This is a list of some organized crime figures within the underworld of the former Soviet Union.
| Name | Ethnicity | Nickname(s) | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Mikhailov | Russian | Mikhas | The leader of the Solntsevskaya bratva | |
| Semyon Mogilevich | Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) | Uncle Seva, the Brainy Don | Ukrainian mobster who is regarded as one of the most powerful gangsters from the former Soviet Union. | |
| Vladimir Kumarin | Russian | Boss of the Tambov gang | ||
| Vyacheslav Ivankov | Russian | Yaponchik (the Japanese) | Notorious thief in law who later established a criminal organization in the USA. | |
| Matvey Yozhikov | Russian/Tatar | The leader of the Dolgoprudnenskaya gang | ||
| Alexander Solonik | Russian | Superkiller, the Kurgan Terminator, Sacha the Macedonian | Infamous hitman who committed several high-profile murders. | |
| Roman Tsepov | Russian | St Petersburg based businessman, suspected of using his security firms to run protection rackets. | ||
| GARY R COX (HITMAN27) | Russian BLACKWIDOWS | "BIG G" | Notorious leader of the Lyuberetskaya Bratva. Known for his barbaric ways of dealing with violence oppositions. "One of the most violent and homicidal gangsters in Moscow" | |
| Maxim Lazovsky | Russian | Max | FSB agent turned gang leader, accused of being involved in the Russian apartment bombings | |
| Marat Balagula | Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) | Was a powerful Ukrainian gangster in the USA. | ||
| Evsei Agron | Ashkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish) | One of the first Russian gangsters to establish a powerful gang in the USA, thief in law. | ||
| Ludwig Fainberg | Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) | Tarzan | Ukrainian-Israeli drugs, arms and sex trafficker. | |
| Boris Nayfeld | Ashkenazi Jewish (Belarusian Jewish) | Biba | Belarusian mobster who was involved in organized crime in America as well as Europe. | |
| Rachmiel Brandwain | Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian-German Jewish) | Ukrainian mobster who was based in Antwerp.[1] | ||
| Vladimir Reznikov | Russian | Member of the Russian mafia in the USA. | ||
| Toomas Erm Wilson | Estonian | Konksu-Tom | Leader of Estonian Kemerovo crime syndicate. | |
| Vladislav Leontyev | Russian | Belobryssy | Russian mobster and alleged member of the Brothers' Circle. | |
| Toomas Helin | Estonian | Estonian drug lord | ||
| Imre Arakas | Estonian | The Butcher | Estonian hitman and career criminal. | |
| Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev | Chechen | Former leader of the Chechen mafia. | ||
| Ruslan Labazanov | Chechen | Former boss of the Chechen mafia. | ||
| Nikolay Suleimanov | Chechen | Hoza | Prominent former member of the Chechen mafia. | |
| Akhat Bragin | Tatar | Alik the Greek | Donetsk-based crime lord and former owner of FC Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Haidar Zakirov | Tatar | Former leader of the Kazan mafia in Moscow.[2] | ||
| Krasnodar-based gang leader, responsible for the Kushchevskaya massacre[3] | ||||
| Tariel Oniani | Georgian | Taro | Georgian crime boss, thief in law. | |
| Jaba Ioseliani | Georgian | Former thief-in-law and leader of the Mkhedrioni militia | ||
| Merab Bakhia | Georgian | Bakha-Bakha | Powerful Georgian crime lord in Abkhazia.[4] | |
| Otari Kvantrishvili | Georgian | Otarik | Moscow-based thief in law | |
| Georgian | Lasha Rustavsky | Prominent thief in law.[5] | ||
| Boris Dekanidze | Georgian Jewish | Leader of Lithuanian organised crime group. Last person to be executed in that country (1995). | ||
| Armen Kazarian | Pzo | Armenian thief in law in the USA involved in drug trafficking, extortion,etc...but most famous for the 2010 Medicaid fraud[6] | ||
| Kamo Safaryan | Armenian | Crime boss in Moscow.[7] | ||
| Edward Margaryan | Armenian | Armenian gangster.[8] | ||
| Dadash Ibrahimov | Azerbaijani | Powerful gangster of Azerbaijani descent.[9] | ||
| Rovshan Janiev | Azerbaijani | Rovshan Lankaransky | One of top leaders of organized crime in Russia.[10] | |
| Nadir Salifov | Azerbaijani | Lotu Guli | One of top leaders of organized crime in Russia.[11] | |
| Kamal Huseynov | Azerbaijani | Kamal Tovuzsky | Leader of powerful Azeri organized crime family in Moscow.[12] | |
| Arif Askerov | Azerbaijani | Arif | Leader of powerful Gardabani organized crime society in Moscow, it is consisted of ethnic Azeris from Georgia.[13] | |
| Mukhtarov Hikmet | Azerbaijani | Hikmet Sabirabadsky, Lotu Hikmet | Powerful Azeri mobster.[14] | |
| Aslan Usoyan | Yazidi Kurdish | Grandpa Hassan | Powerful thief in law in Moscow. | |
| Zakhar Kalashov | Yazidi | Shagro Junior | Powerful Georgian thief in law | |
| Kamchy Kolbayev | Kyrgyz | Kolya-Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz thief in law and alleged member of the Brothers' Circle | |
| Ryspek Akmatbayev | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz mobster who was killed in a drive-by shooting.[15] | ||
| Bayaman Erkinbayev | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz crime boss turned politician after 2005 coup, killed later that year. | ||
| Gafur Rakhimov | Uzbek | Alleged Uzbek organized crime figure and member of the Brothers' Circle. | ||
| Salim Abduvaliyev | Uzbek | Alleged Uzbek crime lord.[16] | ||
| Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov | Uyghur | Taivanchik (the Taiwanese) | Alleged thief in law | |
| Aslan Malsagov | Ingush | Leader of an Ingush criminal clan.[17] | ||
| Alikhan Tochiev | Ingush | Leader of the Ingush 'Malgobek' mafia in Moscow.[18] | ||
| Ruslan Agargimov | Lezgian | Leader of the Dagestani mafia in Sint-Petersburg.[19] | ||
| Gazim Luguev | Lezgian | Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow.[20] | ||
| Mohammed Gadzhihanov | Avar | Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow. | ||
| Nurullah Alumerzaev | Avar | Leader of the Dagestani Novgorod clan. | ||
| Leonid Minin | Ukrainian |