Tamara Platonovna Karsavina
The legendary figure of Russian ballet, Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Platonovna Karsavina was one of the most outstanding stars of Russian ballet, whose talent was admired by Tsar Nicholas II himself. She became a symbol of …
Pavel Vasilyevich Zubov
In some museums in Europe, one can find truly unique archaeological artifacts: ancient Egyptian stones with hieroglyphs, scrolls from the Roman Empire, gold jewelry from antiquity, figurines, canvases, and much more. In …
Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tauride
On April 8, 1783, by the manifesto of Empress Catherine II, the Crimean Peninsula was annexed to Russia when the Russian army conquered the Crimean Khanate. The document, prepared by Prince Grigory Potemkin, earned him t…
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Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky
Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky, born on December 8, 1868, in the village of Shitiki in the Belsky district of Smolensk province (now in the Oleninsky district of Tver region), was a renowned Russian painter of the Wan…
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
On December 19, 1917, in Smolny, in room No. 75, a bald man in a worn jacket nervously paced back and forth. This was Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution, who listened with anxiety to the report of the head of th…
Mikhail Alexandrovich Chekhov
Mikhail Alexandrovich was born in 1891 in St. Petersburg and was the nephew of the famous writer. Anton Pavlovich noted his talent and predicted a brilliant future for him, which came true.
Before emigrating, M. A. Chek…
Alexander Benois
Alexander Benois and his "Alphabet in Pictures"
Alexander Benois, a Russian artist from a well-known and ancient family, received an excellent and diverse education. He always had a special love for the theater, where v…
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov, unknown pages of the life of the author of "Lolita"
Part One
The name of the author of the famous novel "Lolita" is known to many, he is revered and admired, but only a few know about another side of …
Stories from the Life of Fyodor Tolstoy
Count Fyodor Tolstoy became the prototype for anecdotes about Lieutenant Rzhevsky and inspiration for various adventurous tales. His life was full of incredible adventures. At just 17, he challenged his commander to a du…
Sergey Petrovich Fyodorov
Medical science in the Russian Empire always developed. In world history, names like Pirogov, Burdenko, Skliifosovsky, Zakharin, Botkin, and other outstanding doctors remain forever. Sergey Petrovich Fyodorov also contri…
