This is an alphabetical list of significantcomposerswho were born or raised inRussiaor theRussian Empire.
A
edit- Els Aarne(1917–1995), born in present-dayEstonia
- Evald Aav(1900–1939), born in present-dayEstonia
- Juhan Aavik(1884–1982), born in present-dayEstonia
- Arkady Abaza(1843–1915)
- Lev Abeliovich(1912–1985), born in present-dayLithuania
- Alexander Abramsky(1898–1985), born in present-dayUkraine
- Joseph Achron(1886–1943), born in present-dayLithuania
- Ella Adayevskaya(1846–1926)
- Nikolay Afanasyev(1820/1–1898)
- Vasily Agapkin(1884–1964)
- Alexander Alexandrov(1883–1946)
- Anatoly Alexandrov(1888–1982)
- Boris Alexandrov(1905–1994), son ofAlexander
- Achilles Alferaki(1846–1919)
- Alexander Alyabyev(1787–1851)
- Anatoliy Andreyev(1941–2004)
- Iosif Andriasov(1933–2000)
- Boris Arapov(1905–1992)
- Anton Arensky(1861–1906)
- Sasha Argov(1914–1995)
- Mykola Arkas(1853–1909), born in present-dayUkraine
- Alexander Arkhangelsky(1846–1924)
- Eduard Artemyev(1937–2023)
- Nikolai Artsybushev(1858–1937)
- Vyacheslav Artyomov(born 1940)
- Boris Asafyev(1884–1949)
- Mukhtar Ashrafi(1912–1975), born in present-dayUzbekistan
- Sergei Aslamazyan(1897–1978), born in present-dayArmenia
- Lera Auerbach(born 1973)
- Arseny Avraamov(1886–1944)
- Artemi Ayvazyan(1902–1975), born in present-dayArmenia
- Mikhail Azanchevsky(1839–1881)
B
edit- Vytautas Bacevičius(1905–1970), born in present-dayLithuania
- Afrasiyab Badalbeyli(1907–1976), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov(1885–1953)
- Mily Balakirev(1837–1910)
- Sergey Balasanian(1902–1982), born in present-dayTurkmenistan
- Sargis Barkhudaryan(1887–1973), born in present-dayGeorgia
- Veniamin Basner(1925–1996)
- Kārlis Baumanis(1835–1905), born in present-dayLatvia
- Sonya Belousova(born 1990)
- Maxim Berezovsky(c. 1745 – 1777)
- Anastasiya Bespalova
- Timofiy Bilohradsky(c. 1710 – c. 1782)
- Matvey Blanter(1903–1990)
- Felix Blumenfeld(1863–1931)
- Leonid Bobylev(born 1949)
- Anatoly Bogatyrev(1913–2003), born in present-dayBelarus
- Nikita Bogoslovsky(1913–2004)
- Alexander Borodin(1833–1887)
- Sergei Bortkiewicz(1877–1952), born in present-dayUkraine
- Dmitry Bortniansky(1751–1825), born in present-dayUkraine
- Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko(1931–2002)
- Yevgeny Brusilovsky(1905–1981)
- Vitaly Bujanovsky(1928–1993)
- Pavel Bulakhov(1824–1875), brother ofPyotr
- Pyotr Bulakhov(1822–1885), brother ofPavel
- Revol Bunin(1924–1976)
- Mutal Burhonov(1916–2002), born in present-dayUzbekistan
C
edit- Georgy Catoire(1861–1926)
- Catterino Cavos(1775–1840)
- Nektarios Chargeishvili(1937–1971)
- Gayane Chebotaryan(1918–1998)
- Yekaterina Chemberdzhi(born 1960)
- Yury Chernavsky(born 1947)
- Peter Chernobrivets(born 1965)
- Pavel Chesnokov(1877–1944)
- Tatyana Chudova(1944–2007)
- Alexander Chuhaldin(1892–1951)
- Näcip Cihanov(1911–1988)
- Jānis Cimze(1814–1881), born in present-dayLatvia
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis(1875–1911), born in present-dayLithuania
- Georgi Conus(1862–1933), brother ofJuliusandLev
- Julius Conus(1869–1942), brother ofGeorgiandLev
- Lev Conus(1871–1944), brother ofGeorgiandJulius
- Serge Conus(1902–1988), son ofJulius
- César Cui(1835–1918)
D
edit- Alexandre Danilevski(born 1957)
- Kostiantyn Dankevych(1905–1984), born in present-dayUkraine
- Alexander Dargomyzhsky(1813–1869)
- Emīls Dārziņš(1875–1910), born in present-dayLatvia
- Volfgangs Dārziņš(1906–1962), son ofEmils,born in present-dayLatvia
- Karl Davydov(1838–1889)
- Stepan Davydov(1777–1825), born in present-dayUkraine
- Stepan Degtyarev(1766–1813)
- Edison Denisov(1929–1996)
- Leonid Desyatnikov(born 1955)
- Nikolay Diletsky(c. 1630 – after 1680)
- Issay Dobrowen(1891–1953)
- Vyacheslav Dobrynin(b.1946)
- Victor Dolidze(1890–1933), born in present-dayGeorgia
- Viktor Drobysh(born 1966)
- Sandra Droucker(1875–1944)
- Fyodor Druzhinin(1932–2007)
- Alexandre Dubuque(1812–1897/8)
- Vernon Duke(1903–1969)
- Isaak Dunayevsky(1900–1955), born in present-dayUkraine
- Maksim Dunayevsky(b.1945)
- Balys Dvarionas(1904–1972), born in present-dayLithuania
- Ivan Dzerzhinsky(1909–1978)
E
edit- Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté(1898–1974)
- Konstantin Eiges(1875–1950)
- Irina Elcheva(1926–2013)
- Boris Elkis(born 1973)
- Heino Eller(1887–1970), born in present-dayEstonia
- Abdalla El-Masri(born 1962)
- Irina Emeliantseva(born 1973)
- Gustav Ernesaks(1908–1993), born in present-dayEstonia
- Andrei Eshpai(1925–2015)
- Victor Ewald(1860–1935)
F
edit- Maxim Fadeev(b.1968)
- Samuil Feinberg(1890–1962)
- Boris Feoktistov(born 1941)
- Vladimir Fere(1902–1971)
- Alissa Firsova(born 1986), daughter ofDmitri SmirnovandElena Firsova
- Elena Firsova(born 1950)
- Boris Fitinhof-Schell(1829–1901)
- Veniamin Fleishman(1913–1941)
- Yevstigney Fomin(1761–1800)
- Isadore Freed(1900–1960)
- Grigory Frid(1915–2012)
- Alexander Fridlender(1906–1980)
- Arthur Friedheim(1859–1932)
G
edit- Ossip Gabrilowitsch(1878–1936)
- Varvara Gaigerova(1903–1944)
- German Galynin(1922–1966)
- Lūcija Garūta(1902–1977), born in present-dayLatvia
- Aleksandr Gauk(1893–1963)
- Valery Gavrilin(1939–1999)
- Misha Geller(1937–2007)
- Gennady Gladkov(1935–2023)
- Alexander Glazunov(1865–1936)
- Reinhold Glière(1875–1956), born in modern-dayUkraine
- Mikhail Glinka(1804–1857)
- Elena Gnesina(1874–1967), sister ofMikhail Gnessin
- Mikhail Gnessin(1883–1957), brother ofElena Gnesina
- Alexander Goedicke(1877–1957)
- Alexander Goldenweiser(1875–1961)
- Alexander Goldstein(born 1948)
- Nikolai Golovanov(1891–1951)
- Boris Goltz(1913–1942)
- Evgeny Golubev(1910–1988)
- Alexander Gradsky(1949–2021)
- Alexander Gretchaninov(1864–1956)
- Alexander Griboyedov(1795–1829)
- Juozas Gruodis(1884–1948), born in present-dayLithuania
- Sofia Gubaidulina(born 1931)
- Tofig Guliyev(1917–2000), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Yevgeny Gunst(1877–1950)
- Aleksander Gurilyov(1803–1858), son ofLev
- Lev Gurilyov(1770–1844)
H
edit- Niyazi Hajibeyov(1912–1984), son ofZulfugar
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov(1885–1948), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Zulfugar Hajibeyov(1884–1950), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Jovdat Hajiyev(1917–2002), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Miina Härma(1864–1941), born in present-dayEstonia
- Vladimir Horowitz(1903–1989)
- André Hossein(1905–1983), born in present-dayUzbekistan
- Semen Hulak-Artemovsky(1813–1873), born in present-dayUkraine
I
edit- Alexander Ilyinsky(1859–1919)
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov(1859–1935)
- Timur Ismagilov(born 1982)
- Julius Isserlis(1888–1968)
- Ivan the Terrible(1530–1584)
- Mikhail Ivanov(1859–1920)
- Jānis Ivanovs(1906–1983), born in present-dayLatvia
- Airat Ichmouratov(born 1973)
J
edit- Paul Juon(1872–1940)
- Andrejs Jurjāns(1856–1922), born in present-dayLatvia
K
edit- Dmitry Kabalevsky(1904–1987)
- Murad Kajlayev(born 1931)
- Vasily Kalafati(1869–1942)
- Vasily Kalinnikov(1866–1901)
- Sandor Kalloś(born 1935)
- Alfrēds Kalniņš(1879–1951), born in present-dayLatvia
- Jānis Kalniņš(1904–2000), son ofAlfrēds,born in present-dayLatvia
- Artur Kapp(1878–1952), born in present-dayEstonia
- Eugen Kapp(1908–1996), son ofArtur,born in present-dayEstonia
- Villem Kapp(1913–1964), nephew ofArtur,born in present-dayEstonia
- Nikolai Kapustin(1937–2020)
- Nikolai Karetnikov(1930–1994)
- Daniil Kashin(1769–1841)
- Leokadiya Kashperova(1872–1940)
- Yuri Kasparov(born 1955)
- Alexander Kastalsky(1856–1926)
- Yakov Kazyansky(born 1948)
- Nikolay Kedrov Jr.(1905–1981), son ofNikolay Kedrov Sr.
- Nikolay Kedrov Sr.(1871–1940)
- Ivan Kerzelli(fl. 18th century)
- Aram Khachaturian(1903–1978), born inGeorgiato anArmenianfamily
- Karen Khachaturian(1920–2011), nephew ofAram
- Ivan Khandoshkin(1747–1804)
- Yuri Khanon(born 1965)
- Tikhon Khrennikov(1913–2007)
- Igor Khudolei(1940–2001)
- Victor Kissine(born 1953)
- Dmitri Klebanov(1907–1987), born in present-dayUkraine
- Alexander Knaifel(1943–2024)
- Lev Knipper(1898–1974), born in present-dayGeorgia
- Vladimir Kobekin(born 1947)
- Mikhail Kollontay(born 1952)
- Lev Konov(born 1952)
- Yelena Konshina(born 1950)
- Alexander Kopylov(1854–1911)
- Grigoriy Korchmar(born 1947)
- Arseny Koreshchenko(1870–1921)
- Nikolai Korndorf(1947–2001)
- Viktor Kosenko(1896–1938)
- Alexander Koshetz(1875–1944), born in present-dayUkraine
- Nikita Koshkin(born 1956)
- Serge Koussevitzky(1874–1951)
- Osip Kozlovsky(1757–1831)
- Pylyp Kozytskiy(1893–1960), born in present-dayUkraine
- Cyrillus Kreek(1889–1962), born in present-dayEstonia
- Alexander Krein(1883–1951)
- Vyacheslav Kruglik
- Yevgeny Krylatov(1934–2019)
- Andrei Krylov(born 1961)
L
edit- Ivan Larionov(1830–1889)
- Boris Ledkovsky(1894–1975)
- Albert Leman(1915–1998)
- Artur Lemba(1885–1963), born in present-dayEstonia
- Mykola Leontovych(1877–1921), born in present-dayUkraine
- Zara Levina(1906–1976)
- Alexander Levine(born 1955)
- Yuri Levitin(1912–1993)
- Mischa Levitzki(1898–1941)
- Ekaterina Likoshin(fl. 1800–1810)
- Vasily Lobanov(born 1947)
- Aleksandr Lokshin(1920–1987)
- Arthur Lourié(1892–1966)
- Mihkel Lüdig(1880–1958), born in present-dayEstonia
- Oleg Lundstrem(1916–2005)
- Alexei Lvov(1799–1870)
- Anatoly Lyadov(1855–1914)
- Lyudmila Lyadova(1925–2021)
- Sergei Lyapunov(1859–1924)
- Boris Lyatoshinsky(1895–1968), born in present-dayUkraine
- Mykola Lysenko(1842–1912), born in present-dayUkraine
M
edit- Muslim Magomayev(1885–1937), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Heorhiy Maiboroda(1913–1992), born in present-dayUkraine
- Katerina Maier(fl. c. 1800)
- Nina Makarova(1908–1976)
- Leonid Malashkin(1842–1902)
- Dmitry Malikov(born 1970)
- Witold Maliszewski(1873–1939), born in present-dayUkraine
- Igor Markevitch(1912–1983), born in present-dayUkraine
- Mykola Markevych(1804–1860), born in present-dayUkraine
- Vladimir Martynov(born 1946)
- Vladimir Matetsky(born 1952)
- Mikhail Matinsky(1750 – c. 1820)
- Igor Matvienko(b.1960)
- Mikhail Matyushin(1861–1934)
- Samuel Maykapar(1867–1938)
- Jānis Mediņš(1890–1966), born in present-dayLatvia
- Nikolai Medtner(1880–1951)
- Yuliy Meitus(1903–1997), born in present-dayUkraine
- Romanos Melikian(1883–1935), born in present-dayArmenia
- Emilis Melngailis(1874–1954), born in present-dayLatvia
- Ion Melnik(1935–2018)
- Zhanneta Metallidi(1934–2019)
- Moses Milner(1886–1953)
- Emil Młynarski(1870–1835), born in present-dayLithuania
- Boris Mokrousov(1909–1968)
- Kirill Molchanov(1922–1982)
- Fred Momotenko(born 1970)
- Alexander Mordukhovich(born 1946)
- Alexander Mosolov(1900–1973)
- Veli Mukhatov(1916–2005), born in present-dayTurkmenistan
- Vano Muradeli(1908–1970), born in present-dayGeorgia
- Modest Mussorgsky(1839–1881)
- Mansur Muzafarov(1902–1966)
- Nikolai Myaskovsky(1881–1950)
N
edit- Nicolas Nabokov(1903–1978)
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsin(born 1939)
- Aleksey Nasedkin(1942–2014)
- Lev Naumov(1925–2005)
- Svetlana Nesterova
- Igor Nikolayev(b.1960)
- Leonid Nikolayev(1868–1942)
- Tatiana Nikolayeva(1924–1993)
- Petro Nishchynsky(1832–1896), born in present-dayUkraine
- Mikhaïl Nosyrev(1924–1981)
- Anatoly Novikov(1896–1984)
- David Nowakowsky(1848–1921)
O
edit- Nikolai Obukhov(1892–1954)
- Eduard Oja(1909–1950), born in present-dayEstonia
- German Okunev(1931–1973)
- Leo Ornstein(1895–2002), born in present-dayUkraine
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov(1936–2019)
- Dangatar Ovezov(1911–1966), born in present-dayTurkmenistan
- Valdemārs Ozoliņš(1896–1973), born in present-dayLatvia
P
edit- Aleksandra Pakhmutova(born 1929)
- Zacharia Paliashvili(1871–1933), born in present-dayGeorgia
- Boris Parsadanian(1925–1997)
- Vasily Pashkevich(c. 1742 – 1797)
- Boris Pasternak(1890–1960)
- Alla Pavlova(born 1952)
- Andrey Petrov(1930–2006)
- Ernest Pingoud(1887–1942)
- Mikhail Pletnev(born 1957)
- Daniil Pokrass(1905–1954), brother ofSamuelandDmitry
- Dmitry Pokrass(1899–1978), brother ofSamuelandDaniil
- Samuel Pokrass(1894–1939), brother ofDmitryandDaniil
- Gavriil Popov(1904–1972)
- Sergei Prokofiev(1891–1953), born in present-dayUkraine
- Sergei Protopopov(1893–1954)
Q
edit- Abai Qunanbaiuly(1845–1904), born in present-dayKazakhstan
R
edit- Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873–1943)
- Alexander Radvilovich(born 1955)
- Nikolai Rakov(1908–1990)
- Eda Rapoport(1890–1968), born in present-dayLatvia
- Alexander Raskatov(born 1953)
- Vladimir Rebikov(1866–1920)
- Levko Revutsky(1889–1977), born in present-dayUkraine
- Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova(1848–1919)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov(1844–1908)
- Alexander Rosenblatt(born 1956)
- Nikolai Roslavets(1881–1944)
- Baruch Rosowsky(1841–1919), born in present-dayLatvia
- Solomon Rosowsky(1878–1962), son ofBaruch,born in present-dayLatvia
- Olesya Rostovskaya(born 1975)
- Anton Rubinstein(1829–1894), brother ofNikolai
- Nikolai Rubinstein(1835–1881), brother ofAnton
- Joseph Rumshinsky(1881–1956), born in present-dayLithuania
- Said Rustamov(1907–1983), born in present-dayArmenia
- Alexey Rybnikov(b.1945)
S
edit- Mart Saar(1882–1963), born in present-dayEstonia
- Leonid Sabaneyev(1881–1968)
- Martha von Sabinin(1831–1892)
- Tolibjon Sadikov(1907–1957), born in present-dayUzbekistan
- Vasily Safonov(1852–1918)
- Niescier Sakałoŭski(1902–1950), born in present-dayBelarus
- Vadim Salmanov(1912–1978)
- Lazare Saminsky(1882–1959)
- Huseyngulu Sarabski(1879–1945), born in present-dayAzerbaijan
- Joseph Schillinger(1895–1943)
- Alfred Schnittke(1934–1998)
- Eduard Schütt(1856–1933)
- Alexander Scriabin(1872–1915)
- Julian Scriabin(1908–1919), son ofAlexander
- Tatyana Sergeyeva(born 1951)
- Alexander Serov(1820–1871)
- Valentina Serova(1846–1924)
- Vladimir Shainsky(1925–2017)
- Masguda Shamsutdinova(born 1955)
- Yuri Shaporin(1887–1966), born in present-dayUkraine
- Adrian Shaposhnikov(1888–1967)
- Rodion Shchedrin(born 1932)
- Nikolai Shcherbachov(1853–1922)
- Vladimir Shcherbachov(1889–1952)
- Vissarion Shebalin(1902–1963)
- Boris Sheremetev(1822–1906)
- Baluan Sholak(1864–1919), born in present-dayKazakhstan
- Dmitri Shostakovich(1906–1975)
- Andriy Shtoharenko(1902–1992), born in present-dayUkraine.
- Jean Sibelius(1965–1957), born in present-dayFinland.
- Nikolaï Sidelnikov(1930–1992)
- Alexander Siloti(1863–1945)
- Juhan Simm(1885–1959), born in present-dayEstonia
- Yekaterina Sinyavina(died 1784)
- Gregory Skovoroda(1722–1794)
- Ādolfs Skulte(1909–2000), born in present-dayLatvia
- Nicolas Slonimsky(1894–1995)
- Sergei Slonimsky(1932–2020), nephew ofNicolas
- Dmitri Smirnov(1948–2020)
- Vladimir Sokalsky(1863–1919)
- Ivan Sokolov(born 1960)
- Nikolay Sokolov(1859–1922)
- Mikhail Sokolovsky(1756 – after 1795)
- Nicolai Soloviev(1846–1916)
- Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi(1907–1979)
- Antonio Spadavecchia(1907–1977)
- Alexander Spendiaryan(1871–1928)
- Alexei Stanchinsky(1888–1914)
- Maximilian Steinberg(1883–1946), born in present-dayLithuania
- Yakiv Stepovy(1883–1921), born in present-dayUkraine
- Kyrylo Stetsenko(1882–1922), born in present-dayUkraine
- Igor Stravinsky(1882–1971)
- Peeter Süda(1883–1920), born in present-dayEstonia
- Grikor Suni(1876–1939), born in present-dayArmenia
- Viktor Suslin(1942–2012)
- Yevgeny Svetlanov(1928–2002)
- Georgy Sviridov(1915–1998)
T
edit- Alexander Taneyev(1850–1918)
- Sergei Taneyev(1856–1915)
- Vladimir Tarnopolsky(born 1955)
- Boris Tchaikovsky(1925–1996)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky(1840–1893)
- Alexander Tcherepnin(1899–1977), son ofNikolai
- Nikolai Tcherepnin(1873–1945)
- Grigory Teplov(1717–1779)
- Armen Tigranian(1879–1950), born in present-dayArmenia
- Nikoghayos Tigranian(1856–1951), born in present-dayArmenia
- Dimitri Tiomkin(1894–1979), born in present-dayUkraine
- Boris Tishchenko(1939–2010)
- Alexey Titov(1769–1827)
- Nikolai Titov(1800–1875), son ofAlexey
- Vasily Titov(c. 1650 – c. 1715)
- Rudolf Tobias(1873–1918), born in present-dayEstonia
- Eduard Tubin(1905–1982), born in present-dayEstonia
- Serafim Tulikov(1914–2004)
U
edit- Vladimir Ussachevsky(1911–1990)
- Galina Ustvolskaya(1919–2006)
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edit- Raimond Valgre(1913–1949), born in present-dayEstonia
- Alexander Varlamov(1801–1848)
- Sergei Vasilenko(1872–1956)
- Vladimir Vavilov(1925–1973)
- Artemy Vedel(c. 1767 – 1808), born in present-dayUkraine
- Alexander Veprik(1889–1958)
- Alexey Verstovsky(1799–1862)
- Yuliya Veysberg(1880–1942)
- Mikhail Vielgorsky(1788–1856)
- Ernests Vīgners(1850–1933), born in present-dayLatvia
- Tony Vilgotsky(born 1980)
- Mykola Vilinsky(1888–1956), born in present-dayUkraine
- Jāzeps Vītols(1863–1948), born in present-dayLatvia
- Vladimir Vlasov(1902/3–1986)
- Andrei Volkonsky(1933–2008)
- Alexander Vustin(1943–2020)
W
edit- Jacob Weinberg(1879–1956)
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski(1900–1995)
- Alexander Winkler(1865–1935)
- Ivan Wyschnegradsky(1893–1979)
Y
edit- Grigor Yeghiazaryan(1908–1988), born in present-dayTurkey
- Makar Yekmalyan(1856–1905), born in present-dayArmenia
- Mikhail Youdin(1893–1948)
- Yuri Yukechev(born 1947)
- Aleksandr Yurasovsky(1890–1922)
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edit- Vsevolod Zaderatsky(1881–1953)
- Nikolai Zaremba(1821–1879)
- Marģeris Zariņš(1910–1993), born in present-dayLatvia
- Aleksandr Zatsepin(born 1926)
- Leo Zeitlin(1884–1930)
- Asaf Zeynally(1909–1932)
- Valery Zhelobinsky(1913–1946)
- Aleksey Zhivotov(1904–1964)
- Mikhail Zhukov(1901–1960)
- Alexander Zhurbin(born 1945)
- Efrem Zimbalist(1889–1985)
- Vasily Zolotarev(1872–1964)
- Vladislav Zolotaryov(1942–1975)
- Mariya Zubova(1749–1799)
