Alexei Navalny
Politician
Ukrainian, Russian
Butyn, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
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Dag Hammarskjöld
Politician
Swedish, some German (including Baltic German), distant Scottish, as well as remote Finnish, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Danish, Dutch, English, Russian, and European Royal
Jönköping, Jönköping, Sweden
Dianne Feinstein
Politician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Russian, German, and/or Ashkenazi Jewish
San Francisco, California, United States
Dmitry Medvedev
Politician
Russian, small amount of Ukrainian
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Gabriel Attal
Politician
Father: Sephardi Jewish/Italian Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Russian, as well as Polish, German, Greek * maternal grandmother – French
Clamart, France
Gregor Gysi
Politician
German [including Baltic German, and remote Swiss-German], at least one quarter Jewish [Ashkenazi, possibly some Sephardi], Russian, Belgian Flemish, more distant Austrian, Estonian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French
Lichtenberg, East Berlin, Soviet occupation zone of Germany (now Germany)
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Politician
Swedish, some German (including Baltic German), distant Scottish, as well as remote Finnish, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Danish, Dutch, English, European Royal, and Russian
Tjust, Tuna, Vimmerby, Kalmar County, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (now Sweden)
Irina Khakamada
Politician · TV Personality
Father: Japanese · Mother: Russian, Armenian, Lezgin
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Konstantin Chernenko
Politician
Russian, Ukrainian
Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Konstantin Päts
Politician
Estonian, some Russian
Tahkuranna Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Pärnu County, Estonia)
Leonid Brezhnev
Politician
Russian, possibly some Ukrainian
Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Loren Leman
Politician
*50% mix of English, German, Irish, and Dutch *25% Polish *12.5% Alaskan Creole [Russian, Yupik, Aleut] *12.5% French
Pomona, California, U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Politician
Russian, Ukrainian
Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai, Russia)
Nick Clegg
Politician
* paternal grandfather – English * paternal grandmother – German, Ukrainian, Russian, smaller amounts of Polish · Mother: Dutch, as well as remote German
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K.
Raimonds Vējonis
Politician
Father: Latvian · Mother: Russian
Nikonovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
Politician
Father: German, as well as Greek and Russian, and Danish, Belgian [Flemish and Walloon], Lithuanian, and Polish · Mother: Japanese
Tokyo, Japan
Ruslana
Actor · Musician · Politician
Father: Ukrainian · Mother: Russian
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Vladimir Lenin
Politician
Father: Russian, with possible Chuvash and Kalmyk * maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandmother – German, Swedish
Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia)
Xavier Bettel
Politician
French, Russian, Ashkenazi Jewish, Polish, possibly other
Bonnevoie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg