Austria
5 profiles with fame based in Austria
Austria — figures with Russian and Soviet roots
This page documents 5 notable figures based in Austria 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.
Anna Netrebko
Krasnodar-born soprano who conquered Vienna.
Joseph Roth
Born in Brody on the Russian Empire border, wrote the great requiem for the Habsburg world
Simon Wiesenthal
Born in Buchach, Ukraine — Holocaust survivor who hunted Nazis for 50 years and brought Eichmann's colleagues to justice
Yelena Baturina
Russia's only self-made female billionaire — built a construction empire, married Moscow's mayor, now based in Vienna
Kirill Alekseenko
Former World Candidates participant who switched to Austria to continue elite international chess