The Russian community in the United Kingdom consists mainly of British citizens of Russian heritage as well with expatriates and migrants from Russia who reside in the United Kingdom. Russians have lived the United Kingdom since the 19th century.
Settlement and population numbers
The 2001 UK Census recorded 15,160 residents born in Russia. Estimates published by The Guardian suggest that the resident population of London born in Russia was over 150,000 in 2014. The rise in population has led to jocular nicknames for London such as "Londongrad" and "Moscow-on-the-Thames".
In London and the South East there are a number of Russian schools aimed at transmitting Russian language and culture to the children of Russian immigrant parents.
Many Russians also came to UK from the Baltic states, after they joined the EU in 2004. The total number of people of Russian descent is close to 300,000.
The Russian Embassy School in London is a Russian international school in the UK's capital city.
This is a list of Russian expatriates in the United Kingdom and Britons of Russian ancestry including Jews.
Arts and Literature
Ali Bastian, actressMartin Benson, actorLady Colin Campbell, writer and biographerJill Craigie, film director, screenwriter, feministMarita Crawley, playwrightTheodore Dalrymple, authorVernon Dobtcheff, actorAmanda Donohoe, actressSergei Fyodorov, Russian icon painterGeorgette Heyer, novelistRachel Johnson, sister of Boris JohnsonEdward Judd, actorBen Kingsley, actorTheodore Komisarjevsky, theatrical director and designer Lilia Kopylova, renowned dancer Jocelyn Lane, actress and modelTania Mallet, actress, James Bond girl in GoldfingerRichard Marner, actorDame Helen Mirren, actress. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress AwardsWarren Mitchell, actor Sophia Myles, actress Seva Novgorodsev, BBC Russian Service radio presenterSergei Pavlenko, portrait painterMuriel Pavlow, actressIngrid Pitt, horror film actressStephen Poliakoff, playwright, director Oleg Prokofiev, artist, sculptor, and poet Oliver Reed, actorCharlotte Ronson, fashion designerGeorge Sanders, actorJohn Sergeant, journalistCarolyn Seymour, actressDinah Sheridan, actressPaul Sheriff, Academy Award-winning art directorVictoria Tennant, actressSir Peter Ustinov, actor. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, a BAFTA award, a Golden Globe, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy AwardSabra Williams, actressMichael Winner, film directorChristian Wolmar, authorEvgeny Lebedev, businessmanVladimir Raitz, founder of the Horizon Holiday GroupSir Stuart Rose, Chief Executive of Marks & SpencerVladimir Peniakoff, Lieutenant-Colonel of the British Army, Distinguished Service Order, Military CrossPavel Chichagov, Commander and an Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy under Alexander I. The son of the son of Admiral Vasili Chichagov and his English wife.Rudolf Abel - Soviet Colonel and Spy during the Cold War, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher.Carl Barat, musician, co-founder of the band The LibertinesPete Doherty, musician, co-founder of the band The LibertinesMick Jones, musician, co-founder of the band The ClashAlbert Coates, conductor and composer born in St PetersburgAlina Ibragimova, violinist Paul Kossoff, musician, member of the band Free. Father was of Russian-Jewish descent Nina Rautio, Russian- born soprano and vocal teacherKatie Melua, singerMark Ronson, music producerSamantha Ronson, DJGavin Rossdale, musicianAmy Winehouse, singerNick Clegg, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United KingdomSusan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, member of the House of Lords, scientist, writer, and broadcasterBoris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, Former Mayor of LondonJo Johnson, brother of Boris Johnson, Member of Parliament, and journalistSidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Anglo-Russian statesman and leader of the movement for Army Health and War Office reform after the Crimean War. His mother was the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Vorontsov who was daughter of the Russian diplomat to the United Kingdom Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov. The current Earl of Pembroke is a direct descendant.Isaiah Berlin, renowned social and political theorist, and historianKonstantin Novoselov, Nobel Prize-winning physicistAndre Geim, Nobel Prize-winning physicistRonald Hutton, historianMartyn Poliakoff, CBE, FRS chemistRobert Skidelsky, economic historianAlexandra Tolstoy, businesswoman, fellow of the Royal Geographical SocietyNikolai Tolstoy, historianSir John Vane, Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologistPaul Vinogradoff, historian-medievalistNicholas Zernov, Orthodox theologianAlexander Obolensky, international rugby union player