Georgians in Russia

Ethnic Georgians in Russia (Georgian: ქართველები რუსეთში, romanized: kartvelebi rusetshi; Russian: Грузины в России, romanized: Gruziny v Rossii) number 112,765, according to the 2021 Russian Census.^[1]

• Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War
• Nikolai Baratov, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I
• Lavrenty Beria, Bolshevik and Soviet politician
• Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
• Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Bolshevik and Soviet politician
• Porfiry Chanchibadze, Soviet Colonel General and a Hero of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Leselidze, Colonel-General and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself at the North, Transcaucasus and Ukrainian front during World War II
• Viktor Leselidze, Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union who distinguished himself during a fatal yet successful melee assault against Finnish forces at the Svir River in World War II
• Mikhail Mikeladze - Soviet Army major general who held divisional and corps command in World War II
• Vardiko Nadibaidze - Soviet military officer
• David Dzhabidze - Soviet fighter ace of World War II
• Nikolai Abramashvili - Soviet fighter ace who fought in World War II
• Keti Topuria, singer
• George Balanchine, ballet choreographer
• Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general
• Pavel Tsitsianov, Imperial Russian Army General
• Boris Akunin, writer
• Marlen Khutsiev, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain.
• Otar Iosseliani, film maker
• Bulat Okudzhava, poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter
• Zurab Sotkilava, a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient.
• Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
• Georgiy Daneliya, film director and screenwriter.
• Mikheil Chiaureli, actor, film director and screenwriter.
• Zurab Tsereteli, painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
• Konstantin Meladze, composer and producer
• Grigory Leps, singer-songwriter
• Oleg Basilashvili, actor and a political figure in the former Soviet Union and Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
• Otar Kushanashvili, music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist".
• Tamara Gverdtsiteli, singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia (since 1991) and Russia (since 2004).
• Soso Pavliashvili, singer
• Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet film director
• Sofiko Chiaureli, Soviet actress
• Lidiya Vertinskaya, Soviet and Russian actress and artist
• Alexander Chavchavadze, poet and general in the Russian empire
• Revaz Chomakhidze, Olympic water polo champion
• Georgi Sakhvadze, footballer
• Guram Tetrashvili, footballer
• Giga Mamulashvili - footballer
• Robert Mshvidobadze - judoka
• Georgi Mikadze - footballer
• Georgi Melkadze - footballer
• David Khurtsidze - footballer
• Vladimir Kobakhidze - footballer
• Aleksandr Kakhidze - footballer
• Yuri Okroshidze - football coach and a former player
• Nodari Maisuradze - pair scater
• Georgi Zamtaradze - male futsal player, playing as a goalkeeper
• Morisi Kvitelashvili - figure scater
• Georgii Kushitashvili - boxer
• Mikhail Mamiashvili - Greco-Roman wrestler
• Badri Spanderashvili - football coach and a former player
• Gogi Naskidashvili - Soviet slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s
• Robert Shavlakadze - Soviet high jumper
• Anton Sikharulidze - pair skater
• Omari Tetradze - footballer
• Anna Chakvetadze - tennis player
• Anastasia Dolidze - pair skater
• Tea Donguzashvili - judoka
• Dali Liluashvili - judoka
• Petre Melikishvili - chemist
• Natela Dzalamidze - tennis player
• Alexandra Shubladze - tennis player
• Samson Kutateladze - Soviet heat physicist and hydrodynamist
• Albert Tavkhelidze - mathemacian
• Aleksandr Nadiradze - Soviet engineer who was instrumental in militarization of the former Soviet space program
• Semyon Kutateladze - mathematician
• Rusudana Nikoladze - inorganic chemist
• Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze - biologist and educator
• Sardion Aleksi-Meskhishvili - critic, translator, and military doctor
• Svetlana Sukhishvili - polymer scientist known for her research on multilayer polymer laminates with tunable material properties,[1] on artificial skin that can release and re-absorb antibiotics in response to different stimuli, and on self-healing Diels–Alder polymer films that can protect spacecraft and military equipment against high-velocity particles
• Mikhail Gvishiani - officer of the Soviet NKVD
• Dzhermen Gvishiani - Soviet and Russian philosopher, sociologist, management theorist and scientific administrator
• Alexei Gvishiani - scientist, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
• Samson Shatashvili - theoretical and mathematical physicist
• Yustin Djanelidze - Soviet lieutenant general, Hero of Socialist Labour, and pioneer of cardiac surgery in the 20th century
• Henri Rukhadze - Soviet and Russian physicist, Doctor of physical and mathematical Sciences, professor, laureate of State Prizes (twice) and M. V. Lomonosov Prize
• Dimitri Arakishvili - Soviet composer and ethnomusicologist
• Mikhail Berulava - scientist and politician, Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), and is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education
• Nikolay Chkheidze - Menshevik president of the Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
• Maksim Kavdzharadze - politician who is a member of the Federation Council as the representative of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies
• Vissarion Lominadze - revolutionary and Soviet politician
• Alexander Svanidze - Old Bolshevik, politician and historian
• Filipp Makharadze - Bolshevik revolutionary and government official
• Nestor Kalandarishvili - revolutionary socialist and military commander
• Galaktion Alpaidze - military officer of Georgian ethnicity in the former Soviet Army whose career saw military actions in the Eastern front of the World War II
• Giorgi Abashvili - Soviet naval commander and vice-admiral (1955)
• George Balanchine - ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century
• Andria Balanchivadze - composer
• Sergo Goglidze - Soviet security officer, NKVD official and Colonel General of State Security
• Vasil Mzhavanadze - member of the CPSU's Politburo from June 29, 1957 to December 18, 1972
• Ivane Andronikashvili - Russian Imperial general
• Ivane Amilakhvari - military commander in Imperial Russian service
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil - Russian Imperial general of Georgian noble origin (Iashvili) personally involved in the assassination of Paul I of Russian Empire (1801)
• Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil - nobleman and a general of the Imperial Russian Army
• Sophie Shevardnadze - journalist, presenter, author and producer
• Ekaterina Kotrikadze - journalist and media manager, host of the TV Rain channel and the former head of the information service of the RTVI TV channel
• Mikhail Alexandrovich Nakashidze - entrepreneur and officer in the Russian Imperial Army
• Alexander Davidovich Nakashidze - Russian imperial general, who was responsible for several decisive victories against rebellious factions during the Caucasian War
• Valery Meladze - singer and a Meritorious Artist of Russia
• Nektarios Chargeishvili - Soviet composer, as well as an educator and a philosopher
• L'One - rapper
• Otar Taktakishvili - composer
• Aleksandr Mindadze - scriptwriter and director
• Nikolai Svanidze - television and radio host and member of the Public Chamber of Russia
• Galina Dzhugashvili - russian translator of french
• Noah Dumbadze - Soviet Guards soldier who fought in World War II and Full Cavallier of the Order of Glory

• Georgia–Russia relations
• Russians in Georgia
• Georgians in Ukraine