Demidov Nikolai Nikitich
After the birth of Nikolai Nikitich (1773-1828), he was immediately recorded as a corporal in the Preobrazhensky Regiment, as was customary in Russian nobility. At sixteen, he served as a flag adjutant to General Field M…
Emmanuel Dmitrievich Naryshkin
Emmanuel Dmitrievich Naryshkin, born on July 30, 1813, and died on December 31, 1901, was a chamberlain, a large landowner, and a philanthropist. He was the only son of the chamberlain D. L. Naryshkin and the Polish beau…
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly was born on December 24, 1761, in the estate of Pamushise, located in the Livonian province. He was the grandson of the mayor of Riga and the son of an officer in the Russian army, coming from a …
Petr Maksimovich Zolotarev
Merchant of the first guild Petr Maksimovich Zolotarev was personally known to Emperor Nicholas I. By his decree, Zolotarev received the title of commercial advisor, which allowed him to engage in wholesale trade both in…
Alexander Stepanovich Antonov
Alexander Stepanovich Antonov, who led the peasant uprising in the Tambov province in 1920-1921, was born on August 8 (July 26 in the old style) 1889 in Moscow. His father, Stepan Gavrilovich Antonov, was a retired feldw…
Alexander Grigorievich Kuznetsov
Born into the family of a first-guild merchant from Kungur, Grigory Kirillovich Kuznetsov. He studied at the Petersburg Commercial School but did not complete the full course. Due to health issues, he spent most of his l…
Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova
The Yusupov family was one of the wealthiest in the Russian Empire and produced many outstanding individuals. Among them stands out the social beauty Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova. Today I will tell you about the life of thi…
Nikolai M. Martyanov
Nikolai Martyanov, son of the Vilnius forest ranger Mikhail Martyanov, received his education at the assistant pharmacists' courses at the Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg and Moscow University. He worked in ph…
Yudin Gennady Vasilyevich
Gennady Yudin was born in a village near the Ekaterininsky state distillery in the Loginovskaya volost of the Tarsky district, where his father worked. Vasily Sergeyevich Yudin worked at this distillery from 1827 to 1840…
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev was born on May 1, 1924, in the village of Ovsanka, now located in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, to the family of Pyotr Pavlovich Astafyev and Lydia Ilyinichna Potylitsyna. He was the third child, but h…
