The document provides biographical information about 5 notable people from Russia: an opera singer born in Krasnodar; a chess player and 12th world champion born in Cheljabinskaja region in 1951; an actor born in Moscow in 1928 known for roles in "Idiot" and "Gusarskaya ballada"; a female athlete born in Tashkent in 1983 who won the Olympics in 2004; and a swimmer born in Lesnoj in 1971 who won gold medals in various competitions.