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2 profiles with fame based in Chile
Chile — figures with Russian and Soviet roots
This page documents 2 notable figures based in Chile whose biographies connect to the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, or the states that succeeded them — through birth, parentage, or earlier ancestry. Each profile is sourced and records the specific origin and connection.
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Cinema & TV
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Surrealist visionary born of empire's diaspora.
🇷🇺 Yekaterinoslav→
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Science & Academia
Ignacy Domeyko
Geologist and mineralogist born in 1802 near Novogrudok, then in the Russian Empire; Chile's 'apostle of science and education' and rector of the University of Chile (1867–83)
🇷🇺 Niedźwiadka, Novogrudok district→