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Russia ranks 3,056th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Landau, Shusha, and Cognac, France. Memorable people born in Russia include Turhan Hatice Sultan, Patriarch Job of Moscow, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. Memorable people who died in Russia include Igor Netto, Alexander Shelepin, and Vladimir Ilyushin. Russia has been the birth place of many religious figures and politicians and the death place of many athletes and soccer players. Russia is located in Russia.

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. It shares 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 urban areas in the country include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1525 and 1962, Russia was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Turhan Hatice Sultan, Patriarch Job of Moscow, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. Additionaly, 31 globally memorable people have passed away in Russia including Igor Netto, Alexander Shelepin, and Vladimir Ilyushin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Russia than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Russia were religious figures (2), politicians (1), athletes (1), and engineers (1),  while most who died were athletes (4), soccer players (2), politicians (2), writers (2), and singers (2).