Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov
Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov (1873, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet writer, as well as an engineer. He was born in Bezhetsk, which is now in the Tver region, to a family of a small shopkeeper, Yakov Dmitrievich Shishko…
Vladimir Ivanovich Kartashev
Vladimir Ivanovich Kartashev, a representative of the ancient Kartashev family, which was included in the sixth part of the genealogical book of the Tula province, was born in 1840 in a merchant family in the Penza provi…
Maria Vladislavovna Lysova
Masha Lysova was a prominent figure of the White movement, coming from a noble family. She participated in World War I and the Civil War, was a Gallipoli veteran, one of the leaders of the Combat Organization of the ROFS…
Alexey Fyodorovich Morozov
Alexey Fyodorovich Morozov was a well-known Russian merchant of the 1st guild, an honorary citizen of Biysk, and a philanthropist. From 1881 to 1884, he served as the mayor of Biysk. He was born in 1829 in the village of…
Solodovnikov Gavrila Gavrilovich
Gavrila Gavrilovich Solodovnikov was a well-known Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist, holding the position of actual state councilor. He was considered one of the wealthiest merchants and property owners in Moscow, …
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Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova was a Russian theater and film actress, known as the state actress of the Third Reich. She was born on April 14, 1897, in Alexandropol (now Gyumri, Armenia) to a family of Russified Germans. …
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Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (November 4, 1874, Saint Petersburg, February 7, 1920, Irkutsk) was a Russian military and political figure, as well as an oceanographer and polar explorer, participating in expeditions in 1…
Fedor Osipovich Shechtel
Fedor Osipovich Shechtel, also known as Franz Albert Schechtel, was an outstanding Russian architect, painter, graphic artist, and set designer. He became one of the most prominent representatives of the Art Nouveau styl…
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, born on August 4, 1876, in Tarkhovka, St. Petersburg Province, and died on February 7, 1942, in Leningrad, was a renowned Russian artist, book illustrator, and theater designer.
In 1888, he ent…
Maria Klavdievna Tenisheva
Princess Maria Klavdievna Tenisheva, née Pyatkowskaya, was a Russian noblewoman, public figure, enamel artist, educator, patron, and collector. She founded an art studio in St. Petersburg, a Drawing School and Museum of …
