Russian Nobel Laureates - Russia

Russia

  1. Andre Geim*, Physics, 2010
  2. Konstantin Novoselov*, Physics, 2010
  3. Leonid Hurwicz*, Economics, 2007
  4. Alexei A. Abrikosov*, Physics, 2003
  5. Vitaly Ginzburg, Physics, 2003
  6. Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, born in then Soviet Union, now Belarus, Physics, 2000
  7. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Peace, 1990
  8. Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky*, Literature, 1987
  9. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Physics, 1978
  10. Menachem Begin*, born in now Belarus, Peace, 1978
  11. Ilya Prigogine*, Chemistry, 1977
  12. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, Peace, 1975
  13. Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich, Economics, 1975
  14. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970
  15. Michail Sholokhov, Literature, 1965
  16. Nicolay G. Basov, Physics, 1964
  17. Aleksandr M. Prokhorov, born in Australia, Physics, 1964
  18. Lev Landau, born in now Azerbaijan, Physics, 1962
  19. Boris Pasternak, Literature, 1958 (forced to decline)
  20. Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Physics, 1958
  21. Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm, Physics, 1958
  22. Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, Physics, 1958
  23. Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Chemistry, 1956
  24. Ivan Bunin*, Literature, 1933
  25. Wilhelm Ostwald*, born in now Latvia, Chemistry, 1909
  26. Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, born in now Ukraine, Physiology or Medicine, 1908
  27. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Physiology or Medicine, 1904

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