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Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, France, and Italy. Memorable people born in present day Russia include Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Lenin, and Vladimir Putin. Memorable people who died in Russia include Joseph Stalin, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin. Russia has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land boundaries with fourteen countries. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country. The country's capital as well as its largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and cultural capital. Other major cities in the country include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 95 BC and 2006, present day Russia was the birth place of 3,261 globally memorable people, including Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Lenin, and Vladimir Putin. Additionaly, 1,925 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Russia including Joseph Stalin, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin.

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Most individuals born in present day Russia were politicians (488), athletes (326), writers (276), soccer players (220), and actors (149),  while most who died were politicians (400), writers (244), military personnels (150), actors (95), and composers (65).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Russia, including Yuriy Sedykh, Vasily Alekseyev, and Valeriy Brumel. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Russia, including Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Russia since 1700.