Nikolai Nikolayevich Konshin, born in 1833 and died in 1918, was a prominent Russian leader of the nobility, a hereditary honorary citizen, a first guild merchant, and an industrialist. He founded the trading house "Niko…

Nikolai Petrovich Krasnov, one of the outstanding Russian architects, was born on December 5, 1864, in the village of Khonyatino, in the Kolomna district. After receiving an excellent education, he became a well-known ar…

Prince Dmitry Sergeyevich Gorchakov (1828, 1907) was a collegiate advisor and chamberlain of the imperial court, as well as an adjutant to Emperor Alexander II. He is known as a collector and bibliophile, as well as a fo…

Evgeny Nikolayevich Trubetskoy was a philosopher, legal scholar, religious and public figure, as well as an associate professor at the Yaroslavl Demidov Law Lyceum in 1886 and 1897. He was born in Moscow and graduated f…

Count Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov (1719, 1786) held positions as a senator, actual chamberlain, and president of the Estate Collegium in Moscow. He was the brother of Chancellor Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov and Gener…

Prince Alexei Dmitrievich Obolensky was born on November 24 (December 6) 1855 in St. Petersburg. He came from the ancient princely family of Obolensky and was a significant figure in state administration, holding the pos…

Baron Peter Nikolaevich Wrangel was an outstanding representative of an ancient Swedish baronial family that faithfully served the Russian Empire for centuries. Peter Nikolaevich was born on August 27, 1878, in Novoalek…

Polar explorer Vasily Pronchishchev is known as a collector of Russian lands. He participated in the Great Northern Expedition under the leadership of Vitus Bering and explored vast territories that later became known as…

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin, a Russian and Soviet writer, is known for his works about nature, in which he created a unique artistic philosophy of nature, as well as hunting stories and children's books. His diaries, w…

Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky was born on February 9, 1876, in Slavyansk to a well-known literary family. He spent his early childhood in Kharkov province, at his parents' estate. However, soon his father was arrested for …