Most Famous Russian Jurists

Russia has produced 50 notable jurists throughout history, led by Genrikh Yagoda. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Genrikh Yagoda — Russian Police (1891–1938) , ranked #13275
  2. Raphael Lemkin — Russian Lawyer (1900–1959) , ranked #15406
  3. Yevno Azef — Russian Police (1869–1918) , ranked #27736
  4. Friedrich Martens — Russian Diplomat (1845–1909) , ranked #44173
  5. Evgeny Pashukanis — Russian Lawyer (1891–1937) , ranked #45660
  6. Roman Rudenko — Russian Lawyer (1907–1981) , ranked #61336
  7. Nikolay Girs — Russian Diplomat (1820–1895) , ranked #62005
  8. Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin — Russian Diplomat (1605–1680) , ranked #68459
  9. Yakov Malik — Russian Diplomat (1906–1980) , ranked #102784
  10. Iona Nikitchenko — Russian Lawyer (1895–1967) , ranked #113911
  11. Jaan Poska — Russian Barrister (1866–1920) , ranked #118100
  12. Ivan Neplyuyev — Russian Diplomat (1693–1773) , ranked #126855
  13. Nikolaï Sokolov (magistrat) — Russian Lawyer (1882–1924) , ranked #151749
  14. Peter Abrassimov — Russian Diplomat (1912–2009) , ranked #177181
  15. Anatoly Kucherena — Russian Lawyer (Born 1960) , ranked #210731
  16. Mikhail Trepashkin — Russian Attorney (Born 1957) , ranked #221970
  17. Dmitry Yakubovskiy — Russian Lawyer (Born 1963) , ranked #317807
  18. Mikhail Reisner — Russian Lawyer (1868–1928) , ranked #320186
  19. Ivan Zakharov — Russian Diplomat (1816–1885) , ranked #386709
  20. Leonid Zamyatin — Russian Diplomat (1922–2019) , ranked #387166