Nikolai Razumnikovich Kochetov, a renowned Russian composer, conductor, music educator, painter, and critic in the fields of music and art, was born in Oranienbaum, which was located in the Saint Petersburg province. Fro…

Stanislav Teofilovich Shatsky was born in 1878 in the village of Voronino, Smolensk region, into a noble family. He studied at the 6th Moscow Gymnasium, and then in 1893 he entered Moscow University, where he initially s…

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov was born on December 1 (December 13 in the new style) 1873 in Moscow. His parents paid attention to his education from an early age, and by the age of eight, he began composing poetry. From chi…

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, a renowned Russian pianist, was born on March 20, 1915 (according to the old style, March 7) in Zhytomyr, in present-day Ukraine. His father, Teofil Richter, was the son of a German coloni…

Andrei Nikiforovich Voronikhin was born on October 28, 1759, in the village of Novoe Usolie, Perm Province. His father was a serf of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov, although there is a version that Voronikhin was …

Pyotr Pankratevich Sumarokov, born on June 29, 1693, and died on December 16, 1766, was a colonel, actual privy councilor, and chief judge of the confiscation office under Elizabeth Petrovna. He is also known as the fath…

Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov was born in St. Petersburg on November 14 (25), 1717, into the family of a nobleman and military official. He received his initial education at home. In 1732, he entered the Land Noble Corps…

Maria Stepanovna Zabolotskaya (born October 12, 1887, in St. Petersburg, died December 17, 1976, in Koktebel) was a medical worker, tour guide, museum employee, and fiction writer. She became the second wife of poet Maxi…

Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov was born on October 18, 1738, in the village of Dvoryaninovo to a colonel's family. Until the age of 12, he lived with his father, who served in the Arkhangelsk regiment, where Bolotov was enro…

Viktor Petrovich Obninsky, born in 1867 in the Borovsky district, was a representative of the noble family and a well-known Russian politician, belonging to the left Cadets. He was also one of the prominent Freemasons in…