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- Rafael Vaganian (born 1951)
- Samuil Vainshtein (1894–1942)
- Evgeni Vasiukov (born 1933)
- Gavriil Veresov (1912–1979)
- Boris Verlinsky (1888–1950)
- Yakov Vilner (1899–1931)
- Isakas Vistaneckis (1910–2000)
- Nikita Vitiugov (born 1987)
- Alvis Vitolins (1946–1997)
- Sergey Volkov (born 1974)
- Evgeny Vladimirov (born 1957)
- Larisa Volpert (born 1926)
- Konstantin Vygodchikov (1892–1941)
- Alexey Vyzmanavin (1960–2000)
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