Russia

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Russia

COUNTRY

Official Website:
http://www.gov.ru/

Population:
145,166,731 (2002 census)

Founding Date:
862 AD

CITIES

City Type Population

Moscow, Russia -- 11,273,400
St. Petersburg, Russia -- 4,661,219
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia -- 1,334,249
Samara, Russia -- 1,157,880
Perm, Russia city 1,001,653
Simbirsk, Russia -- 635,600
Vladivostok, Russia -- 591,800
Kaliningrad, Russia -- 415,100
Tikhvin, Russia -- 67,200
Vyshny Volochyok, Russia -- 56,405

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Sergei Averintsev Author 10-Dec-1937 21-Feb-2004 Myth of the Peoples of the World

Edward Ludwig Film Director 7-Oct-1898 20-Aug-1982 The Fighting Seabees

Eugene Mirman Actor 24-Jul-1974 Eugene on Flight of the Conchords

Leon Mirsky Mathematician 19-Dec-1918 1-Dec-1983 Transversal Theory

Alexey Pajitnov Computer Programmer c. 1956 Helped invent Tetris

Alexander M. Poniatoff Business 1892 1980 Founder of Ampex

Sophie Tucker Singer 13-Jan-1884 9-Feb-1966 Some of These Days

Petr Ufimtsev Physicist 8-Jul-1931 Physical Theory of Diffraction

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