Austria
6 profiles with fame based in Austria
Austria — figures with Russian and Soviet roots
This page documents 6 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
Holocaust survivor and documenter of Nazi crimes; son of an emigrant from the Russian Empire
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
Ignace von Ephrussi
Banker born in Berdichev in 1829 who moved from the family's Odessa grain house to Vienna, founded Ephrussi & Co. and built the Palais Ephrussi on the Ringstrasse