List of Jews born in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
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The following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991.
"Jewish Russian" redirects here. For the general treatment of the subject, see History of the Jews in Russia.
See also: List of Belarusian Jews, List of Ukrainian Jews, List of North European Jews, List of East European Jews, and List of Asian Jews
- This List of Jews contains individuals who, in accordance with Wikipedia's verifiability and no original research policies, have been identified as Jews by reliable sources.
A few years before the Holocaust, the Jewish population of the Soviet Union (excluding Western Ukraine and the Baltic states that were not part of the Soviet Union then) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that more than half died directly as a result of the Holocaust.