid  
Dmitry Ivanovsky  , discoverer of viruses  
Georgii Karpechenko  , inventor of rabbage  (the first ever non-sterile hybrid  obtained through crossbreeding ) 
Nikolai Koltsov  , discoverer of cytoskeleton Michurin  
Vladimir Komarov  , plant geographer , President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences , founder of the Komarov Botanical Institute  
Alexander Kovalevsky  , embryologist, major researcher of gastrulation  
Boris Kozo-Polyansky  , botanist , and evolutionary biologist . First to support the theory of symbiogenesis  with Darwinian evolution, and first director of The B.M. Kozo-Polyansky Botanical Garden of Voronezh State University . 
Trofim Lysenko  , agronomist, developer of yarovization , infamous for lysenkoism  
Evgeny Maleev  , discoverer of Talarurus , Tarbosaurus , and Therizinosaurus  
Carl Maximowicz  , pioneer researcher of the Far Eastern  flora  
Ilya Mechnikov  , pioneer researcher of immune system , probiotics  and phagocytosis , coined the term gerontology  , Nobel Prize in Medicine  winner 
Mikhail Menzbier  , major ornithologist , discoverer of the Menzbier's marmot  
Konstantin Merezhkovsky  , major lichenologist , developer of symbiogenesis  theory, a founder of endosymbiosis  theory 
Ivan Michurin  , pomologist , selectionist  and geneticist , practiced crossing  of geographically distant plants, created hundreds of fruit cultivars Schrenck  
Alexander Middendorf  , zoologist and explorer, studied the influence of permafrost  on living beings, coined the term radula  , prominent horse breeder  
Victor Motschulsky  , prominent coleopterologist  (researcher of beetles ) 
Sergei Navashin  , discovered double fertilization  
Alexey Olovnikov  , predicted existence of Telomerase , suggested the Telomere hypothesis of aging  and the Telomere relations to cancer  
Aleksandr Oparin  , biologist and biochemist , proposed the "primordial soup " theory of life origin , showed that many food production  processes are based on biocatalysis  
Heinz Christian Pander  , embryologist, discoverer of germ layers  
Peter Simon Pallas  , polymath naturalist and explorer, discoverer of multiple animals, including the Pallas's cat , Pallas's squirrel , and Pallas's gull  
Ivan Pavlov  , founder of modern physiology , the first to research classical conditioning , Nobel Prize in Medicine winner 
Vladimir Pravdich-Neminsky  , published the first EEG  and the evoked potential  of the mammalian brain 
Nikolai Przhevalsky  , explorer and naturalist, brought vast collections from Central Asia, discovered the only extant species of wild horse  
Timiryazev  
Anatoly Rozhdestvensky  , discoverer of Aralosaurus  and Probactrosaurus  
Ivan Schmalhausen  , developer of modern evolutionary synthesis  
Leopold von Schrenck  , ethnographer, zoologist, discovered the Amur sturgeon , Manchurian black water snake  and Schrenck's bittern  
Boris Schwanwitsch  , entomologist, applied colour patterns of insect wings to military camouflage  during World War II 
Ivan Sechenov  , founder of electrophysiology  and neurophysiology  
Georg Wilhelm Steller  , naturalist, participant of Vitus Bering 's voyages, discoverer of Steller's jay , Steller's eider , Vavilov   extinct Steller's sea cow  and multiple other animals 
Lina Stern  , pioneer researcher of blood–brain barrier  and first female full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Armen Takhtajan  , developer of Takhtajan system  of flowering plant  classification, major biogeographer  
Kliment Timiryazev  , plant physiologist and evolutionist, major researcher of chlorophyll  
Nikolai Timofeeff-Ressovsky  , major researcher of radiation genetics , population genetics , and microevolution  
Lev Tsenkovsky  , pioneer researcher of the ontogenesis  of lower plants  and animals 
Mikhail Tsvet  , inventor of chromatography  
Nikolai Vavilov  , botanist and geneticist,Vinogradsky   gathered the world's largest collection of plant seeds , identified the centres of origin  of main cultivated plants 
Mikhail Voronin  , major researcher of fungi  and plant pathology  
Sergey Vinogradsky  , microbiologist, ecologist, and soil scientist, pioneered the biogeochemical cycle  concept, discovered lithotrophy  and chemosynthesis , invented the Winogradsky column  for breeding of microorganisms  
Ivan Yefremov  , paleontologist, sci-fi author, founded taphonomy  
Sergey Zimov  , creator of the Pleistocene Park  
Physicians and psychologists 
Bekhterev  
Korsakov  
Mechnikov  
Pavlov  
Sechenov  
Skumin  
Stern  
Zeigarnik  
Aleksandr Bakulev  , prominent cardiovascular surgery  developer 
Vladimir Bekhterev  , neuropathologist, founder of objective psychology , noted the role of the hippocampus  in memory, major contributor to reflexology , studied the Bekhterev's Disease  
Vladimir Betz  , discovered Betz cells  of primary motor cortex  
Peter Borovsky  , described the causative agent of Oriental sore  
Sergey Botkin  , major therapist  and court physician 
Nikolay Burdenko  , major developer of neurosurgery  
Konstantin Buteyko  , developed the Buteyko method  for the treatment of asthma and other breathing disorders 
Mikhail Chumakov  , co-discovered tick-borne encephalitis , co-developed oral polio vaccine  
Livery Darkshevich  , neurologist , described the nucleus of posterior commissure  
Vladimir Demikhov  , major pioneer of transplantology  
Vladimir Filatov  , ophthalmologist , corneal transplantation  pioneer 
Svyatoslav Fyodorov  , inventor of radial keratotomy  
Georgy Gause  , inventor of gramicidin S  and other antibiotics  
Oleg Gazenko  , founder of space medicine , selected and trained Laika , the first space dog  
Vera Gedroitz  , first female Professor of Surgery  in the world 
Ilya Gruzinov  , found that vocal folds  are the source of phonation  
Waldemar Haffkine  , invented the first vaccines against cholera  and bubonic plague  
Gavriil Ilizarov  , invented Ilizarov apparatus , developed distraction osteogenesis  
Nikolai Korotkov  , invented auscultatory blood pressure measurement , pioneer of vascular surgery  
Sergey Korsakov  , studied the effects of alcoholism  on the nervous system , described Korsakoff's syndrome , introduced paranoia  concept 
Aleksei Kozhevnikov  , neurologist and psychiatrist, described the epilepsia partialis continua  
Aleksey Leontyev  , founder of activity theory  in psychology 
Peter Lesgaft  , founder of the modern system of physical education  in Russia 
Alexander Luria  , co-developer of activity theory and cultural-historical psychology , major researcher of aphasia  
Ilya Mechnikov  , pioneer researcher of immune system , probiotics  and phagocytosis ; coined the term gerontology  , Nobel Prize in Medicine  winner 
Lazar Minor  , neurologist, described Minor's disease  
Pyotr Nikolsky  , dermatologist , discoverer of Nikolsky's sign  
Alexey Olovnikov  , predicted existence of Telomerase , suggested the Telomere hypothesis of aging  and the Telomere relations to cancer  
Ivan Pavlov  , founder of modern physiology , the first to research classical conditioning , influenced comparative psychology  and behaviorism  by his works on reflexes , Nobel Prize in Medicine winner 
Nikolay Pirogov  , pioneer of ether  anaesthesia  and modern field surgery , the first to perform anaesthesia in the field conditions, invented a number of surgical operations 
Aza Rakhmanova  , professor of diseases, AIDS expert 
Leonid Rogozov  , performed an appendectomy  on himself during the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition , a famous case of self-surgery  
Grigory Rossolimo  , pioneer of child neuropsychology  
Vladimir Roth  , neuropathologist , described meralgia paraesthetica  
Ivan Sechenov  , founder of electrophysiology  and neurophysiology , author of the classic work Reflexes  of the Brain  
Vladimir Serbsky  , founder of forensic psychiatry  in Russia 
Nikolay Sklifosovskiy  , prominent 19th-century field surgeon  
 Victor Skumin  , the first to describe a previously unknown disease, now called Skumin syndrome[ 1]  
Lina Stern  , pioneer researcher of blood–brain barrier  
Fyodor Uglov  , oldest practicing surgeon in history 
Igor Ursov   phthisiatrist , the inventor of intravenous  intermittent  bactericidal  tuberculosis therapy  
Alexander Varshavsky  , researched ubiquitination , Wolf Prize in Medicine  winner 
Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky  , founder of purulent  surgery , saint 
Lev Vygotsky  , founder of cultural-historical psychology , major contributor to child development  and psycholinguistics , introduced zone of proximal development  and cultural mediation  concepts 
Josias Weitbrecht  , first to describe the construction and function of intervertebral discs  
Sergei Yudin  , inventor of cadaveric blood transfusion  
Bluma Zeigarnik  , psychiatrist, discovered the Zeigarnik effect , founded experimental psychopathology  
Economists and sociologists 
Kantorovich  
Alexander Chayanov  , developed the consumption-labour-balance principle  
Georges Gurvitch  , major developer of sociology of knowledge  and sociology of law  
Leonid Kantorovich  , mathematician and economist, founded linear programming , developed the theory of optimal allocation  of resources, Nobel Prize in Economics  winner 
Nikolai Kondratiev  , discoverer of the Kondratiev waves  
Andrey Korotayev  , historian and anthropologist, a founder of cliodynamics , a prominent developer of social cycle theory  
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky  , developer of GOELRO plan , the first Chief of Gosplan  
Simon Kuznets  , discovered the Kuznets swings , built the Kuznets curve , disproved the Absolute Income Hypothesis , Nobel Prize in Economics winnerSorokin  
Evsei Liberman  , laid the scientific support for the Soviet Kosygin reform  (initiated by Alexei Kosygin ) in economy 
Wassily Leontief  , developed input-output analysis  and the Leontief paradox , Nobel Prize in Economics winner 
Vasily Nemchinov  , created the mathematical basis for the Soviet central planning  
Grigory Orlov  , founder of the Free Economic Society  
Pitirim Sorokin  , sociologist, prominent developer of the social cycle theory  
Eugen Slutsky  , statistician and economist, developed the Slutsky equation  
Stanislav Strumilin  , pioneer of the planned economy , developed the first  five-year plans  
Historians and archaeologists 
Artamonov  
Friedrich von Adelung  , historian and museologist , researched the European accounts of the Time of Troubles  
Valery Alekseyev  , anthropologist, proposed Homo rudolfensis  
Mikhail Artamonov  , historian and archaeologist, founder of modern Khazar  studies, excavated a great number of Scythian  and Khazar kurgans  and settlements, including the fortress of Sarkel  
Artemiy Artsikhovsky  , archaeologist, discoverer of birch bark documents  in Novgorod  
Vasily Bartold  , turkologist , the "Gibbon  of Turkestan " , an archaeologist of Samarcand  
Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin  , 19th-century historian and paleographer , founder of the Bestuzhev Courses  for womenDanilevsky  
Nikita Bichurin  , a founder of Sinology , published many documents on Chinese  and Mongolian history , opened the first Chinese-language school in Russia 
Nikolay Danilevsky  , ethnologist, philosopher and historian, a founder of Eurasianism , the first to present an account of history as a series of distinct civilisations  
Igor Diakonov  , historian and linguist, a prominent researcher of Sumer  and Assyria  
Boris Farmakovsky  , archaeologist of Ancient Greek  colony Olbia  
Vladimir Golenishchev  , egyptologist, excavated Wadi Hammamat , discovered over 6,000 antiquities, including the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus  , the Story of Wenamun  , and various Fayum portraits Karamzin  
Timofey Granovsky  , a founder of mediaeval studies  in Russia, disproved the historicity of Vineta  
Boris Grekov  , prominent researcher of Kievan Rus'  and Golden Horde  
Lev Gumilev  , historian and ethnologist, prominent researcher of ancient Central Asian  peoples, related ethnogenesis  and biosphere , influenced the rise of Neo-Eurasianism  
Boris Hessen  , physicist who brought externalism  into modern historiography of science  
Dmitry Ilovaysky  , major 19th-century anti-Normanist  
Pyotr Kafarov  , prominent sinologist , discovered many invaluable manuscripts, including The Secret History of the Mongols  
Nikolai Karamzin  , sentimentalist  writer and historian, author of the 12-volume History of the Russian State , the principal early 19th-century account of national history 
Vasily Klyuchevsky  , dominated Russian historiography at the turn of the 20th century, shifted focus from politics and society to geography and economy 
Alexander Kazhdan  , Byzantinist , editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium  
Nikodim Kondakov  , prominent researcher of Byzantine art Müller  
Andrey Korotayev  , historian and anthropologist, a founder of cliodynamics , a prominent developer of social cycle theory  
Mykola Kostomarov  , historian, folklorist and romantic writer, researched the differences between Great Russia  and Little Russia  and the history of Ukraine  
Pyotr Kozlov  , explorer of Central Asia , discoverer of the ancient Tangut  city of Khara-Khoto  and Xiongnu  royal burials at Noin-Ula  
Platon Levshin  , president of the Most Holy Synod  during the Age of Enlightenment , author of the first systematic course of the history of Russian Orthodox Church  
Nikolay Likhachyov  , the first and foremost Russian sigillographer , prominent also in a number of other auxiliary historical disciplines 
Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky  , statesman, published the major Russian Genealogical  Book Nestor  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath scientist and artist, the first opponent of the Normanist theory , published an early account of Russian history 
Boris Marshak  , excavated the Sogdian  ruins at Panjakent  
Friedrich Martens  , legal historian, drafted the Martens Clause  of the Hague Peace Conference  
Vladimir Minorsky  , prominent historian of Persia  
Gerhardt Friedrich Müller  , co-founder of the Russian Academy of Sciences , explorer and the first academic historian of Siberia , a founder of ethnography , author of the first academic account of Russian history , put forth the Normanist theory  
Aleksei Musin-Pushkin  , prominent collector of ancient Russian manuscripts, discovered The Tale of Igor's Campaign  
Nestor the Chronicler  , author of the Primary Chronicle   (the first East Slavic  chronicle) and several hagiographies , saint 
Dimitri Obolensky  , Byzantine commonwealth  researcherProskuryakova  
Alexey Okladnikov  , prominent historian and archaeologist of Siberia  and Mongolia  
Sergey Oldenburg  , a founder of Russian Indology  and the Academic Institute of Oriental Studies  
George Ostrogorsky  , preeminent 20th-century Byzantinist  
Avraamy Palitsyn  , 17th-century historian of the Time of Troubles  
Evgeny Pashukanis  , legal historian, wrote The General Theory of Law and Marxism   
Boris Piotrovsky  , prominent researcher of Urartu , Scythia , and Nubia , long-term director of the Hermitage Museum  
Mikhail Piotrovsky  , orientalist, current director of the Hermitage Museum  
Mikhail Pogodin  , leading mid-19th-century Russian historian, proponent of the Normanist theory  
Boris Polevoy  , major historian of the Russian Far East  
Mikhail Pokrovsky  , Marxist  historian prominent in the 1920s 
Natalia Polosmak  , archaeologist of Pazyryk burials , discoverer of Ice Maiden  mummy  
Alexander Polovtsov  , statesman, historian and Maecenas , founder of the Russian Historian Society 
Tatyana Proskuryakova  , Mayanist  scholar and archaeologist, deciphered the ancient Maya script  
Semyon Remezov  , cartographer and the first historian of Siberia , author of the Remezov Chronicle  
Mikhail Rostovtsev  , archeologist and economist, the first to thoroughly examine the social and economic systems of the Ancient World , excavated Dura-Europos Solovyov  
Nicholas Roerich  , painter, archeologist, and public figure, explorer of Central Asia , initiator of the international Roerich's Pact on protection of historical monuments 
Sergei Rudenko  , discoverer of Scythian  Pazyryk burials  
Boris Rybakov  , historian and chief Soviet archaeologist for 40 years, primary opponent of the Normanist theory  
Dmitry Samokvasov  , Black Grave  discoverer 
Viktor Sarianidi  , discoverer of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex  and the Bactrian Gold   in Central Asia  
Mikhail Shcherbatov  , a man of Russian Enlightenment , conservative historian 
Sergey Solovyov  , principal Russian 19th-century historian, author of the 29-volume History of Russia  
Vasily Struve  , orientalist and historian of the Ancient World , put forth the Marxist  theory of five socio-economic formations that dominated the Soviet educationTatishchev  
Yevgeny Tarle  , author of the famous studies on Napoleon's invasion of Russia  and on the Crimean War  
Vasily Tatischev  , statesman, geographer and historian, discovered and published Russkaya Pravda  , Sudebnik   of 1550 and the controversial Ioachim Chronicle  , wrote the first full-scale account of Russian history 
Mikhail Tikhomirov  , leading specialist in medieval Russian paleography , published the Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles  
Boris Turayev  , author of the first full-scale History of Ancient East   
Peter Turchin  , population biologist and historian, coined the term cliodynamics  
Fyodor Uspensky  , Byzantinist, researcher of the Trapezuntine Empire  
Aleksey Uvarov  , founder of the first Russian archaeological society, discovered over 750 ancient kurgans  
Vasily Vasilievsky  , prominent 19th-century Byzantinist  
Alexander Vasiliev  , author of a comprehensive History of the Byzantine Empire   
Nikolay Veselovsky  , the first to excavate Afrasiab  (the oldest part of Samarkand ), as well as the Solokha  and Maikop kurgans  in Southern Russia 
Nikolai Yadrintsev  , discoverer of Genghis Khan 's capital Karakorum  and the Orkhon script  of ancient Türks  
Valentin Yanin  , primary researcher of ancient birch bark documents  
Gennady Zdanovich  , discoverer of Sintashta culture  settlement Arkaim  
Linguists and ethnographers 
Baudouin de Courtenay  
Vasily Abaev  , prominent researcher of Iranian languages  
Alexander Afanasyev  , leading Russian folklorist , recorded and published over 600 Russian fairy tales , by far the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world 
Ivan Baudouin de Courtenay  , co-inventor of the concept of phoneme  and the systematic treatment of alternations , pioneer of synchronic analysis  and mathematical linguistics  
Vladimir Bogoraz  , researcher of Chukchi people , founder of the Institute of the Peoples of the North  
Otto von Böhtlingk  , prominent Indologist  and Sanskrit grammarian  
Fyodor Buslaev  , philologist and folklorist, representative of the Mythological school  of comparative literature Dahl  
Vladimir Dahl  , greatest Russian language  lexicographer  of the 19th century, folklorist and turkologist , author of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language  
Johann Gottlieb Georgi  , explorer, published the first full-scale work on ethnography of indigenous peoples of Russia  
Dmitry Gerasimov  , medieval translator, diplomat and philologist, correspondent of European Renaissance  scholars 
Vladislav Illich-Svitych  , founder of Nostratic  linguistics 
Vyacheslav Ivanov  , founder of glottalic theory  of Indo-European  consonantism  
Roman Jakobson  , literary theorist and preeminent linguist of the 20th century, a founder of phonology , made numerous contributions to Slavic linguistics , author of Jackobson's Communication Model  
Wilhelm Junker  , explorer and ethnographer of Equatorial Africa , studied the Zande people  from Niam-Niam Kafarov  
Pyotr Kafarov  , prominent sinologist , developed the cyrillization of Chinese , discovered and published many invaluable manuscripts, including The Secret History of the Mongols  
Yuri Knorozov  , linguist, epigrapher  and ethnographer, deciphered the ancient Maya script , proposed a decipherment for the Indus script  
Evdokia Kozhevnikova  , ethnologist whose writings on the Svan language  were rediscovered in the 2010s 
Nikolay Krushevsky  , co-inventor of the concept of phoneme  and the systematic treatment of alternations  
Gerasim Lebedev  , pioneer of Indology , introduced Bengali script  typing to Europe, founded the first European-style drama theater  in India 
Dmitry Likhachov  , major 20th-century expert on Old Russian language  and literatureMiklukho-Maklai  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath scientist and artist, wrote a grammar  that reformed Russian literary language by combining Old Church Slavonic  with vernacular tongue 
Juri Lotman  , prominent literary scholar and semiotician 
Nikolay Lvov  , polymath artist and scientist, compiled the first significant collection of Russian folk songs , published epic bylinas  
Richard Maack  , naturalist and ethnographer of Siberia  
Sergey Malov  , turkologist, classified the Turkic alphabets , deciphered ancient Orkhon script  
Nicholas Marr  , put forth a pseudo-linguistic Japhetic theory   on the origin of language  
Igor Melchuk  , structural linguist, author of Meaning-Text Theory  
Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai  , anthropologist who lived and traveled among the natives of Papua New Guinea  and Pacific islands , prominent anti-racist  
Gerhardt Friedrich Müller  , explorer and historian, a founder of ethnography  
Semyon Novgorodov  , Yakut  politician and linguist, creator of written Yakut language  (Sakha scripts ) 
Sergei Ozhegov  , author of the most widely used explanatory dictionary of Russian language Trubetzkoy  
Stephan of Perm  , 14th-century missionary, converted Komi Permyaks  to Christianity and invented the Old Permic script  
Yevgeny Polivanov  , linguist, orientalist and polyglot , developed the cyrillization of Japanese  
Nicholas Poppe  , prominent Altaic languages  researcher 
Grigory Potanin  , explorer of Central Asia , the first to research Salar people  
Vladimir Propp  , formalist  scholar, major researcher of folk tales  and mythology  
Tatyana Proskuryakova  , Mayanist  scholar and archaeologist, deciphered the ancient Maya script  
George de Roerich  , major 20th-century Tibetologist  
Franz Anton Schiefner  , prominent tibetologist , Finnic  and Caucasus  languages researcher 
Isaac Jacob Schmidt  , the first researcher of Mongolian Zaliznyak  
Leopold von Schrenck  , naturalist and ethnographer, coined the term Paleo-Asiatic  peoples , the first director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography  
Aleksey Shakhmatov  , a founder of textology , prepared major 20th-century reforms of Russian orthography , pioneered the systematic research of Old Russian  and medieval Russian literature  
Lev Shcherba  , phonetist  and phonologist , author of the phrase "glokaya kuzdra " 
Fyodor Shcherbatskoy  , Indologist , initiated the scholarly study of Buddhist  philosophy in the West 
Ivan Snegiryov  , early collector of Russian proverbs  and researcher of lubok  prints 
Izmail Sreznevsky  , leading 19th-century Slavist , published Codex Zographensis  , Codex Marianus   and Kiev Fragments Zamenhof  
Sergei Starostin  , prominent supporter of Altaic languages  theory, proposed Dené–Caucasian languages  macrofamily , reconstructed a number of Eurasian proto-languages 
Stepan Stoichev   (1891 – 1944), philologist , specialist in literary criticism , Head of Nizhniy Novgorod  Pedagogical Institute[ 2]  
Vasily Tatischev  , geographer, ethnographer and historian, compiled the first encyclopedic dictionary  of Russian  
Tenevil  , Chukchi  reindeer herder  who created a writing system for the Chukchi language  
Nikolai Trubetzkoy  , principal developer of phonology  and inventor of morphophonology , defined phoneme , a founder of the Prague School  of structural linguistics  
Dmitry Ushakov  , author of the academic Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language  
Max Vasmer  , leading Indo-European , Finno-Ugric  and Turkic  etymologist , author of the Etymological dictionary of the Russian language   
Viktor Vinogradov  , linguist and philologist, founder of the Russian Language Institute  
Alexander Vostokov  , coined the term Old Church Slavonic  , discovered Ostromir Gospel   (the most ancient East Slavic  book), pioneer researcher of the Russian grammar  
Andrey Zaliznyak  , author of the comprehensive systematic description of Russian inflection , prominent researcher of the Old Novgorod dialect  and birch bark documents , proved the authenticity of the Tale of Igor's Campaign  
L. L. Zamenhof  , inventor of Esperanto , the most widely spoken constructed  international auxiliary language  
Mathematicians 
Arnold  
Georgy Adelson-Velsky  , inventor of AVL tree  algorithm, developer of Kaissa , the first world computer chess champion 
Aleksandr Aleksandrov  , developer of CAT(k) space  and Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem  in geometry 
Pavel Alexandrov  , author of the Alexandroff compactification  and the Alexandrov topology  
Dmitri Anosov  , developed Anosov diffeomorphism  
Vladimir Arnold  , an author of the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem  in dynamical systems , solved Hilbert's 13th problem , raised the ADE classification  and Arnold's rouble problems  
Sergey Bernstein  , developed the Bernstein polynomial , Bernstein's theorem on monotone functions  and Bernstein inequalities in probability theory  
Nikolay Bogolyubov  , mathematician and theoretical physicist, author of the edge-of-the-wedge theorem , Krylov–Bogolyubov theorem , describing function  and multiple important contributions to quantum mechanics Chebyshev  
Sergey Chaplygin  , author of Chaplygin's equation , important in aerodynamics  and notion of Chaplygin gas  
Nikolai Chebotaryov  , author of Chebotarev's density theorem  
Pafnuti Chebyshev  , prominent tutor and founding father of Russian mathematics, contributed to probability , statistics  and number theory , author of the Chebyshev's inequality , Chebyshev distance , Chebyshev function , Chebyshev equation  
Boris Delaunay  , inventor of Delaunay triangulation , organised the first Soviet Student Olympiad  in mathematics 
Vladimir Drinfeld  , mathematician and theoretical physicist, introduced quantum groups  and ADHM construction , Fields Medal  winner 
Eugene Dynkin  , developed Dynkin diagram , Doob–Dynkin lemma  and Dynkin system  in algebra  and probability  
Leonhard Euler  , preeminent 18th-century mathematician, arguably the greatest of all time, made important discoveries in mathematical analysis , Euler   graph theory  and number theory , introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation (mathematical function , Euler's number , Euler diagram ) 
Anatoly Fomenko  , topologist and chronologist, put forth a controversial theory of the New Chronology  
Evgraf Fedorov  , mathematician and crystallographer, identified Periodic graph  in geometry, the first to catalogue all of the 230 space groups  of crystals 
Boris Galerkin  , developed the Galerkin method  in numerical analysis  
Israel Gelfand  , major contributor to numerous areas of mathematics, including group theory , representation theory  and linear algebra , author of the Gelfand representation , Gelfand pair , Gelfand triple , integral geometry  
Alexander Gelfond  , author of Gelfond's theorem , provided means to obtain infinite number of transcendentals , including Gelfond–Schneider constant  and Gelfond's constant , Wolf Prize in Mathematics  winner 
Sergei Godunov  , developed Godunov's theorem  and Godunov's scheme  in differential equations  
Valery Goppa  , inventor of Goppa codes , and algebraic geometry codes  in the field of algebraic geometry Gromov  
Mikhail Gromov  , a prominent developer of geometric group theory , inventor of homotopy principle , introduced Gromov's compactness theorems , Gromov norm , Gromov product , Wolf Prize winner 
Leonid Kantorovich  , mathematician and economist, founded linear programming , introduced the Kantorovich inequality  and Kantorovich metric , developed the theory of optimal allocation  of resources, Nobel Prize in Economics  winner 
Anatoly Karatsuba  , developed the Karatsuba algorithm  (the first fast multiplication algorithm ) 
Leonid Khachiyan  , developed the Ellipsoid algorithm  for linear programming  
Aleksandr Khinchin  , developed the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula , Wiener–Khinchin theorem  and Khinchin inequality  in probability theory Kovalevskaya  
Andrey Kolmogorov  , a preeminent 20th-century mathematician, Wolf Prize winner; multiple contributions to mathematics include: probability axioms , Chapman–Kolmogorov equation  and Kolmogorov extension theorem  in probability ; Kolmogorov complexity  
Maxim Kontsevich  , author of the Kontsevich integral  and Kontsevich quantization formula , Fields Medal winner 
Vladimir Kotelnikov  , a pioneer in information theory , an author of fundamental sampling theorem  
Sofia Kovalevskaya  , the first woman professor in Northern Europe and Russia, the first female professor of mathematics, discovered the Kovalevskaya top  
Mikhail Kravchuk  , developed the Kravchuk polynomials  and Kravchuk matrix  
Mark Krein  , developed the Tannaka–Krein duality , Krein–Milman theorem  and Krein space , Wolf Prize winner 
Alexander Kronrod  , developer of Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula  and Kaissa , the first world computer chess champion 
Nikolay Krylov  , author of the edge-of-the-wedge theorem , Krylov–Bogolyubov theorem  and describing function Lobachevsky  
Aleksandr Kurosh  , author of the Kurosh subgroup theorem  and Kurosh problem  in group theory  
Olga Ladyzhenskaya  , made major contributions to solution of  Hilbert's 19th problem  and important Navier–Stokes equations  
Evgeny Landis  , inventor of AVL tree  algorithm 
Vladimir Levenshtein  , developed the Levenshtein automaton , Levenshtein coding  and Levenshtein distance  
Leonid Levin  , IT scientist, developed the Cook-Levin theorem  
Yuri Linnik  , developed Linnik's theorem  in analytic number theory  
Nikolai Lobachevsky  , a Copernicus  of Geometry   who created the first non-Euclidean  geometry (Lobachevskian  or hyperbolic geometry ) 
Nikolai Lusin  , developed Luzin's theorem , Luzin spaces  and Luzin sets  in descriptive set theory  
Aleksandr Lyapunov  , founder of stability theory , author of the Lyapunov's central limit theorem , Lyapunov equation , Lyapunov fractal , Lyapunov time  
Leonty Magnitsky  , a director of the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation , author of the principal Russian 18th-century textbook in mathematics 
Anatoly Maltsev  , researched decidability  of various algebraic groups ,Lyapunov   developed the Malcev algebra  
Yuri Manin  , author of the Gauss–Manin connection  in algebraic geometry , Manin-Mumford conjecture  and Manin obstruction  in diophantine geometry  
Grigory Margulis  , worked on lattices  in Lie groups , Wolf Prize and Fields Medal  winner 
Andrey Markov, Sr.  , invented the Markov chains , proved Markov brothers' inequality , author of the hidden Markov model , Markov number , Markov property , Markov's inequality , Markov processes , Markov random field , Markov algorithm  
Andrey Markov, Jr.  , author of Markov's principle  and Markov's rule  in logics 
Yuri Matiyasevich  , author of Matiyasevich's theorem  in set theory , provided negative solution for Hilbert's tenth problem  
Alexander Mikhailov  , coined the term Informatics  
Markov, Sr.  
Mark Naimark  , author of the Gelfand–Naimark theorem  and Naimark's problem  
Pyotr Novikov  , solved the word problem for groups  and Burnside's problem  
Sergei Novikov  , worked on algebraic topology  and soliton theory , developed Adams–Novikov spectral sequence  and Novikov conjecture , Wolf Prize and Fields Medal winner 
Andrei Okounkov  , infinite symmetric groups  and Hilbert scheme  researcher, Fields Medal winner 
Mikhail Ostrogradsky  , mathematician and physicist, author of divergence theorem  and partial fractions in integration  
Grigori Perelman  , made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry  and topology , proved Geometrization conjecture Sobolev   and Poincaré conjecture , won a Fields medal  and the first Clay Millennium Prize Problems  Award (declined both) 
Lev Pontryagin  , blind mathematician, developed Pontryagin duality  and Pontryagin classes  in topology, and Pontryagin's minimum principle  in optimal control  
Yury Prokhorov  , author of the Lévy–Prokhorov metric  and Prokhorov's theorem  in probability  
Alexander Razborov  , mathematician  and computational theorist  who won the Nevanlinna Prize  in 1990 and the Gödel Prize  for contributions to computer sciences  
Lev Schnirelmann  , developed the Lusternik–Schnirelmann category  in topology and Schnirelmann density  of numbers 
Moses Schönfinkel  , inventor of combinatory logic  
Yakov Sinai  , developed the Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy  and Sinai billiard , Wolf Prize and Abel Prize winner 
Eugen Slutsky  , statistician and economist, developed the Slutsky equation  and Slutsky's theorem  
Stanislav Smirnov  , prominent researcher of triangular lattice , Fields Medalist 
Sergei Sobolev  , introduced the Sobolev spaces  and mathematical distributions , co-developer of the first ternary computer  Setun  
Vladimir Steklov  , mathematician and physicist, founder of Steklov Institute of Mathematics , proved theorems on generalized Fourier series  
Jakow Trachtenberg  , developed the Trachtenberg system  of mental calculation  
Boris Trakhtenbrot  , proved the Gap theorem , developed Trakhtenbrot's theorem  
Valentin Turchin  , inventor of Refal programming language , introduced metasystem transition  and supercompilation  
Andrey Tikhonov  , author of Tikhonov space  and Tikhonov's theorem  (central in general topology ), the Tikhonov regularization  of ill-posed problems , invented magnetotellurics  
Pavel Urysohn  , developed the metrization theorems , Urysohn's Lemma  and Fréchet–Urysohn space  in topology  
Nicolay Vasilyev  , inventor of non-Aristotelian logic , the forerunner of paraconsistent  and multi-valued logics  
Ivan Vinogradov  , developed Vinogradov's theorem  and Pólya–Vinogradov inequality  in analytic number theory  
Vladimir Voevodsky  , introduced a homotopy theory  for schemes and modern motivic cohomology , Fields Medalist 
Georgy Voronoy  , invented the Voronoi diagram  
Dmitry Yegorov  , author of Egorov's Theorem  in mathematical analysis  
Efim Zelmanov  , solved the restricted Burnside problem , Fields Medal winner 
Astronomers and cosmologists 
Bredikhin  
Viktor Ambartsumian  , one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics , discoverer of stellar associations , founder of Byurakan Observatory  in Armenia  
Vladimir Belinski  , an author of the BKL singularity  model of the Universe evolution 
Aristarkh Belopolsky  , invented a spectrograph  based on the Doppler effect , among the first photographers of stellar spectra  
Fyodor Bredikhin  , developed the theory of comet  tails, meteors  and meteor showers , a director of the Pulkovo Observatory  
Jacob Bruce  , statesman, naturalist and astronomer, founder of the first observatory  in Russia (in the Sukharev Tower ) 
Lyudmila Chernykh  , astronomer, discovered 268 asteroids Friedmann  
Nikolai Chernykh  , astronomer, discovered 537 asteroids  and 2 comets  
Aleksandr Chudakov  , co-discoverer of the Earth's radiation belt  
Alexander Friedmann  , mathematician and cosmologist, discovered the expanding-universe  solution  to the general relativity  field equations , an author of the FLRW  metric of Universe  
George Gamow  , theoretical physicist and cosmologist, discovered alpha decay via quantum tunneling  and Gamow factor  in stellar nucleosynthesis , introduced the Big Bang nucleosynthesis  theory, predicted cosmic microwave background  
Matvey Gusev  , the first to prove the non-sphericity of the Moon , pioneer of photography in astronomy 
Nikolai Kardashev  , astrophysicist, inventor of Kardashev scale  for ranking the space civilizations 
Isaak Khalatnikov  , an author of the BKL singularity  model of the Universe evolution 
Marian Kowalski  , the first to measure the rotation of the Milky Way  
Feodosy Krasovsky  , astronomer and geodesist, measured the Krasovsky ellipsoid , a coordinate system used in the USSR  and the post-Soviet states 
Anders Johan Lexell  , astronomer and mathematician, researcher of celestial mechanics  and comet  astronomy, proved that Uranus  is a planet rather than a comet  
Evgeny Lifshitz  , an author of the BKL singularity  model of the Universe's evolution 
Andrei Linde  , created the Universe chaotic inflation theory F.W. Struve  
Mikhail Lomonosov   polymath, inventor of the off-axis reflecting telescope , discoverer of the atmosphere of Venus  
Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov  , inventor of the Maksutov telescope  
Igor Novikov  , theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle  in the theory of time travel  
Viktor Safronov  , astronomer and cosmologist, author of the planetesimal  hypothesis of planet formation  
Grigory Shayn  , astronomer and astrophysicist, the first director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , co-developed a method for measurement of stellar rotation  
Sunyaev  
Iosif Shklovsky  , astronomer and astrophysicist, author of several discoveries in the fields of radio astronomy  and cosmic rays , extraterrestrial life  researcher 
Friedrich Wilhelm Struve  , astronomer and geodesist, founder and the first director of the Pulkovo Observatory , prominent researcher and discoverer of new double stars , initiated the construction of 2,820 km long Struve Geodetic Arc , progenitor of the Struve family  of astronomers 
Otto Lyudvigovich Struve  , astronomer and astrophysicist, co-developed a method for measurement of stellar rotation , directed several observatories in the US 
Otto Wilhelm von Struve  , astronomer, director of the Pulkovo Observatory , discovered over 500 double stars  
Rashid Sunyaev  , astrophysicist, co-predicted the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect  of CMB distortion 
George Volkoff  , predicted the existence of neutron stars  
Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov  , discovered the absorption of light by interstellar dust , author of the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies  
Ivan Yarkovsky  , discovered the YORP  and Yarkovsky effects  of meteoroids  or asteroids  
Aleksandr Zaitsev  , coined the term Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence  , conducted the first intercontinental radar astronomy  experiment, transmitted the Cosmic Calls  
Yakov Zel'dovich  , physicist, astrophysicist and cosmologist, the first to suggest that accretion discs  around massive black holes  are responsible for the quasar  radiation, co-predicted the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect  of CMB distortion 
Felix Ziegel  , Soviet researcher, Doctor of Science and docent of Cosmology at the Moscow Aviation Institute , author of more than 40 popular books on astronomy and space exploration, generally regarded as a founder of Russian ufology  
Physicists 
Alferov  
Alexei Abrikosov  , discovered how magnetic flux  can penetrate a superconductor  (the Abrikosov vortex ), Nobel Prize  winner 
Artem Alikhanian  , a prominent researcher of cosmic rays , inventor of wide-gap track spark chamber  
Franz Aepinus  , related electricity  and magnetism , proved the electric nature of pyroelectricity , explained electric polarization  and electrostatic induction , invented achromatic  microscope  
Abraham Alikhanov  , a prominent researcher of cosmic rays , built the first nuclear reactors  in the USSR, founder of Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics  (ITEP) 
Zhores Alferov  , inventor of modern heterotransistor , Nobel Prize winner 
Semen Altshuler  , researched EPR  and NMR , predicted acoustic paramagnetic resonance Basov  
Lev Artsimovich  , builder of the first tokamak , researcher of high temperature plasma  
Gurgen Askaryan  , predicted self focusing  of light, discovered Askaryan effect  in particle physics  
Nikolay Basov  , physicist, co-inventor of laser  and maser , Nobel Prize winner 
Nikolay Bogolyubov  , mathematician and theoretical physicist, co-developed the BBGKY hierarchy , formulated a microscopic theory of superconductivity , suggested a triplet quark  model, introduced a new quantum degree of freedom (color charge ) 
Gersh Budker  , inventor of electron cooling , co-inventor of collider  
Sergey Chaplygin  , a founder of aero-  and hydrodynamics , formulated the Chaplygin's equations  and Chaplygin gas  concept 
Pavel Cherenkov  , discoverer of Cherenkov radiation , Nobel Prize winner 
Yuri Denisyuk  , inventor of 3D holography  
Ludvig Faddeev  , discoverer of Faddeev–Popov ghosts  and Faddeev equations  in quantum physics Cherenkov  
Georgy Flyorov  , nuclear physicist , one of the initiators of the Soviet atomic bomb project , co-discoverer of seaborgium  and bohrium , founder of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research  
Vladimir Fock  , developed the Fock space , Fock state  and the Hartree–Fock method  in quantum mechanics  
Ilya Frank  , explained the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation , Nobel Prize winner 
Vsevolod Frederiks (Fréedericksz)  , discovered the Fréedericksz transition , the Fréedericksz critical field in liquid crystals  
Yakov Frenkel  , introduced the notion of electron hole , discovered the Frenkel defect  of a crystal lattice , described the Poole–Frenkel effect  in solid-state physics  
George Gamow  , explained alpha decay  as quantum tunneling, developed theories of the Big Bang , nucleosynthesis  and offered explanation of foundations of molecular genetics  
Andre Geim  , inventor of graphene , developer of gecko tape , Nobel Prize winner and at the same time Ig Nobel Prize  winner for diamagnetic levitation  of a living frog  
Vitaly Ginzburg  , co-author of the Ginzburg–Landau theory  of superconductivity , a developer of hydrogen bomb , Nobel Prize winnerKapitsa  
Vladimir Gribov  , introduced pomeron , DGLAP  equations and Gribov ambiguity  
Aleksandr Gurevich  , author of the runaway breakdown  theory of lightning  
Abram Ioffe  , founder of the Soviet physics school, tutor of many prominent scientists 
Dmitri Ivanenko  , proposed the first models of nuclear shell  and exchange of nuclear forces , predicted the synchrotron radiation , the author of the hypothesis of quark stars  
Boris Jacobi  , formulated the Maximum power theorem  in electrical engineering , invented electroplating , electrotyping , galvanoplastic sculpture  and electric boat Landau  
Pyotr Kapitsa  , originated the techniques for creating ultrastrong magnetic fields , co-discovered a way to measure the magnetic field of an atomic nucleus  discovered superfluidity , Nobel Prize winner 
Yuly Khariton  , chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb , co-developer of the Tsar Bomb  
Orest Khvolson  , the first to study the Chwolson ring  effect of gravitational lensing  
Sergey Krasnikov  , developer of the Krasnikov tube , a speculative mechanism for space travel 
Igor Kurchatov  , builder of the first nuclear power plant , developer of the first nuclear reactors  for surface ships  
Dmitry Lachinov  , physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, meteorologist and climatologist 
Lev Landau  , theoretical physicist, developed the Ginzburg–Landau theory  of superconductivity , explained the Landau damping  in plasma physics , pointed out the Landau pole  in quantum electrodynamics , co-author of the famous Course of Theoretical Physics  , Nobel Prize winner 
Grigory Landsberg  , co-discoverer of Raman scattering  of lightLenz  
Mikhail Lavrentyev  , physicist and mathematician, founded the Siberian Division of the Soviet Academy of Sciences  and Akademgorodok  in Novosibirsk  
Pyotr Lebedev  , the first to measure the radiation pressure  on a solid body, thus privoving the Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism  
Heinrich Lenz  , discovered the Lenz's law  of electromagnetism  
Evgeny Lifshitz  , an author of the BKL singularity  model of the Universe evolution, co-author of the famous Course of Theoretical Physics  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath scientist, artist and inventor, proposed the law of conservation of matter , disproved the phlogiston theory  
Oleg Losev  , inventor of light-emitting diode  and crystadine  
Alexander Makarov  , inventor of orbitrap  
Boris Mamyrin  , inventor of reflectron Petrov  
Leonid Mandelshtam  , co-discoverer of Raman effect  
Stanislav Mikheyev  , co-discoverer of Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect  of neutrino oscillations  
Konstantin Novoselov  , inventor of graphene , developer of gecko tape , Nobel Prize winner 
Yuri Oganessian  , nuclear physicist of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research  (JINR), co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the periodic table; element Oganesson  
Vasily Petrov  , discoverer of electric arc , proposed arc lamp  and arc welding  
Boris Podolsky  , an author of EPR Paradox  in quantum physics  
Alexander Polyakov  , developed the concepts of Polyakov action , 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole  and BPST instanton  
Isaak Pomeranchuk  , predicted synchrotron radiation  
Bruno Pontecorvo  , a founder of neutrino  high energy physics , his work led to the discovery of PMNS matrix Prokhorov  
Alexander Popov  , inventor of lightning detector , one of the inventors of radio , recorded the first experimental radiolocation  at sea 
Victor Popov  , co-discoverer of Faddeev–Popov ghosts  in quantum field theory  
Alexander Prokhorov  , co-inventor of laser  and maser , Nobel Prize winner 
Georg Wilhelm Richmann  , inventor of electrometer , pioneer researcher of atmospheric electricity , killed by a ball lightning  in experiment 
Andrei Sakharov  , co-developer of tokamak  and the Tsar Bomb , inventor of explosively pumped flux compression generator , Nobel Peace Prize  winner 
Nikolay Semyonov  , physical chemist, co-discovered a way to measure the magnetic field of an atomic nucleus , Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 
Lev Shubnikov  , discoverer of Shubnikov–de Haas effect , one of the first researchers of solid hydrogen  and liquid helium  
Dmitri Skobeltsyn  , the first to use cloud chamber  for studying cosmic rays , the first to observe positrons  
Alexei Smirnov  , co-discoverer of Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect  of neutrino oscillations  
Arseny Sokolov  , co-discoverer of Sokolov–Ternov effect , a developer of synchrotron radiation  theoryStoletov  
Igor Tamm  , explained the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation , co-developer of tokamak , Nobel Prize winner 
Aleksandr Stoletov  , inventor of photoelectric cell , built the Stoletov curve  and pioneered the research of ferromagnetism  
Igor Ternov  , co-discoverer of Sokolov–Ternov effect  of synchrotron radiation  
Nikolay Umov  , discovered the Umov–Poynting vector  and Umov effect , the first to propose the formula 
  
    
      
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Petr Ufimtsev  , developed the theory that led to modern stealth technology  
Sergey Vavilov  , co-discoverer of Cherenkov radiation , formulated the Kasha–Vavilov rule  of quantum yields Zhukovsky  
Vladimir Veksler  , inventor of synchrophasotron , co-inventor of synchrotron  
Evgeny Velikhov  , leader of the international program ITER  (thermonuclear experimental tokamak ) 
Anatoly Vlasov  , developed the Vlasov equation  in plasma physics  
Alexey Yekimov  , discoverer of quantum dots  
Yevgeny Zavoisky  , inventor of EPR spectroscopy , co-developer of NMR spectroscopy  
Yakov Zel'dovich  , physicist and cosmologist, predicted the beta decay  of a pi meson  and the muon  catalysis , co-predicted the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect  of CMB distortion 
Nikolai Zhukovsky  , a founder of aero-  and hydrodynamics , the first to study airflow, author of Joukowsky transform  and Kutta–Joukowski theorem , founder of TsAGI  and pioneer of aviation 
Octiabr' Emelianenko ,  did fundamental work in physics of III-V compound semiconductors .  
Chemists and material scientists 
Butlerov  
Alexander Baykov  , metallurgist  and academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 
Ernest Beaux  , inventor of Chanel No. 5 , "the world's most legendary fragrance" 
Nikolay Beketov  , inventor of aluminothermy , a founder of physical chemistry  
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein  , proposed the Beilstein test  for the detection of halogens , author of the Beilstein database  in organic chemistry  
Boris Belousov  , chemist and biophysicist, discoverer of Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction , a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics  
Alexander Borodin  , chemist and composer, the author of the famous opera Prince Igor  , discovered Borodin reaction , co-discovered Aldol reaction  
Aleksandr Butlerov  , discovered hexamine , formaldehyde  and formose reaction  (the first synthesis of sugar ), the first to incorporate double bonds  into structural formulae, a founder of organic chemistry  and the theory of chemical structure  
Dmitry Chernov  , founder of modern metallography , discovered polymorphism  in metals, built the iron -carbon  phase diagram Claus  
Aleksei Chichibabin  , discovered Chichibabin pyridine synthesis , Bodroux-Chichibabin aldehyde synthesis  and Chichibabin reaction  
Lev Chugaev  , discoverer of Chugaev elimination  in organic chemistry  
Karl Ernst Claus  , chemist and botanist, discoverer of ruthenium  
Nikolay Demyanov  , discoverer of Demjanov rearrangement  in organic chemistry  
Aleksandr Dianin  , discoverer of Bisphenol A  and Dianin's compound  
Constantin Fahlberg  , inventor of saccharin , the first artificial sweetener  
Alexey Favorsky  , discoverer of Favorskii rearrangement  and Favorskii reaction  in organic chemistry  
Alexander Frumkin  , a founder of modern electrochemistry , author of the theory of electrode  reactions 
Evgraf Fedorov  , the first to enumerate all of the 230 space groups  of crystals , thus founding the modern crystallography Fedorov  
Andre Geim  , inventor of graphene , developer of gecko tape , Nobel Prize in Physics winner 
Igor Gorynin  , inventor of weldable  titanium  alloys, high strength aluminium  alloys, and many radiation-hardened  steels 
Vladimir Ipatieff  , inventor of Ipatieff bomb , a founder of petrochemistry  
Isidore  , legendary inventor of the Russian vodka  
Boris Jacobi  , re-discovered electroplating  and initiated its practical usage 
Pyotr Kapitsa  , discovered superfluidity  while studying liquid helium , Nobel Prize in Physics winner 
Morris Kharasch  , inventor of anti-microbial compound thimerosal Markovnikov  
Gottlieb Kirchhoff  , discoverer of glucose  
Ivan Knunyants  , inventor of poly-caprolactam , founder of Soviet school of fluorocarbon 's chemistry, a developer of Soviet chemical weapons  
Sergei Lebedev  , inventor of polybutadiene , the first commercially viable synthetic rubber  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath, coined the term physical chemistry  , re-discovered smalt , proved that the phlogiston theory  was false, the first to record the freezing  of mercury  
Aleksandr Loran  , inventor of fire fighting foam  
Konstantin Novoselov  , inventor of graphene , developer of gecko tape , Nobel Prize in Physics winnerMendeleev  
Vladimir Markovnikov  , author of the Markovnikov's rule  in organic chemistry , discoverer of naphthenes  
Mikhail Davidovich Mashkovsky  , pharmacologist, author of the pharmacopoeia "Medical compounds" 
Dmitri Mendeleyev  , invented the Periodic table  of chemical elements , the first to predict the properties of elements yet to be discovered, invented pyrocollodion , developer of pipelines  and a prominent researcher of vodka  
Nikolai Menshutkin  , discoverer of Menshutkin reaction  in organic chemistry  
Sergey Namyotkin  , a prominent researcher of terpenes , discoverer of Nametkin rearrangement  
Ilya Prigogine  , researcher of dissipative structures , Tsvet   complex systems  and irreversibility , Nobel Prize winner 
Sergey Reformatsky  , discoverer of Reformatsky reaction  in organic chemistry  
Nikolay Semyonov  , physical chemist, author of the chain reaction  theory, Nobel Prize winner 
Carl Schmidt  , analyzed the crystal structure of many biochemicals, proved that animal and plant cells are chemically similar 
Vladimir Shukhov  , polymath, inventor of chemical cracking  
Mikhail Shultz  , physical chemist and artist; one of the creators the glass electrode  theory; author of several thermodynamic methods 
Mikhail Tsvet  , botanist, inventor of chromatography  
Victor Veselago  , the first researcher of materials with negative permittivity  and permeability  
Paul Walden  , discovered the Walden inversion  and ethylammonium nitrate , the first room temperature ionic liquid  
Alexander Zaytsev  , author of the Zaitsev's rule  in organic chemistry  
Nikolay Zelinsky  , inventor of activated charcoal  gas mask  in Europe during World War I, co-discoverer of Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation , a founder of petrochemistry  
Nikolai Zinin  , discovered benzidine , co-discovered aniline , the first President of the Russian Physical-Chemical Society 
Anatol Zhabotinsky  , discoverer of Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction , a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics  
Structural engineers 
Betancourt  
Nikolai Belelubsky  , major bridge designer, invented a number of construction schemes 
Agustín de Betancourt  , polymath-engineer and urban planner, designed the Moscow Manege  and the giant cast iron dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral , founded Goznak  
Vladimir Barmin  , designer of the world's first rocket launch complex  (Baikonur Cosmodrome ) 
Akinfiy Demidov  , builder of the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk , the first structure to employ rebars  and cast iron  cupola , as well as the first lightning rod  in the Western world 
Alexey Dushkin  , designer of the first deep column station , Mayakovskaya  
Alexander Hrennikoff  , founder of the finite element method  
Shukhov  
Nikolai Nikitin  , engineer of the largest Soviet structures: Moscow State University , Luzhniki Stadium , The Motherland Calls  and Ostankino Tower  (once the world's tallest freestanding structure ) 
Lavr Proskuryakov  , builder of multiple bridges along the Trans-Siberian Railway , inventor and tutor 
Vladimir Shukhov  , engineer-polymath, inventor of breakthrough industrial designs  (hyperboloid structure , thin-shell structure , tensile structure , gridshell ), builder of Shukhov Towers  and multiple other structures 
Aerospace engineers 
Rostislav Alexeyev  , designer of high-speed Raketa hydrofoils  and ekranoplans , including the Caspian Sea Monster  
Oleg Antonov  , designer of the An -series aircraft, including A-40   winged tank  and An-124   (the largest serial cargo aircraft , later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft  An-225  ) 
Georgy Babakin  , designed the first soft lander spacecraft  Luna 9  
Vladimir Barmin  , designer of the first rocket launch complex  (Baikonur Cosmodrome ) 
Robert Bartini  , developer of ekranoplans  and VTOL  amphibious aircraft , physicist, tutor to many other aerospace designers 
Alexander Bereznyak  , designer of the first fighter rocket-powered aircraft , BI-1  
Georgy Beriev  , designer of the Be -series amphibious aircraft Glushko  
Georgy Bothezat  , inventor of quadcopter  helicopter (The Flying Octopus  ) 
Vladimir Chelomey  , designer of the first space station  Salyut 1  , creator of Proton rocket  (the most used heavy lift launch system ) 
Evgeniy Chertovsky  , inventor of pressure suit  
Nicolas Florine  , builder of the first successful tandem rotor  helicopter 
Valentyn Glushko  , inventor of hypergolic propellant  and electrically powered spacecraft propulsion , designer of the world's most powerful liquid-fuel rocket  engine RD-170  
Pyotr Grushin  , inventor of anti-ballistic missile  
Mikhail Gurevich  , designer of the MiG -series fighter aircraft, including world's most produced  jet aircraft  MiG-15   and most produced supersonic aircraft  MiG-21  
Sergey Ilyushin  , designed the Il -series fighter aircraft, including Il-2   bomber (the most produced military aircraft  in history) 
Aleksei Isaev  , designer of the first rocket-powered  fighter aircraft, BI-1  
Mstislav Keldysh  , co-developer of the first satellite  (Sputnik  ) and Keldysh bomber  
Kerim Kerimov  , the secret figure behind the Soviet space program 
Nikolay Kamov  , designed the Ka -series coaxial rotor  helicoptersKotelnikov  
Alexander Kemurdzhian  , inventor of space rover  (Lunokhod  ) 
Sergei Korolyov  , the Father of the Soviet space program  , inventor of the first intercontinental ballistic missile  and the first space rocket  (R-7 Semyorka  ), creator of the first satellite  (Sputnik  ), supervisor of the first human spaceflight  
Gleb Kotelnikov  , inventor of knapsack parachute  and drogue parachute  
Semyon Lavochkin  , designer of the La -series aircraft and the first operational surface-to-air missile  S-25 Berkut  
Mikhail Lomonosov  , polymath, inventor of coaxial rotor  and the first helicopter  
Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy  , designer of the Buran space shuttle  and Spiral project  
Arkhip Lyulka  , designer of the Lyulka -series aircraft engines , including the first double jet turbofan  
Victor Makeev  , developer of the first intercontinental SLBM  
Artem Mikoyan  , designer of the MiG -series fighter aircraft, including world's most produced jet MiG-15   and most produced supersonic aircraft  MiG-21  
Arseny Mironov  , oldest scientist in flight dynamics and aircraft safety, Stalin  Prize  recipient (1948) for the new method of aerodynamic research, USSR State Prize  recipient (1976) for the completion of flight testing of the Su-24  heavy fighter-bomber aircraft 
Mikhail Mil  , designer of the Mi -series helicopters, including Mil Mi-8   (the world's most produced helicopter ) and Mil Mi-12   (the world's largest helicopter) 
Alexander Mozhaysky  , author of the first attempt to create heavier-than-air craft  in Russia, designed the largest of 19th-century airplanes  
Alexander Nadiradze  , designer of the first mobile ICBM  RT-21 Temp 2S   and the first reliable mobile ICBM RT-2PM Topol  
Nikolai Polikarpov  , designer of the Po -series aircraft, including Po-2   Kukuruznik   (world's most produced biplane ) 
Alexander Procofieff de Seversky  , inventor of ionocraft  and gyroscopically  stabilized bombsight  
Guy Severin  , designed the first spacewalk  supporting system Severin  
Igor Sikorsky  , inventor of airliner  and strategic bomber  (Sikorsky Ilya Muromets  ), father of modern helicopter , founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft  
Boris Shavyrin  , inventor of air-augmented rocket  
Pavel Sukhoi  , designer of the Su -series fighter aircraft 
Vladimir Syromyatnikov  , designer of the Androgynous Peripheral Attach System  
Max Taitz  , scientist in aerodynamics , theory of jet engines  and flight testing of aircraft , one of the founders of the Gromov Flight Research Institute , recipient of the Stalin Prize  (1949 and 1953), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR  
Mikhail Tikhonravov  , designer of Sputniks , including the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1  
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky  , principal pioneer of astronautics  
Alexei Tupolev  , designer of the Tu -series aircraft, including the first supersonic transport  Tu-144  
Andrey Tupolev  , designer of the Tu-series aircraft, including the turboprop  long-range airliner Tu-114   and turboprop  strategic bomber Tu-95  
Vladimir Vakhmistrov  , supervisor of Zveno project  (the first bomber with parasite aircraft ) 
Alexander Yakovlev  , designer of the Yak -series aircraft, including the first regional jet  Yak-40  
Friedrich Zander  , designed the first liquid-fuel rocket  in the Soviet Union, GIRD -X, pioneer of astronautics 
Nikolai Zhukovsky  , founder of modern aero-  and hydrodynamics , pioneer of aviation  
Naval engineers 
Krylov  
1- Rostislav Alexeyev  , designer of high-speed Raketa hydrofoils  and ekranoplans , including the Caspian Sea Monster  
2- Anatoly Alexandrov  , inventor of degaussing , developer of naval nuclear reactors  (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker ) 
3- Mikhail Britnev  , designer of the first metal-hull  icebreaker  Pilot  
4- Boris Jacobi  , inventor of electric boat , developer of modern naval mining  
5- Konstantin Khrenov  , inventor of underwater welding  
6- Alexey Krylov  , general of the fleet , inventor of gyroscopic  damping  of ships, author of the insubmersibility  theory 
Makarov  
7- Fyodor Litke  , explorer, inventor of recording tide measurer  
8- Stepan Makarov  , admiral, war hero, oceanographer, inventor of torpedo boat tender , builder of the first polar icebreaker , author of the insubmersibility theory 
9- Victor Makeev  , developer of the first intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missile  
10- Ludvig Nobel  , designer of the modern oil tanker  
11- Peter the Great  , monarch and craftsman, inventor of yacht club  and sounding line  with separating plummet , founder of the Russian Navy  
12- Pavel Schilling  , inventor of electric  naval mine  
13- Igor Spassky  , designer of the Sea Launch  platform and over 200 nuclear submarines , including the world's largest submarines (Typhoon class ) 
14- Vladimir Yourkevitch  , designer of SS Normandie  , developer of modern ship hull  design 
Electrical engineers 
Schilling  
1- Zhores Alferov  , physicist, inventor of heterotransistor , Nobel Prize  winner 
2- Nikolay Benardos  , inventor of carbon arc welding  (the first practical arc welding  method) 
3- Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky  , inventor of three-phase electric power  
4- Boris Jacobi  , inventor of electroplating , electrotyping , galvanoplastic sculpture  and electric boat  
5- Konstantin Khrenov  , inventor of underwater welding  
6- Dmitry Lachinov  , inventor of electricity economizer , electrical insulation  tester, pioneer of long-distance electricity transmission  
7- Alexander Lodygin  , one of the inventors of incandescent light bulb , inventor of electric  streetlight  and tungsten filament  
8- Oleg Losev  , inventor of light-emitting diode  and crystadine Yablochkov  
9- Vasily Petrov  , inventor of electric arc  and arc welding  
10- Fyodor Pirotsky  , inventor of railway electrification system  and electric tram  
11- Alexander Poniatoff  , inventor of videotape recorder  
12- Georg Wilhelm Richmann  , inventor of electrometer , died from ball lightning  during an experiment 
13- Pavel Schilling  , inventor of shielded cable , electric mine  and electromagnetic telegraph  
14- Nikolay Slavyanov  , inventor of shielded metal arc welding  
15- Aleksandr Stoletov  , physicist, inventor of photoelectric cell  
16- Pavel Yablochkov  , inventor of Yablochkov candle  (the first commercially viable electric lamp ), AC transformer  and headlamp  
Computer scientists 
Glushkov  
1- Georgy Adelson-Velsky  , inventor of AVL tree  algorithm, developer of Kaissa  (the first World Computer Chess Champion ) 
2- Boris Babayan  , developer of the Elbrus supercomputers  
3- Sergey Brin  , inventor of the Google web search engine  
4- Nikolay Brusentsov  , inventor of ternary computer  (Setun  ) 
5- Mikhail Donskoy  , a leading developer of Kaissa , the first computer chess champion 
6- Victor Glushkov  , a founder of cybernetics , inventor of the first personal computer  MIR  
7- Yevgeny Kaspersky  , developer of Kaspersky  anti-virus products  
8- Semen Korsakov  , the first to use punched cards  for information storage and search 
9- Evgeny Landis  , inventor of AVL tree  algorithm 
10- Sergey Lebedev  , developer of the first Soviet and European electronic computers , MESM  and BESM  
11- Leonid Levin  , IT scientist, developed the Cook-Levin theorem  
12- Willgodt Theophil Odhner  , inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer , the most popular mechanical calculator in the 20th century 
Pajitnov  
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