Russians in the United Kingdom
There have been Russians in the United Kingdom since the nineteenth century.
Settlement and population numbers
The 2001 UK Census recorded 15,160 Russian-born residents.[3] Estimates published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that the resident Russian-born population of the UK was 32,000 in 2009.[4] The supposed population surge led to jocular nicknames for London such as "Londongrad" and "Moscow-on-the-Thames".[5]
In London and the South East there are a number of Russian schools aimed at transmitting Russian language and culture to the children of Russian immigrant parents.[6]
The Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom Yuri Fedotov has stated that local Russians fall victim to xenophobia and that the police often refuses to investigate those incidents.[7]
The total number of people of Russian descent is close to 300,000 [8]
Notable people
This is a list of Russian expatriates in the United Kingdom and Britons of Russian ancestry.
Arts and Literature
- Ali Bastian, actress[9]
- Martin Benson, actor[10]
- Lady Colin Campbell, writer and biographer[11]
- Jill Craigie, film director, screenwriter, feminist[12][13]
- Marita Crawley, playwright[14]
- Theodore Dalrymple, author[15]
- Vernon Dobtcheff, actor[16]
- Amanda Donohoe, actress[17]
- Sergei Fyodorov, Russian icon painter
- Georgette Heyer, novelist[18]
- Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris Johnson[19]
- Edward Judd, actor[20]
- Ben Kingsley, actor[21]
- Theodore Komisarjevsky, theatrical director and designer [22]
- Lilia Kopylova, renowned dancer [23]
- Jocelyn Lane, actress and model[24]
- Tania Mallet, actress, James Bond girl in Goldfinger[25]
- Richard Marner, actor[26]
- Dame Helen Mirren, actress.[27] Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards
- Sophia Myles, actress [28]
- Seva Novgorodsev, BBC Russian Service radio presenter[29]
- Sergei Pavlenko, portrait painter[30]
- Muriel Pavlow, actress[31]
- Ingrid Pitt, horror film actress[32]
- Stephen Poliakoff, playwright, director [33][34]
- Oleg Prokofiev, artist, sculptor, and poet [35]
- Oliver Reed, actor[36]
- Charlotte Ronson, fashion designer[37]
- John Sergeant, journalist[38]
- Carolyn Seymour, actress[39]
- Dinah Sheridan, actress[40]
- Paul Sheriff, Academy Award-winning art director[41]
- Victoria Tennant, actress[42]
- Sir Peter Ustinov, actor.[43] Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, a BAFTA award, a Golden Globe, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award
- Sabra Williams, actress[44]
- Michael Winner, film director[45]
- Christian Wolmar, author[46]
Business
Military
Music
- Carl Barat, musician, co-founder of the band The Libertines
- Pete Doherty, musician, co-founder of the band The Libertines
- Mick Jones, musician, co-founder of the band The Clash
- Albert Coates, Russian-born[50] conductor and composer
- Alina Ibragimova, violinist [51]
- Paul Kossoff, musician, member of the band Free. Father was of Russian-Jewish descent [52]
- Katie Melua, singer[53]
- Mark Ronson, music producer[54]
- Samantha Ronson, DJ[55]
- Gavin Rossdale, musician[56]
- Amy Winehouse, singer[57]
Politics
- Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[58][59]
- Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, member of the House of Lords, scientist, writer, and broadcaster[60]
- Boris Johnson, Mayor of London[61]
- Jo Johnson, brother of Boris Johnson, Member of Parliament, and journalist
- Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Anglo-Russian statesman and leader of the movement for Army Health and War Office reform after the Crimean War. His mother was the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Vorontsov who was daughter of the Russian diplomat to the United Kingdom Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov. The current Earl of Pembroke is a direct descendant.
Science
- Isaiah Berlin, renowned social and political theorist, and historian[62]
- Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Prize-winning physicist[63]
- Ronald Hutton, historian[64]
- Martyn Poliakoff, CBE, FRS chemist[65]
- Robert Skidelsky, economic historian[66]
- Alexandra Tolstoy, businesswoman, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[67]
- Nikolai Tolstoy, historian[68]
- Sir John Vane, Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist[69]
- Paul Vinogradoff, historian-medievalist[70]
- Nicholas Zernov, Orthodox theologian[71]
Sports
See also
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