... i ze to dobrze, że Zydow jest mniej niz przed upadkiem komunizmu.
To ja moze przytocze niepelna i otwarta liste osob narodowosci
zydowskiej, ktore partycypowaly i partycypuja w rozwoju tych krajow.

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Biznesmeni:

* Roman Abramovich, billionaire, owner of Chelsea F.C.
* Pyotr Aven, billionaire
* Leon Bagrit, pioneer of automation Time Magazine
* Bernhard Baron, cigarette maker and philanthropist
* Sergey Brin,billionaire, co-founder of Google
* Bernard Delfont , impresario
* Mikhail Fridman, billionaire
* Arcadi Gaydamak,billionaire, owner of Portsmouth F.C. , AJ
Auxerre, Hapoel Bnei
* Leslie Grade, executive
* Lew Grade , founder of ATV
* Vladimir Gusinsky, exile,billionaire, former media tycoon
* Boris Khait, businessman and vice-president of the Russian
Jewish Congress
* Mikhail Khodorkovsky,billionaire, businessman
* Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal
* Morris Markin, founder of Checker Cab
* Michael Marks, co-founder of Marks and Spencers
* Alexander Mashkevich, businessman
* Louis B. Mayer, co-founder MGM
* Leonid Nevzlin, billionaire,businessman
* Ida Rosenthal, founder of Maidenform Brassieres
* David Sarnoff, head of RCA
* Viktor Vekselberg, billionaire ,steelmaker

Naukowcy:

* Anatole Abragam, physicist
* Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003)
* Zhores Alferov, physicist, Nobel Prize (2000)
* Boris Altshuler, physicist
* Gersh Budker, nuclear physicist
* Matvei Bronstein, theoretical physicist
* Victor A. Brumberg, astronomer
* Ilya Frank, physicist, Nobel Prize (1958)
* Yakov Frenkel, physicist
* Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist, Nobel Prize (2003)[94]
* Vitali Goldansky, physicist
* Vladimir Gribov, physicist
* Evgeni Gross, physicist
* Alex Gurevich, physicist
* Mikhail Gurevich, co-inventor of the MiG
* Waldemar Haffkine, biologist, vaccine against colera and plague
* Boris Hessen, physicist
* Naum Idelson, astronomer
* Abram Ioffe, nuclear scientist
* Alexander A. Gurshtein, astronomer
* Leonid Keldysh, physicist
* Vladimir Keilis-Borok, physicist
* Isaak Khalatnikov, physicist
* Yuli Khariton, physicist
* Orest Khvolson, mineralogist
* Semyon Kosberg, engineer
* Lev Landau, physicist, Nobel Prize (1962)
* Grigory Landsberg, physicist
* Semyon Lavochkin, engineer
* Veniamin Levich, electrochemist
* Evgeny Lifshitz, physicist
* Solomon Borisovich Pikelner, astronomer
* Lev Pitaevsky, physicist
* Boris Podolsky, physicist
* Alexander Polyakov, physicist
* Lev Pavlovich Rapoport, physicist
* Grigory Abramovich Shajn, astronomer
* Arkady Vainshtein, physicist
* Vladimir Veksler, physicist
* Alexander Vilenkin, cosmologist
* Mikhail Volkenshtein, biophysicist
* Selman Waksman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1952)
* Yakov Zel'dovich, astrophysicist
* Georgy Adelson-Velsky, mathematician
* Naum Akhiezer, mathematician
* Vladimir Arnold, mathematician
* Grigory Barenblatt, mathematician
* Felix Berezin, mathematician (Jewish mother)
* Joseph Bernstein, mathematician
* Sergei Bernstein, mathematician,
* Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, mathematician
* Selig Brodetsky, mathematician
* Chudnovsky brothers, amateur mathematicians
* Vladimir Drinfeld, mathematician, Fields Medal (1990)
* Eugene Dynkin, mathematician
* Paul Sophus Epstein, mathematician
* Israel Gelfand, mathematician,
* Alexander Gelfond, mathematician
* Semyon Aranovich Gershgorin, mathematician
* Victor Kac, mathematician
* David Kazhdan, mathematician
* Aleksandr Khinchin, mathematician
* Mark Krasnoselsky, mathematician
* Mark Grigoryevich Krein, mathematician,
* Alexander Kronrod, mathematician
* Yevgeniy Landis, mathematician
* Solomon Lefschetz, mathematician
* Vladimir Levenshtein, mathematician
* Leonid Levin, mathematician, computational complexity theory
* Grigory Margulis, mathematician, Fields Medal (1978)
* David Milman, mathematician
* Mark Naimark, mathematician
* Grigori Perelman, mathematician
* V. A. Rokhlin, mathematician
* Jakob Rosanes, mathematician
* L.G. Schnirelmann, mathematician
* Zvi Hermann Schapira, mathematician
* Moses Schönfinkel, logician
* Samuil Shatunovsky, mathematician
* Yakov G. Sinai, applied mathematician
* Pavel Urysohn, mathematician
* Boris Weisfeiler, mathematician
* Victor Zalgaller, mathematician
* Oscar Zariski, mathematician
* Efim Zelmanov, mathematician, Fields Medal (1994)
* Urie Bronfenbrenner, developmental psychologist
* Solomon Buber, Hebraist
* Aharon Dolgopolsky, linguist
* Ariel Durant, historian,
* Boris Eichenbaum, historian
* Mikhail Epstein, literary theorist
* Moshe Feldenkrais, inventor of the Feldenkrais method
* Alexander Gerschenkron, economic historian
* Jean Gottmann, geographer
* Lazar Gulkowitsch, Jewish Studies scholar
* Abraham Harkavy, historian
* Zellig Harris, linguist
* Roman Jakobson, Russian/American linguist
* Naum Krasner, economist
* Simon Kuznets, economist, Nobel Prize (1971)
* Wassily Leontief, economist, Nobel Prize (1973)
* Yuri Lotman, prominent linguist and historian of culture
* Seymour Lubetzky, cataloging theorist
* Jacob Marschak, economist
* Alexander Mintz, research psychologist
* Alexander Luria, neuropsychologist
* Alexander Nove, economist (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
* Jacob Rabinow, inventor
* Ayn Rand, philosopher
* Anatol Rapoport, game theorist
* Dietmar Rosenthal, linguist
* Leonid Roshal, pediatrician, negotiator
* Isaak Russman, historian
* Max Seligsohn, Orientalist
* Lev Shestov, philosopher
* Trachtenbergs, family of academics

Muzycy:

* Lera Auerbach, composer/pianist
* Vladimir Ashkenazi, pianist (Jewish father)
* Yefim Bronfman, pianist
* Simon Barere, pianist
* Rudolf Barshai, conductor
* Dimitri Bashkirow, pianist
* Yuri Bashmet, violist
* Irving Berlin composer and lyricist
* Lazar Berman, pianist
* Matvei Blanter, composer, Katyusha
* Felix Blumenfeld, pianist
* Shura Cherkassky, pianist
* Issay Dobrowen, pianist
* Isaak Dunayevsky, composer
* Mischa Elman, violinist
* Mark Ermler, conductor
* Anthony Fedorov, singer, American Idol finalist
* Samuil Feinberg, composer
* Vladimir Feltsman, pianist
* Veniamin Fleishman, composer
* Grigory Frid, songwriter
* Artur Friedheim, composer
* Kirill Gerstein, pianist
* Josef Gingold (1909-1995) violinist
* Emil Gilels, pianist
* Grigory Ginsburg, pianist
* Grigory Ginzburg, conductor
* Mark Gorenstein, conductor
* Maria Grinberg, pianist
* Natalia Gutman, cellist
* Jascha Heifetz, violinist
* Jascha Horenstein, conductor
* Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
* Oleg Kagan, violinist
* Ilya Kaler, violinist
* Tina Karol, singer
* Boris Khaikin, conductor
* Evgeny Kissin, pianist
* Alexander Knayfel, composer
* Leonid Kogan, violinist
* Mikhail Kopelman, violinist
* Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
* Josef Lhévinne, pianist
* Alexander Lokshin, composer (Jewish father)
* Arthur Lourié, composer
* Oleg Maisenberg, pianist
* Andrei Makarevich, singer/songwriter
* Samuel Maykapar, composer/pianist
* Nathan Milstein, violinist
* Shlomo Mintz, violinist
* Boris Moiseev, dancer, showmaker
* Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist
* David Oistrakh, violinist
o Igor Oistrakh, violinist (Jewish father)
* Leo Ornstein, composer
* Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
* Pokrass brothers, composers
* Alexander Rosenbaum, singer/songwriter
* Anton Rubinstein, pianist
o Nikolai Rubinstein, pianist/composer
* Samuil Samosud, conductor
* Alfred Schnittke, composer (Jewish father)
* Daniil Shafran, cellist
* Leo Sirota, pianist
* Regina Spektor, singer-songwriter and pianist
* Isaac Stern, violinist
* Sophie Tucker, singer
* Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-born American violinist
* Maxim Vengerov, prominent violinist
* Maria Yudina, pianist
* Yakov Zak, pianist

Aktorzy, malarze, reżyserzy itp.

* Jacob Adler, actor
* Meer Akselrod, painter
* Nathan Altman, painter and stage designer from Vinnytsia
* Boris Aronson, painter & designer
* Mordechai Avniel, painter
* Leon Bakst, painter & costume designer
* Eug ne Berman, painter
o Leonid Berman, painter
* Isaak Brodskiy, painter
* Marc Chagall, painter from Vitebsk
o Bella Chagall, the wife of Marc Chagall
* Nudie Cohn, fashion designer
* Sonia Delaunay, painter
* Maya Deren, filmmaker
* Boris Efimov, cartoonist
* Robert Falk, painter
* Moisei Ginzburg, architect
* Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908), playwright and theatre director
* Boris Iofan, architect
* Ilya Kabakov, conceptual artist (Jewish father)
* Yevgeny Khaldei, photographer
* Aleksei Kapler, film artist
* Roman Kartsev, actor
* Boris Kaufman, cinematographer
* Mikhail Kaufman, cinematographer
* Gennady Khazanov, comedian
* Michel Kikoine, painter
* Komar and Melamid, art-duo
* Jacob Kramer, painter
* Pinchus Kremegne, painter
* Mila Kunis, television actress Kunis explains at
* Morris Lapidus, architect
* Isaac Levitan, painter
* El Lissitzky, designer
* Anatole Litvak, director
* Abram Manevich, painter
* Solomon Mikhoels, actor & director
* Alla Nazimova, actress
* Louise Nevelson, sculptor
* Ernst Neizvestny, sculptor
* Solomon Nikritin, painter
* Yuri Norstein, animator
* Jules Olitski, painter
* Leonid Pasternak, painter
* Antoine Pevsner, sculptor
o Naum Gabo, sculptor
* Maya Plisetskaya, ballerina
* Elena Ralph, model
* Faina Ranevskaya, comedian
* Arkady Raikin, humorist
* Mikhail Romm, director (Jewish father)
* Abram Room, film artist
* Hanna Rovina, actress
* Ida Rubinstein, dancer
* Issachar Rybak, painter from Yelizavetgrad
* Anatoly Shapiro, painter
* Yefim Shifrin, comedian
* Viktor Shenderovich, humorist
* David Shterenberg, painter from Zhitomir
* Yakov Smirnoff, American comedian
* Chaim Soutine, painter from Minsk
* Raphael Soyer, American painter
* Lee Strasberg, acting teacher
* Dziga Vertov, director
* Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American film/television actor
* Ossip Zadkine, sculptor (Jewish father)

Poeci i pisarze:

* Shmuel Agnon, Hebrew-language Israeli writer, Nobel Prize (1966)
* Vasily Aksyonov, writer (Jewish mother)
* Mark Aldanov, writer
* Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish-language writer
* Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer
* Isaac Babel, writer
* Eduard Bagritsky, poet
* Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Hebrew-language writer
* Isaac Dov Berkowitz, writer
* Hayyim Nahman Bialik, poet
* Yosef Haim Brenner, Hebrew-language writer
* Osip Brik, author
* Joseph Brodsky, Russian-language poet, Nobel Prize (1987)
* Sasha Cherny, poet
* Yuli Daniel, writer
* Michael Dorfman, journalist and esseyst
* Sergei Dovlatov, writer (Jewish father)
* David Edelstadt, Yiddish-language anarchist poet
* Ilya Ehrenburg, writer
* Natan Eidelman, writer
* Alexander Galich, playwright poet
* Asher Hirsch Ginsberg (Ahad Ha'Am), Hebrew-language writer
* Lydia Ginzburg, writer
* Yevgenia Ginzburg, writer
* Jacob Gordin, American playwright
* Leon Gordon, writer
* Vasily Grossman, writer
* Igor Guberman, writer
* Peretz Hirshbein, playwright
* Ilya Ilf, writer
* Vera Inber, poet
* Lev Kassil, writer
* Veniamin Kaverin, writer (Jewish father)
* A.M. Klein, poet
* Pavel Kogan, poet
* Lev Kopelev, author and dissident
* Arkady Kotz, poet
* Lazar Lagin, writer
* Vladimir Lantsberg, writer
* H. Leivick, dramatist
* Benedikt Livshits, writer
* Nadezhda Mandelstam, writer
* Osip Mandelstam, poet
* Samuil Marshak, poet
* Yunna Morits, poet
* Semen Nadson, poet (Jewish father)
* Boris Pasternak, writer, Nobel Prize (1958)
* Yakov Perelman, writer
* David Pinski, writer
* Lev Razgon, writer, gulag inmate for 17 years
* Yevgeny Rein, poet
* Ayn Rand, writer (born Alisa Rosenbaum)
* Anatoli Rybakov, writer
* David Samoylov, poet
* Mendele Mocher Sforim, founder of modern Yiddish and modern
Hebrew literature
* Viktor Shklovsky, writer and critic (Jewish father)
* Ilia Shtemler, writer
* Gary Shteyngart (Steinhart), writer
* Boris Slutsky, war-time poet
* Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, science fiction writers (Jewish
father)
* Mikhail Svetlov, poet

Sportowcy:

* Lev Alburt
* Yuri Averbakh
* Alexander Beliavsky
* Ossip Bernstein
* Benjamin Blumenfeld
* Mark Bluvshtein
* Isaac Boleslavsky
* Mikhail Botvinnik, World Champion
* David Bronstein, World Championship challenger
* Irving Chernev
* Maxim Dlugy
* Iossif Dorfman
* Mark Dvoretsky
* Yakov Estrin
* Alexander Evensohn
* Salo Flohr
* Maurice Fox
* Semen Furman
* Boris Gelfand
* Efim Geller
* Eduard Gerstenfeld
* Vitali Golod
* Eduard Gufeld
* Boris Gulko
* Mikhail Gurevich
* Alexander Huzman
* Charles Jaffe
* Dawid Janowski
* Victor Kahn
* Gregory Kaidanov
* Ilya Kan
* Albert Kapengut
* Garry Kasparov, World Champion (Jewish father)
* Alexander Khalifman, FIDE World Champion
* Artur Kogan
* Boris Kogan
* Alexander Konstantinopolsky
* Viktor Korchnoi, World Championship challenger (Jewish mother)
* Ljuba Kristol
* Abraham Kupchik
* Alla Kushnir, Women's World Championship challenger
* Anatoly Lein
* Konstantin Lerner
* Grigory Levenfish
* Irina Levitina
* Vladimir Liberzon
* Paul List
* Moishe Lowtzky
* Victor Mikhalevski
* Vadim Milov
* Jacob Murey
* Lev Polugaevsky
* Lev Psakhis
* Abram Rabinovich
* Ilya Rabinovich
* Michael Roiz
* Emanuel Schiffers
* Leonid Shamkovich
* Yury Shulman
* Ilya Smirin
* Vasily Smyslov, World Champion (Jewish mother)
* Gennadi Sosonko
* Leonid Stein
* Peter Svidler
* Mark Taimanov
* Boris Verlinsky
* Yakov Vilner
* Leonid Yudasin
* Alexander Averbukh, twice European champion for Israel, pole
vault
* Oksana Baiul, figure skater (Olympic gold) (Jewish mother)
* Sasha Cohen, figure skater (U.S. National Champion and silver
medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics)
* Nikolay Epstein, Soviet hockey coach
* Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet basketball coach
* Maria Gorokhovskaya, gymnast (2 Olympic golds, 5 silvers)
* Gennadi Karponosov, figure skater (Olympic gold)
* Lenny Krayzelburg, swimmer (3 Olympic golds)
* Valentin Mankin, sailor (3 Olympic golds, 1 silver)
* Fania Melnik, discus thrower (Olympic gold)
* Andriy Oberemko, footballer
* Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, sprinter (World Championship gold)
* Tamara & Irina Press, sister athletes (5 Olympic golds, 1 silver
in total)
* Irina Slutskaya, figure skater (Jewish father)
* Karina Smirnoff, professional dancer (Jewish father)
* Grigory Surkis, chairman of the Football Federation of Ukraine
* Irena Szewińska (born Irena Kirszenstein in Leningrad)