Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky was born on February 28, 1863, in St. Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire. His father, Ivan Vasilyevich Vernadsky, worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and came from the …

Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin was born into a noble family from the ancient Russian Chicherin lineage. His father, Vasily Nikolaevich Chicherin, was a diplomat and the brother of legal historian B. N. Chicherin, while his…

Count Alexander Nikitich Panin, born in Moscow on March 22, 1791, and died there on February 15, 1850, was a prominent landowner from the Panin family. He held the position of actual state councilor and headed the 1st de…

Viktor Ivanovich Pribytkov (1837/1840, 1910), a retired captain of the 1st rank, edited and published the weekly magazine "Rebus" from 1881 to 1904, which became the first periodic publication in Russia dedicated to spir…

Alexander Grigorievich Eliseev, born in 1839 and died on August 23, 1918, in Petrograd, was the grandson of the founder of the dynasty, Peter Eliseevich Eliseev. He held the position of secret advisor and was a co-owner …

Clavdius Nikandrovich Paskhalov, born in 1843 in the Kaluga province and died in 1924, was a Russian Orthodox writer, publicist, and social activist. He was a member of the Russian Assembly and an honorary member of the …

Nikolai Alexandrovich Lvov, born on May 4, 1753, in the estate of Nikolskoye-Cherenchitsy near Torzhok, now Tver Oblast, and died on December 22, 1803, in Moscow, was one of the outstanding figures of the Russian Enlight…

Valentin Fedoseevich Nagorsky (1845, 1912) was an outstanding Russian epizootiologist and doctor of medicine, playing a key role in the organization of veterinary affairs in Russia. His life was closely connected with Ki…

Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn, born in 1643 in Moscow, was an outstanding Russian boyar, diplomat, and statesman, as well as a favorite of Tsarevna Sofia Alexeyevna. He came from the ancient Golitsyn family, tracing…

Sila Nikolaevich Sandunov, also known as Silovan Zandukeli, was born in 1756 and died in 1820. He was a Russian actor and entrepreneur of Georgian descent, brother of lawyer N. N. Sandunov and husband of singer E. S. San…