One of the outstanding Crimean realist artists of the second half of the 20th century, a talented researcher of new possibilities in the technique of realistic visual art, a person with a bright destiny. He was born in S…

Mikhail Nikolaevich Beklemishev, born on September 14 (26), 1858, in the village of Bozheninovo, Alexin district of Tula province, was a Russian naval officer and engaged in submarine construction. His father, Nikolai Pe…

In the autumn of 1918, the Bolsheviks took those sentenced to death to the shores of the Gulf of Finland. Before the execution, Priest Philosopher, supporting more than thirty officers, said: "It's alright, we are going …

The history of the Russian Navy is rich with the outstanding feats of naval officers, but the act of 23-year-old midshipman Alexander Domashenko stands out among them. Domashenko was born in 1804 and from 1822 to 1825 p…

Baron Nikolai Nikolaevich Wrangel, one of the outstanding art historians of pre-revolutionary Russia, came from an ancient Swedish noble family. He was the son of the well-known businessman and philanthropist Nikolai Ego…

Mitrofan Osipovich Nezhentsev was born on January 28, 1886, into the family of a civil servant, a collegiate assessor. This refutes the widespread myth that the White Movement was solely a struggle of the nobility for th…

One of the most respected priests of Rostov at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century was John Alexeyevich Domovsky, who is now considered one of the main candidates for canonization. John Alexeyevich was…

In pre-revolutionary Russia, many military and hereditary nobles successfully held civil positions, including the posts of city mayors. One such example is Lieutenant General Ivan Nikolaevich Zvorikin, who served as the …

In Mongolia, he was called the "god of war" and a national liberator. After marrying a Chinese princess, he gained rights to the vacant throne of the dynasty. He considered himself a Russian monarchist, was related to th…

Franz Alekseevich Rubo was born on June 15, 1856, in Odessa to a family of immigrants from Marseille. His father, Honore Fortuna Alexis Rubo, was a bookseller, while his mother, Madeleine Rubo, sold dresses on Deribasovs…