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<html> <head> <title>Religion: Russian Orthodox</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Religion: Russian Orthodox LISTS See also <a href="/lists/305/000122936/">Greek Orthodox</a> and <a href="/lists/874/000071661/">Eastern Orthodox</a>.<table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_c"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000028395/">Anna Akhmatova</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1966</tt></td> <td>Poem Without a Hero</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000078188/">Tsar Alexander I</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1777</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1825</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1801-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000117967/">Tsar Alexander III</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1894</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1881-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/242/000111906/">Tsar Alexis</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1629</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1676</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1645-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000097336/">Anna</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1693</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1740</tt></td> <td>Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000032078/">Sergei Averintsev</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-2004</tt></td> <td>Myth of the Peoples of the World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000026268/">Oksana Baiul</a></td> <td><center>Figure Skating</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Olympic figure skater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000028420/">Mikhail Bulgakov</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td>The Master and Margarita</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000078341/">Catherine the Great</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1729</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1796</tt></td> <td>Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000167072/">T. G. Dobzhansky</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1975</tt></td> <td>Genetics and the Origin of Species</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000024772/">Fyodor Dostoevsky</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1881</tt></td> <td>Crime and Punishment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/212/000111876/">Elizabeth</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1709</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1762</tt></td> <td>Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/278/000033179/">Nikolai Gogol</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1809</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1852</tt></td> <td>Dead Souls, The Overcoat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000023347/">Mikhail Gorbachev</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Final leader of the Soviet Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000092657/">Ivan the Terrible</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1530</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1584</tt></td> <td>Russian Tsar, 1533-84</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000130038/">Aleksandr Kolchak</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td>Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000082160/">Leonid Kuchma</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Ukraine, 1994-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/857/000024785/">Mikhail Lermontov</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1814</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1841</tt></td> <td>A Hero of Our Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000352654/">Nastia Liukin</a></td> <td><center>Gymnastics</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1989</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000261780/">Yuri Luzhkov</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Moscow, 1992-2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000168657/">Dmitri A. Medvedev</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Russia, 2008-12</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000107273/">Tsar Michael</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1596</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1645</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1613-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000077974/">Tsar Nicholas I</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1796</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1855</tt></td> <td>Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000092943/">Tsar Nicholas II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td>Last of the Russian Tsars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000111908/">Nikon</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1605</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1681</tt></td> <td>Reformer Patriarch of Moscow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000068967/">Nikolai Novikov</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1744</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1818</tt></td> <td>Early Russian critic, The Drone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000118385/">Arvo Pärt</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Choral composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000078029/">Tsar Paul I</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1754</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1801</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000271107/">Anna Pavlova</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1931</tt></td> <td>Early 20th century Russian ballerina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000097452/">Tsar Peter II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1715</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1730</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1727-30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000078365/">Peter the Great</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1672</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1725</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000097556/">Philaret</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1553</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1633</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Moscow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000024786/">Aleksandr Pushkin</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1799</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1837</tt></td> <td>Russia's greatest poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000022627/">Vladimir Putin</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Russia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000093013/">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1844</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1908</tt></td> <td>The Flight of the Bumblebee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/620/000172104/">Igor Sikorsky</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1972</tt></td> <td>Helicopter magnate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000098030/">Alexander Suvorov</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1729</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1800</tt></td> <td>Russian general, fought Turks, French</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/817/000024745/">Leo Tolstoy</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1828</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1910</tt></td> <td>Russian novelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000111945/">Tsar Vasily III</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1479</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1533</tt></td> <td>Tsar of Russia, 1505-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000110078/">Lana Wood</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Diamonds Are Forever</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/169/000026091/">Natalie Wood</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1981</tt></td> <td>Rebel Without A Cause</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000081964/">Viktor Yanukovych</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Ukraine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000081958/">Viktor Yushchenko</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td 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