Anna Yuryevna Marli
The singer Anna Marli was called the muse of the French Resistance, and her "Partisan Song" almost became the national anthem of France. However, the artist's real name was not French. She was born in Petrograd and was k…
Alexey Borisovich Legkov
Russians have had a significant impact on the development of culture, healthcare, education, and science in Venezuela. An important contribution to the oil industry of this South American country was made by engineer Ale…
Dalsky Mammoth Viktorovich
Many of you are probably familiar with Alexei Tolstoy's novel "Walking Through Torments" or its adaptation, where one of the characters is Mammoth Viktorovich Dalsky, depicted as a daring robber and adventurer. In Tolsto…
Georgy Antonovich Gamov
Among the significant achievements of Russian physicist Georgy Antonovich Gamov are his research on the genetic code, the theory of alpha decay, and the prediction of cosmic microwave background radiation, which became a…
Lily Nikolaevna Kedrova
The name of actress Lily (Elizaveta) Kedrova is little known in Russia, but in the USA she enjoyed significant popularity and became the only Russian actress to receive the prestigious Oscar award. She was born in 1918 i…
Mikhail Glukharev
Igor Sikorsky once called Mikhail Glukharev one of the outstanding designers in world aviation, and this was well deserved. Our compatriot contributed many innovative ideas and developed numerous aircraft. Mikhail Evgeni…
Mikhail Konstantinovich Kurako
The name of metallurgist and engineer Mikhail Konstantinovich Kurako is immortalized in several cities of the CIS. He was an outstanding specialist not only in Russia but also in Europe, although his professional path wa…
Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin
In the nineteenth century, Russia gifted the world many outstanding personalities, and one of these geniuses was Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin, born in Smolensk to a salt tax collector's family. His love for painting led hi…
Makhonin Ivan Ivanovich
There is an opinion that Russia often loses its talents. This was especially evident during the Civil War when many promising minds left the country. Among them was inventor Ivan Ivanovich Makhonin. In the early 20th cen…
Pavel Alexandrovich Gaidburov
In the nineteenth century, Russia not only defeated Napoleon but also encountered new revolutionary ideas that swept across Europe. These ideas resonated with the country's creative elite. One such populist was Pavel Ale…
