Sergey Brin | Sergey Kuryokhin | Sergey Mikhalkov | Sergey Kirov | Sergey Ivanov | Sergey Chigrakov | Sergey Lazarev | Sergey Kalchugin | Pyotr Kapitsa | Sergey Shoygu | Sergey Pugachyov | Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky | Sergey M. Bezrukov | Sergey Letov | Sergey Kara-Murza | Sergey Gerasimov | Sergey Uvarov | Sergey Ulegin | Sergey Tchepikov | Sergey Spigelglas | Sergey Solovyov | Sergey Sheyko | Sergey Shavlo | Sergey Ryazansky | Sergey Platonov | Sergey Nikitin (musician) | Sergey Nikitin | Sergey Mitrokhin | Sergey Milnichenko | Sergey Mikhaylovich Ignatyev |
The term was originally coined by Peter Turchin in 2003, and can be traced to the work of such figures as Ibn Khaldun, Jack Goldstone, Sergey Kapitsa, Randall Collins, Peter Turchin, John Komlos, Sergey Nefedov and Andrey Korotayev.