History Quote by Sergei Polunin

I'm interested in playing Rasputin at some point. I find him such a fascinating character and a fascinating period in Russian history. Either Rasputin…

— Rhys Ifans

There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.

— Anonymous

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

— Dagmar Godowsky

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character.

— Garry Kasparov

“in courting a nihilist,2 Mr. Karmazinov most certainly had in mind his relations with the progressive young men of both capitals. The great writer…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To me, he was the grand master of wine. He was a forceful Russian and a gentle person. The greats of wine all over…

— Margrit Mondavi

So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the Russian people…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming.…

— Rudyard Kipling

I'm familiar with Andrei Sakharov reputation, but I don't know his personal history at all.

— Edward Snowden

“What did Volenski know of how he stood in the eyes of the Russian police? Living mostly abroad and consorting in a great measure…

— Emmuska Orczy

I read Russian literature a lot.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Non-Russian readers do not realize two things: that not all Russians love Dostoievsky as much as Americans do, and that most of those Russians…

— Vladimir Nabokov