Muslims from the Russian Empire

Azerbaijani politician (1872–1920)

Soviet writer

Azerbaijani general (1884–1920)

Georgian politician, journalist, and educator (1893-1965)

10th Mufti of the Religious Council of the Caucasus

Polish officer (1897–1971)

Russian writer

Russian Shia cleric

sniper in the Red Army during WW II

Soviet and Turkmen politician

Soviet actor and film director (1909-1973)

composer (1911–1966)

Russian military officer

Hero of the Soviet Union (1915-1993)

Azerbaijani religious leader (1882–1967)

Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani military commander

Soviet politician

Kazakh Khanate sultan and statesman (1837–1910)

chechen military leader

Soviet military personnel (1912–1943)

Agha Alizadeh (Azerbaijani: Ağa Cavad oğlu Əlizadə) was the 8th Sheikh ul-Islam of the Religious Council of the Caucasus and the first Sheikh al-Islam of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920).

Azerbaijani general (1796–1867)

Russian politician

Azerbaijani poet

Russian merchant

soviet Crimean Tatar major general (1902–1975)

general of the Imperial Russian Army

Turkmenistani politician

Muslim Georgian nobleman and general

North Caucasian politician (1884–1962)

Ingush abrek

Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus (1915-1918)

Soviet Crimean Tatar writer, journalist, and politician

Soviet writer and poet (1910-1993)

Soviet Crimean Tatar partisan

Azerbaijani actor

Russian rebel leader

North Caucasian politician

Tashaw-Hadji (1770 – died 1843 or later) was one of the prominent leaders of the North Caucasian resistance during the Caucasian War, a companion of imam Shamil. He was the imam of Chechnya since 1834. Upon the death of Gazi-Muhammad, he was one of the major candidates at the elections of the Imam of Dagestan, losing to Shamil by one vote only. Later, he became one of the mudirs of Imam Shamil. He was also the governor (naib) of Aukh.