Notable Russians of Belarusian Origin
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, writer, descendant of a Polesian szlachta family
- Mikhail Glinka, composer, descendant of Smolensk szlachta
- Dmitry Shostakovich, composer, descendant of a participant of the November uprising
- Several Russian noble families (Trubetskoy, Belsky and others) were originally Belarusian szlachta that fled to Muscovy
- Alexander Bogdanov
- Maria Sharapova Tennis player
- Pavel Sukhoi, constructor and designer
- Anatoly Chubais, Russian politician and business manager
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