Maria Nikolayevna Mordasova
Maria Nikolayevna Mordasova (1915, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian singer, known for her performances of Russian folk songs and chastushkas. In 1981, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR, and in 1987, …
Evgeny Iosifovich Bukovetsky
Evgeny Iosifovich Bukovetsky (1866, 1948) was a renowned portrait artist. He was born on December 17, 1866. He received his education at the Odessa Real School of St. Peter and Paul, as well as at the Drawing School of t…
Aleksey Turishchev
Aleksey Turishchev was born on March 1 (13), 1888, in Kaluga to a working-class family with many children. From childhood, he exhibited outstanding musical abilities, which allowed him to become a student of the Moscow (…
Alexandra Fyodorovna Romanova
The fourth daughter of Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and Duchess Alice, Princess Victoria Alice Helena Louise Beatrice of Hesse-Darmstadt, was born in Germany. In 1890, she married Tsarevich Nicholas. She inherited hemophilia …
Sergey Alexandrovich Yesenin
Sergey Yesenin was born on September 21, 1895, in the village of Konstantinovo, located in the Ryazan district. In 1904, he began his studies at a local school, and five years later continued his education at a theologic…
Osip Emilievich Mandelstam
Osip Emilievich Mandelstam, an outstanding poet of the 20th century, whose life ended tragically. He was also a literary scholar, translator, and prose writer. Born on January 14, 1891, in Warsaw to a family where his mo…
Glinka Konstantin Dmitrievich
Konstantin Dmitrievich Glinka (July 5, 1867, Koptovo village, Smolensk province, November 2, 1927, Leningrad) was an outstanding Russian and Soviet mineralogist, geologist, geographer, soil scientist, and organizer of sc…
Saint Xenia of Petersburg
Saint Xenia of Petersburg, also known as Xenia Grigorievna Petrova, was born between 1719 and 1731 and died around 1802 in Saint Petersburg. She was an Orthodox fool for Christ of noble descent and lived in Saint Petersb…
Alexey Sergeyevich Suvorin
Alexey Sergeyevich Suvorin (1834-1912) was born in the village of Korshevo in the Voronezh province. His father, a peasant, was conscripted into the army and rose to the rank of captain, which secured him hereditary nobi…
Kondratiy Ryleev
The poet Kondratiy Ryleev was born on September 18, 1795, in the village of Batovo, located in the Petersburg province. His father was a stern man who was fond of gambling, resulting in the loss of all their property. Li…
