Evgeny Nikanorovich Pavlovsky
Evgeny Nikanorovich Pavlovsky (1884, 1965) was a Russian zoologist and entomologist, the founder of the Soviet school of parasitology, as well as a lieutenant general of the medical service since 1943.
He was awarded th…
Sergey Vasilyevich Shcherbakov
Sergey Vasilyevich Shcherbakov (1859, 1932) was one of the founders of the first astronomical society in Russia and the Nizhny Novgorod circle of physics and astronomy enthusiasts. He was born on February 11, 1859, in Ba…
Vladimir Stepanovich Baranovsky
Vladimir Baranovsky was born in Helsinki, formerly known as Helsingfors. He was the son of the Russian engineer and inventor Stepan Ivanovich Baranovsky, who lived from 1817 to 1890.
From 1867, Vladimir worked at the No…
Ivan Andreyevich Arzamastsev
Ivan Andreyevich Arzamastsev (February 20, 1897, Yeysk, Kuban Region, Russian Empire, May 9, 1982, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak banker of Russian origin, art collector, and philanthropist.
He was born in Y…
Moritz Benewski: Adventurer and King
The life of Moritz Benewski is full of adventures and escapades worthy of a film adaptation. It all began with his participation in the anti-Russian uprising in Poland in 1768, after which he was captured and sent into e…
Burtsov Alexey Petrovich
Lieutenant Rzhevsky has long become a symbol of the hussar, a brave cavalryman, a war hero, as well as a well-known alcoholic, party-goer, and womanizer, never missing an opportunity for romantic adventures. However, thi…
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, an outstanding Russian mathematician, known as the creator of non-Euclidean geometry. His innovative ideas were not recognized during his lifetime, but their significance was confirmed afte…
Mikhail Ivanovich Yankovsky
In pre-revolutionary times, as now, the Far East was considered a promising region. Local merchants and entrepreneurs played a significant role in its development, among whom Mikhail Ivanovich Yankovsky stood out. He beg…
Nikolai Lukich Skalozubov
It is pleasant to see when a deputy fulfills their promises and defends the interests of their native region. One such representative of the people was Nikolai Lukich Skalozubov, a deputy of the II and III convocations o…
Ivan Pavlovich Bardin
Ivan Pavlovich Bardin was born on November 10, 1883, and his birth was registered by the Orthodox Church on November 13. He was born into the family of tailor Pavel Dmitrievich Bardin and his wife Daria Mikhailovna in th…
