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
Nikolai Vavilov, botanist and geneticist, gathered the world's largest collection of plant
seeds, identified the
centres of origin of main cultivated plants
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
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
Nicholas Roerich, painter, archeologist, and public figure, explorer of
Central Asia, initiator of the international
Roerich's Pact on protection of historical monuments
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 education
Sofia Kovalevskaya, the first woman professor in Northern Europe and Russia, the first female professor of mathematics, discovered the
Kovalevskaya top
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
Arseny Mironov, oldest scientist in flight dynamics and aircraft safety,
StalinPrize 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
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
Nikolai Vavilov, botanist and geneticist, gathered the world's largest collection of plant
seeds, identified the
centres of origin of main cultivated plants
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
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
Nicholas Roerich, painter, archeologist, and public figure, explorer of
Central Asia, initiator of the international
Roerich's Pact on protection of historical monuments
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 education
Sofia Kovalevskaya, the first woman professor in Northern Europe and Russia, the first female professor of mathematics, discovered the
Kovalevskaya top
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
Arseny Mironov, oldest scientist in flight dynamics and aircraft safety,
StalinPrize 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