Израиль
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Израильтяне с корнями в Российской империи и СССР
Ни одна страна не была сформирована русско-еврейской диаспорой глубже, чем Израиль. Основатели государства — Давид Бен-Гурион, Голда Меир, Шимон Перес, Хаим Вейцман — родились в Российской империи, а возрождение иврита, кибуцное движение и израильская политическая культура были принесены напрямую из черты оседлости.
Волна после 1989 года привела более миллиона русскоязычных иммигрантов из распадавшегося Советского Союза, за одно поколение преобразив израильскую науку, музыку, шахматы и технологии. Эта страница документирует израильских деятелей — государственных мужей, учёных, художников и спортсменов, — чьи корни лежат в русском и советском мире.
Аркадий Волож
Co-founder of Yandex, Russia's answer to Google
Давид Бен-Гурион
Israel's founder, born in Płońsk, Russian Empire
Голда Меир
Israel's Iron Lady, born in Kyiv
Михаил Фридман
Oligarch born in Lviv, exiled by war
Натан Щаранский
Soviet dissident who defied the KGB for Israel
Роман Абрамович
Oligarch who bought Chelsea FC, worth $10B+
Ада Йонат
Crystallographer who mapped the structure of the ribosome; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009, the first Israeli woman Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
Александр Шатилов
Tashkent-born gymnast who represented Israel at four Olympic Games
Алма Зак
Israeli singer with Polish-German Jewish roots — winner of HaKokhav HaBa
Амос Оз
Israeli novelist born in Jerusalem to parents from Odessa and Rovno; author of A Tale of Love and Darkness
Анастасия Михаэли
Russian-born Israeli model elected to the Knesset
Аня Букштейн
Israeli actress with Russian immigrant roots who starred in Game of Thrones
Анна Смашнова
Minsk-born fighter who conquered Israeli tennis
Аркадий Гайдамак
Moscow-born oligarch who bought Israeli influence
Ари Фольман
Animated trauma into the Beirut massacre
Ариэль Шарон
Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2006); son of emigrants from Brest-Litovsk and Mogilev
Арик Эйнштейн
The voice Israel called its own.
Аркадий Дучин
Soviet-born Israeli jazz pianist bridging Russian conservatory tradition and Middle Eastern music
Артём Долгопят
Ukrainian-born Israeli gymnast, Olympic floor champion at Tokyo 2020
Асси Азар
Israeli TV host with Russian immigrant roots
Авигдор Либерман
Soviet-born powerbroker who reshaped Israeli politics.
Аврам Хершко
Biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
Бар Рафаэли
Israel's global face with Eastern European roots.
Борис Гельфанд
Minsk's grandmaster who reshaped elite chess
Хаим Вейцман
Chemist and first President of Israel, born in Motal
Хава Альберштейн
Voice of the Israeli Yiddish revival, born a child of the Russian Empire's Pale
Основатели Check Point
Soviet-born founders who invented the commercial firewall and built the world's largest pure cybersecurity company
Дан Шехтман
Materials scientist who discovered quasicrystals; sole winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011; grandson of Second Aliyah pioneers from Russia
Даниэль Канеман
Psychologist who founded behavioural economics with Amos Tversky; Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2002; son of Lithuanian Jews
Давид Гроссман
Israeli novelist; winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize and the 2018 Israel Prize
Эли Коэн
Israeli intelligence officer, born in Alexandria to Syrian Jewish parents from Aleppo; executed in Damascus in 1965
Элиэзер Бен-Иегуда
Lexicographer born Eliezer Perlman in Luzhki in 1858; principal reviver of Hebrew as a spoken language and author of the Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew
Элон Линденштраус
Israeli mathematician with Russian roots who won the Fields Medal for work in ergodic theory
Эмиль Сутовский
Baku-born chess grandmaster and CEO of FIDE, the world chess federation
Эфраим Кацир
Kyiv-born biophysicist who became the fourth President of Israel
Эфраим Кишон
Budapest-born Israeli satirist, playwright and filmmaker who escaped a transport to Sobibor and emigrated to Israel in 1949
Эсти Гинзбург
Israeli model and actress with Russian-Jewish roots who became a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star
Этгар Керет
Israeli short story master with Russian-Polish roots who writes fables for the absurd present
Галь Гадот
Israeli actress, born in Petah Tikva
Гидеон Рафф
Israeli showrunner with Russian roots who created Prisoners of War — the Israeli series that became Homeland
Хагай Леви
Israeli showrunner with Russian roots who created BeTipul — the series that became HBO's In Treatment
Харел Скаат
Israeli pop idol and Eurovision representative with Yemenite-Iraqi Jewish roots
Идан Райхель
Israeli world-music pioneer whose ancestors came from Russia and Poland
Илья Смирин
Vitebsk-born grandmaster who became one of Israel's greatest chess champions
Инбар Лави
Israeli actress with Polish-Moroccan Jewish roots who starred in Imposters and Prison Break
Иссер Харэль
Born in Vitebsk, built the Mossad and personally captured Adolf Eichmann
Иври Лидер
Israeli pop star with Polish-Russian roots
Джонатан Эрлих
Israeli tennis doubles Grand Slam champion with Russian roots
Джозеф Сидар
New York-born Israeli film director; two Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (Beaufort, Footnote)
Джошуа Джортнер
Tarnów-born Israeli physical chemist; Israel Prize (1982) and Wolf Prize (1988) laureate
Катя Писецкая
Zaporizhzhia-born Israeli actress and public figure
Карен Пелес
One of Israel's most successful pop singers with Polish-Russian Jewish heritage
Кира Радинская
Kyiv-born Israeli computer scientist, co-founder of SalesPredict and Diagnostic Robotics
Константин Развозов
Birobidzhan-born judoka who competed for Israel at Athens 2004 and served as Minister of Tourism
Леонид Невзлин
Yukos co-owner who fled Russia, bankrolled opposition media and became a top anti-Putin activist from Israel
Леви Эшколь
Third Prime Minister of Israel (1963–69), born Levi Shkolnik in Oratov, Kiev Governorate, in 1895
Лиор Раз
Creator and star of Fauda — the Israeli Netflix thriller that became a global phenomenon
Марина Максимилиан
Dnipro-born Israeli pop star who brought Russian musical soul into Hebrew music
Марк Иванир
Chernivtsi-born actor who appeared in Schindler's List and The Terminal
Максим Родштейн
Leningrad-born chess grandmaster who became one of Israel's strongest players
Маюмана (группа)
Israeli percussion and dance troupe with Russian-Soviet roots that became a global theatrical phenomenon
Меир Даган
Born in Novosibirsk to Holocaust survivors — became the most feared Mossad chief in history
Менахем Бегин
Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983), born in Brest-Litovsk
Михаил Черной
Tashkent-born Israeli businessman, co-founder of Trans World Group in the post-Soviet aluminium industry
Майкл Левитт
Pretoria-born biophysicist whose father came from Plungė; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Миша Зильберман
Moscow-born Israeli chess grandmaster — one of the strongest players in Israeli history
Моргенштерн (Алишер Моргенштерн)
Ufa-born rapper who became Russia's most-streamed artist — then fled Russia and became a vocal war opponent
Моше Даян
Chief of Staff and minister; son of emigrants from Zhashkiv
Моше Шарет
Israel's first foreign minister (1948–56) and second prime minister (1954–55), born Moshe Shertok in Kherson in 1894
Нетта Барзилай
Israeli Eurovision winner with Polish Jewish roots — Toy became an anthem for a generation
Николь Зеликман
Baku-born Israeli singer and Eurovision representative who became a popular figure in Israeli music
Нинет Тайеб
Israeli pop phenomenon who won Kokhav Nolad and sang with Roger Waters at the Wall
Роберт Ауманн
Frankfurt-born Israeli-American mathematician and economist; Nobel Prize for game theory (2005)
Роберт Шварцман
St. Petersburg-born Formula 2 champion racing toward Formula 1 with Haas and Ferrari
Ротем Села
Israeli actress and model with Turkish and Polish Jewish roots — voice of a generation on social media
Саша Демидов
Born in Tashkent, trained at GITIS in Moscow — became one of Israel's most beloved stage and screen actors
Шари Аризон
Israeli-American businesswoman and philanthropist; daughter of Carnival founder Ted Arison
Шимон Перес
Born in Wiszniew (now Vishnyeva, Belarus); Prime Minister and President of Israel
Шломо Арци
Israel's most beloved male singer — his family came from Romanian Bukovina, on the fringes of the Russian Empire
Шошана Дамари
Yemenite-born Queen of Hebrew Song — the voice of Israel's founding generation
София Ландвер
Born in Leningrad — became Israel's Minister of Immigrant Absorption and voice of the Russian-speaking community
Таль Гилбоа
Israeli singer with Romanian-Russian Jewish roots who won The X Factor Israel
Тали Плосков
Born in Balti, Moldova — Israeli actress and public figure from the Russian-speaking community
Томар Капон
Israeli actor with Russian-Iraqi Jewish roots who starred in When Heroes Fly
Тополь (Хаим Тополь)
Israeli actor, Tevye of the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof and of thousands of stage performances; his father was born in Russia
Ицхак Бен-Цви
Second and longest-serving President of Israel (1952–63), historian and Labour Zionist leader, born Yitzhak Shimshelevich in Poltava in 1884
Ицхак Рабин
Prime Minister of Israel; son of emigrants from the Kiev Governorate and Mogilev
Ицхак Шамир
Seventh Prime Minister of Israel (1983–84, 1986–92), born Yitzhak Yezernitsky in Ruzhany in 1915
Юли Эдельштейн
Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine — imprisoned by the KGB as a Zionist, became Speaker of the Israeli Knesset
Залман Шазар
Third President of Israel (1963–73), journalist and scholar, born Shneur Zalman Rubashov in Mir, Minsk Governorate, in 1889
Зеэв Элькин
Born in Kharkiv — Israeli Cabinet minister and one of the most prominent Russian-born politicians in Israel
Герман Хан
Kyiv-born businessman, head of Alfa Eco and executive director of TNK-BP
Моше Кантор
Moscow-born fertilizer billionaire and President of the European Jewish Congress
Игорь Коломойский
Dnipro oligarch who co-owned Privat Group and financed Ukraine's defence — then fell out with Zelensky
Геннадий Боголюбов
Co-founder of PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank before its 2016 nationalisation
Михаил Мирилашвили
Tbilisi-born Israeli billionaire and president of the World ORT charitable network
Вячеслав Кантор
Moscow-born businessman, principal shareholder of Acron and President of the European Jewish Congress
Лев Хасис
Samara-born executive; former CEO of X5 Retail Group and First Deputy CEO of Sberbank (2013–2022)
Михаил Яковлев
World-class Russian track cyclist who broke world records then switched to Israel to bypass international bans
Аарон Апельфельд
Escaped a Romanian labour camp at nine, survived three years alone in the forests, became Israel's foremost Hebrew novelist of the Holocaust
Авраам Шлёнский
Hebrew poet born in Kryukov, Poltava Governorate, in 1900; leader of the modernist poets of the 1920s and translator of Eugene Onegin and Hamlet; Israel Prize 1967
Зеэв (Владимир) Жаботинский
Journalist, writer and translator born in Odessa in 1880; founder of the Jewish Legion in the First World War, of Revisionist Zionism and of the Betar movement