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11 figures
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Catherine the Great
Empress of Russia
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Vladimir Lenin
Revolutionary & head of government
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Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia
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Yuri Gagarin
Cosmonaut
Joseph Stalin
Dictator of the Soviet Union
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
Dmitri Mendeleev
Chemist
Rudolf Nureyev
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Anna Pavlova
Ballet dancer
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Valentina Tereshkova
Cosmonaut
Svetlana Savitskaya
Cosmonaut & aviator
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