Ivan Rebrov, whose real name was Hans-Rolf Ripper, was born on July 31, 1931, in Spandau, Germany, and passed away on February 27, 2008, in Frankfurt am Main. He was a German singer with a vocal range of four octaves. R…

Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin, born on January 23, 1889, in the village of Tur'ya in the Yaren district of Vologda province and died on February 10, 1968, in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA, was a renowned Russian and Ame…

Serge Gainsbourg, whose real name was Lucien Ginsburg, became an iconic figure in French musical culture. A descendant of emigrants from Russia, he is remembered as a romantic, provocateur, and ladies' man. Lucien Iosif…

Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretychikov was born on December 26, 1913, in Petropavlovsk, Russian Empire, and passed away on August 26, 2006, in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an artist. Tretychikov spent his childhood in Pet…

Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova, also known as Olga Ruiz-Picasso, was born on June 17, 1891, in Nizhyn, Russian Empire, and passed away on February 11, 1955, in Cannes, France. She was a Russian ballerina, performed with the "…

Yul Brynner, an American actor of theater and film with Russian roots, was born on July 11, 1920, in Vladivostok under the name Yul Borisovich Brynner. He later recounted that he was born in a gypsy camp in Sakhalin. His…

Ekaterina Ivanovna Desnitskaya (April 27, 1886, Lutsk, January 3, 1960, Paris) was a Russian noblewoman, a participant in the Russo-Japanese War, and a recipient of the Order of St. George (1904). She was married to the …

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, whose real name was Friedrich Stowasser, was born on December 15, 1928, in Vienna, Austria. He became a renowned Austrian architect and painter. In the winter of 1949, Stowasser changed his s…

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov (1876, Stavropol, now Tolyatti, 1945, Berlin) was an artist and professor at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. He was born on May 17 (May 5 in the old style) in Stavropol, Samara province…

Nikolai Nikolaevich Dukhonin, born on December 1, 1876, in Smolensk Province and killed on November 20, 1917, in Mogilev, was a Russian military leader and lieutenant general. In November and December 1917, he served as …